[Xastir] Igate to RF configs

[Curt, WE7U]

On Sat, 26 Aug 2006, Ray Wells wrote:

> I'm trying to configure an Igate to forward from the internet to our
> local RF channel and not having a lot of success.
>
> So far what I've managed to do is get specific callsigns and a mail_for
> beacon to make the journey, these being entries in
> data/nws-stations.txt. I also have entries in there for WX, BEACON and
> about half a dozen more "standard packet destinations" as per a TAPR
> document but none of these are being forwarded.
>
> Is there any way to configure using wildcards for callsigns (say VK2*,
> etc), and what does one do about things like satellites and events of
> mother nature? Am I missing something somewhere?
>
> I'd like to forward the majority of what I see from the internet (VK, ZL
> , satellites, weather events) onto the local 2m channel. Before anyone
> jumps down my throat, the local 2m channel currently has 1 user and I'm
> in a radio isolated part of the state, so the traffic generated won't be
> a problem but, hopefully, it might stir up some renewed interest.

Xastir is not designed to do the sort of thing you're wanting.  It
originally had the capability of igating NWS weather info and APRS
Messages to RF.  It later got the ability to forward packets from
specific callsigns to RF.  All of this capability (except messaging)
is very rudimentary.  The info about it is in the Xastir online help
text, English help file, under "Configure Default Operation".

You might be happier configuring something like "aprsd" to do this
sort of gating.  Or Javaaprssvr.

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