[Xastir] further question please

[Curt, WE7U]

On Sat, 7 Oct 2006, Mike Fenske wrote:

> Yes, you should be able to use it. I have used it on an old laptop
> with SuSE 7.3. I had it set up as an AX.25 device and it works
> fine with xastir. I'm not sure if the Kubuntu kernel is configured
> for AX25 devices. If not, I think you can get Xastir to talk to
> SoundModem as a "Serial Kiss TNC", but I haven't done that. A
> google search for "xastir soundmodem serial kiss" provided several
> hits.

Yes.  I believe I've run it that way before in receive mode.  I
didn't build up a PTT circuit at the time.

Your options would be to run as an AX.25 kernel networking device or
as a serial KISS port device.  Set the soundmode device up using
"soundmodemconfig".  If you're using kernel ax.25 then you'll have
additional things to configure/run.  I've done it both ways but not
for a while so you'll have to ask for specific help from others on
the list.

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