[Xastir] Baycom and xastir?

[Lance Cotton]

Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Art wrote:
> 
>> Is there anyway for me to use my old Baycom BP-1 for APRS with xastir software?
>>
>> I have the ability to disable the power management in my RS-232
>> ports, which is a problem on some PC's.
>>
>> Have XP and 3 GHz processor.
> 
> If that's one of those parallel-port TNC's which require a special
> driver, I would think your only shot at it would be to check whether
> AGWPE supports it.  If so, run AGWPE on XP and have Xastir talk to
> AGWPE to get to the TNC.

Yes, AGWPE supports the BP-1, a serial-port baycom modem. But for XP, 
you have to purchase the AGWPE Packet Engine Pro.

(If the BP-1 is the same as the BP-2, interface wise, that is.)

The PC/FlexNet32 software for windows supposedly has driver support for 
the baycom modems, but I haven't been able to get any of them to work. 
Even if it did, I don't think Xastir can connect to the Flexnet interface.

> Very hazy, but I seem to remember reading about some kind of support
> under Linux for Baycom modems, so perhaps one could get the Baycom
> AX.25 driver working there as another option.

I know the baycom drivers work under linux. I've been playing with it 
for the past few weeks with a PICPAR96 from baycom.

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