[Xastir] serial comms lost... I can't figure this one out.

[Matt Werner]

Do you get any error messages in the terminal you used to start xastir?

It could be that it's a permissions problem, especially if you've
rebuilt xastir recently.

chmod 4755 /usr/local/share/xastir

(or wherever your xastir is) may help

On 4/18/07, mark <mark at neteffex.com> wrote:
> I can't figure this one out...  Somehow I've lost serial communications
> between Xastir and the serial TNC.  I'm at the end of my rope...
>
> With Xastir killed, I can bring up picocom using the command line:
>
>    picocom -d 9600 -p even -d 7 /dev/ttyS0
>
> And I can see TNC traffic streaming out of my TNC... no problem:
>
>    KC5EZZ-10>W5EEY-3*>WIDE5-2>APRS:!3117.23NN09951.27W#PHG7440
>    KC5EZZ Digi Eden, Texas
>
> So, I kill picocom, and start Xastir.  The serial settings in Xastir
> match those above for the Serial TNC (not the Serial KISS TNC).  I've
> checked everything I can think of...
>
> Under the menu Interface>Interface Control, if I highlight
>     "Device 0  DOWN  Serial  TNC  /dev/ttyS0"
> and click on the "Start" button, the highlighting goes away, but the
> interface is still shown as "DOWN".  The startup file that I've created
> (and have had working for days...) exists and is called out in the TNC
> Config Menu correctly (I've checked the file name twice).
>
> This setup USED to work... but somehow I'm overlooking something real
> basic...
>
> Under the menu View > Incoming Data, I have "TNC Data only" selected,
> but there's no incoming data to view... because the interface is thought
> to be "DOWN" still.  I can kill Xastir and bring up picocom again, and
> the serial stream of traffic continues to flow out of the TNC. I just
> can't see it in Xastir.
>
> I've also tried deleting the Device 0 in Xastir's Interface Control and
> rebuilding the configuration, but I still can't get anything going.
>
> I've also cycled power on the TNC... but that's not changed a thing...
>
> Now, what the heck am I doing wrong?  I'm really stumped.
>
> OS: Fedora Core 5
> Xastir: 1.8.4
> TNC: Heathkit HK232
>
> - Mark
> N4CMB
>
>
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