[Xastir] Gating WX from IP to RF

[Mike Long (N3QD)]

Well I figured it out.  Apparently XASTIR doesn't gate INET to RF if  
the station call is the same as that being received from the INET.  I  
guess that makes sense, but it makes what I'm trying to do more  
difficult.  I figured this out by changing my station call to TEST,  
and now XASTIR is gating my WX to RF.  But that creates another  
problem.  TEST is not a legal call, and I can't find anyway to  
disable POSIT beaconing for my station call.  I am more interested in  
my callsign being tied to my WX data that a position beacon from the  
house.

So, is there a way I can disable posit beaconing, but still transmit  
the WX to RF?  I guess in the end I could use a CWOP ID for WX, but  
I'd rather have my callsign attached to the WX beacons than the POSIT  
beacons.

Thanks!
Mike (N3QD)


On Dec 4, 2007, at 10:14 AM, Curt, WE7U wrote:

>
> Here's a station that is or was gating various calls to local RF:
>
>     <http://www.crosscountrywireless.net/mb7ubn.htm>
>
> Note that the stuff in nws-stations.txt is the FROM call of the
> station, not the TOCALL or the Objects or Item name.
>
> You'll need:
>
> *) Transmit disables unchecked on the Interface menu.
> *) Transmit and Igating enabled on the particular TNC interface
>    properties dialog.
> *) Global igating enabled on the Configure->Defaults dialog.
> *) The proper entries in the ~/.xastir/data/nws-stations.txt file
>    for the FROM callsign you wish to gate to RF.
>
> That should be it.
>
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