[Xastir] KAM+ and AX25

[Kevin Hogan]

On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 10:04 -0800, Curt Mills wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, Kevin Hogan wrote:
> 
> > Is there a way to run both HF and VHF from Xastir?
> 
> Kind'a yea.
> 
> 
> > Do I need to install AX25 to run the KAM+ with both ports able to
> > transmit? I don't want to run the KAM and TNC on 2 serial ports.
> 
> You can run it one one port, you can change paths on a per-interface
> basis, and you can enable/disable transmit for each one
> individually, but here are the potential problems:
As it stands right now I can turn on one port for Tx and get Rx on both
ports.
> 
> *) Xastir won't know which port it came in on.
> 
> *) You won't be able to change timing on a per-port basis.
> 
> For a MKISS setup you end up telling Xastir on a per-interface basis
> which TNC port number to transmit on.
Does MKISS need AX25 ? 
Or do you load it before starting Xastir?
> 
> 
> > If I need to install AX25 what OS to use. Mandrake, Debian, Fedora, or
> > BSD?
> 
> Others can better answer that.
>