[Xastir] D700 Connection

[Keith Kaiser]

I sure liked the sound of this idea, so I renamed, and rebuilt all my  
preferences, re-added the interface items, and took the laptop out to  
the garage.... but nope it still didn't see the .d700 file to activate  
it.

I do have a number of internet types set up, first.aprs.net,  
second.aprs.net, and one or two others, I never really know if I need  
more than one or not. I'm headed to Europe end of May and want  
something for over there too. But first I got to get this interface to  
my D700 working.

I still need to do the dumb terminal thing.


On Apr 11, 2008, at 11:05 AM, Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Keith Kaiser wrote:
>
>> Sorry about the RTF I had meant to convert it to plain text and I  
>> forgot. I'm
>> a Mac guy, will dabble in Unix and do my best to stay away from  
>> Windblows as
>> much as possible, so I understand your comment.
>
> Which means _you're_ a Unix guy now too...   :-)
>
>
>> I'll find some kind of dumb terminal program to work with and see  
>> what I
>> learn, but I've had this unit working many times for many years so  
>> the
>> connections to the D700 are correct.
>
> Minicom is what I usually use.
>
>
>> The problems only started when I installed the new version of  
>> Xastir, I've
>> even had it working with the MacBook Pro I'm using before so  
>> cabling isn't the
>> issue. I used to install Xastir in /sw/share/ this is the first  
>> time I let it
>> default to /usr/local/ so my head tells me its a permissions  
>> problem. But I
>> really don't know where to start finding the problem, I'll try the  
>> dumb
>> terminal route and see what I learn.
>
> If you're running the same config directory and files for Xastir as
> you were when you ran Xastir from /sw/share/, then I'd try this:
>
>    Kill all running Xastir sessions
>    cd
>    mv .xastir .xastir.old
>    Start up Xastir
>
> Xastir will create a new config directory and config file, so you'll
> be starting from scratch just like you're running it for the first
> time.  Use the old config files as hints as you're filling in the
> boxes again.
>
> Some of your paths to various things can be messed up in your config
> file, pointing to the old install location for Xastir.
>
> -- 
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