[Xastir] Trouble with my KAM+

[Eric Christensen]

Rick,
It is definitely something to do with Xastir and how it is talking to 
the KAM.  The KAM will properly transmit positions and "relays" when it 
is hard coded in the TNC but the KAM doesn't "understand" when Xastir 
talks to it.

The log file I tried to send was blocked so I'll paste portions here:
<QUOTE>
AUTOCR 0
AUTOCR was 0
BEACON EVERY 0
BEACON was EVERY 0/EVERY 0
BT %
BTEXT was
CMS DISC
CMSG was DISC/DISC
CONL OFF
CT APRS Network no connected messages supported!
CTEXT was APRS Network no connected messages supported!
ECHO OFF
ECHO was ON
FLOW was OFF
HID was OFF/OFF
MSTAMP was OFF
PASSALL was OFF/OFF
PID was OFF/OFF

W4OTN>APX193,WIDE2-2:=/;ci:;.Vox   XASTIR-Linux
     $
EH?
W4OTN>APX193,WIDE2-2:=/;ci:;.Vox   XASTIR-Linux
     $
EH?
</QUOTE>

So the KAM takes the commands in the tnc-startup file without any 
problem but it appears that Xastir isn't putting the TNC in conv mode 
before sending the posit.  I say this because the "EH?" response is 
indicative to the KAM not understanding a command.  If the posit is 
being presented as a command and not as "text to transmit" then the KAM 
would respond in this manner.

Eric W4OTN



Rick Green wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008, Eric Christensen wrote:
> 
>> I thought I had Xastir running on my KAM+ many moons ago but today I 
>> seem to be having a fundamental problem.  I have everything going and 
>> I'm receiving stations but my TNC will not transmit my position (or 
>> anything else that I'm aware of).
>>
>  Have you eliminated hardware problems? Double-checked the cabling 
> between your TNC and the radio?  Is the transmitter keying up, but 
> without audio? Is it not keying at all?  If you unplug the TNC, and plug 
> in the microphone, can you key the transmitter?
>  Try stopping xastir, and bringing up minicom on the serial port where 
> your TNC is connected (using the -o flag, of course).  Will your TNC & 
> radio transmit packets when directly commanded?  Are they successfully 
> decoded by another station?