[Xastir] Xastir with TNC-X

[Tony Hunt]

Duffy  .. Some good help you have found so far with this. I have a TNC-C 
running in USB mode with Mepis 8 and have used it on eeeBuntu on a 900HA 
eeePC .. One thing Ive found really annoying is the way the Kernel deals 
with it in Linux. If it get unplugged or plugged in somewhere different it 
will nearly allways get a different device name and you find yourself diving 
in to xastir config to change it each time you run xastir.

Enter udev rules . http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html
You can setup a udev rule so that regardless of the USB port and the number 
of times you plug it in and out the device name will be the same.

If you do a search on TNC-X or perhaps udev it was a discussion on this 
group a few months ago now.
Below is a copy of my udev rule file from the mepis system. I forwarded this 
info to John Hansen who distributes the TNC-x with the FTDI module.

# udev rules for TNC-X
# This file is usually located at   /etc/udev/rules.d/   check your system 
to be sure.
# See also http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html
# Using the serial of the individual TNC-X FTDI USB device it is most likely 
possible to have
# multiple TNC-X devices attached with individual persistant names.
# Other attributes like product manufacturer idProduct are common 
identification attributes
# not unique to a specific TNC-X
# To find the attributes you will need use USBview (GTK Gui) or udevinfo 
from a console
# I have even found the required attributes in the syslog after plugging in 
the device.
# Usually a TNC-X shows as a device /dev/ttyUSB0 or similar before you 
install any udev rules
# To check your udev rule is working for the TNC-X use   ls /dev/TNC*   from 
the console
# If this lists your TNC-X then the udev rule is working.
#
# Choose one of these ATTR attribute options.
#
# SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{serial}=="FS2SIUJX", KERNEL=="ttyUSB*", 
NAME="tncx0", OWNER="root", GROUP="dialout", MODE="0660"
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{serial}=="FS2SIUJX", KERNEL=="ttyUSB*", 
NAME="tncx0", MODE="0666"
#
# This uses the FTDI USB module serial number
# SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{serial}=="FS2SIUJX", KERNEL=="ttyUSB*", 
SYMLINK+="TNC-X-0"
#
# This uses the Product name
# SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{product}=="TNC-X from W2FS", KERNEL=="ttyUSB*", 
SYMLINK+="TNC-X"
#
# This uses the Manufacturers name
# SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{manufacturer}=="W2FS", KERNEL=="ttyUSB*", 
SYMLINK+="TNC-X"
#
# This uses the Product id code
# SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idProduct}=="ebe0", KERNEL=="ttyUSB*", 
SYMLINK+="TNC-X"

Tony Hunt  VK5AH

----- Original Message ----- 
> Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:15:42 -0500
> From: Amateur Radio WB8NUT <duffy at wb8nut.com>
> To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion <xastir at lists.xastir.org>
> Subject: [Xastir] Xastir with TNC-X
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> Hopefully someone out there has set this up and can step me through the
> process.
>
> I am using Ubuntu. I have a TNC-X (KISS TNC) that has the USB option.
>
> How do I configure Xastir to work with the TNC-X with a USB connection?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Duffy
> www.wb8nut.com
>
>