[Xastir] Xastir with TNC-X

[Amateur Radio WB8NUT]

Thanks Tony,

I found that out about unplugging and replugging the TNC changed it to 
USB1.....no big deal right now on that.

So I have Xastir talking to the TNC-X...I can tell it to beacon and the 
transmit light on the TNC-X comes on. Don't know if any audio is coming 
out yet as I do not have a cable made for transmitting with the radio.

What I do have is an audio cable coming from the speaker to the TNC-X 
and I cannot get anything to display on Xastir. Very frustrating. I have 
no idea what the issue is...it should work right?

Duffy
www.wb8nut.com

Tony Hunt wrote:
> 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