[Xastir] UI-View type Plug-ins?

[Curt, WE7U]

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009, Phil - w2lie wrote:

> I would need to keep my RF -> INET Functions as well as my National WX 
> Service beacons sent over I-NET to the RF world.  I assume that is an easy 
> config..

Depends.  Xastir has the concept of INET ports and RF ports.  It
doesn't gate RF->RF or INET->INET, but can do RF<->INET for some
things.  Occasionally the classification of a port might surprise
you so that gating might not be as expected.


> Would I need the CRON to run it ever X minutes to beacon, or once you run the 
> xastir_udp_client does that set it to beacon using the setup defined in 
> Xastir?

Depends on whether Xastir is "adopting" the objects as it's own.  If
you send it from the callsign-SSID that Xastir is running as, then
you send it once and Xastir takes over.  If you're not, then you
need to do the timing and keep sending it.  In any case, make sure
you test everything out and get it working as expected.  Don't
assume it's working correctly without and end-to-end test.


> If that is the case, how would you tell Xastir to delete the object when it 
> is no longer needed???

Probably by manually killing the object in Xastir, at least if
Xastir has adopted the object.  If it hasn't, issue "killed" objects
for 5 or 10 transmit periods, then cease transmitting the object.

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