[Xastir] Wx alerts

[Dale Seaburg]

Yes, Curt, that would be fine.  I did follow Tom, KM5VY's advice about  
the need for being hooked up with one of the APRS-IS servers.  But,  
now, I need to wait for severe weather to test.  Yes, documenting this  
would be most advantageous for us relatively new to xastir.  I'll wait  
for you to initiate.

73 - Dale.  KG5LT

On Oct 12, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Oct 2009, Dale Seaburg wrote:
>
>> OK, I did look at the wiki, but it's still not clear to me  
>> "exactly" what is needed to get Wx Alerts to show up on the map.   
>> It's seems that the Wx Alert references are scattered amongst a  
>> number of links in the wiki.
>
>
>> I have run the script, and done the enabling per above  
>> instructions.  Now, I see where I might have to be "connected" to a  
>> server???  I am not using xastir as an iGate.  I din't see the need  
>> to be connected in the wiki for Wx Alerts.  Maybe it was in one of  
>> the many links I did not rabbit-chase down. What am I missing?
>>
>> In other words, in one concise place, are there docs that spell out  
>> (from start to finish) what has to be set up in xastir, what has to  
>> be working outside of xastir, etc to get the confounded Wx Alerts  
>> working?  If not, then what would be the best way of tracking this  
>> down so it's not so obscured?
>>
>> I apologize for the frustrating tone of this email, but I'm at my  
>> wits-end...
>
> I was quite busy when you wrote that, so couldn't jump on it.  Can
> we start a private dialog between you and I to work through the
> issues, what you've done so far, and figure out a works-every-time
> procedure?  We can then create a Wiki page on the topic to help the
> next person who needs it.
>
> I may have to set up a VirtualBox or VMWare Linux instance to test
> it out with a clean install.  Or borrow one of my kids' machines
> remotely:  I think one of those machines is still Xastir-free.
>
> -- 
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