[Xastir] Item

[Lynn W. Deffenbaugh]

Oh, and I think having a time limit on the display of received 
re-assignments would be a good idea so that the re-assigned calls don't 
stick in any client that happened to catch the assignment but not the 
de-assignment at the end of the event.  Say 24 hour reflectivity after 
receipt and then you could have the master station send the assignment 
periodically during the event just to pick up any newly monitoring 
clients.  Then after the event, possibly broadcast the de-assignment for 
a while (kind of like an object Kill) but still rely on the client-side 
timers to take it out anyway.

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Trying to avoid support emails like "why is my 
station showing up as SAG-5 on XXX's display?"

Lynn W. Deffenbaugh wrote:
> Curt, WE7U wrote:
>> On Mon, 16 Aug 2010, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh wrote:
>>
>>> Curt, WE7U wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do you support assigning tactical calls across the air?  That's
>>>> something we implemented in Xastir for support of Events, but the
>>>> user interface for doing so is not obvious.  We need to work on that
>>>> to make it easier.  I usually have to look at my notes or the code
>>>> to remember how to send a tactical call assignment.
>>>
>>> You mean you can change a station's callsign with a specially 
>>> crafted message to the station?
>>
>> Nope.  It's a display-side assignment of a tactical callsign.  It
>> doesn't change the transmitter in any way.  For instance, "we7u-12"
>> might come to help on the Seattle Marathon in November.  Without
>> touching that station at all, I can make that station appear as
>> "SAG-5" on all APRS+SA and Xastir stations in the area by sending
>> out a tactical callsign assignment over the air and/or over the
>> internet.
>>
>> When done with the event I can resend the tac-call assignments as ""
>> and "we7u-12" gets displayed again. -
>
> So any direct RF receiver like D7xx and Yaesu's devices will still see 
> WE7U-12 for this station.  Hm, I'd think that's almost worse than not 
> having the tactical call...
>
> But, I'm not the judge.  If you've got it, have you submitted it to 
> Bob for inclusion in the specs?  I'd love to implement it, just for 
> the compatibility, if you can provide implementation / format details.
>
> Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32
>
>
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