[Xastir] Item

[Tom Hayward]

>
> 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.


Below is a message from the archives.

Tom KD7LXL


On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 07:35, Curt, WE7U <archer at eskimo.com> wrote:

>
> I'm sending this to the list as well so that other people know how
> to use this function.  I had forgotten myself but was prompted to go
> look at the code again by a user question.
>
> I just tested this between two local Xastir instances on the same
> machine connected via Xastir's server ports.  Assigning the tactical
> callsign via the Station Info dialog on either did NOT propagate the
> tactical callsign over the interface.  Sending a message to
> "TACTICAL" DID propagate it across to the other Xastir.  Sending a
> message of "we7u-4=" to "TACTICAL" cancelled the assignment on both.
>
> Note that this method should work between Xastir stations if the
> Xastir code is newer than 8/12/2009.  APRS+SA stations also have
> this capability and their tactical callsign assignments should
> interoperate with Xastir stations.  --we7u
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>
> Since I wrote it so long ago I had to go look at the source code to
> figure out how to work it again.  It looks like the default is to
> NOT send it across the air.  Starting at line 15788 of
> xastir/src/db.c, it says this:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> // Assign tactical callsigns based on messages sent to "TACTICAL"
> //
> //  *) To set your own tactical callsign and send it to others,
> //     send an APRS message to "TACTICAL" with your callsign in
> //     the message text.
> //
> //  *) To send multiple tactical calls to others, send an APRS
> //     message to "TACTICAL" and enter:
> //     "CALL1=TAC1;CALL2=TAC2;CALL3=TAC3" in the message text.
> //
> //  '=' or ';' characters can not be in the TAC callsign.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This means you can assign tactical calls locally, but they will NOT
> be transmitted unless you follow the procedure listed above to
> initiate a message to "TACTICAL" in the above specific format.  All
> of the between-stations sending of tactical calls is done through
> the message system.
>
> --
> Curt, WE7U.                         <http://www.eskimo.com/~archer>
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