[Xastir] Using TT4 as digi/igate questions

[Curt, WE7U]

On Sat, 22 May 2010, Norman Heyen wrote:

> I've got a TT4 with Alpha 0.64 firmware up and running as an Igate. Seems to
> be OK but I'm running it in KISS mode with the Serial KISS interface.
>
> When I look at my raw packets on APRS.fi I only see my twice per hour beacon
> being sent out. I think this because I'm in KISS mode but not sure. Is that
> true?

Nope.


> So if I want to act as a fill-in digi I need to drop that and use the serial
> TNC interface. Right?

Nope.  To work as a digi of any kind you need access to the raw bits
in the AX.25 header, which means either AX.25 kernel mode + KISS for
the TNC, or Serial KISS Interface + KISS TNC.


> And what is the correct startup and stop files to use? They default to
> tnc-startup.sys and tnc-stop,sys. Other than uncomment out the line to use
> my alias as WIDE1-1, what else should I change?

KISS mode doesn't use startup files at all.

Check File->Config->Default to make sure you're set up as a 2-way
igate there, then check your Serial KISS interface and make sure
it's set up similarly, plus that the Digipeat? box is checked there.

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