[Xastir] assign tactical call to object (Rino)

[Wes Johnston, AI4PX]

I think all rino object names have to start with APRS or SCSG.  If I recall
correctly, the APRS or SCSG is stripped and the remaining chars in the rino
name are transmitted as 3rd party objects.

Wes
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On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 20:35, Kevin Ratcliff <kevin at kevinratcliff.com>wrote:

> I participated in a SAR conference over the weekend and one of the
> teams was using Garmin Rinos. We hooked one up to my Xastir laptop,
> and the Get Rino Positions feature worked great!
>
> One thing I tried right away was assigning a tactical callsign to one
> of the objects created by the Rino, but that button was grayed out and
> not available to click on in the station details. I don't have Xastir
> in front of me right now. Does this occur with all objects, or just
> those created by the Rino waypoint code? Could this be changed so that
> tactical callsigns can be assigned to Rino objects and not just
> stations?
>
> I had hoped to use a borrowed Garmin Astro unit, but couldn't get
> gpsman to recognize and communicate with it. I had the same issue with
> my Garmin 62s and a Rino 530HCx, though my 60CSx works fine via USB.
> I may post something to the gpsman list about this. A Rino 130 worked
> via serial, which is what we ended up attaching to Xastir.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kevin
> KB9MQU
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