[Xastir] I finally got it!

[Michael Lewis]

  If you change the config in the TT4 from KISS to TEXT incoming packets 
will become readable when you change the setting PKTICOM to True

PKTICOM [ true | false ]
Sets if received packets should be sent to the computer TEXT, DEAFTEXT,
and KISS ports.

PKTOCOM [ true | false ]
Sets if generated packets should be sent to the computer TEXT, DEAFTEXT,
and KISS ports.

On 9/17/2010 3:41 PM, Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Sep 2010, Michael Lewis wrote:
>
>> I tried last night myself for a few hours interesting that I could 
>> decode packets in minicom with no problem so I tried back in Xastir 
>> and I only see myself.. I have a weather station about half a mile 
>> from me and he beacons out about every 3-5 min I never see the 
>> incoming arrow show in xastir (I guess that's what it does when a 
>> packet comes in) So I'm lost
>
> Again, if you can see the entire packets in Minicom then you're NOT
> in KISS mode.  If you see garbled header info and then a viewable
> payload for the packet in Minicom, then you ARE in KISS mode.
>
> I haven't looked at the TT4 command-set before, but if it's not
> TAPR-2 compatible, Xastir will only be able to use that TNC in KISS
> mode and you'll want to use the Serial KISS TNC interface in Xastir
> to talk to it.
>
> If it is TAPR-2 compatible (or enough so for Xastir), then you may
> try using command-mode instead of KISS mode for the TNC, and use the
> Serial TNC interface in Xastir.
>
> Are you unplugging the USB->Serial adapter cable during your tests
> and plugging it back in?  If Xastir has the port open then you may
> be getting different /dev/USB* port numbers each time you plug it
> in, then would have to close the old port in Xastir, change the
> interface properties to the new /dev/USB* number, then restart
> Xastir's interface in order to talk to it again.  Just another place
> where things might go wrong.
>
> I got tired of Linux renumbering my USB->Serial port between
> /dev/USB0 and /dev/USB1, so I yanked that cable, turned off the
> machine, put in a dual-port RS-232 card, and now run the TNX-X (KISS
> TNC) off a real serial port.  Voila!  No more interface name
> changes.
>