[Xastir] D72 external GPS pass-through to Xastir

[Kurt Savegnago]

Weeelllllll,

   After futzing around with this for awhile, indeed the local position string gets passed through to Xastir and is plotted on the map. But,
when I hit the transmit pulldown, Xastir won't trasnmit the local position.
That's not a problem with Xastir but I believe it's a quirk with setting up the D7A(g) or D72A to pass through the position data from an attached 
GPS.  Darn!  Looks like the only reliable way to do that is with a USB/GPS on another port of the laptop and run the A(g) or 72 in pure packet mode.

                                     Kurt KC9LDH 

--- On Sun, 2/20/11, Kurt Savegnago <ksaves2 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> From: Kurt Savegnago <ksaves2 at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] D72 external GPS pass-through to Xastir
> To: "Xastir - APRS client software discussion" <xastir at lists.xastir.org>
> Date: Sunday, February 20, 2011, 10:52 AM
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I added some commands that Kai, LA3QMA, came up with for
> the D7A(g) to get the connected GPS data to pass through to
> Xastir in his D72a
> initialization file and it sort of works. I get a sailboat
> though for the station icon and I can't change it for the
> life of me. The icon stays as the usual in the setup
> configuration in Xastir. (A rocket in this case.)
> The complete file is as follows with the part of interest
> in the last lines. Take a look and try it with a D72 and an
> attached GPS.
> Please critique and make improvements as seen fit.
> It may not be perfect but the D72A will pass-through
> coordinates from an attached external GPS. I can get the
> icon situation straightened out when I use a D7A(g) but a
> sailboat with the 72? :-)
> 
> Kurt KC9LDH
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> # $Id: tnc-startup.thd72,v 1.00 2011/02/11 02:12:23 LA3QMA
> Exp $
> #
> # Copyright (C) 2004-2010 The Xastir Group
> #
> # TNC Init file for KENWOOD TH-D72. Also reported to work
> with the
> #
> #
> #Don't send CONTROL-C before this line
> ##META <no-ctrl-c>
> BC 0
> ##Pause for one second
> META <delay>
> META <delay>
> VM 0,1
> MR 0,001
> #FO 0,0144800000,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,08,08,000,0,05000000,0
> ##Pause for one second
> META <delay>
> META <delay>
> TC 1
> ##Pause for one second
> META <delay>
> META <delay>
> #Put the TNC in packet mode since this is where we want to
> end up
> # Change the 1 to 0 to go to normal radio mode
> ##META <no-ctrl-c>
> TN 2,0
> # Pause for two seconds
> ##META <delay>
> ##META <delay>
> ##META <delay>
> ##META <delay>
> # Enable 4800 baud GPS
> # Change to 2 for 9600 baud GPS
> # Disable both the META line and the GU line for no change
> ##META <no-ctrl-c>
> #GU 1
> # Pause for two seconds
> ##META <delay>
> ##META <delay>
> ##META <delay>
> ##META <delay>
> #Turn off Terminal Control
> ##META <no-ctrl-c>
> #TC 0
> # Pause for two seconds just in case
> ##META <delay>
> ##META <delay>
> ##META <delay>
> ##META <delay>
> HID off
> #CWID off
> #AWlen 8
> BBSMsgs ON
> B E 0
> LOC E 0
> Echo off
> FLow off
> AUTOLF off
> MCOM off
> MON ON
> MRPt on
> PACLen 128
> PASSALL off
> HBAUD 1200
> TXDELAY 25
> HEADERLN off
> # Delete following lines if without GPS
> #GBAUD 4800
> #GPSTEXT $GPRMC
> #LTMH OFF
> #LTM 10
> #
> GPSTEXT $GPRMC
> LTMN ON
> LTM 10
> LPATH GPS
> #
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