[Xastir] Help with TH-D72

[John Ronan]

On 17 Jan 2011, at 17:19, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Jan 2011, Harry Bloomberg wrote:
> 
>> I've got a new Kenwood TH-D72 that I've interfaced to Xastir.  It's working
>> except for one problem.  Xastir is unable to obtain GPS data from the
>> TH-D72.  Whenever I do View->GPS, I see an error message: GPS data is older
>> than 30 seconds.
> 
> Which Xastir interface type are you using?  It should be "Serial TNC w/GPS on Aux Port".  This is the mode where Xastir will send a Control-E periodically when it wants a GPS string from the Radio's TNC.  Also called Control-E mode or Paccomm mode.
Have you turned off the GPS 'battery save mode?

John
EI7IG