[Xastir] Help with TH-D72

[Curt, WE7U]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2011, Harry Bloomberg wrote:

> I am able to connect to the TH-D72 using minicom and a USB cable.  Would it
> be of any value for me to manually query the TH-D72's TNC for GPS data?  I
> took a look at the Kenwood instruction set for the TNC and it was not
> obvious to me what the TNC commands would be to obtain GPS data to see why
> Xastir might think it is stale or unavailable, so I will need some help with
> the exact TNC instructions.

I don't know what the TNC commands should be, but sending a Control-E character from Minicom should cause the radio to dump the GPS string to you if the TNC in the radio is set properly to capture it.

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