[Xastir] Useful without TNC/tracker?

[Hans Fong]

Hello Wes and others,

Strange, because I did set up a connection to rotate.aprs.net, but I only get a message from javAPRSsSrrv every 20 seconds when I check the incoming data. What did I miss? 


I only run one laptop at the moment, but the remark about in-house relaying is useful, since I plan on setting up some machines with APRS capabilities. Thanks.

Hans




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>From: "Wes Johnston, AI4PX" <wes at ai4px.com>
>To: Hans Fong <hansfong at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 6:22 PM
>Subject: Re: [Xastir] Useful without TNC/tracker?
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>You can absolutely connect to rotate.aprs.net and see the same data that is on aprs.fi .  
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>You can also run xastir in "internet server mode" where you have one copy connected to rotate.aprs.net and it acts as an in house server that other copies of xastir can connect to.  This is useful to keep your internet bandwidth lower since you "relay" the data in house.
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>Wes 
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>On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 04:06, Hans Fong <hansfong at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>Newbie here! I am new to APRS, but investigating it after some interesting talks at our local ham meeting.
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>>I successfully set up Xastir, but I don't have a TNC or tracker yet. I
>>was wondering if I still can do something useful with Xastir, like
>>getting info from the web and displaying it in Xastir (a bit like aprs.fi). Can you connect to an iGate, or another source directly? I saw that
>>there is an interface for an internet server, but it seems outbound
>>only, not inbound. But then again, I might be doing something wrong.
>>Hope this group can help out a bit. Thank you.
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>>Some more info:
>>Running Xastir 2.0.0
>>OS: Kubuntu 10.10
>>Box: MSI CR400 mini-laptop
>>Rig: TH-F7e
>>Tracker/TNC: pending
>>Grid: PL040u
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>>Call: BX2ABT / PA2BX
>>Name: Hans
>>73 and TU
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