[Xastir] Sending Packets via xastir_udp_client

[Todd Atkins]

Thanks for the replies! That was it. I didn't realize I had to type out the
entire packet. Works perfectly now.


On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org> wrote:

> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 01:08:38PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron
> collision of the <toddatkins at gmail.com> flavor, containing:
> > I'm trying to send some bulletin packets via xastir_udp_client and not
> > having a lot of success. I'm using:
> >
> > xastir_udp_client localhost 2023 KN4QD PASS ":BLNC     :test test test
> test"
>
> You're trying to send xastir_udp_client only the APRS data, whereas you
> really
> have to fake out the entire TNC2-style packet.
>
> xastir_udp_client localhost 2023 KN4QD PASS "KN4QD>APX201::BLNC     :test
> test test test"
>
> So you're missing the KN4QD> source address, the APX201 TOCALL (or whatever
> TOCALL you choose to use), and the double colon indicating the end of the
> header *and* the "APRS Message" data type.
>
> Sorry it took so long to respond.  It took me a little while to work out
> what
> was expected as the "APRS packet goes here" argument for xastir_udp_client.
> If you do the whole fake packet (including to and from addresses, and the
> extra colon), the bulletin/announcement *will* show up in Xastir.   Note
> that
> Xastir will NOT adopt the message as if it were its own, and will not
> re-transmit it on the decaying interval that it would do for its own
> messages.
>
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