[Xastir] Python

[John Gorkos]

Have you considered using APRS-Alert.net?  You can set up zones, listen
for specific stations, and receive alerts based on incursion, excursion,
or movement within those zones, and have messages sent to an email address
based on time of day/day of week/etc.  For example, the tracker on my high
school daughter's car:  I have a zone called "HIGH SCHOOL" set up for a
1000m radius around her high school.  I have an alert set up to send a
text message to my phone when she enters that zone between 7am and 8:30
am, another that tells me if she leaves that zone before 3pm, and another
around the house to tell me she's entered the HOME zone.
By having that email sent to a script, you can then drive all kinds of
other actions.

Just a thought (and a shameless plug for www.aprs-alert.net)

John Gorkos
AB0OO

On 8/15/12 7:39 PM, "Chip Griffin" <n1mie at mac.com> wrote:

>Is it possible to use Python, or some other development platform, to tap
>Xastir for information? For example I'd like to be able to write a
>script/app to keep track of my wife's APRS tracker and take action as
>appropriate. Perhaps then I'd have it light an LED when she's close to
>home. I have lots of ideas, but I need to know if I can do it that way or
>find a way to connect directly to an aprsis server.
>
>Thanks,
>
>--Chip/N1MIE
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