[Xastir] Setting an Alias - Best via Minicom or Xastir?

[Tom Hayward]

On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 5:48 PM, qrv at kd4e.com <qrv at kd4e.com> wrote:
> I have been asking and reading and not yet found a satisfactory
> (simple enough for me to understand) answer.
>
> Since Minicom is necessary to set the OT3m THC to "USBKISS on",
> before Xastir will work, it then becomes unclear if Minicom should
> be used to make any other settings whatsoever to the OT3m.

Is it? You should be able to write a Xastir startup script to send this command.

> If I want to set an Alias for a fixed station, that has been set
> (in Xastir) to serve as a digipeater, is it recommended to make that
> same setting in the OT3m TNC via Minicom (v.2.4) using "MYCALL NEVILS"
> as well as in Xastir?

When using KISS mode, Xastir sends the full frame, including
source/mycall/alias (whatever you configure in Xastir), so the setting
in the OT3m is irrelevant to operation of Xastir.

Keep in mind that the OT3m will continue its normal beaconing schedule
even when a port is in KISS mode, so if you have Xastir beaconing, you
may want to disable beaconing on the OT3m.


Tom KD7LXL