[Xastir] Servers?

Javier Henderson javier at kjsl.org
Sat Dec 15 15:17:25 EST 2012


Have you sent a position report? Without one, the APRS-IS server won't know
where you are, and therefore can't calculate distance around your location.

73,
-jav k4jh


On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Floyd Rodgers <kc5qbc at swbell.net> wrote:

> On the rotate.aprs2.net:14580 I do have the default filter m/500. on the
> other port I have m/1500. I see yellow bars on the far right of the main
> screen and have seen green bars also, but no data seems to flow or stations
> appear on the map either. I also see a very occasional red bar bottom right
> of the screen.
> I also changed call sign to kc5qbc-9  thinking it might be an ssid issue,
> but no joy.
>
>
> On 12/15/2012 12:18 PM, Javier Henderson wrote:
>
>> You need to set up a filter first, the APRS-IS servers won't send
>> anything otherwise, since they don't know what you want.
>>
>> Start with a simple filter, for example m/100 which will give you all
>> stations within 100 km if your location.
>>
>> Note: for that filter to work you need to set up your position in Xastir,
>> and report it to the APRS-IS server at least once.
>>
>> 73,
>> -jav k4jh
>>
>> On Dec 15, 2012, at 12:02, Floyd Rodgers <kc5qbc at swbell.net> wrote:
>>
>>  New user install here in progress. I'm seeing festival errors and
>>> resolve problems to mesonet.tamu.edu after configuring a net port of
>>> rotate.aprs2.net:14580. I just see no dataflow, so I added a second
>>> port rotate.aprs.net:14580 without the filter parameters and both are
>>> showing up status, but still no data flow. Any suggestions?
>>>
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