[Xastir] (no subject)

[Rick Green]

On Tue, 1 Jan 2013, David Flood wrote:

> Ah..a possible non-ham solution...I don't know if Xastir supports it but the
> server specifications state that a passcode of -1 should set someone up for
> read-only access.
>
> http://www.aprs-is.net/Connecting.aspx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Flood [mailto:davidf4 at mindspring.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 11:49
>
> Unfortunately a lot of the APRS-IS servers require authentication before
> they'll send data.  So, no callsign = no passcode = no Inet data.
>
My experience is that no passcode was needed to read data from the 
'full-feed' or 'fixed filter' ports, but for port 14580, the user-defined 
filter port, the server wouldn't accept the filter string and begin 
sending data until the callsign was authenticated.  Seemed strange at the 
time, since the filter string command doesn't become part of the APRS-IS 
stream, so there is no chance of it being gated to the air.  Possibly this 
is the situation where a -1 is supposed to be used?
   Even with a passcode, If I specify a filter that is referenced to my 
position, I still get no data if I set the interface to 'no transmit'. 
That makes sense - it can't compute the filter if it doesn't know my 
position.

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Rick Green, N8BJX