[Xastir] Hardware Name

[Danny]

I am aware of the different hardware APXXX numbers ... was just thinking of
adding an extra few things to it ... lol ...

On Dec 12 15, Tom Russo :
> To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion <xastir at xastir.org>
> Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 09:19:58 -0700
> From: Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org>
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] Hardware Name
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> On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 12:29:12PM +0200, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <mynixmail at gmail.com> flavor, containing:
> > Hi guys,
> > 
> > How would I change the "Device" as reported on aprs.fi ... currently it shows up
> > as: "Open Source:Xastir (Software Linux/Unix) ...
> 
> This is not your "hardware name", it is taken from the "TOCALL" in the APRS 
> position report.  You don't get to change it.  Bob Bruninga maintains a list 
> of these TOCALLs, which are unique to a program or device.  Xastir's, for 
> example, is "APX" to which a version number is appended (e.g. APX207).  All 
> aprs.fi is doing is looking up this string in the TOCALL list and printing 
> what program produced it.
> 
> The other data from your APRS posits is used elsewhere on aprs.fi's pages, and
> you can set that to whatever you want.  You can change your position 
> comment (File->Configure->Station) to put the kind of information you 
> want in there.
> 
> -- 
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