[Xastir] Xastir & Weather alerts

Thu May 26 21:06:02 PDT 2016

What version of Xastir? It has to be reasonably up-to-date to fetch the
latest NWS weather alerts via the script, and to know how to display them.

Also: The weather server that I run is down right now. It is being rebuilt
and may be back on in a week or so. It fills in the alerts that the other
weather server run by another doesn't do.

On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 8:10 PM, Jeremy Utley <jerutley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all!
>
> I have been getting back into APRS, thanks to some new activity in my area
> of SE Kansas.  I've set up the first I-Gate in the area here at home, using
> a R-Pi, TNC-Pi, and APRX software, and am also planning to enable the digi
> functions this weekend, and also get a setup into my vehicle with an old
> android smartphone and a Mobilinkd Bluetooth TNC.  I've also set up Xastir
> on an Ubuntu VM on my desktop to monitor the APRS-IS feed.  Since I'm
> active
> in storm watching functions in the area, I'd like the NWS alerts showing up
> on my screen.  I thought I did everything needed for it, but maybe I've
> missed something.  Is this functionality still present in Xastir?
>
> I've run the get-NWSdata script - 2 of the files it's trying to download
> are
> no longer valid links, so I went to the weather.gov geodata site and
> manually downloaded/extracted the current ones.  Here's a list of my
> current
> files in /usr/local/share/xastir/Counties:
>
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root   277095 Apr 15 07:28 c_05ap16.dbf
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root      167 Feb 12 13:20 c_05ap16.prj
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 54354332 Apr 15 07:28 c_05ap16.shp
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root    26780 Apr 15 07:28 c_05ap16.shx
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root  1198644 Apr 13 14:29 fz05ap16.dbf
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root      167 Jan 21 15:08 fz05ap16.prj
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 56793344 Apr 13 14:29 fz05ap16.shp
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root    26876 Apr 13 14:29 fz05ap16.shx
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root     2273 Sep 24  2014 hz04jn14.dbf
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root      167 Jun 24  2014 hz04jn14.prj
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 22734160 Sep 24  2014 hz04jn14.shp
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root      156 Sep 24  2014 hz04jn14.shx
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root   181791 Apr 15 14:21 mz05ap16.dbf
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root      167 Feb 12 08:54 mz05ap16.prj
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 26672724 Apr 15 14:21 mz05ap16.shp
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root     4076 Apr 15 14:21 mz05ap16.shx
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root    20946 Jun 18  2014 oz01ap14.dbf
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root      167 Mar 10  2014 oz01ap14.prj
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root   653680 Jun 18  2014 oz01ap14.shp
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root      740 Jun 18  2014 oz01ap14.shx
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root       85 May 23 12:43 placeholder
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root    26061 Apr 13 14:31 w_05ap16.dbf
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root      167 Feb 12 13:24 w_05ap16.prj
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 34517152 Apr 13 14:31 w_05ap16.shp
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root     1084 Apr 13 14:31 w_05ap16.shx
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root  1298742 Apr 12 14:09 z_05ap16.dbf
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root      167 Feb 12 13:26 z_05ap16.prj
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 64935232 Apr 12 14:09 z_05ap16.shp
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root    29948 Apr 12 14:09 z_05ap16.shx
>
> I'm connected up to the firenet.aprs2.net server on port 14580, with a
> proper passcode, and the following filter parameters:
>
> m/500 t/n e/WE7U-WX p/QUAKE o/ISS*/STEAM/UP844
>
> I've got the OSM_tiled_mapquest.geo map as my only enabled map currently,
> and I've got multiple watches and warnings in my area, but nothing is
> appearing on my map currently, and no abnormal messages showing up in the
> terminal I launched Xastir from.  If I go to View...Weather Alerts, I only
> see 2 alerts labeled as NWS_ADVIS - but there's an active Tornado Watch
> within 25 miles of my location, as well as Flood warnings, Thunderstorm
> Warnings, and other severe weather related stuff within about 100 miles.
>
> Any ideas of what I'm doing wrong here?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeremy, NQ0M
>
>
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