[Xastir] Couple of Small Problems, Maybe?

[fmhillhouse]

I don't believe an I-Gate CONNECTED To Firenet is a good thing. Firenet does not utilize a 'heard" list so messaging is broken. An I-Gate should always use APRS-IS.
A second instance of the client could be ran to provide a view of the Firenet offerings.
Best regards, Fred N7FMH 


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-------- Original message --------
From: Curt Mills <curt.we7u at gmail.com> 
Date: 2/17/17  02:16  (GMT-05:00) 
To: Halley Melinda <kd4fbi at yahoo.com>, Xastir - APRS client software discussion <xastir at lists.xastir.org> 
Subject: Re: [Xastir] Couple of Small Problems, Maybe? 

No, it's frowned upon to connect to multiple internet servers at once.
You'd switch the one you have defined over to one of the Firenet addresses
instead. Firenet and the APRS-IS servers are connected, so you should just
pick up MORE stuff with Firenet but not lose anything by connecting there
instead of APRS-IS.

Some stuff is only on Firenet. Like quakes down to magnitude 0.1, more of
the NWS weather alerts, stuff like that.


On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 5:22 PM, Halley Melinda <kd4fbi at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hey, Curt,thanks for the replies. I have the I-gating set up as you
> suggested. We're using noam.aprs2.net as the server and the code that
> callpass generated when we used it.
> When you talk about the firenet server stuff, how would I use that? Do I
> set up another internet interface?
> Thanks again,Mickey
>
>
>       From: Curt Mills <curt.we7u at gmail.com>
>  To: Halley Melinda <kd4fbi at yahoo.com>; Xastir - APRS client software
> discussion <xastir at lists.xastir.org>
>  Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 4:36 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Xastir] Couple of Small Problems, Maybe?
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Halley Melinda <kd4fbi at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hey David,This is Mickey, Flip's wife. the xastir site has "TBD" on the
> section for Igating. Other than how to turn on igating, there's no help.
>
> The most up-to-date docs would be the text files with the code. The Wiki
> pages won't be as complete.
> For igating there are two places to tweak in Xastir:
> 1) File -> Configure Defaults -> IGate Options2) Interface -> Interface
> Control -> Add -> Internet Server -> Add -> Put in options there for the
> particular APRS-IS server you want to connect to.
> I'd recommend checking "Activate on Startup?" "Allow Transmitting", and
> "Reconnect on NET failure?". You'll need to put in Host, Port, and
> Pass-code there.
> Also note that you can click on the dashed-line on the drop-down windows
> to chop them off and make them stick around for a bit. You can then hit the
> 'X' in the corner to make them go away.
> Also on the "Interface" menu is "Disable Transmit: ALL". Do NOT check that.
> --
> Curt, WE7U
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