[Xastir] Couple of Small Problems, Maybe?

Fri Feb 17 13:18:41 PST 2017

If a message is sent from me to you, it will have to pass through an internet server since we are on opposite sides on the US. It won't be passed to a FL I-Gate for transmission but only to the I-Gates that have heard you within some period of time (30?).

As far as I know, the above is fact. How this is managed apparently is in question but I don't believe it is a function of the I-Gate. If the I-Gate software handles it, the filter would need to be changed for every station heard on RF.

I understood that APRS-IS manages a 'heard' list for the purpose of supporting the messages. I understood Firenet does not support it. Based on that understanding I would not put up an I-Gate using Firenet but instead use APRS-IS.

But you are saying the server software is identical which is very interesting.

Best regards,
Fred N7FMH

-----Original Message-----
From: Xastir [mailto:xastir-bounces at lists.xastir.org] On Behalf Of Curt Mills
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 10:22 AM
To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion
Subject: Re: [Xastir] Couple of Small Problems, Maybe?

I guess I don't understand the "heard" list comment. The heard list is maintained in the APRS igate, not in the APRS-IS or Firenet servers. In fact the APRS-IS and Firenet servers are running the same server software.
I know 'cuz I run two of the Firenet servers. I've also messed with the code in Xastir having to do with deciding whether or not to gate a message or ack/nack between the internet and RF.

It's always possible (highly likely?) that I've forgotten something important too, so if I'm missing something here, please explain further.
Thanks!

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 3:48 AM, fmhillhouse <fmhillhouse at comcast.net>
wrote:

>
>
> 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
>
>
> Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S® 5, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
>
> -------- 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.
> > --
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