[Xastir] Xastir on pi3 with kpc3 plus

[vk2tv]

Tom,

Thanks for the heads up re the KPC in KISS mode. I'm obviously too used 
to TNC2 style TNCs with a KISS only EPROM.

Ray vk2tv


On 27/06/17 15:07, Tom Russo wrote:
> One word of warning:  Whatever you do, do NOT use the KPC3+ in KISS mode.  The
> recent posting saying that it should be happy is incorrect.
>
> The KPC3+ firmware has a serious bug in KISS mode that will cause it to
> start delaying packet transmission (in both receive and transmit), and as an
> Igate this is very bad news.  You will start forwarding delayed packets to
> APRS-IS and it'll make a huge mess.  I ran one this way for a while, and
> when I finally realized what was going on found that it was necessary to
> power cycle the KPC3+ every few days to prevent it.
>
> This bug is well documented all over the web, and Kantronics never fixed it.
> https://www.google.com/search?q=KPC3%2B+kiss+bug&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
>
> The KPC3+ in standard converse mode is just fine.  But useless for linux
> ax.25 networking, if you were hoping to share the TNC across a lan.
>
> I eventually mothballed the thing and went to a dedicated KISS device (mine
> is an old Argent Data Systems tracker 2).  My Pi (a 2B, I think) is set
> up with this TNC as and AX.25 network port, and runs javAPRSSrvr for the
> igate software and ldsped to share the TNC across my LAN or other machines to
>   use.  Xastir is running on my primary desktop machine, and just connects to
> that with AGWPE protocol.  Sometimes I connect additional laptops via the same
> protocol, all sharing the same KISS TNC.
>
> I personally do not recommend Xastir for use as an IGate.  Xastir is great for
> an APRS client, but there are better programs to use that have more complete
> implementations of the full igate functionality, and that don't have Xastir's
> graphical overhead.  My choice, as I said, was javAPRSSrvr, but there are
> plenty of others.
>
> But if you do choose to go with Xastir, so long as you use the KPC3+ in normal
> converse mode, your usb<->serial interface should do fine, so long as it's
> using a chip that the Pi recognizes.
>
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 11:29:30PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <ve3ctp at cogeco.ca> flavor, containing:
>>
>> I'm setting up xastir as an igate on an ras pi3. I have a kpc3 plus tnc that I'm trying to get to work with the pi3. ??I have a usb to 9 pin serial adapter, Will this work with the pi. ??Has anyone set up xastir like this. ??
>> I was trying to use the equipment I currently have rather than purchase a pi tnc.
>> Thanks??Chris??
>>
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