[Xastir] Kantronics DiGi help

[MJ Inabnit]

Why hasn't the author replied?  This is VERY important info for newbies
LIKE ME!

Thanks for the assist.  I'll keep this email as a reference as I plug
along on our diginodes.

73
j

On 11/26/18 8:50 AM, David Ranch wrote:
> 
> Hello Danny,
> 
> 
>> I am helping a friend of mine EX0CK from Kyrgistan setup an iGate
>> (EX0CK-1 with a Kantronics KPC-3 v8.2) which seems to be working well
>> with Xastir, or at least it is beaconing and is visible on
>> www.aprs.fi. However, we are trying to also setup a DiGiPeater in the
>> same area (EX0CK-10 with a Kantronics KPC-3+ v9.1 ) just as a
>> digipeater for a project we are working on. The KPC-3+ is standalone
>> and is not interfaced with any software. We want EX0CK-1 (KPC-3
>> connected to Xastir) to be an iGate and EX0CK-10 (KPC-3+) to be a
>> digipeater only.
> 
> For the EC0CK-1 digi, what paths do you want it to support?  WIDE1-1
> only?  WIDE2-1 and WIDE1-1 only?
> 
> Next, can you send us a copy of the packet string that the EX0CK-10 is
> beaconing out that you're hoping to see on APRS.FI (via EX0CK-1)?  You
> can use various tools to inspect your string to make sure it's ok such as:
> 
>    #example from
> https://aprs-python.readthedocs.io/en/stable/parse_formats.html
>    #
>    sudo pip install aprslib
>    python
>    import aprslib
>    aprslib.parse("FROMCALL>TOCALL:!4903.50N/07201.75W-Test /A=001234")
>    quit ()
> 
> 
> 
>> ###### EX0CK-10 Standalone digi (KPC-3+)###################
>>
> . . .
>> LTP
>> 1 APN382 VIA WIDE2-2
>> 2 APN382
>> 3 APN382
>> 4 APN382
> 
> These look wrong as I would expect this to be "APN391" for your KPC3+
> v9.1 TNC.  Seems you mistakenly cut and pasted from a different TNC.
> 
> 
>> MYCALL   EX0CK-1 0
> 
> Why is there a space in there?   You should read the recommended APRS
> configuration setup from WB4APR -
> http://www.aprs.org/kpc3/kpc3+WIDEn.txt .  Specifically, you ideally put
> a LOCATION name in there like "BISHKEK"
> 
> 
> 
>> MYALIAS  WIDE1-1
> 
> This is wrong.  Per the above URL, set this to something useless like NONE
> 
> 
>> MYDROP   0
>> MYNODE   EX0CK-1 0
> 
> Why is there a space in here as well?
> 
> 
>> PACLEN   0
> 
> Not sure why you overrode the default of 128 bytes here though I don't
> think it will hurt you
> 
> 
>> TXDELAY  18
> 
> Are you sure this is enough time for your radio to key up?  Until you
> get things working 100%, I would recommend to set this to something
> conservative like 30  (aka.. 300ms)
> 
> 
>> UIDIGI   ON WIDE1-1
> 
> Are you sure you don't want to support WIDE2-1 as well?
> 
> --David
> KI6ZHD
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