Pete, I should also mention that this future version of D-STAR Hot Spot will only send slow speed (DPRS) data received from the attached RF receiver to D-PRS Interface. Slow speed data embedded in a DV stream received from a connected gateway or reflector will NOT be sent out the TCP port to D-PRS Interface.
I've added this functionality because mobile D-STAR Hot Spot users who transmit DPRS data do not show up on the APRS-IS network, even when Hot Spot is connected to a repeater with a G2 gateway running D-STAR Monitor. This is because data forwarded to DPlus from a connected D-STAR Hot Spot is not passed to D-STAR Monitor. Thus D-STAR Hot Spot must have it's own means of passing DPRS data to the APRS-IS network, rather then relying on the connected gateway. Rather than build my own APRS-IS client inside of D-STAR Hot Spot, I figured your D-PRS Interface software would fit the bill perfectly. Initial testing shows that the TCP connection between D-STAR Hot Spot and D-PRS Interface works great! Mark (KB9KHM) --- In [email protected], "kb9khm" <kb9...@...> wrote: > > Pete, > > It seems like if I specify a TCP Port for D-PRS Interface to connect > to (I'm talking TCP "serial port" here - as in connecting to DVTool), > that D-PRS Interface will only try once to connect to the TCP port > when the application is first launched. > > Is there anyway I can talk to you into a new version of DPRS-Interface > that will retry the TCP "serial port" connection if the TCP server is > not available, or if the connection is lost? A retry of once per > minute or so would be great. > > I've added code to D-STAR Hot Spot to make a TCP server available that > will stream out the slow speed (DPRS) data to your D-PRS Interface > application. My concern arises in a situation where D-STAR Hot Spot > and D-PRS Interface are launched automatically on Windows boot-up. If > D-PRS Interface happens to launch before D-STAR Hot Spot, and Hot > Spot's TCP server is not ready yet, that D-PRS will never make a > connection. A TCP connect retry from D-PRS Interface would cure this > issue. > > Thanks! > > Mark (KB9KHM)
