Hello. I’m Steven K6SPI. I (not often enough) help with LinPac code (Hi David!), and I’m interested in Node.js bindings for Linux ax.25 sockets (libax25), as well as compact devices for routing over ham radio.
My question is around testing. How do you test ax.25 sockets without RF, such as in a test environment? I saw some discussions about loopback support on the old archives, but nothing conclusive. Is there a how-to on this? Ideally, I'd be able to test the behavior of ax.25 sockets in a virtual environment (such as a docker image). Using a soundmodem driver with .WAV files might even work, or can you connect two soundmodem drivers via a (virtual) pipe? A related question is which callsigns to use for testing use. (such as automated testing.) I came across the callsign 'KA0XTT' (experimental, can't be issued, used in fiction) and thought that might be a good one to use for now. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITU_prefix#Unallocated_and_unavailable_call_sign_prefixes ..There are also unavailable ITU prefixes. Perhaps something such as "QQ0AA...QQ9ZZ" could be a good convention for loopback. As an application developer, it would be great if I could count on a loopback interface with a MYCALL of "QQ0AA" as a standard test environment. Obligatory: Yes, a dummy load and/or rubber duck might be a substitute for loopback inside a docker container hi hi Thank you for any pointers and 73.. -- Steven / K6SPI / https://srl295.github.io -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hams" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
