On 6/21/99 1:08 AM jim ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>I am interested in APRS. I have a KPC-9612 and wish to receive APRS
>information from a local repeater (APRS repeater) and display it on my
>Linux box over a 10baseT network. My radio and tnc are connected to a
>Pentium class machine on the end of my LAN, and I would like to run the
>software there, but view the maps inside on another box. Any suggestions
>for a good piece of software for Linux?
>
There is only one Linux display program released so far, XASTIR
(http://www.eazy.net/users/fgiannan/linux/), in very early alpha form. To
do what you seem to be asking, you would need to run a Windows program
like WinAPRS, which incorporates a built in APRS data server, and connect
to that with XASTIR.
There also is a good APRS server for Linux, aprsd
(http://www.wa4dsy.radio.org/aprs/Welcome.html), which would let you
connect to the tnc and serve the data that way, though it sounds like the
Linux box isn't where the tnc is.
Setting all this up isn't a beginner's exercise in APRS though!
Steve K4HG
