Re: [Xastir] TH-D72A with Internal GPS working with Xastir

2012-03-22 Thread John Goerzen
Thanks, Tom. I've noted this on the wiki page as well. On 03/21/2012 10:56 AM, Tom Hayward wrote: I was able to test with a dumb terminal. I sent each of the TNC mode commands and watched the output for NMEA strings. TH-D72 v1.02: TNC off: GPS output works TNC APRS12: GPS output works TNC

Re: [Xastir] TH-D72A with Internal GPS working with Xastir

2012-03-21 Thread Tom Hayward
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 09:12, John Goerzen jgoer...@complete.org wrote: I upgraded my radio to 1.05 last Thursday and I'm not sure if it's safe to go back down to 1.03.  I do have the 1.03 installer if anybody is running older than 1.03 and wants to try the 1.03 upgrade. To my horror and

Re: [Xastir] TH-D72A with Internal GPS working with Xastir

2012-03-21 Thread John Goerzen
I will send it to you off-list. Here's what I want you to do: 1. Apply the update 2. Follow the instructions at http://wiki.complete.org/THD72PCAPRS to configure the radio (two menu items) and Xastir 3. Down in the Use section of that page, bring up the radio in APRS ro mode.

Re: [Xastir] TH-D72A with Internal GPS working with Xastir

2012-03-20 Thread John Goerzen
On 03/19/2012 05:08 PM, Kai Gunter Brandt wrote: I have not been able to verify this. On v1.05 with TNC v1.00 i'm only getting NMEA data when the radio are in APRS mode or when the radio is NOT in TNC mode. This was also true in an earlier versions so maybe only 1.03 this is working? And

Re: [Xastir] TH-D72A with Internal GPS working with Xastir

2012-03-20 Thread Kai Gunter Brandt
On 03/20/2012 04:12 PM, John Goerzen wrote: I can confirm this on 1.05 as well. I don't know, now, whether: * I was mistaken on this on 1.03... * Or it worked on 1.03 I think it worked, but honestly I tested the APRS mode more closely because that's the one people were saying didn't

Re: [Xastir] TH-D72A with Internal GPS working with Xastir

2012-03-19 Thread Kurt Savegnago
: From: John Goerzen jgoer...@complete.org Subject: Re: [Xastir] TH-D72A with Internal GPS working with Xastir To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion xastir@lists.xastir.org Date: Saturday, March 17, 2012, 8:53 PM On 03/17/2012 07:43 PM, Lee Bengston wrote: Just a suggestion

Re: [Xastir] TH-D72A with Internal GPS working with Xastir

2012-03-19 Thread John Goerzen
! :-) Kurt KC9LDH --- On Sat, 3/17/12, John Goerzenjgoer...@complete.org wrote: From: John Goerzenjgoer...@complete.org Subject: Re: [Xastir] TH-D72A with Internal GPS working with Xastir To: Xastir - APRS client software discussionxastir@lists.xastir.org Date: Saturday, March 17, 2012, 8:53 PM On 03

Re: [Xastir] TH-D72A with Internal GPS working with Xastir

2012-03-19 Thread Kai Gunter Brandt
On 03/19/2012 09:36 PM, John Goerzen wrote: If you watch the output from the D72A in minicom or some other serial program, you'll see lines that look various ways. APRS packets will have CALLDEST sort of appearance. GPS packets will start with $GPS It's a real GPS packet, not an APRS packet,

Re: [Xastir] TH-D72A with Internal GPS working with Xastir

2012-03-17 Thread John Goerzen
On 03/17/2012 07:43 PM, Lee Bengston wrote: Just a suggestion for the wiki referenced above - it doesn't say which type of interface to create in Xastir. Good point - I have corrected it to mention Serial TNC with GPS on Aux port. -- John ___

Re: [Xastir] TH-D72A with Internal GPS working with Xastir

2012-03-16 Thread Kai Gunter Brandt
On 03/15/2012 05:01 PM, John Goerzen wrote: I'm not sure how to find out the firmware version on a running device, but based on the descriptions at http://www.kenwood.com/i/products/info/amateur/th_d72/thd72_main_update_e.html it looks like I have 1.04. -- John I think it was: hold ENT and

Re: [Xastir] TH-D72A with Internal GPS working with Xastir

2012-03-16 Thread Kai Gunter Brandt
On 03/15/2012 09:01 PM, John Goerzen wrote: Just figured it out. Main firmware 1.03 TNC 1.00 -- John Thanks :o) I'll post your findings on the TH-D72 group if it's ok for you. Kai Gunter LA3QMA ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org

Re: [Xastir] TH-D72A with Internal GPS working with Xastir

2012-03-16 Thread John Goerzen
No problem at all. Where is that group, incidentally? I'm interested in it. I've updated the wiki page with this info as well. -- John KR0L On 03/16/2012 01:32 AM, Kai Gunter Brandt wrote: On 03/15/2012 09:01 PM, John Goerzen wrote: Just figured it out. Main firmware 1.03 TNC 1.00 --

Re: [Xastir] TH-D72A with Internal GPS working with Xastir

2012-03-15 Thread Kai Gunter Brandt
On 03/15/2012 02:41 AM, John Goerzen wrote: I thank everyone that has contributed on this list for the background info, and in particular Kai Günter Brandt's D710 setup scripts which I was able to lightly modify for the D72A. His info was at

Re: [Xastir] TH-D72A with Internal GPS working with Xastir

2012-03-15 Thread John Goerzen
I'm not sure how to find out the firmware version on a running device, but based on the descriptions at http://www.kenwood.com/i/products/info/amateur/th_d72/thd72_main_update_e.html it looks like I have 1.04. -- John On 03/15/2012 02:25 AM, Kai Gunter Brandt wrote: On 03/15/2012 02:41 AM,

Re: [Xastir] TH-D72A with Internal GPS working with Xastir

2012-03-15 Thread John Goerzen
Just figured it out. Main firmware 1.03 TNC 1.00 -- John On 03/15/2012 11:01 AM, John Goerzen wrote: I'm not sure how to find out the firmware version on a running device, but based on the descriptions at http://www.kenwood.com/i/products/info/amateur/th_d72/thd72_main_update_e.html it