[Xastir] Non communication with radio

2013-12-08 Thread Liz
I've just been on a 2000km trip. I had upgraded the computer which runs xastir in the car and it just didn't want to talk with the radio. The radio has a cable which connects to a pl2303 serial-usb interface and it was being detected and assigned /dev/ttyUSB0. I found that gpsd was grabbing the de

Re: [Xastir] Xastir Maps

2013-12-08 Thread Thomas Adsit
Any idea, how I might be able to get back to the Xastir screen? Right now when I start it, just get a blank grey screen with the spinning mouse icon, just stays that way, I would like to get back to the regular screen, but so far no go, I hate to reinstall the OS, because everything else is work

[Xastir] Fwd: Xastir Maps

2013-12-08 Thread Lee Bengston
resending - got a bounce message from the list for some reason. -- Forwarded message -- From: Lee Bengston Date: Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [Xastir] Xastir Maps To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion Try the following command in a terminal: rm ~/.xastir/con

Re: [Xastir] Non communication with radio

2013-12-08 Thread David Ranch
Hello Liz, We need a bit more information here. What OS and version? What version of Xastir? What kind of radio? What kind of TNC (or software TNC)? Do you know for a fact that your Prolific (pl2303) cable is good? The reason I ask this last one is that Prolific-based cables are renown

Re: [Xastir] Non communication with radio

2013-12-08 Thread Jason KG4WSV
Another issue with prolific and USB CDC devices (e.g. OT USB or new arduino variants) is that there is no unique identifier on the device, so if you have a prolific for the GPS, plug it in, get it configured, then plug in a second prolific for the tnc, get it configured, then reboot the computer

Re: [Xastir] Non communication with radio

2013-12-08 Thread John Wilson
That's partially true. You have the identifier of the device AND the physical port you plug it into. I'm currently away from the computer and will follow up with how I established my prolific device to recognize multiple devices in the event of a reboot, and not mixing up attached devices. 73 John

Re: [Xastir] Non communication with radio

2013-12-08 Thread Liz
On Sun, 08 Dec 2013 09:31:40 -0800 David Ranch wrote: > > Hello Liz, > > We need a bit more information here. What OS and version? What > version of Xastir? What kind of radio? What kind of TNC (or > software TNC)? Do you know for a fact that your Prolific (pl2303) > cable is good? The re

Re: [Xastir] Non communication with radio

2013-12-08 Thread John Wilson
Here are the steps I provided to another ham to designate a specific adapter to a port. If you wish to make a more permanent change for your device, you can follow these instructions for running a rule in UDEV and not have to worry about your port assignment. To establish a local rule in linux fo

Re: [Xastir] Non communication with radio

2013-12-08 Thread Rein
I think it may be a question of permissions: In earlier versions of Ubuntu I have no trouble with the ownership but in versions later than 10.04 that does not work. In Version Ubuntu 12.04 and also in Mint 15 I have to set ownership to (where rein is my login name) I do this at bootup with a

Re: [Xastir] Non communication with radio

2013-12-08 Thread KF4LVZ
On 12/8/2013 12:56, Liz wrote: > On Sun, 08 Dec 2013 09:31:40 -0800 > David Ranch wrote: > >> >> Hello Liz, >> >> We need a bit more information here. What OS and version? What >> version of Xastir? What kind of radio? What kind of TNC (or >> software TNC)? Do you know for a fact that your P

Re: [Xastir] Non communication with radio

2013-12-08 Thread Liz
On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 07:56:39 +1100 Liz wrote: > On Sun, 08 Dec 2013 09:31:40 -0800 > David Ranch wrote: > > > > > Hello Liz, > > > > We need a bit more information here. What OS and version? What > > version of Xastir? What kind of radio? What kind of TNC (or > > software TNC)? Do you kno

Re: [Xastir] Non communication with radio

2013-12-08 Thread Ray Wells
On 09/12/13 10:09, Liz wrote: On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 07:56:39 +1100 Liz wrote: On Sun, 08 Dec 2013 09:31:40 -0800 David Ranch wrote: Hello Liz, We need a bit more information here. What OS and version? What version of Xastir? What kind of radio? What kind of TNC (or software TNC)? Do you

Re: [Xastir] Non communication with radio

2013-12-08 Thread Jason KG4WSV
On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 3:21 PM, John Wilson wrote: > That's partially true. You have the identifier of the device AND the > physical port you plug it into. Sorry, but the prolific and USB CDC devices do not have an identifier unique to the device, unlike the FTDI where every device has a unique s

Re: [Xastir] Non communication with radio

2013-12-08 Thread Liz
On Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:18:06 +1100 Ray Wells wrote: > On 09/12/13 10:09, Liz wrote: > > On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 07:56:39 +1100 > > Liz wrote: > > > >> On Sun, 08 Dec 2013 09:31:40 -0800 > >> David Ranch wrote: > >> > >>> Hello Liz, > >>> > >>> We need a bit more information here. What OS and versio

Re: [Xastir] Non communication with radio

2013-12-08 Thread Jason KG4WSV
On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Liz wrote: > This is the tail of the tnc.log > # 1386540601 Mon Dec 09 09:10:01 EST 2013 > �� > # 1386540603 Mon Dec 09 09:10:03 EST 2013 > �LH >�JIYk�ZZ1j�� �0�� > # 1386540603 Mon Dec 09 09:10:03 EST 2013 > �� > # 1386540605 Mon Dec 09 09:10:05 EST 2013 >

Re: [Xastir] Non communication with radio

2013-12-08 Thread Lee Bengston
I used a similar HowTo at http://buzzdavidson.com/?p=45 to create a udev rule in order to ensure AX25 networking is always set up using an FTDI usb to serial adapter regardless of whether it is assigned USB0, USB1 or whatever. I only have one FTDI based adapter, so I didn't have to make it too com

Re: [Xastir] Non communication with radio

2013-12-08 Thread Liz
On Sun, 8 Dec 2013 18:22:54 -0600 Jason KG4WSV wrote: > On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Liz wrote: > > This is the tail of the tnc.log > > # 1386540601 Mon Dec 09 09:10:01 EST 2013 > > �� > > # 1386540603 Mon Dec 09 09:10:03 EST 2013 > > �LH > >�JIYk�ZZ1j�� �0�� > > # 1386540603 Mon Dec 0

Re: [Xastir] Non communication with radio

2013-12-08 Thread David A Aitcheson
Jason, You have my attention! Could you please provide us with a URL to said referenced purchase? You may have solved several problems for several people! Thank you. 73 Dave KB3EFS On 12/08/2013 07:21 PM, Jason KG4WSV wrote: > On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 3:21 PM, John Wilson wrote: >> That's parti