I'll have to check on the button not sticking properly. Lemme see... line 439 in parse_aprs.c:
438 // Once it's parsed, we can remove it from the comment 439 strcpy(p, p+9); If you were to comment that out and recompile it, it wouldn't remove the /A= altitude string from the comment text. I can try that sometime if I ever get a chance to work on code again. Scott Pete Lilja wrote: > > > Hmm, the "turning on" of the status with the altitude box checked still > didn't get the Nuvi to display the altitude. I should add that I got > one of those 'odd happenings' in the config program where when clicking > the tabs between profile 1 and 2 the 'status' check button repeatedly > switched back to being checked in the 'comment' section so I'm not sure > it was actually written to the OT+ with the status configuration enabled. > > That changing settings when switching between profiles seems to be a > common and frustrating 'feature' in otwincfg. > > This isn't a deal breaker for me. I really like flying the OT+ in > balloons and we can get the altitude data from our Kenwood D7 HTs - it'd > just be nice to have the info displayed on the Nuvi 350 while chasing > and recovering. > > Any other ideas? > > Pete > KC0GPB > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Pete Lilja <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > That just might work. I'll try that. Thanks, Mark! > > Pete > KC0GPB > > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Mark Cheavens <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > I can't remember in the config if you can get the altitude into > a status packet (I think you can). > > You can read status messages on the T2/Nuvi350 > > Mark > KC5EVE > > > At 02:45 PM 1/22/2010, you wrote: >> >> >> I sent the message below yesterday but haven't seen it come >> across the Yahoo Group(s). Perhaps it was lost. I originally >> had high-jacked another thread with this and apologize for >> that. I would, however, like to figure out a way to see my >> balloon flights altitude on my Nuvi. >> >> PL >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> I run a Kenwood TH-G71 HT with a Garmin 18 and an OT+ on high >> altitude balloon flights. Using my T2-135 in the Alinco 2 >> meter mobile connected to a Garmin Nuvi 350 I cannot see an >> altitude display on the Nuvi. I would like to be able to >> extract that info while chasing the balloon for recovery. >> >> Is there some way I can either pull that info via the Nuvi or >> change some setting in the OT+ so that it does display altitude? >> >> The OT+ is just a few months old. >> >> Pete >> KC0GPB > > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tracker2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tracker2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
