Hello Wes and others, Strange, because I did set up a connection to rotate.aprs.net, but I only get a message from javAPRSsSrrv every 20 seconds when I check the incoming data. What did I miss?
I only run one laptop at the moment, but the remark about in-house relaying is useful, since I plan on setting up some machines with APRS capabilities. Thanks. Hans >________________________________ >From: "Wes Johnston, AI4PX" <[email protected]> >To: Hans Fong <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 6:22 PM >Subject: Re: [Xastir] Useful without TNC/tracker? > > >You can absolutely connect to rotate.aprs.net and see the same data that is on >aprs.fi . > > >You can also run xastir in "internet server mode" where you have one copy >connected to rotate.aprs.net and it acts as an in house server that other >copies of xastir can connect to. This is useful to keep your internet >bandwidth lower since you "relay" the data in house. > >Wes >--- >The world needs more geniuses with humility because there are so few of us >left. > > > > >On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 04:06, Hans Fong <[email protected]> wrote: > >Newbie here! I am new to APRS, but investigating it after some interesting >talks at our local ham meeting. >> >>I successfully set up Xastir, but I don't have a TNC or tracker yet. I >>was wondering if I still can do something useful with Xastir, like >>getting info from the web and displaying it in Xastir (a bit like aprs.fi). >>Can you connect to an iGate, or another source directly? I saw that >>there is an interface for an internet server, but it seems outbound >>only, not inbound. But then again, I might be doing something wrong. >>Hope this group can help out a bit. Thank you. >> >>Some more info: >>Running Xastir 2.0.0 >>OS: Kubuntu 10.10 >>Box: MSI CR400 mini-laptop >>Rig: TH-F7e >>Tracker/TNC: pending >>Grid: PL040u >> >>Call: BX2ABT / PA2BX >>Name: Hans >>73 and TU >>_______________________________________________ >>Xastir mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir >> > > > _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
