Thanks for the replies! That was it. I didn't realize I had to type out the entire packet. Works perfectly now.
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Tom Russo <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 01:08:38PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron > collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing: > > I'm trying to send some bulletin packets via xastir_udp_client and not > > having a lot of success. I'm using: > > > > xastir_udp_client localhost 2023 KN4QD PASS ":BLNC :test test test > test" > > You're trying to send xastir_udp_client only the APRS data, whereas you > really > have to fake out the entire TNC2-style packet. > > xastir_udp_client localhost 2023 KN4QD PASS "KN4QD>APX201::BLNC :test > test test test" > > So you're missing the KN4QD> source address, the APX201 TOCALL (or whatever > TOCALL you choose to use), and the double colon indicating the end of the > header *and* the "APRS Message" data type. > > Sorry it took so long to respond. It took me a little while to work out > what > was expected as the "APRS packet goes here" argument for xastir_udp_client. > If you do the whole fake packet (including to and from addresses, and the > extra colon), the bulletin/announcement *will* show up in Xastir. Note > that > Xastir will NOT adopt the message as if it were its own, and will not > re-transmit it on the decaying interval that it would do for its own > messages. > > -- > Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ > Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 > http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM > "The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off." > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
