On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 20:37:28 -0700 David Ranch <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello Everyone, > > Since the list has been pretty quiet, I thought I'd send this out > tothe group. I have a Raspberry Pi and a TNC-Pi which it works > pretty wellbut I'd like to turn it into a an APRS tracker and digi. > For the tracker side, I have a working USB GPS unit that's spitting > out the expected NEMA sentences but I'd like something that supports > SmartBeaconing and not just periodic beacons. Looking at the very > comprehensive table at http://wetnet.net/~we7u/aprs_capabilities.html > (it's missing digi_ned though which is rather comprehensive > otherwise), only Xastir and YACC seemto have smart beaconing but both > are GUI *only* applications. I'm really looking for something that > doesn't require Xwindowsand is lightweight(Java doesn't strike me as > very light). > > So.. does this exist? Maybe there are tricks to make either of these > programs NOT require to run a GUI what so ever? Other alternatives? > > --David > KI6ZHD I've got the Pi partly set up to be the car-Pi, and decided on a display from Lilliput which runs through the USB interface. I've got xastir installed but not set up, and need a beefy 12V > 5V converter to run the gear. My intention is to interface it into a HF set and have APRS on 40m The screen says its power consumption is 8.5V, which I presume is Chinese for 8.5A. _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
