Re: debugging KISS basics

[Ray Wells <vk2tv@exemail.com.au>]

Chris,

Wade through this document http://rose.fpac.free.fr/MINI-HOWTO/

Although it's primarily aimed at fpac, the underlying stuff is valid for 
any ax25 application.

Ray vk2tv

Chris Kantarjiev wrote:
> Sorry for the n00b questions, but: how do I go about debugging
> the basic KISS functionality? As I said, I can talk to my
> FTDI-based TNC with minicom and it works to control the radio
> and pass packets in CONV mode. But any attempt to use, say,
> the call program in KISS mode fails. 
>
> Since it's a USB modem, I really don't have any good way to tap 
> into the signal lines going to the TNC (and wouldn't know
> how to interpret them). Are there options that I can use
> to debug the communications?
>
> And while I'm asking ... what's the typical way of putting
> a TNC into KISS mode at boot time, and what do people use
> to get things started from /etc/rc? I had sort of expected
> to find a prototype /etc/init.d script for ax25d, but didn't...
>
> 73 de chris K6DBG
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