Re: XASTIR cross-port digipeating?

["J. Lance Cotton" <joe@lightningflash.net>]

On Saturday 19 July 2003 01:35, Wilbert Knol wrote:
> Thanks for reading this message. I am running (amongst other things)
> XASTIR on a small, two-port packet system. Is it possible to get XASTIR to
> digipeat on one port APRS broadcasts heard on another? Or do I need the
> separate 'aprsdigi' mentioned recently? (I have same-port digipeating
> working successfully)

Xastir doesn't digipeat, except for RELAY digipeating that home stations 
should do. You would need aprsdigi or digi_ned to do any further digipeating.

> Similarly, are there any Internet based APRS servers (preferably in
> VK/ZL). Will XASTIR re-transmit on any of the RF ports broadcasts heard on
> the Internet interface, and vice versa?

What is meant by "broadcasts"? Right now, Xastir will only dump from INET->RF 
messages intended for stations heard locally, their related position packets, 
and any NWS (US National Weather Service) packets that match callsigns listed 
in ~/.xastir/data/nws-stations.txt (only NWS weather report packets are gated 
to RF, so putting any callsign in nws-stations.txt won't cause Xastir to gate 
any matching packet).

> A separate question: XASTIR 1.2.1 complains about NUM/SCROLL/CAPSLOCK
> being engaged when I right-click the desktop. My notebook keyboard only
> has a CAPSLOCK, and it is off. Is there a work-around for this?

Xastir doesn't yet do the right filtering to determine if key modifiers like 
those listed above are enabled, which in some cases (with LessTif, I think) 
causes Xastir not to process those clicks. Look in the menu 
File->Configure->Defaults and un-check "Warn if modifier keys". That will 
disable the message.

> Wilbert, ZL2BSJ

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