From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Crosswell Subject: Re: soundmodem on OpenWRT on ASUS WL-520gU router with USB audio Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:42:05 -0400 Message-ID: <4ABE283D.3040303@columbia.edu> References: <0074D064-BA95-45EC-B65D-236611D801DC@columbia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <0074D064-BA95-45EC-B65D-236611D801DC@columbia.edu> Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Frank Smith Cc: "linux-hams@vger.kernel.org" ... also as a replacement for TNC-based digipeaters such as Kantronics, PacComm, etc. since the alternative right now is a normal PC rather than a small appliance. /a Alan Crosswell wrote: > For the APRS community, aprsd would do it as you'd basically have an > APRS-IS server in a box. Very useful for portable public service uses. > > On Sep 26, 2009, at 9:48 AM, Frank Smith wrote: > >> Alan, >> >> Yes, I agree, and didn't mean to discount any particular packet radio >> software. >> >> My key interest, and the reason for mentioning ldsped in particular, >> is that I am interested in creating a "packet radio engine" box out of >> a cheap router, that I can connect to with packet software running on >> a laptop or other WiFi device, maybe even an iPod touch. >> >> I think that Linux as a platform for packet radio could become more >> popular if it could be embedded in a box like a router so that hams >> with little experience in Linux, and are not interested in learning >> it, could just use it as an off-the-shelf appliance with whatever >> packet clients they like, on any OS platform they want. >> >> It would be nice if existing APRS clients such as UI-View and Xastir >> could use this "packet radio engine" using existing mechanisms, such >> as the AGWPE TCP/IP protocol. I am fairly new to packet so if anyone >> has any suggestions for other ways that I could accomplish what I want >> to do I would be very interested in hearing them. >> >> Frank VE1FIS. >> >> On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Alan Crosswell >> wrote: >>> Frank, >>> >>> This sounds like a great platform for aprsdigi >>> (http://aprsdigi.sf.net), >>> aprsd, etc. >>> 73 >>> /a >>> >>> On Sep 26, 2009, at 8:13 AM, Frank Smith >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I have recently been working on getting soundmodem running on OpenWRT >>>> on an ASUS WL-520gU router with a USB audio dongle. I have had some >>>> initial success so I thought I would make the magic available to >>>> anyone who is interested. >>>> >>>> I have posted the software and a rudimentary set of installation >>>> instructions at http://www.ve1fis.net, follow the link to >>>> "Frankenrouter-2". These instructions assume a working knowledge of >>>> OpenWRT and AX.25 on Linux. >>>> >>>> It is just a proof of concept at this point; I have successfully used >>>> it for a couple of days to monitor APRS traffic (using the axlisten >>>> command) and send APRS beacons (using the beacon command). After you >>>> install the packages it is up to you to make it do something. On my >>>> router there is about 500k of flash available after installation. >>>> >>>> This soundmodem package differs from vanilla soundmodem in a couple of >>>> ways: >>>> - I patched in a lightweight xml parser >>>> (http://ezxml.sourceforge.net/) to avoid requiring libxml2 >>>> - There is no configuration application; you need to create your own >>>> soundmodem.conf >>>> >>>> I welcome any suggestions for improvements, and please let me know if >>>> you find this useful. I think this would be a great platform for >>>> ldsped (http://www.on7lds.net/ldsped/index.html) once it is released >>>> in source code. >>>> >>>> Frank VE1FIS >>>> -- >>>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe >>>> linux-hams" in >>>> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >>>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>>> >>>> >>> >> >