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HF APRS Time Lapse Video -- Timeout Setting?

 

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All:?

I recently recorded a time lapse video showing APRS-VARA activity on the 30-meter band (see below). The condensed video is only a few minutes long, but the actual recording time was approximately 8 hours. When I played it back, I noticed that stations would periodically disappear from the map over a certain amount of time and some would then reappear.?

My guess is that this is due to the time-out feature, which assumes a station is no longer active if no packets are heard over a given time period. It's obviously a useful feature, but I was wondering if the timeout can be modified for demonstration purposes i.e., video demos???

Tony -K2MO?


Video Link:
This time lapse video shows APRS activity on the 30M band using the VARA modem.
www.youtube.com

 

Neat time-lapse video.

I believe this has to be done via editing the xml file. I can't seem to find a menu item for it. Someone else may know where it is.?

<Stations.MinAge>80</Stations.MinAge>
<Stations.MaxAge>120</Stations.MaxAge>

I believe those numbers are in minutes.

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73s
Adam Mahnke
KC2ANT

On Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025 at 19:40, Tony via groups.io <73GUDDX@...> wrote:

All:?

I recently recorded a time lapse video showing APRS-VARA activity on the 30-meter band (see below). The condensed video is only a few minutes long, but the actual recording time was approximately 8 hours. When I played it back, I noticed that stations would periodically disappear from the map over a certain amount of time and some would then reappear.?

My guess is that this is due to the time-out feature, which assumes a station is no longer active if no packets are heard over a given time period. It's obviously a useful feature, but I was wondering if the timeout can be modified for demonstration purposes i.e., video demos???

Tony -K2MO?


Video Link:
This time lapse video shows APRS activity on the 30M band using the VARA modem.
www.youtube.com


 

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Adam:

Thanks for the info. I ran another timelapse and noticed that if a station isn't heard from after 30 minutes, it's removed from the map. It's remains in the station list for up to 2 hours before it's removed from the list. If a packet is received from that station before the 2-hour limit, the process above starts all over again. At least that's what appears to?be happening when viewing the time-lapse.?

I've attached a few screenshots to illustrate the time out sequence. Notice how the highlight color in the station list changes from white to Yellow after 15 minutes and then Red after 30 minutes.?

Tony -K2MO


From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Adam - KC2ANT via groups.io <kc2ant@...>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2025 1:13 AM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [APRSISCE] HF APRS Time Lapse Video -- Timeout Setting?
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Neat time-lapse video.

I believe this has to be done via editing the xml file. I can't seem to find a menu item for it. Someone else may know where it is.?

<Stations.MinAge>80</Stations.MinAge>
<Stations.MaxAge>120</Stations.MaxAge>

I believe those numbers are in minutes.

----
73s
Adam Mahnke
KC2ANT

On Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025 at 19:40, Tony via groups.io <73GUDDX@...> wrote:
All:?

I recently recorded a time lapse video showing APRS-VARA activity on the 30-meter band (see below). The condensed video is only a few minutes long, but the actual recording time was approximately 8 hours. When I played it back, I noticed that stations would periodically disappear from the map over a certain amount of time and some would then reappear.?

My guess is that this is due to the time-out feature, which assumes a station is no longer active if no packets are heard over a given time period. It's obviously a useful feature, but I was wondering if the timeout can be modified for demonstration purposes i.e., video demos???

Tony -K2MO?


Video Link:
This time lapse video shows APRS activity on the 30M band using the VARA modem.
www.youtube.com


APRS TIMEOUT1.jpg
APRS TIMEOUT2.jpg
APRS TIMEOUT3.jpg

 

It is a neat video, Tony.
?
The setting(s) that Adam displayed are the ones to be edited. However, there are TWO files to?
be altered. With the client program closed, edit each and save. These are those
Again, editing will ONLY BE SAVED WHILE THE CLIENT IS CLOSED. Otherwise, those xml files will
be overwritten.
?
My APRSIS32 settings:
?
-K0ION
 

Thanks for the update Glen. Didn't realize the .safe file had to be edited as well.

Tony, Notice how Glen's and Mine are different times? I made some adjustments to mine for reasons that I don't remember right now, but if you update those numbers to larger minutes it should resolve what you're looking for. That being said, I vaguely remember there being an upper limit to those, but I can't remember what it is right now.?

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73s
Adam Mahnke
KC2ANT

On Friday, January 24th, 2025 at 04:43, Glenn O'Connor via groups.io <ka0lnr37@...> wrote:

It is a neat video, Tony.
The setting(s) that Adam displayed are the ones to be edited. However, there are TWO files to
be altered. With the client program closed, edit each and save. These are those
Again, editing will ONLY BE SAVED WHILE THE CLIENT IS CLOSED. Otherwise, those xml files will
be overwritten.
My APRSIS32 settings:
-K0ION
 

Need to know software use w Vara for aprs HF


On Fri, Jan 24, 2025, 7:00?AM Adam - KC2ANT via <kc2ant=[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks for the update Glen. Didn't realize the .safe file had to be edited as well.

Tony, Notice how Glen's and Mine are different times? I made some adjustments to mine for reasons that I don't remember right now, but if you update those numbers to larger minutes it should resolve what you're looking for. That being said, I vaguely remember there being an upper limit to those, but I can't remember what it is right now.?

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73s
Adam Mahnke
KC2ANT

On Friday, January 24th, 2025 at 04:43, Glenn O'Connor via <ka0lnr37=[email protected]> wrote:
It is a neat video, Tony.
The setting(s) that Adam displayed are the ones to be edited. However, there are TWO files to
be altered. With the client program closed, edit each and save. These are those
Again, editing will ONLY BE SAVED WHILE THE CLIENT IS CLOSED. Otherwise, those xml files will
be overwritten.
My APRSIS32 settings:
-K0ION

inline.0.part
inline.1.part

 

I can find no instance of Lynn mentioning an upper limit to the values. One message notes that someone used 1440 as the stations.maxage which is 24 hours.

Lynn noted many times that setting the value to zero would equate?to never timing out, so the upper value limit would be 0, which equates to infinity.

James
VE6SRV


On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 5:00?AM Adam - KC2ANT via <kc2ant=[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks for the update Glen. Didn't realize the .safe file had to be edited as well.

Tony, Notice how Glen's and Mine are different times? I made some adjustments to mine for reasons that I don't remember right now, but if you update those numbers to larger minutes it should resolve what you're looking for. That being said, I vaguely remember there being an upper limit to those, but I can't remember what it is right now.?

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73s
Adam Mahnke
KC2ANT

On Friday, January 24th, 2025 at 04:43, Glenn O'Connor via <ka0lnr37=[email protected]> wrote:
It is a neat video, Tony.
The setting(s) that Adam displayed are the ones to be edited. However, there are TWO files to
be altered. With the client program closed, edit each and save. These are those
Again, editing will ONLY BE SAVED WHILE THE CLIENT IS CLOSED. Otherwise, those xml files will
be overwritten.
My APRSIS32 settings:
-K0ION
 

KD4JWF, APRSIS32, is the name of this game!

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