I tried the "PTT RIG 2? localhost:12345" and it complained with the error: "Retrying Hamlib Rig open..."
The only one that seems to work is the /dev/PTT, where PTT is a symlink for /dev/ttyUSB0.
On the good news front, I did find that somewhere along the line I had turned off the beacon for the Igate. Once I uncommented (#) that, the beacon is now running in both XASTIR or YAAC,
I now see K1YPP-10 showing up in aprs.fi.
However, I don't see K1YPP-7 showing up from my FT5-D sends out a beacon. I am seeing beacons from other stations in the area showing up on the map. They also show up in the little window in the lower-left corner of XASTIR, all except my own, that doesn't show up. If I go out on my deck with the FT5-D and its small antenna, I do show up in aprs.fi via a superstation about 20 miles away, but my Igate just 100 ft away doesn't capture it.
Oh, the big red error message only showed up once in Direwolf when using YAAC, but shows up often when using XASTIR. See the first post for that error.
Here is the current config file for Direwolf:
dennis@raspberrypi:~ $ cat direwolf.conf
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ADEVICE? plughw:3,0
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CHANNEL 0
#
MYCALL K1YPP-10
#
MODEM 1200
#MODEM 9600
#
#PTT COM1 RTS
#PTT COM1 RTS -DTR
#PTT /dev/ttyUSB0 RTS
#PTT RIG 2 localhost:4532
#PTT RIG 2 localhost:7342
#PTT RIG 2 localhost:12345
#PTT /dev/ttyUSB0 RTS -DTR
# PTT is a symlink for /dev/ttyUSB0
PTT RIG 1020 /dev/PTT 4800?
#(The one above is the one that currently sorta works)
#PTT RIG 1020 /dev/ttyAMA0 4800
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AGWPORT 8000
KISSPORT 8001
PBEACON delay=1? every=30 overlay=S symbol="digi" lat=27^15.27N long=082^30.52W power=5 height=15 gain=1 comment="Sarasota FL" via=WIDE1-1
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#? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#
#? ? ? ? ? ? ?APRS DIGIPEATER PROPERTIES? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? #
#? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#
DIGIPEAT 0 0 ^WIDE[3-7]-[1-7]$|^TEST$ ^WIDE[12]-[12]$ TRACE
# tried above with and without TRACE
IGSERVER noam.aprs2.net
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# You also need to specify your login name and passcode.
IGLOGIN K1YPP-10 12675
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PBEACON sendto=IG delay=0:30 every=60:00 symbol="igate" overlay=R lat=27^15.127N long=082^30.52W
#PBEACON sendto=IG delay=0:30 every=60:00 symbol="igate" overlay=T lat=42^37.14N long=071^20.83W
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# To relay messages from the Internet to radio, you need to add
# one more option with the transmit channel number and a VIA path.
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IGTXVIA 0 WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1
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IGTXLIMIT 6 10
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So, in summary, what I know so far is
-The FT-817nd is responding to Direwolf commands via CAT,
-aprs.fi sees the K1YPP-10 beacons,
-YAAC is communicating with Direwolf, but doesn't show any stations, including my K1YPP-7, but does show ONLY K1YPP-10 on the map
-The big red error message is still there in XASTIR, but seems to be rare in YAAC.
-My local transmit isn't making it through the Igate and doesn't appear to show up in Direwolf at all.
Anyway, that is the quick summary.
I'm open to any suggestions, this is really frustrating.
Thanks
Dennis, K1YPP
Sarasota, FL
Dennis Blanchard