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File - Posting guidelines

 

The UI-View Group is very active. Most already do so,
but here are some some guidelines to follow.

1. Civility... this is practiced well by our members!

2. Sign your messages with your name and callsign.

3. Only post messages and responses that are relevant to UI-View.

4. Use plain text for messages sent to the UI-View support list.
When you address some 5000 recipients, you cannot know what their
email readers do with HTML formatted messages. Some will experience
unreadability.

5. IMPORTANT: When replying to a posting (message), kindly delete
all unnecessary text including the trailing text. Only leave the
poster's name, callsign and the time stamp, and the text from
the prior message about which you are commenting, and then trim
the rest. When viewing messages in the Yahoo web based interface,
the command [Up Thread] at the top of the message can be used, and
many email clients can group messages by thread also. Some members
have slow connections or pay for bandwidth. Brevity can often
also improve the clarity of your message. Do not top post... i.e.
do not type your reply above the quoted text.

6. When replying to a post, please decide if your comment should
go to the entire group of about 5000 or directly to the author.
Please think before replying to the group... replies like "I sure
do agree with that" do not add much to the group. Send thoughts
like those directly to the poster please.

7. Postings of sale or swapping of items are not wanted.

8. New members are all moderated for a number of postings. If the
messages follow the guidelines, they are approved and the member
is changed to un-moderated status.

This is a partially moderated list, i.e., only the user's first
messages are moderated, but all messages are monitored after posting.
If an un-moderated posting is found by the moderators to have a
problem, then the poster is changed to moderated status and in
most cases also contacted directly to resolve whatever has caused
the problem.

Actions are taken against those that chronically violate the rules.
The reason for this form of moderation is to block spammers from the
list and it is working well.

9. Do not add disclaimers to your posts that (1) restrict the ability
of other members to use the information you post, (2) claim a copyright
to your post, or (3) to claim any type of "rights" as a consequence of
another member replying to your post either directly to you or to the group.

10. Do not use anti-spam tools like challenge/response; the moderators
will not respond, and since messages to you then will bounce, you most
probably will be removed as a user of the group.


File - About Bouncing (Admin message)

 

This message is sent to all new members, and to all members
every now and then. It has been revised as bounce reports have
changed a bit.

Any of us could experience no longer receiving email from the
UI-View support list. You might want to print this message and
review it if you stop receiving messages from the UI-View list.

If you stop receiving messages from the UI-View list, suspect
that either...

1) this or some other Yahoo group that you are a member of is
sending email which some spamblocker system regard as spam or
junk mail (quite a lot of these reports since summer 2009).

2) it may be that your email account has filled up with unread
messages or that the account on your mail server has ran out of
storage space. Read or delete the old messages on your mail server.

3) Some MSN or Hotmail accounts, and others such as arrl.net,
qsl.net which are used as a forwarding address from time to time
cannot forward to your primary address. When this hapens, the
Yahoo group receives an error message with something like
"impossible to relay to xxx" and you are then in the "bounced"
list. There are increasing numbers of bounces from some service
providers about messages which are blocked by them for policy
reasons.

4) You or your email provider have set up a challenge-and-response
system for those sending e-mail to you. The moderators will not
send replies to such challenges. You should select another
address for your list membership(s).

Sorry, but we cannot investigate every one of these blockings.
Please be aware that if you haven't received list messages
for some days, and reactivation requests are not reaching
you, or not answered by you, your account at the UI-View
list may be deleted. It may deleted if several bounces occur
in less than a week or two. It will also be deleted if the
bounce report says that your address is invalid, discontinued,
or unknown. Be aware that the bounce can relate to messages
from other lists than the UI-View list if you are a member
of other Yahoo groups.

If your membership is deleted, you will not be able to log
into the Yahoo group. If you try and send email to the group,
it will be rejected. However, you can subscribe again with a
valid and working email account by sending an empty email to
ui-view-subscribe@....

If you are away for some time, you might want to set your
account to temporarily receive only special messages or
even no email at all, but we recommend that still receive
special messages. You can log into the Yahoo group when you
return and change it back to daily digest or normal email.

Note: A member may send reactivation requests to himself/herself
from the Email Preferences section of My Groups.

73 and good luck - your UI-View group moderators


Re: Precision Mapping is No Longer available

 

Unfortunately, If one wants to use a map for a fixed site monitoring, with some diddling it can be done. It's a pain.When I started out about 10 years ago, UI-View and PM was the easiest program to setup. Once together worksgreat and continues to work well.
Kurt KC9LDH

From: "'Stephen H. Smith' wa8lmf@... [ui-view]" <ui-view@...>
To: ui-view@...
Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2017 12:56 AM
Subject: Re: [UI-View] Precision Mapping is No Longer available

On 1/7/2017 1:33 AM, n9gqr@... [ui-view] wrote:

What are you using for maps since PMP is no longer available?


Thanks
1) Static maps (i.e. fixed, non-zooming bitmap "pictures of maps") captured
from Google maps, Expedia, Open Streets, etc. A useful tool for capturing and
tiling multiple "screenfulls" from these sources is reviewed here on my website:

<>

2) If you have an Internet connection, you can use the PA0RHM plugin for
UIview that downloads maps from Open Streets and saves them for local off-line use.

3) Precision Mapping may be out of print officially, but it CAN be found on
peer-to-peer BitTorrent file sharing networks.

__________________________________________________________

Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com
Skype: WA8LMF
EchoLink: Node # 14400 [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]
Home Page:

_______ Windows 10 Outrages! _______
<>

Live Off-The-Air APRS Activity Maps
<>

Long-Range APRS on 30 Meters HF
<>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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Re: Precision Mapping is No Longer available

 

On 1/7/2017 1:33 AM, n9gqr@... [ui-view] wrote:

What are you using for maps since PMP is no longer available?


Thanks
1) Static maps (i.e. fixed, non-zooming bitmap "pictures of maps") captured
from Google maps, Expedia, Open Streets, etc. A useful tool for capturing and
tiling multiple "screenfulls" from these sources is reviewed here on my website:

<>


2) If you have an Internet connection, you can use the PA0RHM plugin for
UIview that downloads maps from Open Streets and saves them for local off-line use.

3) Precision Mapping may be out of print officially, but it CAN be found on
peer-to-peer BitTorrent file sharing networks.

_______________________________________________________________

Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com
Skype: WA8LMF
EchoLink: Node # 14400 [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]
Home Page:

_______ Windows 10 Outrages! _______
<>

Live Off-The-Air APRS Activity Maps
<>

Long-Range APRS on 30 Meters HF
<>


Precision Mapping is No Longer available

 

What are you using for maps since PMP is no longer available?


Thanks


File - About Bouncing (Admin message)

 

This message is sent to all new members, and to all members
every now and then. It has been revised as bounce reports have
changed a bit.

Any of us could experience no longer receiving email from the
UI-View support list. You might want to print this message and
review it if you stop receiving messages from the UI-View list.

If you stop receiving messages from the UI-View list, suspect
that either...

1) this or some other Yahoo group that you are a member of is
sending email which some spamblocker system regard as spam or
junk mail (quite a lot of these reports since summer 2009).

2) it may be that your email account has filled up with unread
messages or that the account on your mail server has ran out of
storage space. Read or delete the old messages on your mail server.

3) Some MSN or Hotmail accounts, and others such as arrl.net,
qsl.net which are used as a forwarding address from time to time
cannot forward to your primary address. When this hapens, the
Yahoo group receives an error message with something like
"impossible to relay to xxx" and you are then in the "bounced"
list. There are increasing numbers of bounces from some service
providers about messages which are blocked by them for policy
reasons.

4) You or your email provider have set up a challenge-and-response
system for those sending e-mail to you. The moderators will not
send replies to such challenges. You should select another
address for your list membership(s).

Sorry, but we cannot investigate every one of these blockings.
Please be aware that if you haven't received list messages
for some days, and reactivation requests are not reaching
you, or not answered by you, your account at the UI-View
list may be deleted. It may deleted if several bounces occur
in less than a week or two. It will also be deleted if the
bounce report says that your address is invalid, discontinued,
or unknown. Be aware that the bounce can relate to messages
from other lists than the UI-View list if you are a member
of other Yahoo groups.

If your membership is deleted, you will not be able to log
into the Yahoo group. If you try and send email to the group,
it will be rejected. However, you can subscribe again with a
valid and working email account by sending an empty email to
ui-view-subscribe@....

If you are away for some time, you might want to set your
account to temporarily receive only special messages or
even no email at all, but we recommend that still receive
special messages. You can log into the Yahoo group when you
return and change it back to daily digest or normal email.

Note: A member may send reactivation requests to himself/herself
from the Email Preferences section of My Groups.

73 and good luck - your UI-View group moderators


File - Posting guidelines

 

The UI-View Group is very active. Most already do so,
but here are some some guidelines to follow.

1. Civility... this is practiced well by our members!

2. Sign your messages with your name and callsign.

3. Only post messages and responses that are relevant to UI-View.

4. Use plain text for messages sent to the UI-View support list.
When you address some 5000 recipients, you cannot know what their
email readers do with HTML formatted messages. Some will experience
unreadability.

5. IMPORTANT: When replying to a posting (message), kindly delete
all unnecessary text including the trailing text. Only leave the
poster's name, callsign and the time stamp, and the text from
the prior message about which you are commenting, and then trim
the rest. When viewing messages in the Yahoo web based interface,
the command [Up Thread] at the top of the message can be used, and
many email clients can group messages by thread also. Some members
have slow connections or pay for bandwidth. Brevity can often
also improve the clarity of your message. Do not top post... i.e.
do not type your reply above the quoted text.

6. When replying to a post, please decide if your comment should
go to the entire group of about 5000 or directly to the author.
Please think before replying to the group... replies like "I sure
do agree with that" do not add much to the group. Send thoughts
like those directly to the poster please.

7. Postings of sale or swapping of items are not wanted.

8. New members are all moderated for a number of postings. If the
messages follow the guidelines, they are approved and the member
is changed to un-moderated status.

This is a partially moderated list, i.e., only the user's first
messages are moderated, but all messages are monitored after posting.
If an un-moderated posting is found by the moderators to have a
problem, then the poster is changed to moderated status and in
most cases also contacted directly to resolve whatever has caused
the problem.

Actions are taken against those that chronically violate the rules.
The reason for this form of moderation is to block spammers from the
list and it is working well.

9. Do not add disclaimers to your posts that (1) restrict the ability
of other members to use the information you post, (2) claim a copyright
to your post, or (3) to claim any type of "rights" as a consequence of
another member replying to your post either directly to you or to the group.

10. Do not use anti-spam tools like challenge/response; the moderators
will not respond, and since messages to you then will bounce, you most
probably will be removed as a user of the group.


Re: PK-232 ,,,

 

hi stephen

"Why are you even bothering with this archaic piece of hardware when the
soundcard-based "UZ7HO Soundmodem" software TNC will vastly outperform it?"


well because i still have it and it is already connected at one radio so ,,


thanks for your comments i will check it out here.


73

gervais



________________________________
De : ui-view@... <ui-view@...> de la part de 'Stephen H. Smith' wa8lmf@... [ui-view] <ui-view@...>
Envoy� : 14 dcembre 2016 22:34
� : ui-view@...
Objet : Re: [UI-View] PK-232 ,,,



On 12/14/2016 3:38 PM, Gervais Fillion ve2ckn2@... [ui-view] wrote:

hi too all

well i just try too start my PK232 and my Uiview and i received a popup
window about the files pk-232.cmd too be edited,

i am working on com1 here,

;This is a sample TNC initialisation file for use with
;the AEA/Timewave PK-232 and similar TNCs.
;PK-232.ORG will allow you to revert to the default
;version of this file, if you edit it and mess it up!

<SNIP>


Where is the COM1 there?

thanks

am i ok with the rest ?

gervais ve2ckn

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
The TNC init .CMD file only deals with settings internal to the TNC; not the
port/parity/baudrate it is connected to on a given system.

In UIview, go to "Setup, Comms Setup" (the same screen where you selected the
TNC type). On the same screen, you will also see settings for baud rate and
COM number.

Note that the PK-232 can be left in a proprietary "host mode" by previous
packet programs used with the device. If the PK-232 is in this host mode, it
will be impossible for UIview to initialize it. To reset the unit to the
default terminal mode, you have to open the box and remove the memory backup
battery to wipe out any previous settings. If you only intend to use the TNC
with UIview, leave the batteries out permanently -- UIview will fill in the
necessary settings each it is started.

Why are you even bothering with this archaic piece of hardware when the
soundcard-based "UZ7HO Soundmodem" software TNC will vastly outperform it?

----------------------------------------------------------
Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com
Skype: WA8LMF
EchoLink: Node # 14400 [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]
Home Page:

_______ Windows 10 Outrages! _______
<>

Live Off-The-Air APRS Activity Maps
<>

Long-Range APRS on 30 Meters HF
<>







[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


Re: PK-232 ,,,

 

On 12/14/2016 3:38 PM, Gervais Fillion ve2ckn2@... [ui-view] wrote:

hi too all

well i just try too start my PK232 and my Uiview and i received a popup
window about the files pk-232.cmd too be edited,

i am working on com1 here,

;This is a sample TNC initialisation file for use with
;the AEA/Timewave PK-232 and similar TNCs.
;PK-232.ORG will allow you to revert to the default
;version of this file, if you edit it and mess it up!

<SNIP>


Where is the COM1 there?

thanks

am i ok with the rest ?

gervais ve2ckn


The TNC init .CMD file only deals with settings internal to the TNC; not the
port/parity/baudrate it is connected to on a given system.

In UIview, go to "Setup, Comms Setup" (the same screen where you selected the
TNC type). On the same screen, you will also see settings for baud rate and
COM number.

Note that the PK-232 can be left in a proprietary "host mode" by previous
packet programs used with the device. If the PK-232 is in this host mode, it
will be impossible for UIview to initialize it. To reset the unit to the
default terminal mode, you have to open the box and remove the memory backup
battery to wipe out any previous settings. If you only intend to use the TNC
with UIview, leave the batteries out permanently -- UIview will fill in the
necessary settings each it is started.

Why are you even bothering with this archaic piece of hardware when the
soundcard-based "UZ7HO Soundmodem" software TNC will vastly outperform it?

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com
Skype: WA8LMF
EchoLink: Node # 14400 [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]
Home Page:

_______ Windows 10 Outrages! _______
<>

Live Off-The-Air APRS Activity Maps
<>

Long-Range APRS on 30 Meters HF
<>


PK-232 ,,,

 

hi too all

well i just try too start my PK232 and my Uiview and i received a popup window about the files pk-232.cmd too be edited,


i am working on com1 here,


;This is a sample TNC initialisation file for use with
;the AEA/Timewave PK-232 and similar TNCs.
;PK-232.ORG will allow you to revert to the default
;version of this file, if you edit it and mess it up!

[SETUP]
;DON'T alter anything in this section unless you
;are sure you know what you are doing!
COMMAND_PROMPT=cmd:
COMMAND_CHARACTER_CODE=3
ESCAPE_CHARACTER_CODE=
CONV_COMMAND=CONV
MYCALL_COMMAND="VE2RWO "
UNPROTO_COMMAND="APRS VIA WIDE2-2 "
NO_BEACON_COMMAND=BEACON EVERY 0

[INIT_COMMANDS]
*~!cmd:!2
EXPERT ON
ECHO OFF
AWLEN 8
8BIT ON
PACKET
ACRDISP 0
BBSMSGS OFF
MFILTER $0
HEADER ON
BEACON EVERY 0
NEWMODE ON
NOMODE OFF
CONOK OFF
SENDPAC $0D
PACLEN 250
MON 6
PASSALL OFF

[EXIT_COMMANDS]
MON 0

Where is the COM1 there?



thanks


am i ok with the rest ?


gervais ve2ckn


Re: Setting up UIVIEW as a Local Server

 

On 12/1/2016 10:17 PM, Kipton Moravec kip@... [ui-view] wrote:
I currently have a older dual core laptop 4GB RAM running UI-View and
have OSM Maps, have a RF connection with a TNC-X, connected to a T2
server, and acting as a local server to 1 other computer. The Windows
Task manager says I am at around 85% CPU Usage. That is a little higher
than I would like to see. I may have to switch computers to my newer one
with an 8 core i7 and 8GB RAM. I do not think RAM is the issue as it
says I am using 2.15 GB.

As I was writing this, both processors pegged at 100%, and it is not
getting data from the server anymore. Looks like it is hanging. And now
I am not getting any data to the other computer either. After a couple
of minutes it started up again. I think this computer is running out of
gas. I am guessing I need to switch to the much faster one.
There is something seriously screwed up here!!!


UIview DOES NOT need massive amounts of computing resources. It was born (and
died) in the era of Pentium IIIs with 512K of RAM.

I am currently running the UZ7HO Soundmodem soundcard soft TNC, THREE instances
of UIview, one copy of the UIwebserver, -AND- Echolink simultaneously on an
elderly Dell Dimension 4600. This is a single core Pentium 4 tower with 1GB of
RAM running Windows7-32 Home Basic. In this configuration, I am seeing only
20% CPU utilization with all this running.

Further, I have run the Soundmodem and TWO copies of UIview on a Dell Dimension
L866r, which is an 866MHz Pentium III with a mere 512K of RAM under Windows POS
2009 (a still supported version of what is essentially XP SP3). I am not
maxing out RAM and the CPU loading is only about 30%.


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com
Skype: WA8LMF
EchoLink: Node # 14400 [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]
Home Page:

_______ Windows 10 Outrages! _______
<>

Live Off-The-Air APRS Activity Maps
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Re: Setting up UIVIEW as a Local Server

 

On 12/01/2016 12:19 PM, 'Stephen H. Smith' wa8lmf@... [ui-view] wrote:
On 11/30/2016 10:55 PM, Kipton Moravec kip@... [ui-view] wrote:
I have UI VIEW working on a Windows 7 PC.
It is has a VHF Radio and a TNC-X connected to it and it is getting a
bunch of stations from the internet and from RF.

In the APRS Server Setup I have Enable Local Server Selected.

This computer is at IP Address 192.168.61.10

I have a second computer on the same Lan with address 192.168.61.11. I
want it to get the data that is on the server. The mix of RF and
Internet data.

In the APRS Server Setup in the list of servers, I insert
192.168.61.10:1448 and then select it.

I set the APRS Server Logon Required,


I use my validation number
The logon and validation are irrelevant. The local server doesn't have the
kind of full-blown user validation that a "real" server has. You are just
sending "trash" back to the first machine. Note that the local server is
bi-directional. Stuff sent FROM the second machine will go back to the first
machine and then be forwarded to both the Internet and to RF.

I enable autoreconnect

I use the same filter as on the server "filter m/100"
Again, the local server is not an intelligent server that interprets commands
like a real APRS-IS server. It simply echoes anything and everything heard by
the machine it is running on. It doesn't do any kind of interpretation of the
packets it forwards or receives. The filter expression is falling on deaf ears.
You unavoidably get EVERYTHING the first machine hears.

After I connect to server, I only see the station of the server in the
terminal and in the station list.

I must be missing something, but I do not know why only the server
information is coming out the port, and none of the other stations from
RF or Internet that the local server can see.
I don't understand what you are saying. By "server information", do you
mean that you see only see the local server's host machine beacons/icons but
no one else?

I have run many instances of the local server on my systems with no problems.

Could you have an overly aggressive firewall configuration on the machine
running the local server that is blocking attempts by the second machine from
connecting. (You would have to poke a hole in the firewall of the first
machine for port 1448 to allow incoming connection requests from the second
machine.)

By the way, what flavors of Windows are the two machines running?

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Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com
The server .10 (AE5IB) machine is only sending the packets originating from AE5IB. It was not getting any of the other stations I could see on the screen.

It turns out something screwed up. It was not connected to the APRS server, So it was not getting new data. I did not notice this, because I had so many stations on the screen. However the next morning there were no stations on the screen except for AE5IB. When I tried to connect it said I could not connect within 30 seconds.

It took a reboot to clear it, and now it is working.

It was not a firewall issue because both were on the local lan, a sub network of my home lan separated by a router. The idea is I can take the router to the communications trailer and have the server IP address preconfigured. We can use a wireless hotspot (like a cell phone) and an access point into the router WAN port to give us internet access so we can igate and pull any units for the Dallas Marathon that I can not get directly from RF. Downtown Dallas is pretty well covered for APRS. We will have 4 nets running at the same time in the trailer and each will want their own APRS map so they can zoom in where they want, and also see where the lead runners and where the the last runners are. All the SAG wagons, medics, and a number of other units all have APRS trackers so we know where they are.

I currently have a older dual core laptop 4GB RAM running UI-View and have OSM Maps, have a RF connection with a TNC-X, connected to a T2 server, and acting as a local server to 1 other computer. The Windows Task manager says I am at around 85% CPU Usage. That is a little higher than I would like to see. I may have to switch computers to my newer one with an 8 core i7 and 8GB RAM. I do not think RAM is the issue as it says I am using 2.15 GB.

As I was writing this, both processors pegged at 100%, and it is not getting data from the server anymore. Looks like it is hanging. And now I am not getting any data to the other computer either. After a couple of minutes it started up again. I think this computer is running out of gas. I am guessing I need to switch to the much faster one.

Kip
AE5IB


Re: Setting up UIVIEW as a Local Server

 

On 11/30/2016 10:55 PM, Kipton Moravec kip@... [ui-view] wrote:

I have UI VIEW working on a Windows 7 PC.
It is has a VHF Radio and a TNC-X connected to it and it is getting a
bunch of stations from the internet and from RF.

In the APRS Server Setup I have Enable Local Server Selected.

This computer is at IP Address 192.168.61.10

I have a second computer on the same Lan with address 192.168.61.11. I
want it to get the data that is on the server. The mix of RF and
Internet data.

In the APRS Server Setup in the list of servers, I insert
192.168.61.10:1448 and then select it.

I set the APRS Server Logon Required,


I use my validation number
The logon and validation are irrelevant. The local server doesn't have the
kind of full-blown user validation that a "real" server has. You are just
sending "trash" back to the first machine. Note that the local server is
bi-directional. Stuff sent FROM the second machine will go back to the first
machine and then be forwarded to both the Internet and to RF.


I enable autoreconnect

I use the same filter as on the server "filter m/100"
Again, the local server is not an intelligent server that interprets commands
like a real APRS-IS server. It simply echoes anything and everything heard by
the machine it is running on. It doesn't do any kind of interpretation of the
packets it forwards or receives. The filter expression is falling on deaf ears.
You unavoidably get EVERYTHING the first machine hears.

After I connect to server, I only see the station of the server in the
terminal and in the station list.

I must be missing something, but I do not know why only the server
information is coming out the port, and none of the other stations from
RF or Internet that the local server can see.
I don't understand what you are saying. By "server information", do you
mean that you see only see the local server's host machine beacons/icons but
no one else?

I have run many instances of the local server on my systems with no problems.

Could you have an overly aggressive firewall configuration on the machine
running the local server that is blocking attempts by the second machine from
connecting. (You would have to poke a hole in the firewall of the first
machine for port 1448 to allow incoming connection requests from the second
machine.)

By the way, what flavors of Windows are the two machines running?

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Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com
Skype: WA8LMF
EchoLink: Node # 14400 [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]
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Setting up UIVIEW as a Local Server

 

I have UI VIEW working on a Windows 7 PC.
It is has a VHF Radio and a TNC-X connected to it and it is getting a bunch of stations from the internet and from RF.

In the APRS Server Setup I have Enable Local Server Selected.

This computer is at IP Address 192.168.61.10

I have a second computer on the same Lan with address 192.168.61.11. I want it to get the data that is on the server. The mix of RF and Internet data.

In the APRS Server Setup in the list of servers, I insert 192.168.61.10:1448 and then select it.

I set the APRS Server Logon Required,

I use my validation number

I enable autoreconnect

I use the same filter as on the server "filter m/100"

After I connect to server, I only see the station of the server in the terminal and in the station list.

I must be missing something, but I do not know why only the server information is coming out the port, and none of the other stations from RF or Internet that the local server can see.

Any ideas?

Kip

AE5IB


Re: Bad call signs being iGated

 

Here is an issue I had with bad packets with bad call signs and wx data
Chuck
Chuck,







Just FYI, I reported the issue to the manufacturer, and they released a firmware fix. My iGate is up again, and so far (after two hours), I don't see any corrupt packets.







I'll be monitoring on findu.com, but if you notice anything weird or bad, please let me know.







My apologies once again for all the previous bad packets.







(last 24 hours)







73,



/ John 858-449-3326

On Thu, Sep 22, 2016, at 16:51, John McNelly wrote:



Hi Chuck,



Actually I stumbled across that just this week, and I've been trying to figure out why. I tried upgrading to the latest aprx software and it didn't help.



I'll turn off packet forwarding (when I get home from work tonight) until I see my stuff is discarding corrupted packets.



Regards,

/ John AF6UA

858-449-3326



On Thu, Sep 22, 2016, at 16:04, Chuck Carlson kd6rsq wrote:

Hey John, This is Chuck (kd6rsq) here in Ramona. Looks like your packets have corrupted data and is messing up all the weather charts on findyou.com. Can you take a look at this? We had another ham this summer that did the same thing using an Android app.

Thanks

Chuck

KD6RSQ



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Re: Bad call signs being iGated

 

Brian KJ4TDM wrote�

I didn't really do anything but moved the PTT cable that goes from the radio to the TNC�
Just a guess, but perhaps RF was being picked up by the cable between the radio and the TNC and corrupting the data stream somewhere after error detection is done.

--
73 Keith VE7GDH
"I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!"


Re: Bad call signs being iGated

 

Well since the last time we spoke about this issue i have had no more problems. I didn't really do anything but moved the PTT cable that goes from the radio to the TNC, whatever works! If it starts happening again I'll pay more attention to what its receiving vs what its gating. Thanks again for the suggestions.

Brian
KJ4TDM

From: "Keith VE7GDH ve7gdh@... [ui-view]" <ui-view@...>
To: ui-view@...
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: [UI-View] Bad call signs being iGated

Brian KJ4TDM wrote...

I have tried another TNC, not fix. I was hoping that's
> all it was. I am using a KPC3 btw.

If you watch the terminal window, do you see any errors
in the call signs there? You could set OPTIONS - FILTER
to EXCLUDE INTERNET traffic so you were viewing packets
from RF only.

--
73 Keith VE7GDH
"I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!"

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Re: Weather Station not reporting all the time

 

Mike N7ZEF wrote�

I have an interesting problem here- My station does not always report the weather data all the time.
I know you said that the file exists, but how many minutes do you have the maximum age set for in the WX Station Setup? The next time you catch it not sending, look at the date stamp in the file and see if it's older than the maximum age you have it set for.

--
73 Keith VE7GDH
"I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!"