On 04/30/2025 11:44 PM EDT n3up via groups.io <n3up@...> wrote:

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Chris,
I'm using a motherboard USB port for the Nino.

I currently have it setup wired back to back with a second Nino simulating a dedicated link to my shack computer.
This will eventually by used for a UHF backbone port,? but I need to get some antenna farm reconfigurations done first.

I simply identified the com port assigned to the nino by windows.
Relevant port config follows:
;NINO TNC TEST PORT (FUTURE UHF)
PORT
PORTNUM=4 ? ? ? ? ? ?; Optional but sets port number if stated
ID=NINO TNC TEST PORT ? ? ; Displayed by PORTS command
TYPE=ASYNC ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Port is RS232 Com
PROTOCOL=KISS ? ? ? ? ? ? ; TNC is used in KISS mode
FULLDUP=0 ? ? ; Only meaningful for KISS devices
IOADDR=6 ? ? ; 1 = SERIAL PORT COM1 ETC.
SPEED=57600 ? ? ; RS232 COM PORT SPEED
;CHANNEL=A ? ? ; Address if multichannel TNC
PERSIST=64 ? ? ; PERSIST=256/(# of transmitters-1)
SLOTTIME=100 ? ? ; CMSA interval timer in milliseconds
TXDELAY=200 ? ? ; Transmit keyup delay in milliseconds
TXTAIL=200 ? ? ; TX key down, in milliseconds, at packet end
QUALITY=192 ? ? ; Quality factor applied to node broadcasts heard on this port, unless overridden by a locked route
? ? ? ? ?; entry. Setting to 0 stops node broadcasts
MINQUAL=150 ? ? ; Entries in the nodes table with qualities greater or
? ? ? ? ?; equal to MINQUAL will be sent on this port. A value of 0 sends everything.
MAXFRAME=4 ? ? ; Max outstanding frames (1 thru 7)
FRACK=5000 ? ? ; Level 2 timout in milliseconds
RESPTIME=2000 ? ? ; Level 2 delayed ack timer in milliseconds
RETRIES=5 ? ? ; Level 2 maximum retry value
UNPROTO=ID ? ? ; BTEXT broadcast addrs format: DEST[,digi1[,digi2]]
BCALL= ? ? ? ? ; BTEXT call. unstated defaults to BBSCALL/APPL1CALL
L3ONLY=0 ? ? ; 1=No user downlink connects on this port
DIGIFLAG=0 ? ? ; Digipeat: 0=OFF, 1=ALL, 255=UI Only
DIGIPORT=0 ? ? ; Port on which to send digi'd frames (0 = same port)
USERS=0 ? ? ? ? ; Maximum number of L2 sessions, 0 = no limit
NOKEEPALIVES=1
ENDPORT
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73 N3UP

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On 04/30/2025 8:28 PM EDT Mark Phillips via groups.io <enicomms@...> wrote:

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Chris,

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The NinoTNC is a USB based device. It uses a USB-Serial converter chip right on board the modem. You can pull that out and talk "proper" serial if you want but nobody does.

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On Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 19:59 Chris Lance WW2BSA via <Ww2bsa=[email protected]> wrote:

Thanks for the response, Ted. Very encouraging.

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I must ask though, how are you connecting the NinoTNC on USB to your computer? Are you using a RS-232 to USB converter? And more importantly, how are you addressing the USB port in the bpq.cfg file? I'm only familiar with the TYPE=ASYNC command that I use with my existing node with a KPC-3+ in KISS mode with a RS-232 cable.?

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On 04/30/2025 1:09 AM EDT n3up via <n3up=[email protected]> wrote:

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I’ve been running on w10/64 for a couple of years, no problem.?

Using kpc3 on a hardware serial port and NinoTNC on usb.?

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I also use the same pc to host a file share for a vehicle maintenance record program I use, only because I’ve been too lazy to move it back to my file server.?

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73 de Ted N3UP

Sysop N3IP node/bbs

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On Apr 29, 2025, at 23:55, Chris Lance WW2BSA <Ww2bsa@...> wrote:

Hello All,

I searched the group messages but before I commit myself, I wanted to ask the members if they think I'm going to encounter any problems installing BPQ32 on a Dell Optoplex 360 running windows 10.

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This computer model has a PCIXpress slot that will allow me to install a DIEWU multi I/O controller card (Model AX99100),? yielding 4 ports. That would be cool...

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Any and all comments appreciated.

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73 de Chris

Ww2bsa

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On Apr 30, 2025, at 20:48, Jordan Webb via groups.io <k4avgdx@...> wrote:

I posted a question earlier today about beaconing, only to find out that was the least of my concerns. I have several nodes running linbpq in the East Tennessee area and I have begun to experience issues with LinBPQ and the NinoTNC. On my test node, I currently have one NinoTNC SMT and one standard NinoTNC. Both boards are v4 and? on the latest firmware however, both experienced the same issue on the previous firmware.?

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Both TNCs are connected over USB

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Each TNC will send one beacon before acting like it is disconnected from LinBPQ, weather it's initiated by BPQ or by a user. There is no response from either TNC or LinBPQ following these events.

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I am still able to interact with the terminal and the HTML pages following the failures. Occasionally, I will see the error on one of the TNCs showing an error to the effect of the following:

/dev/ttyACM0 could not be opened

Please help me. I have too much time, money, and sweat invested in this to see it all go down the drain.

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Jordan Webb, NA4WX

Thanks for the response, Ted. Very encouraging.

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I must ask though, how are you connecting the NinoTNC on USB to your computer? Are you using a RS-232 to USB converter? And more importantly, how are you addressing the USB port in the bpq.cfg file? I'm only familiar with the TYPE=ASYNC command that I use with my existing node with a KPC-3+ in KISS mode with a RS-232 cable.?

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On 04/30/2025 1:09 AM EDT n3up via <n3up=[email protected]> wrote:

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I’ve been running on w10/64 for a couple of years, no problem.?

Using kpc3 on a hardware serial port and NinoTNC on usb.?

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I also use the same pc to host a file share for a vehicle maintenance record program I use, only because I’ve been too lazy to move it back to my file server.?

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73 de Ted N3UP

Sysop N3IP node/bbs

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On Apr 29, 2025, at 23:55, Chris Lance WW2BSA <Ww2bsa@...> wrote:

Hello All,

I searched the group messages but before I commit myself, I wanted to ask the members if they think I'm going to encounter any problems installing BPQ32 on a Dell Optoplex 360 running windows 10.

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This computer model has a PCIXpress slot that will allow me to install a DIEWU multi I/O controller card (Model AX99100),? yielding 4 ports. That would be cool...

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Any and all comments appreciated.

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73 de Chris

Ww2bsa

On 04/30/2025 1:09 AM EDT n3up via groups.io <n3up@...> wrote:

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I’ve been running on w10/64 for a couple of years, no problem.?

Using kpc3 on a hardware serial port and NinoTNC on usb.?

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I also use the same pc to host a file share for a vehicle maintenance record program I use, only because I’ve been too lazy to move it back to my file server.?

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73 de Ted N3UP

Sysop N3IP node/bbs

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On Apr 29, 2025, at 23:55, Chris Lance WW2BSA <Ww2bsa@...> wrote:

Hello All,

I searched the group messages but before I commit myself, I wanted to ask the members if they think I'm going to encounter any problems installing BPQ32 on a Dell Optoplex 360 running windows 10.

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This computer model has a PCIXpress slot that will allow me to install a DIEWU multi I/O controller card (Model AX99100),? yielding 4 ports. That would be cool...

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Any and all comments appreciated.

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73 de Chris

Ww2bsa

In the Driver Window of a Vara TNC there is an Abort Action, but not in Pactor.? I don't know about Packet, probably not.

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Mark, N5MDT

Montgomery, Texas

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On Apr 29, 2025, at 23:55, Chris Lance WW2BSA <Ww2bsa@...> wrote:

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Hello All,

I searched the group messages but before I commit myself, I wanted to ask the members if they think I'm going to encounter any problems installing BPQ32 on a Dell Optoplex 360 running windows 10.

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This computer model has a PCIXpress slot that will allow me to install a DIEWU multi I/O controller card (Model AX99100),? yielding 4 ports. That would be cool...

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Any and all comments appreciated.

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73 de Chris

Ww2bsa

Hello

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I'm stuck!? I have an old TNC-Pi3 that I want to set up as a Winlink RMS.? I was able to find a copy of a bpq32.cfg currently in use on an identical TNC-Pi, so I just changed the relevant callsigns, passwords, etc. and thought it would work., but no such luck.? ?I run a status and get the follwing message related to the COMPORT:

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Apr 27 15:28:59 raspberrypi linbpq[2448]: Com Open Failed: No such file or dire>
Apr 27 15:28:59 raspberrypi linbpq[2448]: ?/dev/serial0 could not be opened
Apr 27 15:28:59 raspberrypi LINBPQ[2448]: ?/dev/serial0 could not be opened
lines 1-19/19 (END)

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I did not find a file titled "serial0" in /dev.? I'd like to move from my current Win10 OS for this application, but I'm not very familiar with linux. I tried to identify what was assigned to serial0 but quickly found I am out of my element . . .?

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ dmesg | grep tty
[ ? ?0.000000] Kernel command line: coherent_pool=1M 8250.nr_uarts=0 snd_bcm2835.enable_headphones=0 cgroup_disable=memory snd_bcm2835.enable_headphones=1 snd_bcm2835.enable_hdmi=1 snd_bcm2835.enable_hdmi=0 ?vc_mem.mem_base=0x3ec00000 vc_mem.mem_size=0x40000000 ?console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty1 root=PARTUUID=384c6e67-02 rootfstype=ext4 fsck.repair=yes rootwait quiet splash plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles cfg80211.ieee80211_regdom=US
[ ? ?0.000238] printk: legacy console [tty1] enabled
[ ? ?2.122768] 3f201000.serial: ttyAMA1 at MMIO 0x3f201000 (irq = 99, base_baud = 0) is a PL011 rev2
[ ? ?2.123112] serial serial0: tty port ttyAMA1 registered
[ ? ?6.015759] systemd[1]: Created slice system-getty.slice - Slice /system/getty.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ lsof /dev/ttyS0
lsof: status error on /dev/ttyS0: No such file or directory
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ lsof /dev/ttyAMA1
lsof: status error on /dev/ttyAMA1: No such file or directory
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls /dev/ttyS* /dev/ttyUSB*
ls: cannot access '/dev/ttyS*': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access '/dev/ttyUSB*': No such file or directory
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls /dev/serial/by-id/
ls: cannot access '/dev/serial/by-id/': No such file or directory
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

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I have attached a copy of the bpq32.cfg:

; K9KQA BBS & RMS & CHAT config File 4-25-25

SIMPLE ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; This set a whole load of par$
NODECALL=K9KQA-1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Default node callsign
NODEALIAS=HCARES ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Alias 6 Char max
LOCATOR=EN41vm ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Defailt node location
NODESINTERVAL=60
MAXNODES=150
AUTOSAVE=1
FULL_CTEXT=0

LINMAIL ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Enable BBS
LINCHAT ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Enable CHAT

MAPCOMMENT=Motorola Syntor X Hustler G7-144<BR>IDEN Node<BR>Raspberry PI3 PI-TN$

IDINTERVAL=60 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; UI broadcast interval (minut$
IDMSG: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; UI broadcast text
IDEN Node GENESEO IL EN41vm
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CTEXT: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Connect Message
Welcome to the K9KQA BPQ32 Node.
K9KQA> BBS RMS CHAT CONNECT BYE INFO NODES ROUTES PORTS USERS MHEARD
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BTINTERVAL=60 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Beacon interval (minutes)
BTEXT: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Beacon text
K9KQA IDEN Node GENESEO IL EN41vm

***

INFOMSG: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Text for INFO command
This is the BPQ32 Node for the K9KQA.
Sysop K9KQA.
Type K9KQA-7 to connect to the BBS.
Type K9KQA-10 to connect to WinLink.
Type K9KQA-11 to to CHAT server.
***

; ?Port 1 ?
PORT
? ?PORTNUM=1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Port number
? ?ID=IDEN 145.610 MHz 1200 bps ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; PORTS command text
? ?TYPE=ASYNC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; RS232 connection
? ?COMPORT=/dev/serial0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Serial port
? ?SPEED=19200 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Serial port speed
? ?PROTOCOL=KISS ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; KISS protocol
? ?KISSOPTIONS=PITNC,NOPARAMS ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; KISS options for TNC
? ?CHANNEL=A ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; TNC channel
? ?MAXFRAME=2 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Max outstanding frames
? ?FRACK=7000 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Level 2 timeout (ms)
? ?RESPTIME=1000 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Level 2 delayed ACK (ms)
? ?RETRIES=10 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Level 2 max retries
? ?PACLEN=128 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Max packet length (bytes)
? ?TXDELAY=500 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Transmit keyup delay (ms)
? ?SLOTTIME=20 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; CMSA interval timer (ms)
? ?PERSIST=64 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Persistence (256/(# transmis$
? ?DIGIFLAG=1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Allow Digipeat on this port
? ?QUALITY=255
? ?MINQUAL=20
; ? NOKEEPALIVES=1
? ?WL2KREPORT PUBLIC,api.winlink.org,8085,K9KQA-10,EN41VM,00-23,145610000,PKT120$

ENDPORT

; ?Port 2 ?
PORT
? ?PORTNUM=2 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Port number
? ?ID=Telnet Server ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; PORTS command text
? ?DRIVER=TELNET ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; TCP/IP connection
? ?CONFIG ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Driver specific configuration$
? ?LOGGING=1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Log all connections
? ?DisconnectOnClose=1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Disconnect on close
? ?TCPPORT=8010 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Port for telnet connections
? ?FBBPORT=8011 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Port for FBB protocol BBS con$
? ?HTTPPORT=8008 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Port for web interface
? ?LOGINPROMPT=user: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Telnet login prompt
? PASSWORDPROMPT=password: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Telnet password prompt
? ?LOCALECHO=NO ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Do not echo input
? ?MAXSESSIONS=10 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Maxmimum simultaneous connect$
? ?CTEXT=K9KQA BPQ32 Telnet Server\nEnter ? for list of commands\n\n ; Telnet co$
? ?USER=K9KQA, XXXXXX,K9KQA,NODE,SYSOP ? ? ? ? ? ; Telnet user
? ?;USER=WB9QPM,1Fastenate1!,WB9QPM,NODE,SYSOP ? ? ? ; Telnet user
? ?CMS=1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Enable WinLink CMS connection
? ?CMSCALL=K9KQA ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Callsign for WinLink
? ?CMSPASS=XXXXXXXX ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Password for WinLink
ENDPORT

; ?Port 3 ?
PORT
? ?PORTNUM=3 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Port number
? ?ID=AX/IP/UDP ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Displayed by PORTS command
? ?DRIVER=BPQAXIP ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Uses BPQAXIP
? ?QUALITY=192 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Quality factor applied to no$
? ?MINQUAL=165 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Entries in the nodes table w$
? ?MAXFRAME=5 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Max outstanding frames (1 th$
? ?FRACK=3000 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Level 2 timeout in milliseco$
? ?RESPTIME=1000 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Level 2 delayed ack timer in$
? ?RETRIES=5 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Level 2 maximum retry value
? ?PACLEN=236 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Maximum packet length
? ?CONFIG ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Driver specific configuratio$
? ?MHEARD ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Keep heard stats
; ? UDP 10093 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; UDP port
? ?BROADCAST NODES ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Broadcast
ENDPORT

; ?Applications ?
APPLICATION 1,BBS,,K9KQA-7,KQABBS,255 ? ? ? ? ? ?; BBS Application
APPLICATION 2,RMS,C 2 CMS,K9KQA-10,KQARMS,255 ? ?; CMS Application
APPLICATION 3,CHAT,,K9KQA-11,KQACHT,255 ? ? ? ? ?; CHAT Application
;APPLICATION 32,TALK,,K9KQA ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Node Application

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Any replies that would steer me to a correction for my issue would be greatly appreciated.? Thank you.

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73s

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Brian K9KQA