David,
Thanks for the input. I have been busy with a few other things and just got back to this issue.
The results were the same when I tried AGW. I was watching BPQ in a window and saw that BPQ shutdown almost immediately when ¡°stats¡± or other large block of data was requested. The following is the port definition for the Direwolf and soundcard AGW port:
;----- AWG Radio Port Definition -----
PORT
?PORTNUM=2
?ID=AGWPE Port 1 Soundcard Left
?TYPE=EXTERNAL
?DRIVER=BPQtoAGW
?IOADDR=1F40
??CHANNEL=A
?QUALITY=192
?PACLEN=128
?TXDELAY=400
??FRACK=7000
??RESPTIME=1500
??MAXFRAME=4
??RETRIES=6
?FULLDUP=0
?SLOTTIME=100
?TXTAIL=30
?PERSIST=63
ENDPORT
This port definition was originally from John¡¯s documentation for BPQAGW. However, BPQ would disconnect after one or two exchanges. I added the other settings, everything afer CHANNEL=A, from my KISS definition.
To recap the issue: A client MFJ-1270B with early firmware and default settings crashes BPQ when large blocks of data are transmitted from the BBS. The offending command is "AX25L2V2 OFF" which sets the TNC to level 2 AX.25. I¡¯m not looking for a solution to run level 2, I¡¯m looking for a solution to preventing BPQ from crashing if someone else does this.
For now, I am going to set this aside. I agree that using an MFJ-1270B is an unlikely scenario, but I was hoping for a solution. I may post it on the BPQ group just to see what pops up.
Thanks for all of the ideas.
73
Dave
WB9TEN
