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bammi

Hi all,

What's the appetite for me submitting a GitHub PR to use getopt_long to allow longer more verbose command line options?

I would love to be able to glance at a DireWolf invocation and have a good idea of what it's doing. But right now e.g. unpicking `direwolf -c hf-packet.conf -t 0 -a 300 -X 1 -q d -p -dp -dx` requires a careful eye and repeated reference to the documentation

Using getopt_long () could instead enable that to be `direwolf --config hf-packet.conf --text 0 --audio-report 300 --enable-fx25 --disable-aprs --ptty-kiss --debug-packet-dump --debug-fx25` - yes, longer, but significantly more explicit, which is valuable when looking at it in a service file, wrapper script, or even just while iterating on running it in a shell

But right now DireWolf does its own argument parsing, making this a nontrivial extension

Before I go to the effort of trying to port it to use getopt, and then extend it with getopt_long to enable longer more verbose arguments, I'd like to get a sense-check on the appetite for this please. If there's platform issues I'd not considered, other objection to adding the dependency etc., or even just a general dislike for longopts, I'd definitely appreciate finding out before I spend more time on it!

Thanks, Kristian 2E0KGG

John,
If running DW in Windows, how do I add the??-T "%H:%M:%S" to the Desktop Shortcut to get time stamping in the console? My Shortcut Target is?"C:\HAM RADIO\direwolf-1.7.0-7fa91dd_i686\direwolf.exe" -T "%H:%M:%S" which started DW but did not add the time stamps to the console.?

Randy
N1VTT

Greetings,

If someone wanted to help out with documentation fixes/improvements for Direwolf (considering as of today, there are 22 open issues that have something to do with documentation), how would they go about doing that? The only files I can see present in the repo are PDF format, and are not particularly editable.

I'm curious if there are documentation source files that can be added to the repo so that changes can be proposed and PR's issued for those fixes, or if there's a branch I'm not seeing that contains them.

Thanks,

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Thanks David, i'll try putting ferrite rings on the audio leads into the USB sound dongle. I'll explore starting direwolf from the command line also.?
Thankks for your help.
Phil VK2CPR

I'm a little late to the info party, but I was told a while ago that you can only have one AGWPORT and it's only assigned to channel 0.

But you can have multiple KISSPORTS and have them assigned to their respective channels.

@Gil Rand
Wow, that was so helpful, sir. Thanks for the insight.


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All,

? I've made tons of progress these past few days.? I think I've finally got it.? I'm not afraid to admit, I used ChatGPT extensively these past few days.? I realize you have to ask very specific with the Q&A.? But this is what I have so far:

dw.service looks like this:

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Hello Phil,

Hi all, my direwolf is on Windoze 7 and works fine for weeks. It then crashes and exits at random. I have looked for logs but can't find any. There is plenty of information about Linux but not much for Windoze.?
I looked at the config file but couldn't see anything about log directories I may be able to make.

You didn't provide any details about your setup but if I was to guess, I would say it could be RFI getting into the USB sound system and removing the USB-connected sound card.? As for logging, that can happen two ways.? When you start direwolf from a cmd window, it will start sending log text into that window.? Maybe you're starting Direwolf from batch file and once Direwolf exits, it closes the window box?? IF that's what you're doing, consider some of these ideas:?


The other approach is starting Direwolf with logging to file enabled:
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?????? -l logdir
????????????? Generate daily log files in specified directory.? Use "." for current directory.

?????? -L logfile
????????????? Generate single log file with fixed name.
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--David
KI6ZHD

Hi all, my direwolf is on Windoze 7 and works fine for weeks. It then crashes and exits at random. I have looked for logs but can't find any. There is plenty of information about Linux but not much for Windoze.?
I looked at the config file but couldn't see anything about log directories I may be able to make.
Thanks,
Phil VK2CPR

Thank you all.? I did get it to work with direwolf 1.7 and help from the code's author John.
I commented out the AWGports because I am not using them.??

my conf file is:

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Hello Greg,

When you say you only see your "channel 2 ports", what do you mean?? Is it because you don't see the specific AGW and KISSTCP ports that correlate to your "channel 2" actually applied to channel 2?

I see two things going on here:

?? #1 - You didn't show your entire configuration but your AGWPORT and KISSTCP lines seem to be configured under the ADEVICE1:CHANNEL2 area.? Try moving the first set of AGWPORT and KISSTCP lines to be under ADEVICE0:CHANNEL0

?? #2 - While maybe it's not a hard bug, I would argue that Direwolf is applying your CHANNEL 2 port numbers to CHANNEL 0 based on how you configured things.? I think this could be handled better.

?? #3 - It's not clear what applications you're trying to interface via KISSTCP or AGW but both protocols support the concept of which "radio port" to use.? This should be supported by your application.? For example, for Outpost Packet Manager for Windows - page 2 ( ), there is the "TNC radio port" field.? The same goes for KISSTCP.? See the source code comments below.

?? #4 - GAP: Looking at the source code, Direwolf AGW doesn't support fixed "channel" assignments like you're trying to configuring things but I don't think it's required.? The Direwolf User Guide should be more clear about this.?
All that said, I think Direwolf will do what you want but you just shouldn't try to hardcode the "channels" in the AGW or KISSTCP stanzas of the direwolf.conf file:

src/config.c
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/*
?* AGWPORT????????????? - Port number for "AGW TCPIP Socket Interface"
?*
?* In version 1.2 we allow 0 to disable listening.
?*/
// FIXME:? complain if extra parameter e.g. port as in KISSPORT? <-------------------------------------------------------------


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/*
?* KISSPORT port [ chan ]?????????????? - Port number for KISS over IP? <-----------------------------------------------
?*/

??????? // Previously we allowed only a single TCP port for KISS.
??????? // An increasing number of people want to run multiple radios.
??????? // Unfortunately, most applications don't know how to deal with multi-radio TNCs.
??????? // They ignore the channel on receive and always transmit to channel 0.
??????? // Running multiple instances of direwolf is a work-around but this leads to
??????? // more complex configuration and we lose the cross-channel digipeating capability.
??????? // In release 1.7 we add a new feature to assign a single radio channel to a TCP port.
??????? // e.g.
??????? //????? KISSPORT 8001?????????? # default, all channels.? Radio channel = KISS channel.
??????? //
??????? //????? KISSPORT 7000 0???????? # Only radio channel 0 for receive.
??????? //????????????????????????????? # Transmit to radio channel 0, ignoring KISS channel.
??????? //
??????? //????? KISSPORT 7001 1???????? # Only radio channel 1 for receive.? KISS channel set to 0.
??????? //????????????????????????????? # Transmit to radio channel 1, ignoring KISS channel.


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--David
KI6ZHD

Thank you.??

I have tried various things.? It appears that it will only recognize the 2nd set of listed ports,? the first set gets ignored.? It doesn't matter what number they are assigned.? ? ?

My ultimate goal is to add an HF radio to my current VHF linBPQ node using 1 RPI and 2 signalinks (or Signalink and digirig).??

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The question is what are you seeing your CHANNEL 2 port with?
Since you have defined different KISS and AGW ports for each interface, you need to connect to both 8001 and 8003 (or 8100 and 8101) at the same time, in order to see both channel's data.

I suggest testing with only a single AGW and KISS port.? Make sure it is working.? Then (if needed) split the ports.

Separate ports (as you have it):
KISSPORT 8101 2

Comment both out, and add (note the channel is missing, so both will be on the same port)

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