Here's the map that I intended to include
in my first response from
Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE
for Windows Mobile and Win32
PS.? The Send button on the earlier message must have pressed
itself.?? That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
On 7/10/2024 11:51 PM, Andrew P. wrote:
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Note the original poster has a G callsign
(assigned to the United Kingdom) and a .uk email address. I
don't think he's on our side of the pond. :-)
Anybody remember what the national APRS frequency
is over there? Also note the the UK highly restricts automated
station licenses, so there are very few digipeaters to forward
more distant packets. Other users have commented on the scarcity
of RF-hearable packets in certain parts of the United Kingdom,
and the original poster didn't provide a more precise station
location.?
Andrew, KA2DDO
author of YAAC
No traffic on 144.390 MHz?
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Sent from my two-way wrist watch
73 de W3AB/George
On Jul 9, 2024, at 16:58, Dave GM4NFI
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djcleckie@...>
wrote:
I am trying to get an old Paccom TNC 220 which I built from
kit in the 1980's working as a KISS TNC.
I am running YAAC under Ubuntu 24.04 on a dedicated PC with
on "old type" RS 232 port which appears as /dev/ttyS5
The TNC 220 is working fine as a Command mode TNC using
PUTTY to enter commands all seems normal working as it did
in the 1980's.
It has a KISS mode which I never previously needed so I am
unsure how well it is implemented.
I want to use it as a KISS TNC with YAAC.
I set the radio ?and terminal BAUD both to 1200
Word Length to 8
KISS ON
Restart
TNC 220 lights flash in correct sequence to indicate it has
entered KISS mode.
I use the the configuration wizard to configure YAAC - so
far so good.
I add a Serial KISS TNC and configure it. /dev/ttyS5 what I
was using with Putty when I use it as a command type TNC.
When I press the TEST Port button a blank command window
opens.
If I deliberately enter an invalid/non-existant port e.g.
/dev/ttyS6 (when it should be /dev/ttyS5) then I get the
error "Unable to bring up Test-Port for Serial_TNC" but when
I enter a correct port I get the blank command window .
>From this I assume indicates YAAC has detected a KISS
TNC?
The on-line help states the ... "Test Port" button provides
a means of verifying that you have connected to the correct
place; it opens a terminal window connected to the
configured serial port so that you can manually test the TNC
for the desired operation. To complete testing, close the
terminal window."
My question is "What do I enter in this window to "Manually
test the TNC?"
What should I see/do in this window to test that the TNC is
operating correctly?
There is no packet traffic in my area for it to decode.
What commands should I enter in this command window to test
the TNC?
73
