Small world :-)
According to the doc available at the link above, javaAPRSSrvr
supports linux kernel ax25 networking, so in theory it should be
able to share a serial port / TNC with another APRS app. Once a
serial port is configured to be an ax25 interface it can be shared
by any app that supports kernel ax25 networking.
I've never used javaAPRSSrvr, but I wouldn't expect an APRSIS
server to need to connect to a serial port at all - unless it was
doubling as an IGate.
73,
Lee K5DAT
Hi.
Unless the attached TNC is multi-threading, in respect to the
different clients connected to it via the single physical port,
you could get into bad trouble if one application changes the
configuration to suit it, but another application is confused by
the changes.
For pure RX only, probably not a problem, but if you have two
app's sending and receiving, hmmmm....
A KISS mode TNC is probably less troublesome than some, but
still not a good thing to do.
The same holds true when "sharing" a radio between data and
logging app's.? The fact that it can seem to work OK for many,
does not mean it is the correct way to do things.?? Put Hamlib or
Omnirig in the middle (for rig control) and it's much more
reliable, but you can still get into trouble if careless.
Regards.
??? Dave G8KBV
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