What build of YAAC are you using, and what snapshot of OpenStreetMap data? The latter can be seen by going to File->OpenStreetMap->Download Pre-Imported Map Tiles, and (when the dialog window finally comes up after scanning your map directories) looking in the Old Tile Version text box (lower left corner). I only got it fixed for the most recent import I did of the data (2020-05-11T00:00:01Z), because it is an import issue, not a rendering issue. On the other hand, I did find some recent rendering errors specific to marine navigation beacon Nodes which might prematurely abort your map render, and those required a code fix in YAAC build 155.

If you are using an older build of the map data, re-import it, and use a rectangle (center lat/lon and radius) to import it, not "Refresh all existing map tiles". Older imports I did would not have generated the mostly empty tiles for the bulk of the oceans, so you would not download the updates of those tiles since you never had them before.

Andrew, KA2DDO
author of YAAC

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Eric H. Christensen via groups.io <eric@...>
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 5:21 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [yaac-users] Water not rendering, again... kind of.

I'm seeing the failure of water being rendered, AGAIN! (only joking about the AGAIN part)

I've attached three screenshots: two showing the North Carolina Outer Banks at different zoom layers and then another of the Chesapeake Bay.

In the Outer Banks, the Pamlico Sound (on the west side of the barrier island) is defined as natural=water. The Atlantic Ocean on the east side is not defined except for natural=coastline at the edge of the land. The Chesapeake Bay is also defined by an outline of natural=coastline.

If it helps, water should be on the left side of the coastline way line.

If I remember correctly, the oceans (water outlined by coastline) used to render correctly.

73,
Eric WG3K

I'm seeing the failure of water being rendered, AGAIN! (only joking about the AGAIN part)

I've attached three screenshots: two showing the North Carolina Outer Banks at different zoom layers and then another of the Chesapeake Bay.

In the Outer Banks, the Pamlico Sound (on the west side of the barrier island) is defined as natural=water. The Atlantic Ocean on the east side is not defined except for natural=coastline at the edge of the land. The Chesapeake Bay is also defined by an outline of natural=coastline.

If it helps, water should be on the left side of the coastline way line.

If I remember correctly, the oceans (water outlined by coastline) used to render correctly.

73,
Eric WG3K

Greetings.

To override using the system-default language, when invoking YAAC from the command line, specify the -Djava.language=locale option, i.e.,

java -Djava.language=en -jar YAAC.jar

Note that the -D option has to go before the -jar option.

Is there a particular reason you would rather use the English translation? As in, are there problems with the Deutsch translation? If so, please identify the places in the UI with invalid translations (preferably with corrections) to me so I can fix the translations file. Alas, 2 years of German-as-a-foreign-language in school 40 years ago (!) doesn't equip me to handle technical jargon, and Google Translate doesn't always get it correct either.

Andrew, KA2DDO
author of YAAC
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Walter P.. Schwarzott <wpschwarzott@...>
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 9:54 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [yaac-users] how to change language from German back to English


YAAC chooses automatically the german translations of the menu items of YAAC...
I would prefer to use the original english names - what to do to get them back ?
i?ve read your FAQs but I need a more specific guide to do this - thank you !
Tnx for your great program and your answer,

Walter P. / DK7ZE

YAAC chooses automatically the german translations of the menu items of YAAC...
I would prefer to use the original english names - what to do to get them back ?
i?ve read your FAQs but I need a more specific guide to do this - thank you !
Tnx for your great program and your answer,

Walter P. / DK7ZE

next beta build#155 of YAAC ("Yet Another APRS Client"), created 2020-Jul-13

downloadable from
or

changes and updates include:
1. fix spurious ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsExceptions from parsing Mic-E and
position report messages that have the absolute bare minimum amount
of text and have no optional fields appended.
2. fix progress dialog percentage report when importing CSV-format
packet logs.
3. add support for the Byonics TinyTrak4's ability to pass through GPS
sentences as an alternate-DeviceID KISS "frame" in the serial
connection to YAAC, when the GKRELAY command is properly configured.
This updates the Serial_TNC, KISS-over-TCP, and Bluetooth_TNC port
drivers (Bluetooth plugin).
4. regularize size of map zoom buttons, fix sizing and scaling of
map scale to always be a round multiple of 2, 5, or 10.
5. properly handle seamark beacons with an unspecified color.
6. fix problem with AX.25 ports that feed through GPS sentences when
the sentence boundaries aren't caught correctly, causing spurious
errors that can't be read because of the embedded carriage return
characters.
7. try to optimize reading UTF-8 strings and OSM objects from files a
little more.
8. add generic ability for PortConnectors to report asynchronous status
changes not already handled by PortStatusListener, PortMgmtListener,
or PortEventListener.
9. remove support for Byonics TT4 prompt catching in Serial_TNC
PortConnector, as it will never work unless the TinyTrak4 is
rebooted just as YAAC opens the port.
10. fix naming of AIS decoder plugin in website "store".
11. fix parsing errors in AIS decoder, add support for DGNSS and
Aid-to-Navigation messages.
12. add identification of vessel nation-of-registry in AIS decoder.
13. remove spurious debugging print statements in repeater finder plugin.
14. improve error reporting and documentation in repeater finder plugin
when rig control serial ports can't be found.
15. add support to repeater finder plugin to recognize Yaesu System
Fusion (C4FM) repeater objects.
16. add Java Activation library to telemetry alarm plugin so email will
still work on Java runtime version 9 and above.
17. improve screen appearance of upgrade utility, ensure O/S-provided
window close button behaves the same as the Cancel button in the
upgrader's UI.
18. augment upgrader to support plugins that include native libraries
(in preparation for deprecating use of RXTX library).

Don,

Please note that, in the screenshots you sent, it shows you have tiles from N34 to N52, but the map graticule in the background shows you're viewing up around 65 degrees North (for which you _didn't_ download maps). You might want to click the Home button (the map button with the house icon on it) to get recentered at your station location. You won't be able to see the wide-area map (given how far you're zoomed out) until you finish downloading the planet.ways file (which the progress dialog shows is still in progress).

Andrew, KA2DDO
author of YAAC

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Don Poaps <va7dgp@...>
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 12:27 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [yaac-users] loading of map weird issue

I have manually added the Lat&Long into the GPS setting. I do have a USB Blox GPS. It is flashing. I have gpsd checked off.
I will change the GPS to NO GPS and see what happens.

I see just the white map.

Nothing being imported from the Preloaded Map tiles.

73

Don Poaps
New Westminster, BC
VA7DGP DATA
VA7QU VOICE


Winlink: va7qu@...<mailto:va7qu@...>
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On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 8:38 AM Andrew P. <andrewemt@...<mailto:andrewemt@...>> wrote:
Interesting. Where is the directory for storing map tiles located? That's settable in the expert-mode configuration dialog (File->Configure->Expert Mode) on the General tab.

Also, what error are you getting? Also, did you load the maps for the correct quadrant of the planet you are in (N or S latitude, E or W longitude)? If you go to File->OpenStreetMap->Download Pre-Imported Tiles and look at the dialog, there should be a grey rectangle with blue and/or white dots on it indicating which 1x1-degree map tiles have been loaded already. West is to the left and North to the top. The graticule lines are the Prime Meridian (0 longitude) and the Equator (0 latitude). The red box indicates where the next manual download would occur, and can be adjusted by setting the lat/lon of the box center and the radius of a circle contained in the box.

I can't say if that would be correct syntax to remove YAAC (it depends on where you installed it), but that matches the most common installation place. Note that removing YAAC does not really affect the maps, except that the map tile directory on a Pi is defaultly at /home/pi/YAAC/tiledir. Any particular reason why you want to remove the actual program?

Andrew, KA2DDO
author of YAAC
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From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Don Poaps <va7dgp@...<mailto:va7dgp@...>>
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 11:28 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: [yaac-users] loading of map weird issue

A fresh install of Build a PI version 3.02. I can't seem to load any map on the fresh install. I can see raw packet but no map even though I've downloaded Andrew's server of the preloaded map.

If I do the rm /home/pi/YAAC and reloaded YAAC from source. Is this the right syntax to remove it??

73


Don Poaps
New Westminster, BC
VA7DGP DATA
VA7QU VOICE


Winlink: va7qu@...<mailto:va7qu@...><mailto:va7qu@...<mailto:va7qu@...>>
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Interesting. Where is the directory for storing map tiles located? That's settable in the expert-mode configuration dialog (File->Configure->Expert Mode) on the General tab.

Also, what error are you getting? Also, did you load the maps for the correct quadrant of the planet you are in (N or S latitude, E or W longitude)? If you go to File->OpenStreetMap->Download Pre-Imported Tiles and look at the dialog, there should be a grey rectangle with blue and/or white dots on it indicating which 1x1-degree map tiles have been loaded already. West is to the left and North to the top. The graticule lines are the Prime Meridian (0 longitude) and the Equator (0 latitude). The red box indicates where the next manual download would occur, and can be adjusted by setting the lat/lon of the box center and the radius of a circle contained in the box.

I can't say if that would be correct syntax to remove YAAC (it depends on where you installed it), but that matches the most common installation place. Note that removing YAAC does not really affect the maps, except that the map tile directory on a Pi is defaultly at /home/pi/YAAC/tiledir. Any particular reason why you want to remove the actual program?

Andrew, KA2DDO
author of YAAC
________________________________________
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Don Poaps <va7dgp@...>
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 11:28 AM
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: [yaac-users] loading of map weird issue

A fresh install of Build a PI version 3.02. I can't seem to load any map on the fresh install. I can see raw packet but no map even though I've downloaded Andrew's server of the preloaded map.

If I do the rm /home/pi/YAAC and reloaded YAAC from source. Is this the right syntax to remove it??

73


Don Poaps
New Westminster, BC
VA7DGP DATA
VA7QU VOICE


Winlink: va7qu@...<mailto:va7qu@...>
Subject://wl2k



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Hello, well, I don't use it only in APRS, also in DPRS ... hi hi

I guess I'll start on this.

There are several things I use YAAC for:

1. APRS tracking of mobile SAG units during public service events, such as bicycle fundraisers like the Multiple Sclerosis City-to-Shore 150, the French Creek Iron Tour, etc.

2. monitoring the health of APRS weather stations under the responsibility of our county ARES/RACES group (county Emergency Management uses a data feed from one of our I-gates to plan for emergencies where wind direction is significant).

3. demonstrating what APRS can do at hamfests, maker faires, etc., (back before COVID-19 stopped allowing such events).

Andrew, KA2DDO
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Jim P. <james.palmer321@...>
Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 1:45 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [yaac-users] How do you use YAAC?

I am working on promoting YAAC among the Ham team at Austin Disaster Relief Network<>. I recently suggested to Jim Peisker (a fellow ADRN volunteer and the author of NewHams.info<>) that he add information about YAAC to his recent article on APRS<>. I described YAAC to Jim as follows and pointed him to the YAAC Web site<>.

YAAC is a full featured APRS client that includes:

* Downloading of maps for plotting stations when an internet connection is not available.
* Beaconing (including optional weather data)
* Messaging
* Queries
* Operation as a QRU server, Digipeater, or I-Gate
* Callsign lookup

I am hoping that this group can help me provide others with more information about how people are using YAAC. To that end:

How do you use YAAC?

Jim Palmer, AG5VQ

I am working on promoting YAAC among the Ham team at . I recently suggested to Jim Peisker (a fellow ADRN volunteer?and the?author of ) that he add information about YAAC to . I described YAAC to Jim as follows and pointed him to the .

I am hoping that this group can help me provide others with more information about how people are using YAAC. To that end:

How do you use YAAC?

Jim Palmer, AG5VQ

You're welcome. I look forward to seeing it soon.

Thank you for this amazing program.

No, you are not missing anything, but thank you for pointing out this TinyTrak4 feature.
I didn't know about that (possibly because I don't have the splitter cable to connect a GPS and a computer to my TinyTrak4), and am going to implement support for the GKRELAY feature of the TinyTrak4 in the next build of YAAC.

Andrew, KA2DDO
author of YAAC

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of kd2fmw@... <kd2fmw@...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 4:01 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [yaac-users] Tiny Trac 4 and NMEA passthrough

Good Afternoon,

I am wondering if I am missing something in the port configuration. Is it possible to use/capture the NMEA data that is passed through the TT4 from the GPS?

Thank you,
Dan

Good Afternoon,

I am wondering if I am missing something in the port configuration. Is it possible to use/capture the NMEA data that is passed through the TT4 from the GPS?

Thank you,
Dan

Here's what I see when I try to send a test message:

Exception in thread "Email test sender" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/activation/DataHandler

at org.ka2ddo.yaac.telemetryalarm.TelemetryAlarmMonitor.composeEmail(TelemetryAlarmMonitor.java:413)

at org.ka2ddo.yaac.telemetryalarm.TelemetryAlarmMonitor.composeEmail(TelemetryAlarmMonitor.java:375)

at org.ka2ddo.yaac.telemetryalarm.gui.ConfigureEmail$7$1.run(ConfigureEmail.java:180)

at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.activation.DataHandler

at java.base/java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:471)

at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:589)

at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:522)

... 4 more

testing connection to smtp.gmail.com:587

changing email server port from 587 to 587

?

testing connection to smtp.gmail.com:587

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YAAC's email setup should support STARTTLS, which allows an initial connect unsecured and an immediate upgrade to TLS. Is that working when you connect to gmail? If gmail does insist on immediate TLS, make sure you are connecting to the correct port (usually 587).

I just installed the latest update of YAAC and I'm anxious to try out the telemetry and weather plugins.

My problem is this: I have several email accounts that I could use but they are all Gmail.

Gmail requires TLS or SSL. which YAAC doesn't indicate it uses.

Can you suggest a free email SMTP service that doesn't require TLS or SSL?

Or am I missing something?

Yes that helps, just what I was looking for and would expect it to work!

Thanks for the insight, it wasn't obvious to use that feature.

Brian N2KGC

Yes, YAAC does, although it doesn't work perfectly because not all digipeaters "trace" by inserting their callsign-SSID into the digipeat path. Also, it only shows the most recent path from any given sender, so if the signal takes multiple paths, only the last duplicate path heard will be shown.

You enable this on the map with the menu choice View->Layers...->Show Digipeat Hop Paths. Note that nothing will be drawn for stations received from the APRS-IS Internet backbone; only stations received from an RF port into YAAC will be drawn this way.

Hope this helps.

Andrew, KA2DDO
author of YAAC

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Brian Webster via groups.io <radiowebst@...>
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2020 9:41 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [yaac-users] next beta build#154 of YAAC, created 2020-Jun-25

Andrew,
Does YACC have a mode where when receiving over the air only it
draws lines between the stations that the packet is hopping through? I have
used that with Radio Mobile in APRS mode and APRSIS32 and really like being
able to visually see on the map how paths are moving and working (and being
able to see bad path statements happening).

Brian N2KGC