Fw: [OZAPRS] Ozi-APRS to UIView

[Tony Hunt]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Hunt" <wavetel at iname.com>
To: "Darryl Smith" <Darryl at radio-active.net.au>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Ozi-APRS to UIView


> Hi Darryl and Richard .. Thanks for the replys..
>
> Ive got a Virtual serial port allready in use on the PC and trying to
get
> another one going isnt going to be very easy or cheap..
>
> I have got OziAPRS going and it sees NMEA strings across the winsock
from
> UI-view but can not assocciate them with anything.. What I need to do is
get
> it to see these strings and do something with them as they are just raw
NMEA
> with no waypoint or station associated..
>
> I will change across to NetAPTS shortly and see if that offers
anything..
>
> I can make OziAPRS see my station from Uiview ok via AGW but I have to
run
> uncompressed frames and beacon pretty regularly.. Both of these things
are
a
> pain on HF APRS.. Uncommpressed and regular beacons like once a minute
are
a
> problem on HF.. Ive noticed tracking is compromised at times when
running
> uncompressed frames.. What I do to make it work is track myself on
OziAPRS
> and it starts up moving map and tracks the waypoint created on
OziExplorer..
>
> Ive seen comments in the past before about the compressed frames issue
on
> OziAPRS and as far as I know this is still an issue with NetAPRS which
> suprises me..
>
> So tomorrow I will see if I can run up NetAPRS but it may not want to go
on
> my older laptop machine..
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darryl Smith" <Darryl at radio-active.net.au>
> To: "'Tony Hunt'" <wavetel at iname.com>; <ozaprs at marconi.ics.mq.edu.au>
> Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 7:25 PM
> Subject: RE: [OZAPRS] Ozi-APRS to UIView
>
>
> > People
> >
> > netAPRS is being expanded all the time. I have added basic beaconing
> through
> > AGWPE, but only in the Italian version... and only under very limited
> > distribution [ Hey, the guys in Italy were the ones who really pushed
for
> > that feature]
> >
> > There are probably bugs in the software... And if something is not
working
> > please let me know. Also please let me know about any other features
that
> > you would like. Anyone who as looked at the menus in netAPRS will see
> areas
> > that code can be added... So force me to add the code :-)
> >
> > Darryl
> >
> >
> > ---------
> > Darryl Smith, VK2TDS   POBox 169 Ingleburn NSW 2565 Australia
> > Mobile Number 0412 929 634 [+61 4 12 929 634 International]
> > www.radio-active.net.au\blog\ - www.radio-active.net.au\web\tracking
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ozaprs-bounces at marconi.ics.mq.edu.au
> > [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at marconi.ics.mq.edu.au] On Behalf Of Tony Hunt
> > Sent: Saturday, 3 July 2004 9:26 PM
> > To: OZ-APRS Mial-list
> > Subject: [OZAPRS] Ozi-APRS to UIView
> >
> > I need some help with Ozi-APRS and UI-view32 ..
> >
> > Ive enabled the GPS TCPIP server output on port 1449 for UIview and
> OziAPRS
> > can certainly see the NMEA strings flying past if I setup the OziAPRS
> server
> > to look at 127.0.0.1 port 1449 .. But of course they are not valid
APRS
> > posits with a Waypoint attached etc.
> >
> > How can I get OziAPRS to do something with these strings like attach
them
> to
> > a waypoint or to pass them to OZiExplorer and plot them ?
> >
> > Trying to get another Virtual port running on the machine is pretty
well
> out
> > of the question. I allready have a virtual loopback port running
between
> > MixW and UIview. The machine is Windows 98SE. I could use the virtual
com
> > port to pass the strings to Ozi-Explorer from UI-view but then I loose
the
> > APRS TX/RX functionality with MixW..
> > I basically want to plot myself in real time onto Ozi-Explorer and not
> just
> > UIview ..
> >
> > Perhaps there is a addon that will listen on the TCPIP port and
convert
> the
> > NMEA into valid posits or Waypoints and resend them on the TCPIP thats
all
> > it would take I guess.. Or maybee I am just not doing this the right
way
!
> >
> > Tony Hunt VK5AH
> >
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> >
> >
> >
>

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