[OZAPRS] FW: [aprssig] New aprs client available for windows - xastir
Steven Heimann
steven at nami.com.au
Fri Apr 30 11:29:20 EST 2010
Morning all
I saw Geoff's email this morning and thought I would give it a go. I
note I have run Xastir a bit on a Linux box which I use as my desktop at
home. Although there are some aspects of Xastir I prefer over UI-View I
find UI-View seems to have a cleaner user interface.
I have previously tried Xastir under windows without much success.
Until recently the recommended method was to install a Vmware image of
Ubuntu Linux and install Xastir on top of that. While I got it working
it involved something approaching a gigabyte of downloads and
installation. I was doing this on my 1.73GHz Celeron with 1.5GB of ram
running Vista. It was painfully slow and from memory basically
unusable. While this andLinux is also a virtual machine it is much
smaller and the 200MB XFCE version seems much lighter weight and
quicker. Perhaps an XFCE version of Ubuntu would have been a better
choice back when I tried this previously.
This morning I followed the instructions in the email below. The whole
thing worked fairly painlessly and is running on the same laptop
mentioned above. I have loaded the maps I use from my normal Linux
desktop Xastir. The speed is a little slow, especially scrolling the
maps around, but is quite usable.
The Internet gateway came up as soon as I configured it and stations
started appearing.
On the same laptop I have recently been trying UI-View and other packet
software with AGWPE. I discovered Xastir supports a connection to a
networked AGWPE so configured that to point at the AGWPE instance
running on the same machine. I had to open a port in the firewall and
point Xastir at the normal external IP address of the laptop rather than
at localhost. I now have UI-View and Xastir (and Winpack so I can watch
the raw packets) running side by side quite happily.
Now I just have to choose which one I like better.
Regards
Steven VK2BOS
On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 07:00 +1000, Geoff wrote:
> I have *NOT* tried this, but if anyone feels like it please let me
> know if it works J
>
> I’ll add it to the website somewhere if it’s a useful procedure….
>
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> Note it does not work on 64bit systems – only 32bit.
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>
> Geoff VK2XJG
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> From:aprssig-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces at tapr.org] On
> Behalf Of Wes Johnston, AI4PX
> Sent: Friday, 30 April 2010 2:32 AM
> To: TAPR APRS Mailing List
> Subject: [aprssig] New aprs client available for windows - xastir
>
>
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>
> Ok, now that I have your attention..... here's an easy way to run
> xastir in windows. Seriously easy.
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> This is the procedure to install and run Xastir from within windows.
> This will work with XP, Vista and Windows 7. Although this document
> may look long, in a nutshell there are really only two steps. You
> will simply be installing a program called andLinux and once it’s
> running you will install and run Xastir.
>
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>
> Prerequisites:
>
> You will need administrator privileges to install this program.
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>
> Make sure you do not access the internet through 192.168.11.x network.
> If you do, please change the sub net to 192.168.12.x or other. This
> may require making changes to your router and rebooting all PCs in the
> house. There is a workaround which requires editing 3 files, but
> generally it is easier to change your network settings. We’ll cover
> that later if needed.
>
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>
> Enable windows file sharing. You’ll want to be able to allow xastir
> to access maps you get from CD or USB drives. You can use the Shared
> Documents folder to allow this.
>
>
>
> Download the andLinux program. Go to
> http://www.andlinux.org/downloads.php and download the approximately
> 200meg file.
>
>
>
> Installation.
>
> You will be installing a linux application that runs in the background
> of your PC. You will use a sort of remote desktop to access this
> background application via a fake TCP/IP connection.
>
>
>
> Run the installer and accept all defaults. When the installer asks
> you for a username and password for linux choose one. It is OK to use
> the same password you use for your windows login or you can choose
> another. At the next screen select SAMBA file sharing and press next.
>
>
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> At the shared folders setup, choose SharedDocuments from the pulldown.
> Enter your windows username and password. This will allow the
> andLinux background application to swap files in the shared documents
> folder with windows.
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> Accept the defaults for the remainder of the options.
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> Reboot your PC.
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> When you log in again, you will be asked to unblock Xming Server and
> Pulseaudio server. Press the unblock buttons.
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> Test your internet connection to see if it is still working. Go to a
> web site such as cnn or google to test it. If your PC used an address
> in the range of 192.168.11.x, you may have problems getting to the
> internet. Do not uninstall andLinux! See
> http://www.andlinux.org/wiki/index.php5?title=Howto:_change_andLinux_network_configuration for more information if your internet has stopped working.
>
>
>
> Notice there is a little black and white yin yang symbol in the
> taskbar near the clock now. Right click on it and choose Synaptic. A
> “dos” window will pop open and ask you for a password. Use the
> password that you used when the setup program asked you for a linux
> username and password. Make sure you click in the “dos” window before
> typing to give it focus. It may not show your keystrokes for the
> password.
>
>
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> If this does not launch or you get an error about not able to connect
> to 192.168.11.150, you will need to add an exception to your firewall
> for the Xming server.
>
>
>
> Installing XASTIR.
>
> If everything worked above, you will have launched Synaptic. It is
> used to install additional programs. Scroll through the list on the
> right and look for xastir. Yes, there are a lot of programs listed.
> Click the box beside xastir and select “mark for installation”. It
> will popup with a number of additional programs that will need to be
> installed. Simply check “mark for installation”.
>
>
>
> Once you have selected all the programs you wish to install, click
> “Apply” on the menu bar of Synaptic. It will download and install
> xastir for you. You must be online when you click apply.
>
>
>
> Synaptic will verify that you want to download files. Do NOT check
> the box that says download only…. You want Synaptic to install the
> files for you, right? Leave the box unchecked. The installation of
> xastir will require about 10.5megs of files be downloaded.
>
>
>
> When it is done, close Synaptic. You can now run xastir, but let’s
> generate your APRS internet password first.
>
>
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> Right click on the yinyang and run terminal window.
>
>
>
> In the “dos” window, type callpass y0urcall . It will respond
> with a 4 or 5 digit number which you need to write down. This number
> is unique to your callsign and will be used when you setup internet
> access later.
>
>
>
> Now run xastir by typing xastir in the “dos” window and pressing
> enter.
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> Xastir will run and prompt you to put in your call and location. You
> can rough in the location and set it exactly later using the mapping
> screen. You may wish to turn off your numlock key.
>
>
>
> Congratulations, you have xastir running on windows! The next time
> you want to run xastir, open a terminal window and type xastir
> <enter>. If you type xastir &<enter> you will be able to close the
> terminal window while xastir continues to run.
>
>
>
> If you are feeling frisky, you can download the source code for xastir
> and install it to have the latest version but that is beyond the scope
> of this document. If you need to connect to a locally attached TNC,
> use AGWPE on the windows machine and connect xastir to it.
>
>
> Wes
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