[OZAPRS] connecting radio and gps to xastir

[Ray Wells]

Liz,

Have you checked that the comport speed matches the gps? Have you looked 
at the gps with minicom or cutecom, etc?

Ray vk2tv

On 22/09/12 17:49, Liz wrote:
> Hoping for a bit of real time help here
>
> I've got a Kenwood DM-710
> a cable for the radio with a serial plug
> a pl2303 usb serial adapter
>
> the combination is recognised by xastir and it says the interface is
> 'UP'
>
> however there isn't any communication between the radio and the computer
> no GPS data is given to the computer from the gps connected to the radio
> (previously successfully used in aprs mode)
>
> radio is set to packet
> com port is set to on
> gps output set to off/waypoint/dgps tried them all, no difference
>
>
> xastir says 'GPS data is older than 30 seconds!'
>
> I tried using another gps either through gpsd or directly with xastir
> and I get 'Sats/View:00 Fix:Invalid' despite the GPS telling me it has
> a GPS fix of good quality.
>
> xastir is talking with aprs servers and downloading data
>
> I thought it would just be a problem with the radio connection setup but
> the failure of xastir to read any gps data from another gps makes me
> wonder what else I have wrong
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