[OZAPRS] VK3WRM - iGate / Messaging

[Norm McMillan]

Thanks Guys,

I won't get to look at it this week, won't be home!. Yes transmit is
enabled, but I'm pretty sure Inet to RF is disabled completely.

norm vk3xci

On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 3:14 PM, vk2tv <vk2tv at exemail.com.au> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
>
> Here's an email I sent back in 2009 for a station wanting to do Inet-RF
> with xastir. The content may provide you with some useful information.
>
>
> The help was in the context of sending stations of interest (local wx from
> the airports AWS, e.g.) to RF. I "think" that messaging is automatically
> forwarded provided Inet->RF is turned on.
>
>
> Ray vk2tv
>
>
> ===============================================================
>
> Greg,
> I can't advise on the path but don't forget you'll need entries in
> /home/.../.xastir/data/nws-stations.txt, essentially an entry for each
> station you want to gate to RF. The first three characters will suffice
> for any callsign containing those characters - vk2 would cover ALL vk2
> callsigns, for example.Here's my file entries ...
>
> #a few local callsigns
> vk2tv
> vk2wet
> vk2aak
> vk2sx
> vk2uni
> #the satellites
> ISS
> AO-
> CO-
> DO-
> FO-
> GO-
> IO-
> LO-
> NO-
> PO-
> SO-
> UO-
> VO-
> RS-
> COMPASS
> CAPE
> GeneSat
> ARISS
> #regional weather warnings
> MNC
> NTL
> NTR
> #local automatic weather stations
> ALDAVILLA
> PORTMAC
> TAREE
>
> You need to select Allow RF->Inet and Inet->RF in Config/Defaults, as
> well as for the RF port configs.
>
> Back when we were running a "quiet" local frequency I enabled ALL vk and
> zl traffic for a trial, and the transmitter hardly ever stopped
> transmitting. It was an interesting experiment in warming the shack
> :*-)  I'm sure you would see even more traffic than I did.
>
>
> ==============================================================================
> *
>
>
> On 08/11/17 14:56, Mathew McKernan wrote:
>
> Hi Norm,
>
>
> Thanks for responding.
>
>
> I know little of Xastir personally, but this link may have some info for
> you:
>
>
> http://xastir.sourceforge.net/manual/sec_interfaces.html
>
>
> I suspect "allow transmitting" is enabled, as you're beaconing
> periodically indicating the presence on RF. It also means the sound card is
> properly outputting the 1200bps FSK. I reckon you need the "Allow RF-Inet
> and Inet-RF traffic" set.
>
>
> Other than that, I may not be much use in terms of helping fix it. If I
> was in town I'd be happy to drop by and work on it with you.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Matty
> ------------------------------
> *From:* OZAPRS <ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au> <ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au>
> on behalf of Norm McMillan <vk3xci at gmail.com> <vk3xci at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 8 November 2017 2:48:16 PM
> *To:* Australian APRS Users
> *Subject:* Re: [OZAPRS] VK3WRM - iGate / Messaging
>
> Matty,
>
> I'm the Mildura iGate-keeper. I took it over from Ron VK3ECV. It's a
> Raspberry pi/xastir, TNC2 and FM828 on a bookshelf in my shack. Off-air
> link to/from VK2RBX. I must confess it justs sits there... I seldom look at
> it. When I get some time I'll check if I have something mis-set in xastir,
> like internet to rf. In fact, i'm pretty sure I have that disabled. Right
> now I don't have a lot of time so if somebody can tell me what to look for
> I'll fix it.
>
> norm  vk3xci
>
> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Mathew McKernan <mathew at mmckernan.id.au>
> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>
> Not sure who the operator of the Mildura iGate VK3WRM but I think I may
> have found a problem with messaging via it. I am using VHF rather than
> APRS-IS as occasionally there is no phone reception.
>
>
> I've been on a houseboat for the past week beaconing away as we float up
> the Murray (side note, awesome country!).
>
>
> I've had a friend in NSW that I was messaging. The messages I send make it
> to him, but any replies or ACK messages do not make it back to me.
>
>
> At a guess, I think the iGate isn't caching who it has gated into the IS
> network and therefore it isn't transmitting anything back out to the VHF
> network. It does beacon itself on VHF as normal, so I can fairly certain it
> isn't a Receive only gate.
>
>
> Any ideas or am I missing some understanding of how this is meant to work?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Matty
>
> VK3MJM
>
>
>
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