Re: ToCall(s) for SCS PTCx, Dragon etc.


Lynn Deffenbaugh
 

Well, from that screen capture, it appears that the ToCall is actually required entry by the user on the PAth command.  I'm suspecting that the TARGET is the ToCall and then the actual path is composed of the DIGI0 .. DIGI8, even though that range would imply 9 supported Digis, the actual AX.25 packets only support 8 as the description states.

So, if the user has to specify the TARGET and that is indeed the ToCall, it's highly unlikely that any official ToCall would ever make it into most of the deployed TNCs.  If you have a line to the firmware developer, I'd lover to interact directly with him/her rather than relaying through you, who appear to be just an alpha or beta tester?

For an official ToCall to be effective, it should not be something the user has to specify along with something that would ordinarily be user configured like the path.  If a dedicated, defaulted, ToCall (destintaion call or TARGET) is a configuration parameter, then it will be more likely to be kept at the official value rather than at risk for misspelled entry in a PATH specification.

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32


On 4/3/2021 6:31 AM, Julian wrote:

Hi Lynn, mni tks fer coming bk to me. That's right, I was referring to the PTCs firmware, 4.1r. The soft I am using is Alpha4, but that is just a host/terminal interface, let's say. Great software by the way.
Re Dragon, I had just mentioned it ephemerally, cause I do not own one, but I believe it suffers from the same fate, a lack of tocall. I don't know what sort of firmware it uses for the moment (in respect to PTCs)  or how APRS is implemented there.
APRS in PTC is OK, however it doesn't support messaging by the looks of it nor WIDE digi-ing, I think (some sort of WIDEx-x digi-ing could be probably done on MYAlias).
Best regards, 73 de J, MØIPU YOЗFCA


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