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Re: APRSISCE GPS
Burt N Sammis
Lets try this again.
I have everything working to my satisfaction except the Enables-GPS Enable.
When I activate Enables menu to show the info on the screen I get in the upper left corner a box with 2 large dashes and a smaller box
with 3 smaller dashes.
In the lower right corner of the screen in a small box I get No Fix.
Across the bottom of the screen there is no satellite info.
i am running a D710 with a GPS attached to the head. As stated in a previous post I have attached a stand alone GPS with same results
What gives?
Another problem I have encountered I have activated Frequency Monitor. When I deactivate it will not go away. Raher annoying. How do I get rid of it?
Burt
AF5AA
From: APRSISCE@groups.io <APRSISCE@groups.io> on behalf of Min via groups.io <mins@...>
Sent: Saturday, May 1, 2021 2:05 PM To: APRSISCE@groups.io <APRSISCE@groups.io> Subject: Re: [APRSISCE] APRSISCE GPS HI Burt
If your fixed station put the location in manually as any gps position location will suffer from GPS jitter and location will move by several yds/meters Turn off GPS and fix the location on the screen.
Min G0JMS
From: APRSISCE@groups.io [mailto:APRSISCE@groups.io]
On Behalf Of Burt N Sammis
i currently have APRSISCE/32 up and running on a computer.
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Looking for the expansion Mod WXNOW.DLL
Eric Nisenfeld
Hello,
I am hoping someone can point me to where I can find the WXNOW.DLL Expansion Mod for Davis WeatherLink 6.0.5 seems the only link posted is referring to a broken site (http://bpsmicro.com/Files/WXNOW_Generator.htm). Thank you in advance, 73 Eric WA4EMN
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Re: APRSISCE GPS
Lynn Deffenbaugh
And if you're trying to go mobile with your D710 feeding the GPS through, you need to use the proper <OpenCmd>s to enable that passthrough and also check a box on the RF Interface to tell APRSIS32 that it can try to parse NMEA from that port. And the D710 only passes the GPS data through in one mode, but I
don't remember which one it is. But it's definitely NOT KISS,
which unfortunately is the most reliable and capable mode. Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE
for Windows Mobile and Win32
On 5/1/2021 3:05 PM, Min via groups.io
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Re: APRSISCE GPS
HI Burt
If your fixed station put the location in manually as any gps position location will suffer from GPS jitter and location will move by several yds/meters Turn off GPS and fix the location on the screen.
Min G0JMS
From:
APRSISCE@groups.io [mailto:APRSISCE@groups.io] On Behalf Of Burt N Sammis
i currently have APRSISCE/32 up and running on a computer.
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APRSISCE GPS
Burt N Sammis
i currently have APRSISCE/32 up and running on a computer.
In the Enables menu I have GPS Enabled. On the screen displayed in the upper left hand corner is a square with two dashes and a smaller square with 3 smaller dashes. I have a Kenwood TM-D710 running with GPS flashing showing it is receiving. The D710 is connected to the computer with the furnished cable. In the lower righthand corner of the screen shows no fix. I have also connected a standalone GPS to the computer with the same results. What am I missing? Burt AF5AA
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Re: New weather station to APRS
Larry Springsteen
I would like to do this on my Windows 10 box. I'm not familiar with Node Red. A short note of configuring for Dummies would be helpful. The data comes from the WX sensor via Bluetooth then to the wireless router. I have seen other WX sensors that use 433 MHz or a 900 MHz RF link. The Weatherflow Tempest is a different animal. Thanks in advance ...
73, Larry WB8LBZ El Paso, TX
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Re: New weather station to APRS
Ian Stubbs
You are correct I am currently only sending this data to an APRS-IS server over the internet. On that note it is no problem to write the data to a text file for an RF solution. The Node Red flows I have created were not originally intended for APRS specifically, so I need to consolidate into one flow for distribution as there are many "extras" in there that will cause confusion. It was just a simple test to see if it would work as a predecessor to my goal of a stand-alone Rpi with Node Red and Direwolf to RF, plus I was already pushing packets to APRS-IS for AREDN node locations. There are also some slight differences between the different models of Weatherflow stations that I will have to consolidate. Looks like I need to get busy on implementing the RF solution!
On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 10:40 AM Brian Webster via groups.io <radiowebst=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
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Re: New weather station to APRS
The way the data gets to the internet and/or the CWOP servers is by the contents of a file called wxnow.txt being either broadcast over the air by an APRS station and that data getting fed via an APRS gateway through the APRS internet stream OR your own home station/software package sends the data to a server on the internet directly.
Does your weather station produce a file called wxnow.txt? If not it is very unlikely that you will be able to broadcast your weather data over the air to other APRS stations. Most APRS software has standardized on using that particular file. Your weather station and/or it’s associated software on your computer has to be able to produce that file and then your APRS software has to know where on your computer that file exists.
So somehow the weather data from your particular weather station has to push the data. These groups don’t send out the full email thread so I can’t look back to see which weather station you said you are using. There are not many if any at this point APRS software packages that have a plug and play option to connect to a weather station and have it just work. Just about everyone I have looked at require some sort of middleware software setup and configuration.
Not all weather stations or even their companion software produce the wxnow.txt file. If they do they are usually the more expensive stations and software packages.
Brian N2KGC
From: APRSISCE@groups.io [mailto:APRSISCE@groups.io] On Behalf Of Larry Springsteen via groups.io
So TW gets it, Brian gets it and I still have no clue.
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Re: New weather station to APRS
Lynn Deffenbaugh
Yes, I'm sure Node Red can do that. If Ian (KC5DFC) would be
willing to post his UDP listening and APRS packet formatting code,
I'm sure it's a trivial extension to write it out to a wxnow.txt
file that APRSIS32 can monitor and transmit both to RF and -IS. Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE
for Windows Mobile and Win32
On 4/29/2021 10:54 AM, James Ewen
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Re: New weather station to APRS
James Ewen
Hmm, using Node Red to capture the weather data and post it to APRS. Yet another interest of mine dovetailing with a completely unrelated hobby. I have yet to dig into Node Red. I am assuming when you say posting the data to APRS that you are sending it to the APRS-IS and not RF. It looks like your KC5DFC-WX station is where you are sending your weather data. Larry is trying to send the weather data to APRSISCE/32, presumably to send over RF. I wonder if Node Red can be used to create the wxnow.txt file?
On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 8:27 AM Ian Stubbs <kc5dfc@...> wrote:
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James VE6SRV
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Re: New weather station to APRS
Ian Stubbs
For reference the Weatherflow devices broadcast their data on UDP port 50223, I use Node-Red to capture the data stream and post it up APRS. I will admit I have not finished the implementation for correct rainfall totals, but the temp, humidity, wind direction & speed work well. Hopefully this steers you in the right direction for your integration. KC5DFC
On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 8:37 AM James Ewen <ve6srv@...> wrote:
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Re: New weather station to APRS
James Ewen
I was writing the reply on my phone, and couldn’t go back in the previous email to look up the name of the file... I didn’t want to lose the email I was creating, so guessed at the name. Other than that, Larry should be able to do some research into his equipment to figure out where to go from here. Thanks for the correction Lynn!
On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 5:04 AM Lynn Deffenbaugh <kj4erj@...> wrote:
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James VE6SRV
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Re: New weather station to APRS
Lynn Deffenbaugh
James has it pretty straight, but you're looking for software that can create a wxnow.txt file. That is the primary interface for weather stations to APRS, and the only one supported by APRSIS32. aprsisce.wikidot.com/doc:weather-stations https://cumuluswiki.org/a/Wxnow.txt Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE
for Windows Mobile and Win32
On 4/29/2021 2:10 AM, James Ewen wrote:
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Re: New weather station to APRS
James Ewen
You have the wrong equipment according to what little information you provide and what others are assuming. If there is no way to get the data from your weather station into a computer running a program that will create a weathernow.txt file, then there will be nothing for APRSISCE/32 to ingest and send out. APRSISCE/32 needs access to the weather data. If it can’t access the weather data, then there will be no APRS weather beacon. You need to integrate both the weather station and APRSISCE/32 to make this work. If there is a way to get your weather station to create the appropriate file on the computer running APRSISCE/32, then get that set up and working and away you go. You know what you have for equipment, dig into your manual and find out if you can get the information required to APRSISCE/32. It’s always a good idea to figure out what you want to do, then do some research to determine what equipment you need to reach that goal, then buy the equipment and implement the plan. Buying parts and then trying to make it do something it isn’t intended to do can be a challenge. I don’t know specifically if your equipment is capable of doing what you need. However, if you can see all the information you need on a web page, I would suspect that one could create some web scraping scripts that run on a cron job to scrape the data and create the required output and save it into a file. It’s a bit of a work around to get the job done, but it might be a way to make what you have fit the bill if it can’t be done any other way. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 11:24 PM Larry Springsteen via groups.io <wb8lbz=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote: So TW gets it, Brian gets it and I still have no clue. --
James VE6SRV
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Re: New weather station to APRS
Larry Springsteen
So TW gets it, Brian gets it and I still have no clue.
73, Larry WB8LBZ El Paso, TX
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Re: Yaseu ft400 xdr port
kc8sfq
Hi Guys,
IIRC, you want to put it in PACKET mode. I have found that my FTM 400 will output EITHER stations-heard (for plotting and scroller), OR GPS sentences, but not both. I eventually figured out that I still need a separate GPS to feed APRSISCE/32 to plot my own location. Also note that in the APRS menu tree, there is a setting for APRS speed and DATA speed. It took me a while to figure out that the APRS speed is for RF out and DATA speed is the output to the port on the end of the radio to feed the computer. (is APRS not data? and shouldn't the baud rate for data be in the DATA menu tree? [OK, Rant lamp now extinguished]). Just another tid bit of hard won knowledge is that if the FTM 400 is plugged in to the computer, at boot-up, The tablet (in my case a Winbook 10" tablet) will NOT boot up. Thus I have to unplug the radio adapter cord at shut down and re-plug it after tablet boot-up, for the next road trip. I run APRSISCE/32 exclusively, and on all but a few occasions it is mobile. There's a pretty good vid on you-tube. Please note, he is using the GPS in his hot spot to feed GPS sentences to the tablet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZhlaPADnSg 73, KC8SFQ, Ron PS: A few years ago, Lynn personally helped me over a rough patch, with APRS in general, and with this program in particular. That level of dedication does not go un-noticed. Thanks again for what you do. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++== You should be able to put the FT 400 into APRS (not NMEA nor waypoint)output and set APRSIS32 to an FTM-350 port type. Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32 On4/28/2021 1:20 PM, medicjim1@... wrote: getting this set upJust curious what port you are using for the ft 400xdr thanks im just
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Re: Yaseu ft400 xdr port
Lynn Deffenbaugh
You should be able to put the FT 400 into APRS (not NMEA nor
waypoint) output and set APRSIS32 to an FTM-350 port type. Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE
for Windows Mobile and Win32
On 4/28/2021 1:20 PM,
medicjim1@... wrote:
Just curious what port you are using for the ft 400xdr thanks im just getting this set up
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Yaseu ft400 xdr port
medicjim1@...
Just curious what port you are using for the ft 400xdr thanks im just getting this set up
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Re: New weather station to APRS
That will do it.
Brian N2KGC
From: APRSISCE@groups.io [mailto:APRSISCE@groups.io] On Behalf Of T W via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 10:27 AM To: APRSISCE@groups.io Subject: Re: [APRSISCE] New weather station to APRS
Ah ok. I connect via serial to a pc then use CumulusMX to generate the wxnow.txt file needed for APRSIS32.
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Re: New weather station to APRS
T W
Ah ok. I connect via serial to a pc then use CumulusMX to generate the wxnow.txt file needed for APRSIS32.
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