Re: [Xastir] USRadar problems
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Gerry Creager wrote: > Let me go get GM on the systems in question. Thanks. I have followed the > discussions, just hadn't implemented it. You'll need some small changes to run GM functions instead of the IM functions. If I remember correctly you just prefix everything with gm, so everything is the "gm" command. Something like: gm convert instead of convert Man page will tell you the correct syntax. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] USRadar problems
Let me go get GM on the systems in question. Thanks. I have followed the discussions, just hadn't implemented it. gerry Curt, WE7U wrote: On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Gerry Creager wrote: There's an obvious problem on the system where I *thought* ImageMagick (and ( really do have a love-hate relationship with that package) You and who else? GM is the way to go. Does the same thing only better (generally). GraphicsMagick is a fork of the IM project. As far as Xastir goes, if both IM and GM are installed, and the devel packages for each, Xastir will compile in GM. If libcurl and wget are both installed, as well as libcurl-devel, Xastir will compile in libcurl support. I'm pretty sure Gerry already knows all the above as he's been around our mailing list for a bunch of years now. The above is for the new people that don't know this stuff yet. -- Gerry Creager -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, Texas A&M University Cell: 979.229.5301 Office: 979.862.3982 FAX: 979.862.3983 Office: 1700 Research Parkway Ste 160, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] USRadar problems
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Rick Green wrote: > I just looked at the WMSRadar.geo file distributed with 1.9.1, and it looks > incomplete. All it contains is a URL, REFRESH, and TRANSPARENT values. How > could it be working, mostly? It doesn't work the same as the other geo files. It's a WMS server, and Xastir has special code written to handle that. The image is generated to your specifications on the WMS server and then downloaded by Xastir over the network connection. It's really slick. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] USRadar problems
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Gerry Creager wrote: > There's an obvious problem on the system where I *thought* ImageMagick (and ( > really do have a love-hate relationship with that package) You and who else? GM is the way to go. Does the same thing only better (generally). GraphicsMagick is a fork of the IM project. As far as Xastir goes, if both IM and GM are installed, and the devel packages for each, Xastir will compile in GM. If libcurl and wget are both installed, as well as libcurl-devel, Xastir will compile in libcurl support. I'm pretty sure Gerry already knows all the above as he's been around our mailing list for a bunch of years now. The above is for the new people that don't know this stuff yet. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] version interactions?
Hi all, I think I have narrowed the problems down to the Debian machine and not the Mac OS X. I haven't change the OS X machine in months but the Debian machine is currently under constant change. I've switched back to the Debian standard Xastir version 1.8.2 and this still has the problem. I did a "make uninstall" on the 1.9.2 version of Xastir, which was installed in /usr/local while the 1.8.2 was installed in /usr. I noticed that the 1.8.2 version works fine until I turn on the server ports, then it goes into molasses mode and takes 30 seconds to display a pull-down menu. I don't get any good data through a telnet connection to the server ports regardless whether they are local or remote to the Debian server. When I compiled and installed the 1.9.2 version I did not install any new libraries, I used the ones that Debian installed for the 1.8.2 version. But now the 1.8.2 version is screwed up. I hate dynamically linked libraries. If you are the only one using a library, they work fine. But with a lot of applications sharing them some other application can fiddle with a library and blow up Xastir and it'll be hell to find it. At this point I think the easiest thing to do is to re-install the whole box and start over. I had a boss who once said: "once you know how computers really work, you really wonder how they work at all." Having a degree in computer science helps, mainly to know how futile this effort can be. Craig n6yxk On Apr 11, 2008, at 5:19 AM, Jason KG4WSV wrote: Anyone got any *wild* ideas for my tired old brain? Did the server machine's firewall happen to get turned on somewhere along the way? Does the terminal where you start xastir offer any clues? You can bypass xastir on the client by simply using telnet to connect to the xastir server port - the data is printable. First, on the xastir server, do "telnet localhost 2023" and see if any data comes through (this will require that you're receiving data, naturally). This test will tell you that the xastir server is really serving data. Next, go to the client machine and "telnet serverip 2023" and see if you get any data there. Not ideas, other than the firewall thing, but some basic troubleshooting steps... -Jason kg4wsv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] USRadar problems
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Gerry Creager wrote: Just got to check. Tie points should be correct on the new URL I sent out. Thanks for all your attention to this! I also tried the .png URL without the /radar/ in the path, but no-go. With the .gif image, I'm seeing some almost-black pixels scattered around the more-active zones, which I don't remember seeing before. I just looked at the WMSRadar.geo file distributed with 1.9.1, and it looks incomplete. All it contains is a URL, REFRESH, and TRANSPARENT values. How could it be working, mostly? -- Rick Green "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -Benjamin Franklin ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] USRadar problems
Just got to check. Tie points should be correct on the new URL I sent out. gerry n5jxs Rick Green wrote: We've got some severe weather advisories goin on this afternoon here in Michigan. And I just realized that I haven't seen a blip from USRADAR in weeks. At the moment, wunderground.com's NEXRAD display shows quite a bit of activity in the area I'm displaying on xastir, which is showing all clear. I've got my internet map timeout set for 100 seconds, and I only see the 'fetching USRADAR.geo' message for about 5 seconds, so I don't think its a connectivity problem, especially since I'm getting tigermap data just fine. Anybody else noticing problems with USRadar? -- Gerry Creager -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, Texas A&M University Cell: 979.229.5301 Office: 979.862.3982 FAX: 979.862.3983 Office: 1700 Research Parkway Ste 160, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] USRadar problems
Sorry for the problem! And thanks for finding it for me! gerry Rick Green wrote: On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Gerry Creager wrote: Replace the URL line with URLhttp://mesonet.tamu.edu/gemdata/images/01_USrad.gif Yeah! that got me data. Just as the storms are clearing my county... -- Gerry Creager -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, Texas A&M University Cell: 979.229.5301 Office: 979.862.3982 FAX: 979.862.3983 Office: 1700 Research Parkway Ste 160, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] USRadar problems
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Gerry Creager wrote: Replace the URL line with URL http://mesonet.tamu.edu/gemdata/images/01_USrad.gif Yeah! that got me data. Just as the storms are clearing my county... -- Rick Green "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -Benjamin Franklin ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] USRadar problems
ick Green wrote: On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Gerry Creager wrote: Send me the .geo file. The radar images are there. I just checked. And available via WMS, too. Here's what I think I'm using. I've got about six on my system, and I can never remember which directory xastir is looking in for this release (1.9.1). I grabbed this one out of /usr/share/xastir/maps/Online/ which is the AUTOMAP directory listed in my current xastir.cnf file # # $Id: USRadar.geo,v 1.4 2004/03/15 17:08:23 we7u Exp $ # #US Composite Radar image (Unidata/LDM/Gempak) n5jxs 2003 08 25 # Modified for accuracy, comments: n5jxs 2004 03 15 1400UTC # # If you want to get a different image-type, change the selection # below by removing the '#' from the front of the URL, and placing # a '#' before all URLs for image-types you don't want. # I don't know what will happen if you have multiple URLs selected. URL http://mesonet.tamu.edu/gemdata/images/radar/01_USrad.png There's an obvious problem on the system where I *thought* ImageMagick (and ( really do have a love-hate relationship with that package) was placing the converted imagery. I'll look. Replace the URL line with URL http://mesonet.tamu.edu/gemdata/images/01_USrad.gif I cannot confirm the tiepoints immediately but as soon as I can, I will. gerry #URL http://mesonet.tamu.edu/gemdata/images/radar/01_USrad.gif #URL http://mesonet.tamu.edu/gemdata/images/radar/01_USrad.jpg #URL http://mesonet.tamu.edu/gemdata/images/radar/01_USrad.tif # # # X Y LongLat TIEPOINT200 200 -123.0 48.0 TIEPOINT59992499-65.0 23.0 # Image extents: Lat: 23.0N to 50.0N, Lon: 65.0W to 125.0W (-65.0 to -125.0) # Image size extents: X: 6000 pixels, Y: 2650 pixels (.01 deg/pixel) IMAGESIZE 6000 2500 # # REFRESH tells your program just how often to retrieve the radar # image. Images are recreated on the server every 6 minutes (720 # sec). REFRESH 720 # Transparent tells the program and image handling software what # color is to be considered transparent. In this case, it's white # and valid for a 24-bit color map. #TRANSPARENT 0xff # The following should work for a 16-bit color map. #TRANSPARENT 0x0 # The following should work for all color maps, now. TRANSPARENT 0x0 From what I remember, this is stock from the distro, with the only change being the TRANSPARENT line, so I could overlay it on the tigermaps. -- Gerry Creager -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, Texas A&M University Cell: 979.229.5301 Office: 979.862.3982 FAX: 979.862.3983 Office: 1700 Research Parkway Ste 160, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection
--- James Ewen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can connect to one server with a radius around my > house, and to > another one with a radius around another area I'd > like to watch. > Unless I can ask for multiple areas all from one > server... I've never > tried that... can I ask for radius around 2 areas > from the same > server? Yep, you can. Just put multiple radius commands in and it will give you the data accordingly. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Jason KG4WSV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > there's no point in connecting to more than one aprs.net or aprs2.net > server (core or tier 2) Sure there is... you can set up multiple filters, and pick what you want out of the stream I can connect to one server with a radius around my house, and to another one with a radius around another area I'd like to watch. Unless I can ask for multiple areas all from one server... I've never tried that... can I ask for radius around 2 areas from the same server? James VE6SRV ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] USRadar problems
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Gerry Creager wrote: Send me the .geo file. The radar images are there. I just checked. And available via WMS, too. Here's what I think I'm using. I've got about six on my system, and I can never remember which directory xastir is looking in for this release (1.9.1). I grabbed this one out of /usr/share/xastir/maps/Online/ which is the AUTOMAP directory listed in my current xastir.cnf file # # $Id: USRadar.geo,v 1.4 2004/03/15 17:08:23 we7u Exp $ # #US Composite Radar image (Unidata/LDM/Gempak) n5jxs 2003 08 25 # Modified for accuracy, comments: n5jxs 2004 03 15 1400UTC # # If you want to get a different image-type, change the selection # below by removing the '#' from the front of the URL, and placing # a '#' before all URLs for image-types you don't want. # I don't know what will happen if you have multiple URLs selected. URL http://mesonet.tamu.edu/gemdata/images/radar/01_USrad.png #URL http://mesonet.tamu.edu/gemdata/images/radar/01_USrad.gif #URL http://mesonet.tamu.edu/gemdata/images/radar/01_USrad.jpg #URL http://mesonet.tamu.edu/gemdata/images/radar/01_USrad.tif # # # X Y LongLat TIEPOINT200 200 -123.0 48.0 TIEPOINT59992499-65.0 23.0 # Image extents: Lat: 23.0N to 50.0N, Lon: 65.0W to 125.0W (-65.0 to -125.0) # Image size extents: X: 6000 pixels, Y: 2650 pixels (.01 deg/pixel) IMAGESIZE 6000 2500 # # REFRESH tells your program just how often to retrieve the radar # image. Images are recreated on the server every 6 minutes (720 # sec). REFRESH 720 # Transparent tells the program and image handling software what # color is to be considered transparent. In this case, it's white # and valid for a 24-bit color map. #TRANSPARENT 0xff # The following should work for a 16-bit color map. #TRANSPARENT 0x0 # The following should work for all color maps, now. TRANSPARENT 0x0 From what I remember, this is stock from the distro, with the only change being the TRANSPARENT line, so I could overlay it on the tigermaps. -- Rick Green "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -Benjamin Franklin ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] USRadar problems
Here's an alternate using a different radar attached. I'm sitting under you in Ohio and it's DEFINATELY raining and showing up. EKG Gerry Creager wrote: Send me the .geo file. The radar images are there. I just checked. And available via WMS, too. gerry Rick Green wrote: We've got some severe weather advisories goin on this afternoon here in Michigan. And I just realized that I haven't seen a blip from USRADAR in weeks. At the moment, wunderground.com's NEXRAD display shows quite a bit of activity in the area I'm displaying on xastir, which is showing all clear. I've got my internet map timeout set for 100 seconds, and I only see the 'fetching USRADAR.geo' message for about 5 seconds, so I don't think its a connectivity problem, especially since I'm getting tigermap data just fine. Anybody else noticing problems with USRadar? #US Composite Radar image (Unidata/LDM/Gempak) n5jxs 2003 08 25 # Modified for accuracy, comments: n5jxs 2004 03 15 1400UTC # # Modified by N1ICS to use Iowa State Mesonet server instead of Texas A&M # 2007-Oct-18 # If you want to get a different image-type, change the selection # below by removing the '#' from the front of the URL, and placing # a '#' before all URLs for image-types you don't want. # I don't know what will happen if you have multiple URLs selected. #URL http://mesonet.tamu.edu/gemdata/images/radar/01_USrad.png URL http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/data/gis/images/unproj/USCOMP/n0r_0.png # X Y LongLat TIEPOINT0 0-126.0 50.0 TIEPOINT59992599-66.0 24.0 IMAGESIZE 6000 2600 # Map Extent (50, -126) upper left to (24, -66) lower right (.01 degree per pixel) # # REFRESH tells your program just how often to retrieve the radar # image. Images are recreated on the server every 6 minutes (720 # sec). REFRESH 360 # Transparent tells the program and image handling software what # color is to be considered transparent. In this case, it's white # and valid for a 24-bit color map. #TRANSPARENT 0xff # The following should work for a 16-bit color map. #TRANSPARENT 0x0 # The following should work for all color maps, now. #TRANSPARENT 0x0 TRANSPARENT 0x0 ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection
Speaking of which, first is going down shortly for emergency maintenance. gerry Keith Kaiser wrote: I reinstalled rotate, and told it to start, and to my astonishment it started. I'll stop all the others and leave just this one for now and see how it works. Thanks for getting me to revisit this. On Apr 11, 2008, at 4:26 PM, Jason KG4WSV wrote: On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Keith Kaiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I know that rotate.aprs.net is the default, but when I leave that one in there only, nothing seems to happen. that _could_ be another indication you have a network problem. rotate.aprs.net just returns one of first, second, or third (at the moment). The point to rotate is that it insulates you from core changes. For example if "fourth" is added, you automatically get it; if third has some scheduled downtime, it would be temporarily removed from rotate to avoid connectivity problems. -Jason kg4wsv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir -- Gerry Creager -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, Texas A&M University Cell: 979.229.5301 Office: 979.862.3982 FAX: 979.862.3983 Office: 1700 Research Parkway Ste 160, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] USRadar problems
Send me the .geo file. The radar images are there. I just checked. And available via WMS, too. gerry Rick Green wrote: We've got some severe weather advisories goin on this afternoon here in Michigan. And I just realized that I haven't seen a blip from USRADAR in weeks. At the moment, wunderground.com's NEXRAD display shows quite a bit of activity in the area I'm displaying on xastir, which is showing all clear. I've got my internet map timeout set for 100 seconds, and I only see the 'fetching USRADAR.geo' message for about 5 seconds, so I don't think its a connectivity problem, especially since I'm getting tigermap data just fine. Anybody else noticing problems with USRadar? -- Gerry Creager -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, Texas A&M University Cell: 979.229.5301 Office: 979.862.3982 FAX: 979.862.3983 Office: 1700 Research Parkway Ste 160, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection
I reinstalled rotate, and told it to start, and to my astonishment it started. I'll stop all the others and leave just this one for now and see how it works. Thanks for getting me to revisit this. On Apr 11, 2008, at 4:26 PM, Jason KG4WSV wrote: On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Keith Kaiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I know that rotate.aprs.net is the default, but when I leave that one in there only, nothing seems to happen. that _could_ be another indication you have a network problem. rotate.aprs.net just returns one of first, second, or third (at the moment). The point to rotate is that it insulates you from core changes. For example if "fourth" is added, you automatically get it; if third has some scheduled downtime, it would be temporarily removed from rotate to avoid connectivity problems. -Jason kg4wsv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] USRadar problems
We've got some severe weather advisories goin on this afternoon here in Michigan. And I just realized that I haven't seen a blip from USRADAR in weeks. At the moment, wunderground.com's NEXRAD display shows quite a bit of activity in the area I'm displaying on xastir, which is showing all clear. I've got my internet map timeout set for 100 seconds, and I only see the 'fetching USRADAR.geo' message for about 5 seconds, so I don't think its a connectivity problem, especially since I'm getting tigermap data just fine. Anybody else noticing problems with USRadar? -- Rick Green, N8BJX "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -Benjamin Franklin ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Keith Kaiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know that rotate.aprs.net is the default, but when I leave that one in > there only, nothing seems to happen. that _could_ be another indication you have a network problem. rotate.aprs.net just returns one of first, second, or third (at the moment). The point to rotate is that it insulates you from core changes. For example if "fourth" is added, you automatically get it; if third has some scheduled downtime, it would be temporarily removed from rotate to avoid connectivity problems. -Jason kg4wsv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection
there's no point in connecting to more than one aprs.net or aprs2.net server (core or tier 2) as they all have the same data stream - connecting to more than one is a waste of cpu time and bandwidth for all parties involved. it is recommended to connect to rotate.aprs.net instead of a specific server. -Jason kg4wsv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] cached maps
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Curt, WE7U wrote: > On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Murry wrote: > > > How do I bring up the cached maps? > > Access the same internet map as before, at the same zoom, panning, > and Xastir window size as you originally used. If it is in the > cache Xastir will prefer it and skip the internet map fetch. > > Change the zoom, pan, or window size and it will probably fetch a > new map again. > > I usually try to stick to powers-of-two zoom levels and pan only > with the arrow keys if I want to cache a bunch of maps and use maps > from cache a lot. Don't change the window size or zoom in with the > mouse and this scheme works fairly well. Forgot to mention how I stick to the powers-of-two zoom levels: Zoom all the way in to zoom 1 using whatever method (I use the PageDown key). Use the PageUp/PageDown keys to zoom, and the arrow keys to pan around. You can also use the Map Bookmarks to go to a particular place again and again, increasing your chance of hitting a cached map. Also the "Home" key now takes you home (your station location will be at the center of the map). Insert/Delete/End keys aren't currently mapped in Xastir. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] cached maps
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Murry wrote: > How do I bring up the cached maps? Access the same internet map as before, at the same zoom, panning, and Xastir window size as you originally used. If it is in the cache Xastir will prefer it and skip the internet map fetch. Change the zoom, pan, or window size and it will probably fetch a new map again. I usually try to stick to powers-of-two zoom levels and pan only with the arrow keys if I want to cache a bunch of maps and use maps from cache a lot. Don't change the window size or zoom in with the mouse and this scheme works fairly well. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] cached maps
How do I bring up the cached maps? Murry VE9MB ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Keith Kaiser wrote: > I sure liked the sound of this idea, so I renamed, and rebuilt all my > preferences, re-added the interface items, and took the laptop out to the > garage but nope it still didn't see the .d700 file to activate it. Xastir wasn't able to open the TNC interface at all, or didn't find the tnc-startup.d700 file? > I do have a number of internet types set up, first.aprs.net, second.aprs.net, > and one or two others, I never really know if I need more than one or not. They get upset if you connect to more than one. I think they'll often disconnect you from one if they sense you connected to another. If you have more than one set up to auto-connect, that may cause you to bounce back and forth between the two every few minutes. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection
I sure liked the sound of this idea, so I renamed, and rebuilt all my preferences, re-added the interface items, and took the laptop out to the garage but nope it still didn't see the .d700 file to activate it. I do have a number of internet types set up, first.aprs.net, second.aprs.net, and one or two others, I never really know if I need more than one or not. I'm headed to Europe end of May and want something for over there too. But first I got to get this interface to my D700 working. I still need to do the dumb terminal thing. On Apr 11, 2008, at 11:05 AM, Curt, WE7U wrote: On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Keith Kaiser wrote: Sorry about the RTF I had meant to convert it to plain text and I forgot. I'm a Mac guy, will dabble in Unix and do my best to stay away from Windblows as much as possible, so I understand your comment. Which means _you're_ a Unix guy now too... :-) I'll find some kind of dumb terminal program to work with and see what I learn, but I've had this unit working many times for many years so the connections to the D700 are correct. Minicom is what I usually use. The problems only started when I installed the new version of Xastir, I've even had it working with the MacBook Pro I'm using before so cabling isn't the issue. I used to install Xastir in /sw/share/ this is the first time I let it default to /usr/local/ so my head tells me its a permissions problem. But I really don't know where to start finding the problem, I'll try the dumb terminal route and see what I learn. If you're running the same config directory and files for Xastir as you were when you ran Xastir from /sw/share/, then I'd try this: Kill all running Xastir sessions cd mv .xastir .xastir.old Start up Xastir Xastir will create a new config directory and config file, so you'll be starting from scratch just like you're running it for the first time. Use the old config files as hints as you're filling in the boxes again. Some of your paths to various things can be messed up in your config file, pointing to the old install location for Xastir. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Keith Kaiser wrote: > Sorry about the RTF I had meant to convert it to plain text and I forgot. I'm > a Mac guy, will dabble in Unix and do my best to stay away from Windblows as > much as possible, so I understand your comment. Which means _you're_ a Unix guy now too... :-) > I'll find some kind of dumb terminal program to work with and see what I > learn, but I've had this unit working many times for many years so the > connections to the D700 are correct. Minicom is what I usually use. > The problems only started when I installed the new version of Xastir, I've > even had it working with the MacBook Pro I'm using before so cabling isn't the > issue. I used to install Xastir in /sw/share/ this is the first time I let it > default to /usr/local/ so my head tells me its a permissions problem. But I > really don't know where to start finding the problem, I'll try the dumb > terminal route and see what I learn. If you're running the same config directory and files for Xastir as you were when you ran Xastir from /sw/share/, then I'd try this: Kill all running Xastir sessions cd mv .xastir .xastir.old Start up Xastir Xastir will create a new config directory and config file, so you'll be starting from scratch just like you're running it for the first time. Use the old config files as hints as you're filling in the boxes again. Some of your paths to various things can be messed up in your config file, pointing to the old install location for Xastir. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection
On Thu, 10 Apr 2008, Keith Kaiser wrote: > Here is my last build of Xastir, maybe something will leap out at you guys. Please don't send anything but ASCII text files. It takes me much more effort to read them. I don't deal with Microsoft proprietary format files generally at work or at home. I'm strictly a Unix/Linux sort of guy. That said, I could read the RTF as plain text somewhat as long as I ignore the extra crap all over it. I see nothing wrong with your Xastir compile, nor should I. The problem you're having is most likely cabling or serial port setup. You may need a null-modem adapter, or you may be plugging into the wrong port on the radio (I've heard of other people having that problem). It's usually something simple. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] D700 Connection
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Keith Kaiser wrote: > That's clear... thanks for the explanation. Guess I better go to bed, this > problem will still be here in the morning, and I'm getting tired of sitting in > my car in the garage. LOL > > Thanks for the help tonight guys, if you get a brain storm be sure to let me > know... oh... 9600bps right? http://www.xastir.org/wiki/index.php/XASTIR_Manual#Kenwood_TM-D700_with_GPS -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Ubuntu 7.10 and XASTIR
On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Robert C. Rogers wrote: > One problem is after a couple minutes if I try to open any of the drop down > screens it opens as a very small window in the upper left corner. If I try to > do anything else I loose the top bar on the open window and so far the only > fix for that is a reboot. Xastir opens a small window which it uses to then try to gauge the height/width of the window decorations. It sounds like your window manager is misbehaving with these windows for some reason. They should appear for a fraction of a second (depending on the speed of your hardware) and then disappear. What window manager are you using? Can you switch to another one easily to see if that solves this particular problem? I have a large choice of window managers on my system. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Slax and Fonts
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Tony Hunt wrote: > So how do I get some more fonts working with SLAX which is Slackware based ? Take a look at this link: http://maurits.vanrees.org/weblog/archive/2006/11/ubuntu-linux-from-dapper-to-edgy I found it and others via a Google search with these search terms "boxes instead of text" linux "boxes instead of characters" linux It's possible that your fonts are misconfigured, that you need to install additional fonts, or that your LANG variable needs to be changed to something else. That last is a long-shot, but I noticed that OpenSUSE changed to something like UTF-8, where Xastir wants to see "C" or "US_en", else your config files won't work properly. I don't know for sure if that will affect the displayed fonts as well. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Slax and Fonts
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Tony Hunt wrote: > Just back from leave here. Still trying to solve the SLAX (Slackware) fonts > issue. All the menus are still showing up with little boxes on the title > texts instead of readable text.. > > Curt was guessing that it is perhaps a Font issue and I am kinda starting to > agree. > So how do I get some more fonts working with SLAX which is Slackware based ? > > Xastir compiles fine and Openmotif as well as Imagemagick .. It seems to run > with no errors but its utterly useless as the menu texts may as well be in > chineese. My experience with Slackware is pretty limited. I haven't had time to do searches on this, but it sounds familiar. I may have run across it myself or seen it come across the mailing list. Have you done searches through the mailing list to find people with similar problems, and hopefully the solution? I may have suggested such earlier in this thread. If so, ignore. ;-) -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] version interactions?
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Craig Anderson wrote: > The problem is that the MacBook has stopped > getting any data from the iMac over the server ports. > The iMac works fine, gets all the data from the radio > and displays it nicely. The MacBook get no data > and it's connection to the iMac keeps dropping. > It's set to automagically re-connect, and it does, > after it's missed all the data. I think it gets knocked > off the server port every time data is sent, but I > don't know why because there are no error > messages. It may be dropping a lot more often > than coinciding with data transfers. The advise to telnet to the port is good. Let us know how that works. There may have been updates to your operating system on either box that might have made your networking flaky. As I recall the server port code hasn't been touched in any significant way in quite some time, so the 1.8.x versions should be nearly identical to the latest version in that respect. > All this was working fine when I had the iMac > running the stock Debian Xastir package of > version 1.8.2. But that didn't have many options > compiled in, so I upgraded to version 1.9.2. > It also worked fine with the iMac running the > new Xastir 1.9.2 until I changed the IP address > of the iMac from a DHCP address to a static one. > I've re-booted the iMac, re-configured and > restarted Xastir on the MacBook all to no avail. Is it possible that dhcp is still running even though have a static address on the box now, and trying to change your address periodically? Any other process running on the box that might be messing with your networking? Particularly something that might have the capability of stopping/restarting your networking? Any wireless stuff? -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] version interactions?
> Anyone got any *wild* ideas for my tired old brain? Did the server machine's firewall happen to get turned on somewhere along the way? Does the terminal where you start xastir offer any clues? You can bypass xastir on the client by simply using telnet to connect to the xastir server port - the data is printable. First, on the xastir server, do "telnet localhost 2023" and see if any data comes through (this will require that you're receiving data, naturally). This test will tell you that the xastir server is really serving data. Next, go to the client machine and "telnet serverip 2023" and see if you get any data there. Not ideas, other than the firewall thing, but some basic troubleshooting steps... -Jason kg4wsv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] version interactions?
Hi all, I'm having a strange problem with interactions between Xastir versions (maybe). I have an old iMac PowerPC running the most recent stable Debian and Xastir 1.9.2 connected to a serial TNC. This works great, no problems. It has it's "server ports" turned on ready to share it's data. I have an Intel MacBook running Mac OS X v5 with Xastir 1.9.2. The MacBook has an "Internet Server" interface connected to the iMac server port (2023) so I can see what the iMac hears over the radio and it's nice antenna. The problem is that the MacBook has stopped getting any data from the iMac over the server ports. The iMac works fine, gets all the data from the radio and displays it nicely. The MacBook get no data and it's connection to the iMac keeps dropping. It's set to automagically re-connect, and it does, after it's missed all the data. I think it gets knocked off the server port every time data is sent, but I don't know why because there are no error messages. It may be dropping a lot more often than coinciding with data transfers. All this was working fine when I had the iMac running the stock Debian Xastir package of version 1.8.2. But that didn't have many options compiled in, so I upgraded to version 1.9.2. It also worked fine with the iMac running the new Xastir 1.9.2 until I changed the IP address of the iMac from a DHCP address to a static one. I've re-booted the iMac, re-configured and restarted Xastir on the MacBook all to no avail. Anyone got any *wild* ideas for my tired old brain? Thanks, Craig n6yxk ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
