Re: [Xastir] Fetching a trail
Wish you'd said something. I've been using the Sprint EVDO system with Xastir for, well, years. gerry Earl Needham wrote: One thing I haven't mentioned, is that my moving trail is usually sent by UI-View32 under Windows XP. I haven't got all the interfaces working yet to be able to do Xastir while mobile. The GPS interface is next on my list, the Sprint datacard I got working last night. 7 3 Earl KD5XB -- Earl Needham Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs ___ 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: 979.458.4020 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] Fetching a trail
One thing I haven't mentioned, is that my moving trail is usually sent by UI-View32 under Windows XP. I haven't got all the interfaces working yet to be able to do Xastir while mobile. The GPS interface is next on my list, the Sprint datacard I got working last night. 7 3 Earl KD5XB -- Earl Needham Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Fetching a trail
At 08:47 PM 6/17/2007, Tom Russo wrote: oooh, the sky is the limit!" --- The Tick No seriously, Tom -- the TICK?!? e. KD5XB -- Earl Needham Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Fetching a trail
At 08:53 PM 6/17/2007, James Ewen wrote: Yup, I see the exact same thing happening. I high-jacked your call and set myself up at your location, and pulled the last 120 hours. Oh thank goodness! I had begun to think "They're coming to take me away ha ha...". Earl KD5XB -- Earl Needham Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Fetching a trail
On 6/17/07, Earl Needham via Kubuntu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: With my Xastir call set to KD5XB-11, I click on "fetch..." and fill in the data for KD5XB-11, for the last 120 hours. After several seconds' delay, the window comes up telling me the track has been received, and then, right next to the icon already on my map, I see MANY MPH readings flashing by. No trail on the map, just all the MPH readings going by. Yup, I see the exact same thing happening. I high-jacked your call and set myself up at your location, and pulled the last 120 hours. The course and speed information changes, but the icon stays in the same location. Perhaps I never have pulled in a trail for the current callsign. Curt, is there a way to go out and grab a history for your current callsign? I could see a reason for doing so. If I was out on a balloon chase, and the computer died, after restarting, it would be nice to be able to grab the historical track to reload back into the map display. James VE6SRV ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Fetching a trail
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 08:38:50PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > On Sunday 17 June 2007 20:20:12 James Ewen wrote: > > > KD5XB-11 shows a trail when I download the last 120 hours, just pulled > > it in on Xastir. > > > With my Xastir call set to KD5XB-11, I click on "fetch..." and fill in > the > data for KD5XB-11, for the last 120 hours. After several seconds' delay, the > window comes up telling me the track has been received, and then, right next > to the icon already on my map, I see MANY MPH readings flashing by. No trail > on the map, just all the MPH readings going by. > > When I set the Xastir call to KD5XB, and follow the same procedure, I > see the > icon for KD5XB-11 moving over the map - starting on I-20, coming into the map > from the east, across to US84 at Sweetwater, Tx, up to Clovis using US84, > etc, and all the while leaving a nice trail on the map. > > Changing the Xastir call back to KD5XB-11, the trail remains, even > through > zooming the map in and out. In fact, if I zoom out to the 512-mile range, I > can see my trail all the way back over to Shreveport, La. > > Maybe the "configuration position" overrides the position from the > Findu > trail? This is very puzzling. Do you have your station type set to "fixed station" in the File->Configure->Defaults box while you're doing this downloading? I don't see why that would matter, but perhaps it does. Also, you could try firing up xastir with debug level 257 (station and trail display detailed debugging + general basic debugging) and capture the output to a file: xastir -v 257 > xastir.out 2>&1 in a terminal window, and watch what it says it's doing while it decodes the findu trail. -- Tom RussoKM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 AHTB#1 http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM "And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit!" --- The Tick ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Fetching a trail
On Sunday 17 June 2007 20:20:12 James Ewen wrote: > KD5XB-11 shows a trail when I download the last 120 hours, just pulled > it in on Xastir. > > > It seems that all the positions are plotted on top of > > my current position -- did I goof something up?? > > So, we now know that the station you are fetching data for exists, and > has track information that covers a significant distance, which is > able to be grabbed and displayed by Xastir for at least one other > person. > > What callsign do you use for your Xastir client? It shouldn't make a > difference, and I am fairly certain that I have pulled in historical > data for VE6SRV-15 on an instance of Xastir running as VE6SRV-15, but > lets double check. I use KD5XB-11 for almost everything, only changing to KD5XB to check out this problem. > What zoom level were you at? If you were zoomed out far enough, the > trail may have appeared to all be on one spot. If you were zoomed in > real close, you might have missed the trail being plotted out of view, > and assumed that it was plotting on your current location. You just happened to send this while I am in Kubuntu with Xastir running, so I can check this quick. My zoom is set to 128 miles, showing a map from Gallup, NM in the west to Ardmore, Ok in the east, and I-20 across Texas in the south to Liberal, Ks in the north. With my Xastir call set to KD5XB-11, I click on "fetch..." and fill in the data for KD5XB-11, for the last 120 hours. After several seconds' delay, the window comes up telling me the track has been received, and then, right next to the icon already on my map, I see MANY MPH readings flashing by. No trail on the map, just all the MPH readings going by. When I set the Xastir call to KD5XB, and follow the same procedure, I see the icon for KD5XB-11 moving over the map - starting on I-20, coming into the map from the east, across to US84 at Sweetwater, Tx, up to Clovis using US84, etc, and all the while leaving a nice trail on the map. Changing the Xastir call back to KD5XB-11, the trail remains, even through zooming the map in and out. In fact, if I zoom out to the 512-mile range, I can see my trail all the way back over to Shreveport, La. Maybe the "configuration position" overrides the position from the Findu trail? Thanks, Earl -- Earl Needham KD5XB Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Fetching a trail
> Ah -- maybe I misunderstood. I thought the question was > whether I had moved while downloading the track. The track should > have actually shown my movement of perhaps 2000 miles. KD5XB-11 shows a trail when I download the last 120 hours, just pulled it in on Xastir. It seems that all the positions are plotted on top of my current position -- did I goof something up?? So, we now know that the station you are fetching data for exists, and has track information that covers a significant distance, which is able to be grabbed and displayed by Xastir for at least one other person. What callsign do you use for your Xastir client? It shouldn't make a difference, and I am fairly certain that I have pulled in historical data for VE6SRV-15 on an instance of Xastir running as VE6SRV-15, but lets double check. What zoom level were you at? If you were zoomed out far enough, the trail may have appeared to all be on one spot. If you were zoomed in real close, you might have missed the trail being plotted out of view, and assumed that it was plotting on your current location. James VE6SRV ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Fetching a trail
On Jun 17, 2007, at 2:42 PM, Earl Needham wrote: Ah -- maybe I misunderstood. I thought the question was whether I had moved while downloading the track. The track should have actually shown my movement of perhaps 2000 miles. well, a download only gets packets that made it to an Igate, but I would think that at least some of them would have gotten in on a 2000 mile trip. Yep, I got a lot of packets when I download a trail for KD5XB-11. I see nothing for KD5XB, though. I'm not sure how a "download trail" works when it's the current stations trail you are downloading. I've never tried it, but your results indicate xastir doesn't want to do it. -Jason kg4wsv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Fetching a trail
At 01:34 PM 6/17/2007, Jason Winningham wrote: On Jun 17, 2007, at 1:42 PM, Earl Needham via Kubuntu wrote: No, I was just sitting in the house using the laptop with no GPS attached. Ah, if you didn't move, then your track will be zero length... -Jason kg4wsv Ah -- maybe I misunderstood. I thought the question was whether I had moved while downloading the track. The track should have actually shown my movement of perhaps 2000 miles. 7 3 Earl KD5XB -- Earl Needham Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Fetching a trail
On Sunday 17 June 2007 11:04:38 James wrote: > On 6/17/07, Earl Needham via Kubuntu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I noticed that I could fetch a Findu trail for a station, so I > > tried it for ME. It seems that all the positions are plotted on top of > > my current position -- did I goof something up?? > > Dunno Earl, > > We need some information from you... > > 1) What timeframe did you fetch? 120 hours > 2) Did you move during that timeframe? No, I was just sitting in the house using the laptop with no GPS attached. > 3) Were you running Xastir and sending position reports from it during > that timeframe? Yes, however, it is set to transmit my position once every 55 minutes, making me doubt it sent any positins while downloading and displaying the track. > 4) Were you running another tracker and sending position reports from > it during that timeframe? Negative. > Just trying to determine if the problem is in the tracker that you are > fetching reports for, or somewhere else. It's hard to know who ME is, > and what hardware was being used. The setup here is my Toshiba laptop, running Kubuntu 7.04, with Xastir 1.9.0. Not using a TNC, strictly with the TCP/IP feed. Oh yeah, ME is KD5XB-11, the same as the trail I tried to use. I noticed that, if I change the callsign in Xastir to KD5XB, then the trail is downloaded and looks just fine. Thanks, Earl -- Earl Needham KD5XB Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] Fetching a trail
I noticed that I could fetch a Findu trail for a station, so I tried it for ME. It seems that all the positions are plotted on top of my current position -- did I goof something up?? Thanks, Earl -- Earl Needham KD5XB Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
