On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Keith Kaiser wrote:
Suppose I want to create an object for all the local hospitals in our area
for a SET we have this weekend. Is there a way to create a file, in advance,
and just activate it when needed? Similar maybe to the way we can create a
file for tactical calls?
Hmmm. I've created them before just by clearing out or moving my
~/.xastir/config/object.log file, then creating them in Xastir or by
hand (text editor).
If you had display of objects turned off in Xastir, they wouldn't
show until you wanted them to.
Another way would be to create a "normal" log file containing
simulated packets containing the object definitions. You could do
that on-the-air by logging while you created the objects (with
transmit turned on of course), then whittle the file down to just
one entry per object of interest and save that log file away. Suck
in the log file when you want the objects to appear.
You can also combine the above methods (kind'a), by generating the
first file, then adding packet headers to the beginning of each line
like:
"WE7U>APRS:"
After that it's a normal log file instead of the special
"object.log" format.
Are you wanting to transmit these objects over RF when you activate
them as well, or just display them locally?
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