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#1 2015-01-08 23:12:43
First tests with sending data
Hi Mark,
Today I have tried to implement a small APRS tracker sketch. It was working fine but after I updated to the latest LibAPRS the APRS packets were not accepted anymore by APRX and also by my Yaesu VX-8G.
I looked into the history of LibAPRS and found that AX25.h had been changed to use 7 byte calls. Maybe I am wrong, but I think the 6 bytes is the correct length. Anyway, after I reverted the call length from 7 byte to 6 byte my packets got decoded again :-) That's what I did to your code in AX25.h:
typedef struct AX25Call {
char call[6];
uint8_t ssid;
} AX25Call;
Maybe I found a bug or I used the LibAPRS wrong. If you want to have a look at my code, you can find it on GitHub: https://github.com/hb9tws/AprsTracker.git. Was there a specific reason for your change?
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#2 2015-01-09 08:17:37
Re: First tests with sending data
I forgot, Source code is on GitHub: https://github.com/hb9tws/AprsTracker.git and here is a pic from my test setup that I am using for programming. It works with a Dorji 818V Transceiver module and a GPS reveiver Navilock NL-552ETTL. I "splittet" the serial port: the GPS Feeds into the RX pin whereas the TX is used for debugging outputs. I hope this will not do any harm to the Micromodems FTDI chip ...
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#3 2015-01-09 10:57:57
- markqvist
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Re: First tests with sending data
Hi Stefan! Thanks, that is actually a bug. But it was introduced because I deliberately changed the length in the struct to 7 bytes to include a null-termination for the Arduino "print" functions to work, and then I apparently forgot to change the sending functions to account for that! Thanks, will fix!
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#4 2015-02-09 11:39:38
Re: First tests with sending data
Hi,
meanwhile i did try some extensions to Stefan's program.
In case of interest see: http://www.radio.cc/post/aprs-tracker
73 de Klaus, DJ7OO
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