[Xastir-dev] args to data_add()
Curt, WE7U
archer at eskimo.com
Fri Apr 9 16:49:33 EDT 2004
On Fri, 9 Apr 2004, Tom Russo wrote:
> Perhaps it would be better to hack up a generic 'fake tnc' program
> that xastir can connect to as if it were an APRS Internet Server?
> That little program could read FlightGear's position reports, then
> generate artificial APRS packets for xastir to read through a TCP
> connection. Xastir could then do real-time updates rather than have to
> be told to read a log file.
>
> I think it would be best not to hack the functionality into xastir
> itself. But it should be very easy to make that little linkage
> program and use existing xastir functionality.
Excellent idea, and I've done similar things for use in testing
Xastir before: A perl program that generates packets and has a
listening socket for Xastir to connect to.
You could do the same with a /dev/ptyXX interface.
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