[aprssig] One last question on digipeater code for TNC-X

[Robert Bruninga]

Personally, I think we need to be very careful
about adding too many HARD limits.  Ham radio
by its very nature does a huge variety of functions
for very many different uses.

There is no one-size fits all.  What we have done
recently to get everyone's attention to their own
ALOHA limited network and only use a path that
fits that network.   And we are making great progress
on that front.  We have gone from wall-to-wall
packets in the highest density APRS system in the
world (Baltimore) down to sometimes 10 seconds
with NO packets heard locally... and yet we now
see all the same activity as before but BETTER...

It is amazing to see how a good idea in one area
which makes no sense in another area, then gets
applied and enforced where it doesnt apply.

So be careful about giving draconian tools...

Bob

>>> Ron Stordahl <ron.stordahl at digikey.com> 08/17/05 10:44 AM >>>
If one is implementing new digipeater code, wouldn't this be the time to 
actually enforce a hop limit in the code?  Right now all we have been 
able to to for the KPC3(+) and UIDIGI-ROM is to shoehorn in some limits 
which are easily circumvented.  John, I assume you have read 
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/aprs/fix14439.html 

Ron, N5IN

Robert Bruninga wrote:
> John
>
> Good question.  But there are some important facts.
> 1) Digi ID/posit beacons should always be IDENTICAL, 
> else they consume LOG files by constant changes
> on every transmission.
>
> 2) But more than one can be used if it has nothing
> to do with this digi.  Such as an OBJECT for something
> else local that APRS users need to see.
>
> 3) The only reason we needed 4 was to implemnet
> the variable PATH and variable TIMING for 
> the digi's ID/Posit beacons.  No other reason.
>
> 4) It would be far better to avoid all these pitfalls,
> in a new TNC by allowing for just ONE DIGI POSIT
> text and then haveing the TNC smart enough to
> use the variable timings and paths so that locally
> a beacon is seen every 10 minutes.  A one hop
> copy is sent out once every 30 minutes and a
> 2 hop one is sent out every 2 hours.
>
> That Item #4 is the MAIN objective of a digi's
> beacon system...   Bob, Wb4APR
>
>   
>>>> John Hansen <hansen at fredonia.edu> 08/16/05 10:35 PM >>>
>>>>         
> Hi:
>
> A while back I was working on the code for a digipeater daughter board 
> for TNC-X and I asked a few questions here about features.  I appreciate 
> the input.  I'm now finishing up this code (I expect to have it ready 
> for beta testing by the end of this week) and I have one last question.
>
> As you may recall, I was modelling this project on the widely used 
> UIDigi feature set.  I was advised by someone that one problem with this 
> code was there were only 3 beacons and really 4 were needed.  So I put 
> four in the code for XDigi.  I've set this up so that a separate beacon 
> text and beacon interval can be specified for each.  My remaining 
> question is whether it is important to have a separate destination 
> callsign and path for each of the four beacons.
>
> Any advice?
>
> Thanks in advance for your input.
>
> John W2FS
>
>
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