[aprssig] DIGI_NED 0.3.5 for embedded systems

[hasan schiers]

Henk,

Forget the first question...can I use the standard linux based digi_net side 
by side with Xastir on the same machine, if the Xastir machine is connected 
to my TNC's using the network facility to AGWPE PRO?

That's the question...I don't need the stripped down version...I already 
have support for all the AX.25 stuff.

...hasan, N0AN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henk de Groot" <henk.de.groot at hetnet.nl>
To: <aprssig at lists.tapr.org>; <aprsnews at lists.tapr.org>; "Remko Welling" 
<pe1mew at zonnet.nl>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 3:46 PM
Subject: [aprssig] DIGI_NED 0.3.5 for embedded systems


> Annoucement
> -----------
>
> Available now: DIGI_NED 0.3.5 sources for use in embedded systems.
>
> This is a stripped down version of DIGI_NED to make it easier te reuse the 
> DIGI_NED digipeating core in an embedded device. It contains the complete 
> functionional rule-based digipeater core like the full DIGI_NED has. All 
> additional features, like messaging, sat-tracking, telemetry, wx, serial 
> in-out etc are gone to make the code footprint small and targeted at the 
> main task: rule-based digipeating.
>
> The source also cleaned from platform dependent code, so it doesn't use 
> the Linux AX.25 kernel support but instead I added a simple multiport KISS 
> interface. It is fully functional under LINUX, but not anymore under DOS. 
> Because the AX.25 kernel support is not used in this code it cleanly 
> compiles and runs under Cygwin.
>
> The core source code is only 68 kB. It was a bit of work to find all the 
> unused support functions after deleting the additions, but I think there 
> is not much redundant code left, if any.
>
> The documentation with this version has been updated to reflect the 
> functionality of this version and is packaged with the source. The source 
> is of course covered by the GNU General Public License, like the full 
> DIGI_NED also is.
>
> The source has been posted to:
>
> http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~pe1dnn
>
> To use it in your embedded TNC design you must:
>
> 1: find a way to load the rule-file (changes to read_ini.c)
> 2: change mac_if.c to communicate with your hardware instead of the KISS
>    code (you can then drop kiss.c and kiss.h).
> 3: if you want verbose output then rewrite functions "say" and "vsay".
>
> It is still some work to make this work on an embedded system, but I think 
> it is a lot easier to reuse this code than to use the full DIGI_NED code 
> with all the additional features.
>
> I hope this contribution will stimulate the creation of more powerfull 
> TNC-digipeaters, so the network can be realy fixed...
>
> APRS[tm] is a Trademark of Bob Bruninga,
> his home page is at "http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/aprs.html"
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Henk.
>
> P.S. the digi_ned.ini file is a stripped down version of the file from the 
> full version, it has not been adjusted to the "new paradigm" yet.
>
> P.P.S. I coded multiport KISS from specification, I have no way to test it 
> :-). My only KISS capable device is my TH-D7E (on which it runs by the 
> way)...
>
>
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