[aprssig] Too quiet - make packets

[wa7nwp at jnos.org]

> I also noticed that you have the following listed
> twice in the script, was that an error?

Good catch on that one.   Cut and Paste from a Putty window sometimes
doesn't work as expected.

>> expect "login: "
>> send "$username\r"
>>
>> expect "login: "
>> send "$username\r"
>

> Ok I know too little about DX Clusters, Expect and your script.
> Questions; "DXCLUSTER-HOSTNAME" is that like your Tier 2 APRS server?

The clusters have a similar Internet access scheme. It's a real "login" to
the cluster unlike the APRS-IS where it's just a data feed.  Other then
that, yes -- that is the internet host name.

> DXCLUSTER-USERCALLSIGN I'm assuming is simply my call sign.

That's correct - for the login to the cluster.

> If that's so
> then why is the next line "YOURCALL" there? Would seem to me that
> DXCLUSTER-USERCALLSIGN and YOURCALL would be the same thing.

The Yourcall is used for the packets being broadcast.  It maybe be a
different call or a call with SSID.

 Next setting
> I
> don't understand is port 7300, is this the port on the Tier 2 Server you
> want to connect to?

That's the port on the DXcluster.   This widget has nothing to do with the
APRS-IS infrastructure.  As long as you have a destination path of RFONLY,
the packets won't even make it to the APRS servers.


HTH.  73,
Bill - WA7NWP


>>
>> --- dx2ax25.exp ---
>>
>> #!/usr/bin/expect
>>
>> # Usage:  "dx2ax25.exp ".
>> # Action:  login to dxcluster, set configuration, broadcast
>> #     DX spots received as ax25 packets
>> #
>> set prompt_sequence "dxspider >"
>> set hostname "DXCLUSTER-HOSTNAME"
>> set username "DXCLUSTER-USERCALLSIGN"
>> set mycall "YOURCALL"
>> set ax25port "APRS"
>> set ax25dest "DX RFONLY"
>> set port "7300"
>>
>> spawn telnet $hostname $port
>>
>> expect "login: "
>> send "$username\r"
>>
>> expect "login: "
>> send "$username\r"
>>
>> expect $prompt_sequence
>> send "set/nobeep\r"
>>
>> expect $prompt_sequence
>> send "clear/spot all\r"
>>
>> expect $prompt_sequence
>> send "accept/spot 1 by_state WA,OR,ID,CA,BC,CA\r"
>>
>> expect $prompt_sequence
>> send "accept/spot 2 by_zone 4 and on hf\r"
>>
>> expect $prompt_sequence
>> send "accept/spot 3 by_zone 3,4 and on 10m,6m\r"
>>
>> # send all spots
>> #expect $prompt_sequence
>> #send "accept/spot 4 all\r"
>>
>> # WWV announcements
>>
>> expect $prompt_sequence
>> send "accept/wwv 1 by_zone 3,4\r"
>>
>> # Disable timeout
>> set timeout -1
>>
>> expect "DX *" {
>>      set dxpacket $expect_out(buffer);
>>      exec /usr/sbin/beacon -s -c $mycall -d $ax25dest $ax25port
>> $dxpacket
>>      exp_continue} \
>>   "WWV *" {
>>      set dxpacket $expect_out(buffer);
>>      exec /usr/sbin/beacon -s -c $mycall -d $ax25dest $ax25port
>> $dxpacket
>>      exp_continue } \
>>   eof { send_user "all done: EOF" } \
>>   timeout { send_user "timeout and done: EOF" } \
>>   exp_continue
>>
>> #interact
>>
>> ~
>> ~
>> ~
>> ~
>> ~
>> ~
>> ~
>> ~
>>
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