[aprssig] D700 dP bug ? Redux "dT"

[Steve Noskowicz]

{ know this isn't a D700 forum, but post anyway}



Changing ONLY the D7 "STATUS TEXT" (Menu 2-9}  (and NOT the POSITION
coords)  then manually  re-beaconing direct to the D700 -   it indeed does
NOT show dP on the D700, but interrupts the display with the call-SSID
and the STATUS TEXT !



OK "Logable" ... got it!



.........  SO ........

/ frustration-rant interrupt triggered/

(And here's the sorta' Ah-ha}  The D700 Spec-Comm manual (p14)
says the meaning of the dP flag is "Duplicate position comment" 
...  and  ...   includes "Same comment as the
previous...".    Sure! Now that I KNOW how it works, the
manual makes almost 100% sense. 



  Here's the two new Magic decoder ring entries: 

   Position comment =  STATUS TEXT

  dP = Duplicate STATUS TEXT from already listed station - NOT Position.



More fodder for the "How-it-works and How-To" document.



I say "sotra Ah-ha" because of the mixed terminology to common in
explaining APRS which makes this stuff hard to learn.-- when it
shouldn't be.   (like UI /  UNPROTO / Unnumbered)



Like I tell my students about electronics terminology:

  Learn the terminology correctly.  If your head hurts, it makes a Really Big difference whether you
have a head-ache or a sub-dural hematoma ---  Learn and use the
correct terminology!


  In this case Pick one and stick with it.



/Clear rant-interrupt  flags/  I'll go lie down and take an aspirin.



And, uh... Thanks to all for explaining many things here.
-- 

73, Steve, K9DCI

--- On Sat, 7/5/08, Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:
From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu>
Subject: RE: [aprssig] D700 dP bug ?
To: noskosteve at yahoo.com, "'TAPR APRS Mailing List'" <aprssig at lists.tapr.org>
Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008, 10:41 AM

> So this is a known "Feature"  dP doesn't mean Duplicate 
> Position, but rather Duplicate station heard with same or 
> different position.  
> 
> Is it also shown as dP regardless of what else changes?

Could you test that?  What if you changed the status text?
I'd be curious.  In APRS, that is considered a loggable change.

> > I hope in the next version of he D710, that there is an
> > option for seeing every packet if desired.

Yes, it is way up there on my
 list too...

Bob WB4APR


      
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