[aprssig] Inserting NMEA Data to APRS-IS

[Richard Hoskin]

Hi Pete,

Thanks for the response.

I'll email you of the list.

Cheers
Richard
VK3JFK


> -----Original Message-----
> From: aprssig-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces at tapr.org] On Behalf
> Of Pete Loveall AE5PL Lists
> Sent: Monday, 3 August 2009 9:10 PM
> To: TAPR APRS Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [aprssig] Inserting NMEA Data to APRS-IS
> 
> My question would be "If they have already gathered the information at
> their HQ, what is the purpose for inserting this information onto APRS-
> IS?"  If it is to get the information to individual amateur radio stations
> on RF or APRS-IS, that would be a good use of APRS-IS (amateur radio to
> amateur radio).
> 
> If it is to disseminate the information to their branch/chapter offices,
> they have other private means to do this (even though it is amateur radio
> information, the purpose in this case is non-amateur use) and APRS-IS is a
> very inefficient transport.  In this case, there is a commercial version
> of javAPRSSrvr that cannot feed to APRS-IS but can be set up to do their
> own private network which I would be happy to discuss off-list with you.
> 
> The APRS-IS is an APRS transport.  So any injection of information must
> conform to APRS specifications.  I would venture to say that there are a
> number of scripts, etc. that have been posted over the years that show how
> to connect and send APRS information.  You might want to search the list
> archives.  There is also information at www.aprs-is.net on the
> specifications to connect and communicate via APRS-IS.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Pete Loveall AE5PL
> pete at ae5pl dot net
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Hoskin
> > Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 12:21 AM
> >
> > The local Red Cross amateur radio support service (RECOM) currently
> > runs an HF voice and data tracking system using PACTOR. They receive
> > and extract the station callsign and GPS NMEA data from the system at
> > their HQ and place it into a time stamped file every 10 minutes.
> >
> > They would like to be able to automatically load this data into APRS-
> > IS.
> >
> > Would it be acceptable to do this?
> >
> > If so is there anything available that will automatically take a
> > preformatted file and load it into APRS-IS?
> 
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