[aprssig] Mic-E Device Type Codes?

[Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)]

Yes, Fred, that's what I was looking for.  What's not obvious is that 
there is also a space after the _!  Thanks for the reply.

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ

Fred Eckert wrote:
> Lynn,
>
> I am not too sure on this but I do have a VX-8R. I just transmitted a beacon if you would like to analyze it. KJ4LFJ-7. I have noted that the underscore _ character is automatically appended to the end of my beacon status text. Could this be the character you are interested in?
>
> Fred KJ4LFJ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)" <ldeffenb at homeside.to>
>
> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:24:35 
> To: TAPR APRS Mailing List<aprssig at tapr.org>
> Subject: [aprssig] Mic-E Device Type Codes?
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> I've scoured the archives for this information that I KNOW I've seen in 
> the past, but I didn't think I needed to know it then and it's not an 
> easy thing to figure out search terms for, so here goes...
>
> There is a trailing character representing the device type that Mic-E 
> encoding devices place after their encoded position.  I've tracked down 
> that a D7 uses '>' and a D710 uses '='.  I'm suspecting a D700 uses ']'.
>
> Does anyone know what the Vx8 puts in this position, if anything?
>
> Are there other Mic-E encoders that use other characters that we know of?
>
> Confirmations and documentation pointers would be appreciated.
>
> Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile
>
> PS.  Here's a sample packet from a D7 showing the trailing >.  Well, not 
> exactly trailing, it actually comes between the encoded position 
> (lCPm^bv/) and the encoded altitude ("4'})
>
> KJ4ERJ-8>2WUY7X,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,KJ4ERJ-2:`lCPm^bv/>"4'}
>
>
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