[aprssig] Object Definition vs third-party traffic?

[Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)]

I did say that it hit my APRS-IS parser, but I should have clarified 
that I'm also gathering all of my RF-received traffic via javAPRSsrvr's 
TNCLogPort (typically 14508) and running it through the same parser to 
feed into my DB.  This third-party format was heard on RF, not via APRS-IS.

I actually believe that WX4MLB-3 is beaconing this packet on it's on and 
is not actually gating it from -IS to RF.  However, I do not know that 
for sure and was just testing myself to see if my packet understanding 
was correct.  Apparently it is!

Thanks for all the feedback.  Now, to incorporate this "knowledge" into 
my APRSISCE for Windows Mobile...

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aprsisce/

Steve Dimse wrote:
> You say this hit your APRS IS parser? The third party format is not 
> supposed to appear on the APRS IS. I doubt this is the case because I 
> do not see any APRS IS info in the path.
>
> Assuming this was on RF, which is the only place the third party 
> packet ought to appear, it is a correct implementation. WX4MLB did not 
> send this object, it merely relayed it like a digi or an APRS IS hub 
> would. Your interpretation is correct.
>
> It is important to rocognize that WX4MLB did not originate the packet, 
> so it should not modify it. Data is IGated from Internet to RF intact 
> (other than removal of the old TCPIP path information). WX4MLB should 
> NOT reformat this into another type of object.
>
> Steve K4HG
>
> On Jun 9, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote:
>
>> Greeting group,
>>
>> I just discovered that my APRS-IS parser is considering the following 
>> packet as having been relayed by WX4MLB-3.
>>
>> WX4MLB-3>BEACON:}146.52>APOBJ:!2806.  N/08039.  WrPHG7260 NWS MELBOURNE
>>
>> I do believe that is a correct interpretation of the } third-party 
>> traffic designator.  This packet tells me that 146.52 originated a 
>> position without timestamp (!) packet with a destination of APOBJ.  
>> WX4MLB-3 picked up this packet and relayed it to RF as a third-party 
>> (}) packet with a generic destination of BEACON.
>>
>> Is this an accepted (and possibly common) method of defining objects 
>> on RF?  Or would it be better defined as an Item (')') or Object (;) 
>> defined directly by WX4MLB-3?  I suspect it was done as third-party 
>> traffic to avoid the unique naming issue for objects, but I'm not 
>> really sure.
>>
>> I'm just trying to learn what I can so I can make recommendations 
>> when/if asked about such things.
>>
>> Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ
>>
>>
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