[aprssig] UIDIGI Setup

[Tim Cunningham]

Ed,

Instead of providing the address locations of Marco's binary file I decided 
to provide a BIN file that has cleared entries for Beacon2Path and 
Beacon3Path. These are the entries that create a problem if you want these 
paths to be blank. If you use the fresh copy of UIGOLD.BIN (UIDIGI v1.9 beta 
3) when creating a new BIN file, there will be no problem and you will not 
need to manually modify anything. Since the entries have been cleared there 
is no reason to program LOCAL or NONE as a place holder. If the entries in 
the configuration file are blank, the entries in the UIGOLD.BIN will remain 
blank. Be sure to use a fresh copy of UIGOLD.BIN for each new binary that is 
configured.

You can find a copy of the modified binary at:

http://qsl.net/n8deu/uigold.bin


I also added some text and a link to the following web site to retrieve the 
file:

http://qsl.net/n8deu/uidigi_eprom_settings.htm



73's,
Tim - N8DEU
Decatur, Alabama


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed L Locklear" <kf4chg at gmail.com>
To: "TAPR APRS Mailing List" <aprssig at tapr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [aprssig] UIDIGI Setup


> Tim,
>
> I did use your website for guidance and followed the settings for the
> exception of the Beacon2 and Beacon3.  I wanted to use these for local
> info for the local repeater and echolink with "LOCAL" set in
> Beacon2Path and Beacon3Path.  I wanted to avoid using UI-View32
> objects at all cost.  According to Bob, WB4APR it is not recommended
> to use software driven programs for creating info type objects and to
> let the digipeaters handle this function.
>
> However, I can reprogram to conform to APRS Paradigm recommendations
> and drop the Echolink object (sigh).
>
> You mentioned that you had modified the original UIDIGI.BIN file,
> could you provide the HEX location?  I have the means to modify BIN
> files.  Also, I use the UIDGCFG32.EXE to configure the BIN files
> before burning with Prog-Express from Batronix.
>
> Ed, KF4CHG
>
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Tim Cunningham
> <tim_cunningham at charter.net> wrote:
>> Hi Ed,
>>
>> You can refer to the following website to conform the APRS Paradigm 
>> changes:
>>
>> http://qsl.net/n8deu/uidigi_eprom_settings.htm
>>
>> Beacon1 and Beacon2 should contain the same information. The paths for 
>> these
>> 2 beacons are shown below to conform to Paradigm changes. Beacon1Path is
>> blank so the 1st beacon is local and Beacon2Path goes 1 hop with WIDE2-1 
>> so
>> only WIDE digi's will respond. The Beacon3Path is set to LOCAL so no
>> digipeaters respond to it. Yes, you might think it should be blank and it
>> should, but there is a reason I do not show it as blank on my website. 
>> The
>> reason is the UIDIGI.BIN file supplied by the author has an entry in it
>> already and the UIDGCFG executable does nothing to the BIN file if the
>> CONFIG file has a blank entry, so you need to program something to 
>> override
>> what is in it. Otherwise, you must know how to modify the BIN file 
>> directly
>> to clear the entry that is already there. So, the instructions on the web
>> site purposely state LOCAL to avoid what the UIDGCFG.EXE does not address
>> when there is a blank entry for this specific parameter. I have a 
>> UIDIGI.BIN
>> file that has a proper blank entry for this parameter, but it is not 
>> posted
>> in order to reduce further confusing anybody. I figured if somebody knew
>> what they were doing they could resolve the issue themselves.
>>
>> Beacon1Interval        =       600
>> Beacon2Interval        =       1790
>> Beacon3Interval        =       601
>>
>> Beacon1Text            =       !3444.13NS08643.65W#PHG5670/W2,ALn 
>> Rainbow
>> Mt AL 1150ft
>> Beacon2Text            =       !3444.13NS08643.65W#PHG5670/W2,ALn 
>> Rainbow
>> Mt AL 1150ft
>> Beacon3Text            =       ;147.24HSV*111111z3429.52N/08637.85WrT088
>> R45m Net Th8PM
>>
>> Beacon1Path            =
>> Beacon2Path            =       WIDE2-1
>> Beacon3Path            =       LOCAL
>>
>> The Beacon3Text parameter is reserved for supporting the APRS Local Info
>> Initiative which you will find a link to on the website.
>>
>> We use the AUXPATH for our weather stations using the State routing 
>> method
>> like AL2-2. If you plan to connect a weather station I would recommend an
>> AUXRATE of no more than 444 seconds to send the reports. The weather data 
>> is
>> dumped from FindU every 15 minutes, so sending data more often does not 
>> get
>> to the MADIS server.
>>
>> The other important settings for the paradigm follows:
>>
>> UIDigiCall             =       WIDE7-7, WIDE6-6, WIDE5-5, WIDE4-4, 
>> WIDE3-3,
>> WIDE3-2
>> UIFloodCall            =       AL
>> UITraceCall            =       WIDE
>> UIFLOODOptions         =       6
>> UITRACEOptions          =       2
>>
>>
>>
>> 73's,
>> Tim - N8DEU
>> Decatur, Alabama
>
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