[aprssig] New MSG-OBJ format
Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)
ldeffenb at homeside.to
Tue Feb 21 17:10:13 EST 2012
BTW, I caved on the POI/OBJECT debate to do my hold-out on the explicit
desire to ADOPT and existing object by a new owner.
Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32
On 2/21/2012 5:07 PM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote:
> Not really. The message destination field is a fixed with in the spec
> format. If you don't send to a 9 character destination, it pads with
> spaces to 9. The reason we're sticking to 6 is that Yaesu's have an
> AX.25 compatibility restriction.
>
> The object name can be as long (up to 9) or short as you can make
> unique, but again, that will be going into an object packet that is
> also a fixed width of 9, so shorter object names in the message to
> OBJECT (or POI) won't really make the comment longer in the final
> packet necessarily.
>
> I'm also all for shorter, especially when targeting spin-n-click radio
> interfaces.
>
> Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32
>
> On 2/21/2012 4:59 PM, Stephen H. Smith wrote:
>> On 2/21/2012 4:54 PM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote:
>>> Almost, but if the symbol is optional, then it must be delimited.
>>> Consider the following (I don't know if they're valid symbols, but
>>> hopefully you'll get the gist of my concern). These are the message
>>> body sent to OBJECT (yes, I'm caving in on POI).
>>
>> Still think POI would be better -- It saves three letters (and the
>> hassle of entering them on clunky user interfaces like a Kenwood
>> radio) that can then be used in the freeform comment.
>>
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