[aprssig] Multi control station situational awareness - For mobiles? or homes without power?

[Shawn Stoddard]

Let’s go a different path. How do you see people using just radios performing this task?

On Tue, Dec 3, 2019, at 19:41, Shawn Stoddard wrote:
> I’ve only had one fellow amateur with a kenwood.
> 
> I also wouldn’t want to do any serious data entry/review on a 20x4 
> screen. Just my opinion. 
> 
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2019, at 19:08, Robert Bruninga wrote:
> > There sounds like two paths emerging.
> > 
> > - Come-as-you are with APRS radios in the mobile as the end terminal unit
> >    Everybody has one
> > 
> > - Invent something new with PC's, clients, Pi's, displays, for use at home
> > (or front seat mobile?
> >   Nobody has one
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: aprssig <aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org> On Behalf Of Shawn Stoddard
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 7:01 PM
> > To: aprssig at lists.tapr.org
> > Subject: Re: [aprssig] Multi control station situational awareness - How's
> > this supposed to work?
> > 
> > 
> > Great sanity check. You’re thinking the same path I am.
> > 
> > On Tue, Dec 3, 2019, at 15:40, Greg Troxel wrote:
> > > I would urge you to step back and consider your requirements, think
> > > about the protocol that will be used at a high level, and then figure
> > > out how to use specific techniques to implement that protocol.
> > >
> > > If what you want to do is publish infomration about status of
> > > particular places, then APRS probably is the best fit.
> > >
> > > If you are trying to synchronize the list of checked-in stations among
> > > N NCS stations, then I think you want some sort of database sync
> > > protocol which is going to send messages among the participants, and
> > > you may or may not want to carry that over APRS.
> > >
> > > I think you implied this, but from the "train like you'll fight" I
> > > would suggest using the over-the-air sync all the time, and not use any
> > > direct-to-APRS-IS internet-based injection.   Gatewaying to APRS-IS is
> > > great for others to probably be able to see what's up, but I think you
> > > should plan on no internet, and thus operate that way routinely,
> > > because otherwise you are likely to be depending on it more then you
> > > think.
> > >
> > > ALl of this is going to push you to protocols that are very terse and
> > > push just the data, with all formatting and UI local.  This means
> > > writing a local implementation of the UI for the protocol.
> > >
> > > 73 de n1dam
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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