[aprssig] Commands sent via APRS

[Jason KG4WSV]

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 2:33 PM wa7skg <wa7skg at wa7skg.com> wrote:

> I am using APRS on Xastir with a dedicated Linux system on 24/7. Is it
> possible to send commands via APRS to activate external equipment to the
> computer, like flip a switch or ring a bell?
>

There are libraries for packet parsing for a few languages (e.g. libfap).
You can connect to xastir's server port with your program and receive
messages, then take actions based on your parsing.

If your linux computer is a pi (or something similar with GPIO) you can
probably go directly to an IO pin from your program.   If it's a typical
desktop, you can hook up an arduino and pass messages from your program to
the arduino and command actions that way.

-Jason
kg4wsv
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