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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:scott@opentrac.org">scott@opentrac.org</a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I would be interested in a device which sends detailed
Waypoint info to my GPS
using the Garmin Protocol and APRS icons, yet preserves all
of the features
available with the D7/D700.
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Will the D700 output raw packet data to the serial port in APRS mode? If
so, I could do a stripped-down version of the T2 firmware that'd handle the
decoding and Garmin output.
Scott
N1VG
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In "APRS" mode, the D700's internal firmware creates an APRS terminal
on the control head's screen and sends nothing to the serial port. The
serial port WILL accept commands to configure the radio (load/read
memories, switch bands, change freq and PL, dim the panel, etc) and to
change TNC mode (APRS, PACKET or OFF). <br>
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In "PACKET" mode, the D700 just acts like any radio connected to a
TNC. What comes out of the D700's DB9 serial port is about the same as
you would get from a TNC2 in normal conversational mode, plus GPS
passthrough from the dedicated GPS port ala KPC3+. <br>
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You can even live dangerously and command the D700 into KISS mode, but
your external device must be really fast on the draw to accept data as
soon as it appears, in order to avoid the dreaded KISS overrun from a
far-too-small buffer in the '700s internal TNC. <br>
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Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com <br>
EchoLink Node: 14400 [Think bottom of the 2M band]<br>
Home Page: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.com">http://wa8lmf.com</a> --OR-- <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net">http://wa8lmf.net</a><br>
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NEW! TNC Test CD<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/TNCtest">http://wa8lmf.net/TNCtest</a> <br>
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JavAPRS Filter Port 14580 Guide <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/JAVaprsFilters.htm">http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/JAVaprsFilters.htm</a><br>
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"APRS 101" Explanation of APRS Path Selection & Digipeating <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths">http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths</a> <br>
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Updated "Rev G" APRS <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs">http://wa8lmf.net/aprs</a><br>
Symbols Set for UI-View, <br>
UIpoint and APRSplus:<br>
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