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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Well, I don’t think getting these
barcode scanners up and running on DOSAPRS would be all too difficult, except
maybe for the “me” generation appliance op that never has
configured DOS.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>But here’s another novel idea I’ve
never heard suggested before.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The barcode scanners have a PCMCIA slot,
as do a LOT of similar</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Devices, as well as almost all fairly
modern laptops. If we had a</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>PC-Card based TNC it would be trivial to
turn almost any of these</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Devices into a full fledged APRS client.
All you’d need would be an</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>HT or other external radio, easily
interfaced by a simple dongle.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Anyone out there considered a Type-II PC
Card TNC?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>There used to be a 1 and 4-port ISA TNC
card, but it never really</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Caught on because it was introduced just
about the time PCI showed up.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Scott – any interest in packaging a TinkTrak
into PC Card form factor?</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Ken Cechura<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, February 27, 2007
17:21<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'TAPR APRS Mailing List'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [aprssig] barcodes, etc.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ok, heres a response to what ive
gotten so far...</span></font></p>
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shameless plug for my eBay item, but..." </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Don't hesitate too much, but i'm not
smart enough to make it work (well, maybe i am, but i'm a little too busy
right now)... I'm looking for something fairly simple that will work
immediately with a TNC and radio or D700. I'm not overly concerned with a
"you need a TNC2 or better" type caveat, so long as it's not
"you need a D700, period" - now i will say, having a bunch of tracker
type devices might not be a bad thing, the problem is getting enough of them on
a budget...</span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I AM looking for something that can show the data at
a glance... so i will most likely need a custom GUI...</span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>AT A GLANCE, I want to be able to tell:</span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"I have 4 competitors on stage 1 (checked in,
not checked out)"</span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"I have 12 competitors in transit between stage
1 and stage 2"</span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"I have 7 competitors on stage 2"</span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"I have 20 competitors in transit to service
from stage 2"</span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>or </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"I lost 2 competitors in service (they're still
there after a long time)"</span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I really don't need it to be REAL TIME, and the
clocks that we use don't put out data (that i know), so it's more of a crude
tracking system.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>the problem with "retries" might be an
issue. As far as "connected" mode, we would need to be able to
connect 6 - 8 stations to net control.... though this might allow stations to
connect through other stations within range, and might eliminate the need for
digipeaters, so long as we had 50W radios..... right?</span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I was considering using a PIC or similar
microcontroller to conver the barcode scanner data (usually PS/2 type data) to
a packet, adding stuff (callsign, tactical call, etc.) and sending
it.... the nice thing about this would be that i could have a set of
interfaces or trackers for the entire event, give a crew (we worked stage 9 and
14, so i would have start 9 and finish 14 in my kit) both units, and swap them
out per the stage i'm working.</span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>so many ideas... so little expertise in my head....</span></font></p>
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