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Robert Bruninga wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I have been transmitting club meetings and swapmeet
info as bulletins with the APRS Bulletin plugin
for UI-View that automates the transmission of
announcements...
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Can you elaborate a bit on the timing. You mentioned the
setting of the start and stop times. I wonder what kind or
refresh rate the program uses.. And what kind of path. Is the
path the same as the regular setting of the Uiview client, or
something special just for the bulletins? Also, does this
include objects?
Thanks
Bob, WB4APR
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The application, "APRS Events", is available from M0CYP's UI-View
add-on pages at:<br>
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<<a href="http://www.apritch.myby.co.uk/addon_misc.htm#aprsevents">http://www.apritch.myby.co.uk/addon_misc.htm#aprsevents</a>><br>
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It actually doesn't depend on UI-View or it's settings at all. It is
a standalone application that uses the AGW Packet Engine as an
interface to access one or more TNCs. You specify a callsign and path
completely independently of UI-View. <br>
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Currently at my station, AGWpe is arbitrating access to both the HF and
VHF ports of a classic original KAM, and access to a second KPC3+. It
allows 4 copies of UI-View, UI-Traffic Monitor, UI-Network Analysis and
APRS Events to access/share both TNCs. <br>
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APRS Events is controlled by a text file "APRSevents.csv" that contains
lines like these (these are single lines that may wrap in email):<br>
<br>
#2008-07-11 15:05:00#,#2008-07-12 10:00:00#,"Inland Empire ARC
Swapmeeet 8AM Sat - Cable Airport in Upland",28<br>
<br>
#2008-07-21 15:05:00#,#2008-07-22 21:00:00#,"Pasadena ARC Meeting
7:00 PM Tuesday at Kaiser in Pasadena",28<br>
<br>
#2008-07-25 15:05:00#,#2008-07-26 10:00:00#,"TRW Swapmeet Saturday
8:00 AM Manhattan Beach",28<br>
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The final set of digits is the repetition rate in minutes. I purposely
set the rep rate slightly faster than 30 minutes so that if my
"half-hourly" beacons happened to coincide with someone else's, the
beacons would gradually drift out of phase over time. </font><font face="Arial">The application has a fill-in template to add events,
but the user interface is so clumsy and erratic when it comes to
editing existing events that I find it easier to edit the .CSV file
directly outside of UI Events. (On most Windows systems with MS Office
installed, double-clicking the APRSevents.csv file makes it open in an
Excel spreadsheet where it is neatly columnated and easy to edit. )</font><br>
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The application is hardwired to transmit in bulletin format. (I wish
it could transmit objects as well -- perhaps in a future revision it
will). It stores it's own path and originating callsign independent of
any other application using AGWpe. <br>
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I have set a single-hop path using the actual callsign of a single
digipeater (N6EX-1) that covers the area of interest (the San Gabriel
Valley -- the area between 5 and 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles
that includes Pasadena, Alhambra, Monterey Park, Arcadia, Monrovia,
El Monte, etc). This avoids setting off 4 or 5 digipeaters all over
the greater Los Angeles basin simultaneously with the generic WIDE2-2
path normally used around here.<br>
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--<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
NEW! World Digipeater Map<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/APRSmaps">http://wa8lmf.net/APRSmaps</a><br>
<br>
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>
<br>
"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>
<br>
Updated "Rev H" 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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