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Kent Hufford wrote:
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<pre wrap="">"Echolink node is supposed to show up on APRS maps with their freq." WHO is
supposed to do this?
Kent
KQ4KK
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>From the help system for the "RF Info" tab of the Echolink "Sysop
Settings..." dialog:<br>
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"The RF Info tab is used to provide information about your link which
may be helpful to nearby stations trying to locate it. EchoLink
includes an implementation of the Automatic Voice Reporting System
(AVRS), which uses the APRS® network and protocols to disseminate
real-time information about VoIP links such as EchoLink nodes. This
feature was developed in collaboration with Bob Bruninga, WB4APR. The
program also provides a mechanism for collecting and displaying this
information on the Web, as an adjunct to APRS.<br>
<br>
If you wish to disseminate basic information about your simplex link,
or the repeater to which your repeater link is connected, you can enter
it here. By default, the information is transmitted to a central
database on the Internet upon startup, and again each time a station
connects or disconnects from your link. This information will be
displayable and searchable on the EchoLink Web site.<br>
<br>
If a packet TNC is connected to your computer, and the APRS option is
enabled, the same information will be sent periodically to local users
using APRS. Mobile stations equipped with APRS often have alphanumeric
displays which will show the location and status of your node, if they
in range of your APRS transmission or a nearby digipeater. Future APRS
software may include the ability to allow a mobile station to send a
general query for local EchoLink activity."<br>
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===== END QUOTE ====<br>
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This interface shows signs of being a one-time-and-then-forgotten
addition to Echolink. <br>
<br>
1) The help article cites the old.old .MIL domain adddress of
Bob's site for more APRS info - has never been updated. <br>
<br>
2) The configuration screen for the "RF Info" tab of the "Sysop
Settings..." dialog has the hardwired path choice of RELAY or WIDE or
RELAY,WIDE or DIRECT only from a pulldown list box. Nothing else can be
entered. No acknowledgment of the new n-N pathing whatsovever. <br>
<br>
3) The largest deficiency is that this scheme requires the full use
of a second serial port (the first one is used for keying the Echolink
radio and sensing it's squelch/COR) on the PC, and a DEDICATED
traditional command-mode TNC & radio to implement. <br>
<br>
Several years ago, I wrote a lengthy message to the Echolink author
urging him to interface to the AGW Packet Engine rather than the direct
hardware command interface of a classic TNC. This would be a far
better approach since it would allow you to share a single TNC/radio
with multiple applications ( i.e. run UIview, APRSplus, WinAPRS, UI
Traffic Analysis, APRS Emergency, UI Instant Messenger, etc.)
simultanously with the Echolink status reporting <br>
<br>
I have never heard a thing back. <br>
<br>
Further, there has not been a new version or update to Echolink for
about 2 years now. I wonder if the program is even being developed any
more. <br>
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WA8LMF -- EchoLink Node: WA8LMF or node # 14400 <br>
<br>
[Easy to remember -- think bottom of the 2M band]<br>
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--<br>
<br>
Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com <br>
Skype: WA8LMF<br>
Home Page: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net">http://wa8lmf.net</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>
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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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