[nos-bbs] JNOS / WINLINK / AX25

[Sky]

Yeah, but I was afraid it was a stupid question in the first place.

What is the JNOS Winlink client? I'm not seeing this in the JNOS manual.

I see a mention on http://hb1bbs.com/HB3NOS-Jnos/ that JNOS can pick up message from a Winlink server, so I'm already thinking the pieces are in place.

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Honestly the most ideal option is I want to drop a message into JNOS via SMTP and have it go out to the WINLINK system. I prefer not to have a special client just for WINLINK.

—Sky



> On Jun 3, 2021, at 7:51 AM, M Langelaar <maiko at pcsinternet.ca> wrote:
> 
> Might as well chime in, it's been over a day and a half, heard nothing (on list) ...
> 
> 
>> 
>> SCENARIO #1 an AX25 client connecting via JNOS
>> 
>> Can JNOS “publish” an AX25 service that other apps on the computer could connect to and use?
>> Just a service available on a unix port would be perfect.
>> 
> 
> I've thought of a handshake system where apps could negotiate with JNOS to auto configure
> available AX25 ports, but never got to it, not sure if that even exists with any ham radio software,
> and if so, what RFC (or standard) is in use for universality ?
> 
> In the literal context, I would say no. We only have ax25 over ip, ax25 over udp, which
> requires manual setup on both ends. It would be nice to see what others say on this.
>> 
>> This would let JNOS control the TNC and not have to share
>> 
> Understood.
> 
>> 
>> a third-party app to connect to JNOS to get to and from the radio. So I could use Pat or Outpost and just
>> configure that app to know where to find the AX25 interface.
>> 
> That almost implies Pat or Outpost has a means of asking for an ax25 interface. Can you give
> specifics on how it does this ?
> 
>> 
>> SCENARIO #2 write a WINLINK client that uses JNOS
>> 
>> I know I could write Python scripts to connect to JNOS, authenticate and send/receive WINLINK protocol. My current Python scripts do that in a sense, as they connect to JNOS on 192.168.2.2 and then use JNOS to connect to a remote BBS and send and receive mail. My system does this dozens of times every day. Writing a WINLINK client in Python would take me a few days, but I wonder what other people think of this approach. (I have already tested connecting to 192.168.2.2 JNOS and then issuing commands to talk to a WINLINK station and issue commands, and all of that works just fine.)
>> 
> You do realize JNOS has a Winlink (CMS Service) Client already and supports multiple 'accounts' ?
> 
> What is it in Python you need JNOS to do then ?
> 
> Maiko / VE4KLM
> 
> 
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