Hello all,

First of all season greetings from Holland and the best wishes for 2008.

A very long time ago the project site of DIGI_NED went down due to an
ISP change. Now it is back! PE1MEW has build a new site at
http://pe1mew.nl/digi_ned/.

The DIGI_NED portal at http://www.qsl.net/digi_ned/ also redirects to
the new site now.

I als changed http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~pe1dnn/ and added links
the new site.

Kind regards

Henk - PE1DNN

Hi all,

I see on the SAR-APRS yahoogroup there is talk of SAR trackers using a path
of WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2,SAR7-7 so that they get handled OK by the normal digis and
if they are heard by a SAR digi it uses preemptive digipeating on the SAR7-7
path, ignoring the WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2 section of the path.

The 'SAR digis' are likely to be Tracker2 devices used as trackers and digis
simultaneously, carried by other SAR teams, or special digis used only for
SAR purposes.

I'm curious to know how to set up Digi_ned on my laptop to do preemptive
SARn-N digipeating.

73, David ZL3AI.


      
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On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:37:23 -0000, pa3gwh wrote:

>
>The problem is in the digipeater location line, it says 00020.69E,
>in my Digined.ini as well as my digibcon.ini, I have
>
>digi_pos: 5204.62N 00420.69E
>
>=5204.62N/00420.69E_PHG6220/DIGI_NED: LINUX for information send
>message to PA3GWH-2
>
>When I look at the maps, my location is spot on, BUT DX beacons are
>wrong... PI1FLD is about 67 KM away from me, my DX beacon claims it to
>be 31 KM.
>
>Am I missing something?


What version are you using? From:

http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~pe1dnn/Changes.txt

06-05-2007 version 0.3.9
- With the new GCC 4.x compiler a bug in extracting the location surfaced
   that was not noticable with older compilers. I have not seen the problem
   with DOS or Cygwin either, but is is definately a bug. This was found
   by Josh, AB9FT. Thanks Josh for reporting it!


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--- In digined@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Shorney" <jshorney@...> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:37:23 -0000, pa3gwh wrote:

You beat me to this one Jim.
I did a search through the messages and missed that one,
I just read it before I saw your answer. I'll check the version, but
I guess it's an old version HI

Thanks Jim

Richard PA3GWH
>
> >
> >The problem is in the digipeater location line, it says 00020.69E,
> >in my Digined.ini as well as my digibcon.ini, I have
> >
> >digi_pos: 5204.62N 00420.69E
> >
> >=5204.62N/00420.69E_PHG6220/DIGI_NED: LINUX for information send
> >message to PA3GWH-2
> >
> >When I look at the maps, my location is spot on, BUT DX beacons are
> >wrong... PI1FLD is about 67 KM away from me, my DX beacon claims it to
> >be 31 KM.
> >
> >Am I missing something?
>
>
> What version are you using? From:
>
> http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~pe1dnn/Changes.txt
>
> 06-05-2007 version 0.3.9
> - With the new GCC 4.x compiler a bug in extracting the location
surfaced
>   that was not noticable with older compilers. I have not seen the
problem
>   with DOS or Cygwin either, but is is definately a bug. This was found
>   by Josh, AB9FT. Thanks Josh for reporting it!
>
>
> --
> Jim Shorney      -->.<--Put complaints in this box
> jshorney (at) inebraska.com
> Ham Radio NU0C
> Lincoln, NE, USA
> EN10ps
> http://incolor.inetnebr.com/jshorney/
>

--- In digined@yahoogroups.com, "pa3gwh" <pa3gwh@...> wrote:

Yes, that was it, 0.3.9 fixes the problem.

Thanks for your reply Jim!!


Richard

> > What version are you using? From:
> >
> > http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~pe1dnn/Changes.txt
> >
> > 06-05-2007 version 0.3.9
> > - With the new GCC 4.x compiler a bug in extracting the location
> surfaced
> >   that was not noticable with older compilers. I have not seen the
> problem
> >   with DOS or Cygwin either, but is is definately a bug. This was
found
> >   by Josh, AB9FT. Thanks Josh for reporting it!
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jim Shorney      -->.<--Put complaints in this box
> > jshorney (at) inebraska.com
> > Ham Radio NU0C
> > Lincoln, NE, USA
> > EN10ps
> > http://incolor.inetnebr.com/jshorney/
> >
>

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:14:52 -0000, pa3gwh wrote:

>
>Yes, that was it, 0.3.9 fixes the problem.
>
>Thanks for your reply Jim!!

Glad I was able to help, Richard.


73

-Jim

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On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:28:32 -0800 (PST), David Fraser wrote:

>I see on the SAR-APRS yahoogroup there is talk of SAR trackers using a path
>of WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2,SAR7-7 so that they get handled OK by the normal digis and
>if they are heard by a SAR digi it uses preemptive digipeating on the SAR7-7
>path, ignoring the WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2 section of the path.
>
>I'm curious to know how to set up Digi_ned on my laptop to do preemptive
>SARn-N digipeating.

You need to create a set of rules in digi_ned.ini for SARn-N. The sample
rules for SSn-N digipeating may be a good place to start.



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EN10ps
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Hi again,

my newly compiled digi_ned 0.3.9 has a WX symbol on my Xastir map, I
can't seem to find where I can change the symbol that is transmitted.
0.3.8. used to be a D(igi) symbol, but I got that version as a
precompiled RPM, could this be hardcoded somewhere?

73 de Richard PA3GWH

--- In digined@yahoogroups.com, "pa3gwh" <pa3gwh@...> wrote:
>
> Hi again,

Never mind my last post, while struggling with the digi_pos problem
(see previous post) I changed the D between lat and long in
digibcon.ini to a /
Changed it back to a D and have the old symbol
back.

Sorry for the bandwidth ;-)

Richard PA3GWH

>
> my newly compiled digi_ned 0.3.9 has a WX symbol on my Xastir map, I
> can't seem to find where I can change the symbol that is transmitted.
> 0.3.8. used to be a D(igi) symbol, but I got that version as a
> precompiled RPM, could this be hardcoded somewhere?
>
> 73 de Richard PA3GWH
>

Hallo,

A lot of APRS pages link to my homepage for the DIGI_NED files, the
PocketAPRS maps of Europe or some THD7 stuff. There always have been 2
addresses to reach the homepages hosted by my povider, via
http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl and via http://home.hetnet.nl.

It looks my provider dropped the first as of February 28 2009, since
that day you get a 404 message instead of the page and I see that all
traffic has vanished.

Please update your links to my page if you want to make it work again,
the new adres is:

http://home.hetnet.nl/~pe1dnn

The portal at http://www.qsl.net/digi_ned/ (pointing to
http://pe1mew.nl/digi_ned/) can still be reached (but also needs to be
updated).

I don't know if my provider will re-enable
http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl or that it is permanently terminated.

Sorry for the inconvenience

Kind regards,

Henk - PE1DNN.

Hallo,

A lot of APRS pages link to my homepage for the DIGI_NED files, the
PocketAPRS maps of Europe or some THD7 stuff. There always have been 2
addresses to reach the homepages hosted by my povider, via
http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl and via http://home.hetnet.nl.

It looks my provider dropped the first as of February 28 2009, since
that day you get a 404 message instead of the page and I see that all
traffic has vanished.

Please update your links to my page if you want to make it work again,
the new adres is:

http://home.hetnet.nl/~pe1dnn

The portal at http://www.qsl.net/digi_ned/ (pointing to
http://pe1mew.nl/digi_ned/) can still be reached (but also needs to be
updated).

I don't know if my provider will re-enable
http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl or that it is permanently terminated.

Sorry for the inconvenience

Kind regards,

Henk - PE1DNN.

Hi All,

I have just updated the DIGI_NED website at
http://pe1mew.nl/digi_ned/. All the links have been altered and are
working again.

Have fun.

Cu, Remko.


--- In digined@yahoogroups.com, "hegr" <henk.de.groot@...> wrote:
>
> Hallo,
>

> The portal at http://www.qsl.net/digi_ned/ (pointing to
> http://pe1mew.nl/digi_ned/) can still be reached (but also needs to be
> updated).
>

Hello to the group,
I've had a digi on the air her in Seattle for a few years using a
Kantronics KPC 3+, and I would like to use a pc based system for a new
fill-in digi. I have looked through the archives on this group trying
to find help for a problem I am having. I'm an RF guy, not a computer
wiz, so forgive me if my question is out of line. I have downloaded
the "Digiflop" program, and when I run it to create the floppy to run
the program, it doesn't. I have tried it on my 286, on a Pentium and on
my laptop (Win XP). Can some one point me in the right direction? I
formatted the floppy as instructed in the text file. (format a: /U) I
would like to run this on my otherwise unused 286. I've got all the RF
stuff together (the easy part..for me anyway) I'm just stuck with the
software part.
Thanks for letting me join this group, and I hope I can help and be
helped too.
73, Tom N7OEP

Hello to the group,
I've had a digi on the air her in Seattle for a few years using a
Kantronics KPC 3+, and I would like to use a pc based system for a new
fill-in digi. I have looked through the archives on this group trying
to find help for a problem I am having. I'm an RF guy, not a computer
wiz, so forgive me if my question is out of line. I have downloaded
the "Digiflop" program, and when I run it to create the floppy to run
the program, it doesn't. I have tried it on my 286, on a Pentium and on
my laptop (Win XP). Can some one point me in the right direction? I
formatted the floppy as instructed in the text file. (format a: /U) I
would like to run this on my otherwise unused 286. I've got all the RF
stuff together (the easy part..for me anyway) I'm just stuck with the
software part.
Thanks for letting me join this group, and I hope I can help and be
helped too.
73, Tom N7OEP

Hi Tom..

I presume you went here...

http://home.hetnet.nl/~pe1dnn/#DIGI_NED

And got this...

The "DIGI_NED floppy 1.3 (0.3.5) self-extracting boot-disk image [400
kB]"

That will download Digiflop.zip.

You then need to extract the contents of that file using winzip or
similar, sounds like you did, as you say something about the
instructions that you'd have read from the included text file.

I put the contents of that zip file in a folder/directory of their own,
and then run Digiflop.exe from a command line (Start, All programs,
Accessories, Command line) at that location, with as you say a formatted
disk in A:, and you should get a bootable disk.

When you start a command line window in XP or 2k, you get what looks
like a DOS screen.   Most of the usual DOS commands work OK, so in my
case I extracted the contents of Digiflop.zip to C:\tmp\dned\

I've just tried it here, and even with Windows XP, and a USB Floppy
drive, running the extracted .exe did create a bootable floppy disk just
fine, just that I can't actualy boot from it at the moment, as this PC
does not support booting from USB drives.

Anyway, in the "Command line" window...

I entered the command C:\

Then CD \tmp\dned

I then did a DIR to make sure I was where I expected to be, then just
ran digiflop...

It asked me what drive to recreate the image to, I entered A   And it
just did it!


I did all that on a Windows XP laptop, and a with USB Floppy drive,
running the extracted .exe as above does appear to have created a
bootable floppy disk just fine.  At least it appears to have, it looks
OK with a DIR, but as above, I can't actualy boot it to be 100% sure,
but I have created Digined boot disks this way in the past, and they all
worked OK.


Perhaps you could give us some more details about the PC you were using,
and what version of DOS or Windows you were using, plus any messages
(error or otherwise) you got while trying all that.


Cheers.

Dave G0WBX.
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Hello Tom,

I'm Michael - KG7HQ and run DigiNed for the SEDRO digi on a 1998
vintage windows laptop. After reading the below, the question that
comes to mind is... Are you trying to boot and run from that floppy?
If so, you will require a bootable image installed on it. An example
would be to run the SYS command.

Sys is used to copy the system files from one drive to another drive,
allowing that drive to be bootable, i.e. SYS C: A:

Then all you need is to address the launching of DigiNed from the
autoexec.bat or better yet a separate batch file.

If not, then a fairly simple batch file will do the trick from a
dosprompt. BTW, I use DigiNed from the DOS mode which frees up memory
and seems to be very stable as I only reboot the system once a year to
check out the disk drive.

The SEDRO Digi is my very last Windows computer. When it gives out, I
have a Linux system waiting to go.

If you like to work offline with file and command structure, please
feel free to Email me direct at kg7hq@....

Michael - KG7HQ


--- In digined@yahoogroups.com, "n7oep" <tom.saunders@...> wrote:
>
>
> Hello to the group,
> I've had a digi on the air her in Seattle for a few years using a
> Kantronics KPC 3+, and I would like to use a pc based system for a new
> fill-in digi. I have looked through the archives on this group trying
> to find help for a problem I am having. I'm an RF guy, not a computer
> wiz, so forgive me if my question is out of line. I have downloaded
> the "Digiflop" program, and when I run it to create the floppy to run
> the program, it doesn't. I have tried it on my 286, on a Pentium and on
> my laptop (Win XP). Can some one point me in the right direction? I
> formatted the floppy as instructed in the text file. (format a: /U) I
> would like to run this on my otherwise unused 286. I've got all the RF
> stuff together (the easy part..for me anyway) I'm just stuck with the
> software part.
> Thanks for letting me join this group, and I hope I can help and be
> helped too.
> 73, Tom N7OEP
>

Hi Dave,
thanks for the quick reply. I was trying to run the software on DOS on my 286
PC. I'll investigate further.

Tom Saunders
Comm Tech, City of Seattle
Amateur Radio Station N7OEP
206.384.1604

>>> Dave Lewis <ke7auw@...> 3/18/2008 1:06 AM >>>
The only one in the Pacific Northwest running Digi_Ned on Windows is I believe
NBDIGI.
   Everyone one else is using a Linux kernel.  N7BCP at G MAIL DOT COM. and you
may find your answer.

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Tom Saunders
Comm Tech, City of Seattle
Amateur Radio Station N7OEP
206.384.1604

>>> "Dave Baxter" <dave@...> 3/18/2008 2:21 AM >>>
Hi Tom..

>I presume you went here...

>http://home.hetnet.nl/~pe1dnn/#DIGI_NED

Yes....

>And got this...

>The "DIGI_NED floppy 1.3 (0.3.5) self-extracting boot-disk image [400
>kB]"

Yes...

>That will download Digiflop.zip.

Yes, did that.

>You then need to extract the contents of that file using winzip or
>similar, sounds like you did, as you say something about the
>instructions that you'd have read from the included text file.

Yep..did that too....

>I put the contents of that zip file in a folder/directory of their own,
>and then run Digiflop.exe from a command line (Start, All programs,
>Accessories, Command line) at that location, with as you say a formatted
>disk in A:, and you should get a bootable disk.

Yes, that is what I tried, but it didn't write anything to the floppy.
I am running DOS (5 point something, I'll look tonight) on the 286

The digiflop.exe started, asked for the destination drive, which I entered (A:)
and it seemed to have tried to do something, but the floopy drive didn't spin
and nothing is on the disc when I try a:dir

>When you start a command line window in XP or 2k, you get what looks
>like a DOS screen.   Most of the usual DOS commands work OK, so in my
>case I extracted the contents of Digiflop.zip to C:\tmp\dned

Running DOS...

>I've just tried it here, and even with Windows XP, and a USB Floppy
>drive, running the extracted .exe did create a bootable floppy disk just
>fine, just that I can't actualy boot from it at the moment, as this PC
>does not support booting from USB drives.

>Anyway, in the "Command line" window...

>I entered the command C:\

>Then CD \tmp\dned

>I then did a DIR to make sure I was where I expected to be, then just
>ran digiflop...

>It asked me what drive to recreate the image to, I entered A   And it
>just did it!

This is where my trouble starts, after I type in the destination drive, nothing
happens on that drive.

>I did all that on a Windows XP laptop, and a with USB Floppy drive,
>running the extracted .exe as above does appear to have created a
>bootable floppy disk just fine.  At least it appears to have, it looks
>OK with a DIR, but as above, I can't actualy boot it to be 100% sure,
>but I have created Digined boot disks this way in the past, and they all
>worked OK.


>Perhaps you could give us some more details about the PC you were using,
>and what version of DOS or Windows you were using, plus any messages
>(error or otherwise) you got while trying all that.

I will try again tonight and record exactly what transpires.


>Cheers.

>Dave G0WBX.

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Tom Saunders
Comm Tech, City of Seattle
Amateur Radio Station N7OEP
206.384.1604

>>> "kg7hq" <kg7hq@...> 3/18/2008 3:52 AM >>>
>Hello Tom,

>I'm Michael - KG7HQ and run DigiNed for the SEDRO digi on a 1998
>vintage windows laptop. After reading the below, the question that
>comes to mind is... Are you trying to boot and run from that floppy?
>If so, you will require a bootable image installed on it. An example
>would be to run the SYS command.

The instructions said to format a 1.44 meg floppy using the command "format a:
/U" which is what I did. then I >unzipped the digiflop.zip and extracted 2
files. First file is digiflop.exe, second is a text file with instructions on
creating the floppy to boot from. It is in creating that floppy where I'm having
trouble. I ran digiflop.exe and it asked for the drive where the floppy I just
formatted was. (a:). Then nothing happened with the drive. I'll have to look
again tonight and see what actually happens (message on the screen).

>Sys is used to copy the system files from one drive to another drive,
>allowing that drive to be bootable, i.e. SYS C: A:

>Then all you need is to address the launching of DigiNed from the
>autoexec.bat or better yet a separate batch file.

>If not, then a fairly simple batch file will do the trick from a
>dosprompt. BTW, I use DigiNed from the DOS mode which frees up memory
>and seems to be very stable as I only reboot the system once a year to
>check out the disk drive.

>The SEDRO Digi is my very last Windows computer. When it gives out, I
>have a Linux system waiting to go.

>If you like to work offline with file and command structure, please
>feel free to Email me direct at kg7hq@....

>Michael - KG7HQ

Thanks for the reply and I'll get back with more info tonight.

Question...

When you extracted the files from the zip, were did you extract them to?
Folder on local hard drive (correct) or the floppy?  (incorrect)

Sorry, but I have to ask...  :-)

Also, what is the exact make/model of the 286 machine you're using?
Only ask, as in the dim and distant past I do remember some early 286's
had some strange things set in the bios re floppy drives (swapping A/B,
sector zero protection etc)

Make sure your PC you use to run Digiflop has true 1.44 (High Density!)
floppy drives and that it recognises them as such. (two corner holes,
one with a movable write enable flag)

I know (cos I tried) that Digiflop.exe does not work with 720k
drives....   Even though the image it creates is only 720k in size (I
just looked)...   It just sit's there.   Sounds sort of similar to your
experience...

Also, the boot files are on there after the creation, so you should not
need to do a SYS command.  In fact, that could be counter productive on
some systems.

Cheers.

Dave G0WBX.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: digined@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:digined@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Saunders
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:07 PM
> To: digined@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [digined] Re: Homepage PE1DNN moved
>
> Replies embedded...
>
> Tom Saunders
> Comm Tech, City of Seattle
> Amateur Radio Station N7OEP
> 206.384.1604
>
> >>> "Dave Baxter" <dave@...> 3/18/2008 2:21 AM >>>
> Hi Tom..
>
> >I presume you went here...
>
> >http://home.hetnet.nl/~pe1dnn/#DIGI_NED
>
> Yes....
>
> >And got this...
>
> >The "DIGI_NED floppy 1.3 (0.3.5) self-extracting boot-disk
> image [400
> >kB]"
>
> Yes...
>
> >That will download Digiflop.zip.
>
> Yes, did that.
>
> >You then need to extract the contents of that file using winzip or
> >similar, sounds like you did, as you say something about the
> >instructions that you'd have read from the included text file.
>
> Yep..did that too....
>
> >I put the contents of that zip file in a folder/directory of
> their own,
> >and then run Digiflop.exe from a command line (Start, All programs,
> >Accessories, Command line) at that location, with as you say a
> >formatted disk in A:, and you should get a bootable disk.
>
> Yes, that is what I tried, but it didn't write anything to the floppy.
> I am running DOS (5 point something, I'll look tonight) on the 286
>
> The digiflop.exe started, asked for the destination drive,
> which I entered (A:) and it seemed to have tried to do
> something, but the floopy drive didn't spin and nothing is on
> the disc when I try a:dir
>
> >When you start a command line window in XP or 2k, you get what looks
> >like a DOS screen.   Most of the usual DOS commands work OK, so in my
> >case I extracted the contents of Digiflop.zip to C:\tmp\dned
>
> Running DOS...
>
> >I've just tried it here, and even with Windows XP, and a USB Floppy
> >drive, running the extracted .exe did create a bootable floppy disk
> >just fine, just that I can't actualy boot from it at the moment, as
> >this PC does not support booting from USB drives.
>
> >Anyway, in the "Command line" window...
>
> >I entered the command C:\
>
> >Then CD \tmp\dned
>
> >I then did a DIR to make sure I was where I expected to be,
> then just
> >ran digiflop...
>
> >It asked me what drive to recreate the image to, I entered A   And it
> >just did it!
>
> This is where my trouble starts, after I type in the
> destination drive, nothing happens on that drive.
>
> >I did all that on a Windows XP laptop, and a with USB Floppy drive,
> >running the extracted .exe as above does appear to have created a
> >bootable floppy disk just fine.  At least it appears to
> have, it looks
> >OK with a DIR, but as above, I can't actualy boot it to be
> 100% sure,
> >but I have created Digined boot disks this way in the past, and they
> >all worked OK.
>
>
> >Perhaps you could give us some more details about the PC you were
> >using, and what version of DOS or Windows you were using, plus any
> >messages (error or otherwise) you got while trying all that.
>
> I will try again tonight and record exactly what transpires.
>
>
> >Cheers.
>
> >Dave G0WBX.
>
>
>
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Hi Dave,
I extracted the files to the hard drive. Then I ran the .exe. I tried doing the
same on 2 other PC's one running windows 95 and my laptop running XP sp2. I get
the same results, program asks which destination drive and ...... nothing.

The 286 is a Leading Edge D2 something or other, I will post more tonight from
home.

The 3.5 inch drive is 720k/1.44m


Tom Saunders
Comm Tech, City of Seattle
Amateur Radio Station N7OEP
206.384.1604

>>> "Dave Baxter" <dave@...> 3/18/2008 8:51 AM >>>
Question...

When you extracted the files from the zip, were did you extract them to?
Folder on local hard drive (correct) or the floppy?  (incorrect)

Sorry, but I have to ask...  :-)

Also, what is the exact make/model of the 286 machine you're using?
Only ask, as in the dim and distant past I do remember some early 286's
had some strange things set in the bios re floppy drives (swapping A/B,
sector zero protection etc)

Make sure your PC you use to run Digiflop has true 1.44 (High Density!)
floppy drives and that it recognises them as such. (two corner holes,
one with a movable write enable flag)

I know (cos I tried) that Digiflop.exe does not work with 720k
drives....   Even though the image it creates is only 720k in size (I
just looked)...   It just sit's there.   Sounds sort of similar to your
experience...

Also, the boot files are on there after the creation, so you should not
need to do a SYS command.  In fact, that could be counter productive on
some systems.

Cheers.

Dave G0WBX.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: digined@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:digined@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Saunders
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:07 PM
> To: digined@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [digined] Re: Homepage PE1DNN moved
>
> Replies embedded...
>
> Tom Saunders
> Comm Tech, City of Seattle
> Amateur Radio Station N7OEP
> 206.384.1604
>
> >>> "Dave Baxter" <dave@...> 3/18/2008 2:21 AM >>>
> Hi Tom..
>
> >I presume you went here...
>
> >http://home.hetnet.nl/~pe1dnn/#DIGI_NED
>
> Yes....
>
> >And got this...
>
> >The "DIGI_NED floppy 1.3 (0.3.5) self-extracting boot-disk
> image [400
> >kB]"
>
> Yes...
>
> >That will download Digiflop.zip.
>
> Yes, did that.
>
> >You then need to extract the contents of that file using winzip or
> >similar, sounds like you did, as you say something about the
> >instructions that you'd have read from the included text file.
>
> Yep..did that too....
>
> >I put the contents of that zip file in a folder/directory of
> their own,
> >and then run Digiflop.exe from a command line (Start, All programs,
> >Accessories, Command line) at that location, with as you say a
> >formatted disk in A:, and you should get a bootable disk.
>
> Yes, that is what I tried, but it didn't write anything to the floppy.
> I am running DOS (5 point something, I'll look tonight) on the 286
>
> The digiflop.exe started, asked for the destination drive,
> which I entered (A:) and it seemed to have tried to do
> something, but the floopy drive didn't spin and nothing is on
> the disc when I try a:dir
>
> >When you start a command line window in XP or 2k, you get what looks
> >like a DOS screen.   Most of the usual DOS commands work OK, so in my
> >case I extracted the contents of Digiflop.zip to C:\tmp\dned
>
> Running DOS...
>
> >I've just tried it here, and even with Windows XP, and a USB Floppy
> >drive, running the extracted .exe did create a bootable floppy disk
> >just fine, just that I can't actualy boot from it at the moment, as
> >this PC does not support booting from USB drives.
>
> >Anyway, in the "Command line" window...
>
> >I entered the command C:\
>
> >Then CD \tmp\dned
>
> >I then did a DIR to make sure I was where I expected to be,
> then just
> >ran digiflop...
>
> >It asked me what drive to recreate the image to, I entered A   And it
> >just did it!
>
> This is where my trouble starts, after I type in the
> destination drive, nothing happens on that drive.
>
> >I did all that on a Windows XP laptop, and a with USB Floppy drive,
> >running the extracted .exe as above does appear to have created a
> >bootable floppy disk just fine.  At least it appears to
> have, it looks
> >OK with a DIR, but as above, I can't actualy boot it to be
> 100% sure,
> >but I have created Digined boot disks this way in the past, and they
> >all worked OK.
>
>
> >Perhaps you could give us some more details about the PC you were
> >using, and what version of DOS or Windows you were using, plus any
> >messages (error or otherwise) you got while trying all that.
>
> I will try again tonight and record exactly what transpires.
>
>
> >Cheers.
>
> >Dave G0WBX.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
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Hi Tom,

Once you get it setup and working, you will see how great it runs.

I copied the files to a 8 meg Compact flash card, and I'm using one of
those compact flash to IDE adapters in our local digi here. It has run
24/7 for nearly 2 years and the only trouble I have ever had is once
in a blue moon I will have to reset the tnc as it locks up (maybe
twice a year at the most), but I have never had to reset the pc for
any reason. I'm sure mother nature and/or the electric company has
booted it plenty of times though as I have no ups or battery backup on it.

I'm not sure what causes the tnc lockup but I suspect either a power
outage where the tnc powers on immediately upon restoration, and the
by the time the pc gets all the way up and running and talking to the
tnc, the buffer fills up with traffic? or it's a really quick power
surge and the pc does not reboot, but the tnc just locks up. I'm using
  a MFJ tnc with a kiss eprom, so I know it isn't dropping out of kiss
mode.

Here is the digi on findu that runs digi_ned locally:
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?call=jacktn

Hope you get it running the way you want.
Richard
KB4YTM

--- In digined@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Saunders" <tom.saunders@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Dave,
> I extracted the files to the hard drive. Then I ran the .exe. I
tried doing the same on 2 other PC's one running windows 95 and my
laptop running XP sp2. I get the same results, program asks which
destination drive and ...... nothing.
>
> The 286 is a Leading Edge D2 something or other, I will post more
tonight from home.
>
> The 3.5 inch drive is 720k/1.44m
>
>
> Tom Saunders
> Comm Tech, City of Seattle
> Amateur Radio Station N7OEP
> 206.384.1604
>
> >>> "Dave Baxter" <dave@...> 3/18/2008 8:51 AM >>>
> Question...
>
> When you extracted the files from the zip, were did you extract them to?
> Folder on local hard drive (correct) or the floppy?  (incorrect)
>
> Sorry, but I have to ask...  :-)
>
> Also, what is the exact make/model of the 286 machine you're using?
> Only ask, as in the dim and distant past I do remember some early 286's
> had some strange things set in the bios re floppy drives (swapping A/B,
> sector zero protection etc)
>
> Make sure your PC you use to run Digiflop has true 1.44 (High Density!)
> floppy drives and that it recognises them as such. (two corner holes,
> one with a movable write enable flag)
>
> I know (cos I tried) that Digiflop.exe does not work with 720k
> drives....   Even though the image it creates is only 720k in size (I
> just looked)...   It just sit's there.   Sounds sort of similar to your
> experience...
>
> Also, the boot files are on there after the creation, so you should not
> need to do a SYS command.  In fact, that could be counter productive on
> some systems.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Dave G0WBX.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: digined@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:digined@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Saunders
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:07 PM
> > To: digined@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RE: [digined] Re: Homepage PE1DNN moved
> >
> > Replies embedded...
> >
> > Tom Saunders
> > Comm Tech, City of Seattle
> > Amateur Radio Station N7OEP
> > 206.384.1604
> >
> > >>> "Dave Baxter" <dave@...> 3/18/2008 2:21 AM >>>
> > Hi Tom..
> >
> > >I presume you went here...
> >
> > >http://home.hetnet.nl/~pe1dnn/#DIGI_NED
> >
> > Yes....
> >
> > >And got this...
> >
> > >The "DIGI_NED floppy 1.3 (0.3.5) self-extracting boot-disk
> > image [400
> > >kB]"
> >
> > Yes...
> >
> > >That will download Digiflop.zip.
> >
> > Yes, did that.
> >
> > >You then need to extract the contents of that file using winzip or
> > >similar, sounds like you did, as you say something about the
> > >instructions that you'd have read from the included text file.
> >
> > Yep..did that too....
> >
> > >I put the contents of that zip file in a folder/directory of
> > their own,
> > >and then run Digiflop.exe from a command line (Start, All programs,
> > >Accessories, Command line) at that location, with as you say a
> > >formatted disk in A:, and you should get a bootable disk.
> >
> > Yes, that is what I tried, but it didn't write anything to the floppy.
> > I am running DOS (5 point something, I'll look tonight) on the 286
> >
> > The digiflop.exe started, asked for the destination drive,
> > which I entered (A:) and it seemed to have tried to do
> > something, but the floopy drive didn't spin and nothing is on
> > the disc when I try a:dir
> >
> > >When you start a command line window in XP or 2k, you get what looks
> > >like a DOS screen.   Most of the usual DOS commands work OK, so in my
> > >case I extracted the contents of Digiflop.zip to C:\tmp\dned
> >
> > Running DOS...
> >
> > >I've just tried it here, and even with Windows XP, and a USB Floppy
> > >drive, running the extracted .exe did create a bootable floppy disk
> > >just fine, just that I can't actualy boot from it at the moment, as
> > >this PC does not support booting from USB drives.
> >
> > >Anyway, in the "Command line" window...
> >
> > >I entered the command C:\
> >
> > >Then CD \tmp\dned
> >
> > >I then did a DIR to make sure I was where I expected to be,
> > then just
> > >ran digiflop...
> >
> > >It asked me what drive to recreate the image to, I entered A   And it
> > >just did it!
> >
> > This is where my trouble starts, after I type in the
> > destination drive, nothing happens on that drive.
> >
> > >I did all that on a Windows XP laptop, and a with USB Floppy drive,
> > >running the extracted .exe as above does appear to have created a
> > >bootable floppy disk just fine.  At least it appears to
> > have, it looks
> > >OK with a DIR, but as above, I can't actualy boot it to be
> > 100% sure,
> > >but I have created Digined boot disks this way in the past, and they
> > >all worked OK.
> >
> >
> > >Perhaps you could give us some more details about the PC you were
> > >using, and what version of DOS or Windows you were using, plus any
> > >messages (error or otherwise) you got while trying all that.
> >
> > I will try again tonight and record exactly what transpires.
> >
> >
> > >Cheers.
> >
> > >Dave G0WBX.
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> This mail has been scanned by Palmer Cook Computer Services Limited.
  www.palmercook.co.uk
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>

Hi Richard,
Thanks for the info. I seem to have solved the disc issue. Discs formatted on my
laptop wouldn't work on my 286. Also thanks to Dave (G0WBX) mentioning the A/B
drive being mishandled by some 286s, I paid more attention to the drives than
the screen, and found the machine kept trying to write to my 5 1/4 inch drive
(a) even when specifying b or even c. Reconfigured my drives to swap the a/b and
behold with a floppy formatted on the reconfigured 286, it worked! Now, I have
to get the com ports reconfigured to talk to the tnc. Gosh this is such fun!
I also need to read up on the settings so I enter things correctly (call sign,
alias, paths etc)
Anyway, I'm making progress thanks to all the help I've received here.


Tom Saunders
Comm Tech, City of Seattle
Amateur Radio Station N7OEP
206.384.1604

>>> "KB4YTM" <kb4ytm@...> 3/18/2008 3:59 PM >>>
Hi Tom,

Once you get it setup and working, you will see how great it runs.

I copied the files to a 8 meg Compact flash card, and I'm using one of
those compact flash to IDE adapters in our local digi here. It has run
24/7 for nearly 2 years and the only trouble I have ever had is once
in a blue moon I will have to reset the tnc as it locks up (maybe
twice a year at the most), but I have never had to reset the pc for
any reason. I'm sure mother nature and/or the electric company has
booted it plenty of times though as I have no ups or battery backup on it.

I'm not sure what causes the tnc lockup but I suspect either a power
outage where the tnc powers on immediately upon restoration, and the
by the time the pc gets all the way up and running and talking to the
tnc, the buffer fills up with traffic? or it's a really quick power
surge and the pc does not reboot, but the tnc just locks up. I'm using
  a MFJ tnc with a kiss eprom, so I know it isn't dropping out of kiss
mode.

Here is the digi on findu that runs digi_ned locally:
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?call=jacktn

Hope you get it running the way you want.
Richard
KB4YTM

--- In digined@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Saunders" <tom.saunders@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Dave,
> I extracted the files to the hard drive. Then I ran the .exe. I
tried doing the same on 2 other PC's one running windows 95 and my
laptop running XP sp2. I get the same results, program asks which
destination drive and ...... nothing.
>
> The 286 is a Leading Edge D2 something or other, I will post more
tonight from home.
>
> The 3.5 inch drive is 720k/1.44m
>
>
> Tom Saunders
> Comm Tech, City of Seattle
> Amateur Radio Station N7OEP
> 206.384.1604
>
> >>> "Dave Baxter" <dave@...> 3/18/2008 8:51 AM >>>
> Question...
>
> When you extracted the files from the zip, were did you extract them to?
> Folder on local hard drive (correct) or the floppy?  (incorrect)
>
> Sorry, but I have to ask...  :-)
>
> Also, what is the exact make/model of the 286 machine you're using?
> Only ask, as in the dim and distant past I do remember some early 286's
> had some strange things set in the bios re floppy drives (swapping A/B,
> sector zero protection etc)
>
> Make sure your PC you use to run Digiflop has true 1.44 (High Density!)
> floppy drives and that it recognises them as such. (two corner holes,
> one with a movable write enable flag)
>
> I know (cos I tried) that Digiflop.exe does not work with 720k
> drives....   Even though the image it creates is only 720k in size (I
> just looked)...   It just sit's there.   Sounds sort of similar to your
> experience...
>
> Also, the boot files are on there after the creation, so you should not
> need to do a SYS command.  In fact, that could be counter productive on
> some systems.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Dave G0WBX.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: digined@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:digined@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Saunders
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:07 PM
> > To: digined@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RE: [digined] Re: Homepage PE1DNN moved
> >
> > Replies embedded...
> >
> > Tom Saunders
> > Comm Tech, City of Seattle
> > Amateur Radio Station N7OEP
> > 206.384.1604
> >
> > >>> "Dave Baxter" <dave@...> 3/18/2008 2:21 AM >>>
> > Hi Tom..
> >
> > >I presume you went here...
> >
> > >http://home.hetnet.nl/~pe1dnn/#DIGI_NED
> >
> > Yes....
> >
> > >And got this...
> >
> > >The "DIGI_NED floppy 1.3 (0.3.5) self-extracting boot-disk
> > image [400
> > >kB]"
> >
> > Yes...
> >
> > >That will download Digiflop.zip.
> >
> > Yes, did that.
> >
> > >You then need to extract the contents of that file using winzip or
> > >similar, sounds like you did, as you say something about the
> > >instructions that you'd have read from the included text file.
> >
> > Yep..did that too....
> >
> > >I put the contents of that zip file in a folder/directory of
> > their own,
> > >and then run Digiflop.exe from a command line (Start, All programs,
> > >Accessories, Command line) at that location, with as you say a
> > >formatted disk in A:, and you should get a bootable disk.
> >
> > Yes, that is what I tried, but it didn't write anything to the floppy.
> > I am running DOS (5 point something, I'll look tonight) on the 286
> >
> > The digiflop.exe started, asked for the destination drive,
> > which I entered (A:) and it seemed to have tried to do
> > something, but the floopy drive didn't spin and nothing is on
> > the disc when I try a:dir
> >
> > >When you start a command line window in XP or 2k, you get what looks
> > >like a DOS screen.   Most of the usual DOS commands work OK, so in my
> > >case I extracted the contents of Digiflop.zip to C:\tmp\dned
> >
> > Running DOS...
> >
> > >I've just tried it here, and even with Windows XP, and a USB Floppy
> > >drive, running the extracted .exe did create a bootable floppy disk
> > >just fine, just that I can't actualy boot from it at the moment, as
> > >this PC does not support booting from USB drives.
> >
> > >Anyway, in the "Command line" window...
> >
> > >I entered the command C:\
> >
> > >Then CD \tmp\dned
> >
> > >I then did a DIR to make sure I was where I expected to be,
> > then just
> > >ran digiflop...
> >
> > >It asked me what drive to recreate the image to, I entered A   And it
> > >just did it!
> >
> > This is where my trouble starts, after I type in the
> > destination drive, nothing happens on that drive.
> >
> > >I did all that on a Windows XP laptop, and a with USB Floppy drive,
> > >running the extracted .exe as above does appear to have created a
> > >bootable floppy disk just fine.  At least it appears to
> > have, it looks
> > >OK with a DIR, but as above, I can't actualy boot it to be
> > 100% sure,
> > >but I have created Digined boot disks this way in the past, and they
> > >all worked OK.
> >
> >
> > >Perhaps you could give us some more details about the PC you were
> > >using, and what version of DOS or Windows you were using, plus any
> > >messages (error or otherwise) you got while trying all that.
> >
> > I will try again tonight and record exactly what transpires.
> >
> >
> > >Cheers.
> >
> > >Dave G0WBX.
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Glad to hear you got it going.

Well done Sir...

Dave G0WBX


> -----Original Message-----
> From: digined@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:digined@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Saunders
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 4:25 AM
> To: digined@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [digined] Re: digiflop
>
> Hi Richard,
> Thanks for the info. I seem to have solved the disc issue.
> Discs formatted on my laptop wouldn't work on my 286. Also
> thanks to Dave (G0WBX) mentioning the A/B drive being
> mishandled by some 286s, I paid more attention to the drives
> than the screen, and found the machine kept trying to write
> to my 5 1/4 inch drive (a) even when specifying b or even c.
> Reconfigured my drives to swap the a/b and behold with a
> floppy formatted on the reconfigured 286, it worked! Now, I
> have to get the com ports reconfigured to talk to the tnc.
> Gosh this is such fun!
> I also need to read up on the settings so I enter things
> correctly (call sign, alias, paths etc) Anyway, I'm making
> progress thanks to all the help I've received here.
>
>
> Tom Saunders
> Comm Tech, City of Seattle
> Amateur Radio Station N7OEP
> 206.384.1604
>
> >>> "KB4YTM" <kb4ytm@...> 3/18/2008 3:59 PM >>>
> Hi Tom,
>
> Once you get it setup and working, you will see how great it runs.
>
> I copied the files to a 8 meg Compact flash card, and I'm
> using one of those compact flash to IDE adapters in our local
> digi here. It has run
> 24/7 for nearly 2 years and the only trouble I have ever had
> is once in a blue moon I will have to reset the tnc as it
> locks up (maybe twice a year at the most), but I have never
> had to reset the pc for any reason. I'm sure mother nature
> and/or the electric company has booted it plenty of times
> though as I have no ups or battery backup on it.
>
> I'm not sure what causes the tnc lockup but I suspect either
> a power outage where the tnc powers on immediately upon
> restoration, and the by the time the pc gets all the way up
> and running and talking to the tnc, the buffer fills up with
> traffic? or it's a really quick power surge and the pc does
> not reboot, but the tnc just locks up. I'm using  a MFJ tnc
> with a kiss eprom, so I know it isn't dropping out of kiss mode.
>
> Here is the digi on findu that runs digi_ned locally:
> http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?call=jacktn
>
> Hope you get it running the way you want.
> Richard
> KB4YTM
>
> --- In digined@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Saunders"
> <tom.saunders@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Dave,
> > I extracted the files to the hard drive. Then I ran the .exe. I
> tried doing the same on 2 other PC's one running windows 95
> and my laptop running XP sp2. I get the same results, program
> asks which destination drive and ...... nothing.
> >
> > The 286 is a Leading Edge D2 something or other, I will post more
> tonight from home.
> >
> > The 3.5 inch drive is 720k/1.44m
> >
> >
> > Tom Saunders
> > Comm Tech, City of Seattle
> > Amateur Radio Station N7OEP
> > 206.384.1604
> >
> > >>> "Dave Baxter" <dave@...> 3/18/2008 8:51 AM >>>
> > Question...
> >
> > When you extracted the files from the zip, were did you
> extract them to?
> > Folder on local hard drive (correct) or the floppy?  (incorrect)
> >
> > Sorry, but I have to ask...  :-)
> >
> > Also, what is the exact make/model of the 286 machine you're using?
> > Only ask, as in the dim and distant past I do remember some early
> > 286's had some strange things set in the bios re floppy drives
> > (swapping A/B, sector zero protection etc)
> >
> > Make sure your PC you use to run Digiflop has true 1.44 (High
> > Density!) floppy drives and that it recognises them as such. (two
> > corner holes, one with a movable write enable flag)
> >
> > I know (cos I tried) that Digiflop.exe does not work with 720k
> > drives....   Even though the image it creates is only 720k
> in size (I
> > just looked)...   It just sit's there.   Sounds sort of
> similar to your
> > experience...
> >
> > Also, the boot files are on there after the creation, so you should
> > not need to do a SYS command.  In fact, that could be counter
> > productive on some systems.
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > Dave G0WBX.
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: digined@yahoogroups.com
> > > [mailto:digined@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Saunders
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:07 PM
> > > To: digined@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: RE: [digined] Re: Homepage PE1DNN moved
> > >
> > > Replies embedded...
> > >
> > > Tom Saunders
> > > Comm Tech, City of Seattle
> > > Amateur Radio Station N7OEP
> > > 206.384.1604
> > >
> > > >>> "Dave Baxter" <dave@...> 3/18/2008 2:21 AM >>>
> > > Hi Tom..
> > >
> > > >I presume you went here...
> > >
> > > >http://home.hetnet.nl/~pe1dnn/#DIGI_NED
> > >
> > > Yes....
> > >
> > > >And got this...
> > >
> > > >The "DIGI_NED floppy 1.3 (0.3.5) self-extracting boot-disk
> > > image [400
> > > >kB]"
> > >
> > > Yes...
> > >
> > > >That will download Digiflop.zip.
> > >
> > > Yes, did that.
> > >
> > > >You then need to extract the contents of that file using
> winzip or
> > > >similar, sounds like you did, as you say something about the
> > > >instructions that you'd have read from the included text file.
> > >
> > > Yep..did that too....
> > >
> > > >I put the contents of that zip file in a folder/directory of
> > > their own,
> > > >and then run Digiflop.exe from a command line (Start,
> All programs,
> > > >Accessories, Command line) at that location, with as you say a
> > > >formatted disk in A:, and you should get a bootable disk.
> > >
> > > Yes, that is what I tried, but it didn't write anything
> to the floppy.
> > > I am running DOS (5 point something, I'll look tonight) on the 286
> > >
> > > The digiflop.exe started, asked for the destination
> drive, which I
> > > entered (A:) and it seemed to have tried to do something, but the
> > > floopy drive didn't spin and nothing is on the disc when
> I try a:dir
> > >
> > > >When you start a command line window in XP or 2k, you
> get what looks
> > > >like a DOS screen.   Most of the usual DOS commands work
> OK, so in my
> > > >case I extracted the contents of Digiflop.zip to C:\tmp\dned
> > >
> > > Running DOS...
> > >
> > > >I've just tried it here, and even with Windows XP, and a
> USB Floppy
> > > >drive, running the extracted .exe did create a bootable
> floppy disk
> > > >just fine, just that I can't actualy boot from it at the
> moment, as
> > > >this PC does not support booting from USB drives.
> > >
> > > >Anyway, in the "Command line" window...
> > >
> > > >I entered the command C:\
> > >
> > > >Then CD \tmp\dned
> > >
> > > >I then did a DIR to make sure I was where I expected to be,
> > > then just
> > > >ran digiflop...
> > >
> > > >It asked me what drive to recreate the image to, I
> entered A   And it
> > > >just did it!
> > >
> > > This is where my trouble starts, after I type in the destination
> > > drive, nothing happens on that drive.
> > >
> > > >I did all that on a Windows XP laptop, and a with USB
> Floppy drive,
> > > >running the extracted .exe as above does appear to have
> created a
> > > >bootable floppy disk just fine.  At least it appears to
> > > have, it looks
> > > >OK with a DIR, but as above, I can't actualy boot it to be
> > > 100% sure,
> > > >but I have created Digined boot disks this way in the past, and
> > > >they all worked OK.
> > >
> > >
> > > >Perhaps you could give us some more details about the PC
> you were
> > > >using, and what version of DOS or Windows you were
> using, plus any
> > > >messages (error or otherwise) you got while trying all that.
> > >
> > > I will try again tonight and record exactly what transpires.
> > >
> > >
> > > >Cheers.
> > >
> > > >Dave G0WBX.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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Hello,
my name is Andrea and I use digi_ned with/on afuknoppix 3.7.
I have a problem or questions:

I need to cover 2 zone A=VHF=ttyS0 and B=UHF=ttyS1.
Connected to tty...there are 2 tnc.

I need to connect the geografic area's with digi_net; I don't would
digipeat (zone 1 to zone 2) igate, tcp but only APRS trafic (beacons,
messages...)

I have traied new paradigm setup but the result not satisfy me.

Can you help me?

Many thanks.

Andrea

On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:47:44 -0000, Andrea wrote:

>I need to cover 2 zone A=VHF=ttyS0 and B=UHF=ttyS1.
>Connected to tty...there are 2 tnc.
>
>I need to connect the geografic area's with digi_net; I don't would
>digipeat (zone 1 to zone 2) igate, tcp but only APRS trafic (beacons,
>messages...)
>
>I have traied new paradigm setup but the result not satisfy me.
>
>Can you help me?


Digi_ned routes traffic based on a set of flexible and well defined rules.
Think of it as a powerful macro language. You will need to modify the
digi_ned rules to filter and route traffic in the manner that you want for
your situation. I can't tell you how to do it because only you know exactly
what you want it to do, but there are examples in the ini files and the
documentation provided. It will likely take some time and study to grasp how
all of it works, I still don't fully understand it myself. But the more you
work with it and experiment, the more sense it will make.

As for the iGate, you can set it up as per the examples in Henk's
documentation, but I found that it is much simpler to use aprsd in parallel
with Digi_ned. The two programs will happily share the same KISS devices and
seem to play nice together. Currently I am using Xastir in a similar matter
to handle iGate functionality on my digi.


73

-Jim

--
Ham Radio NU0C
TR7/RV7, TR6/RV6, T4XC/R4C, L4B, NCL2000, SB104A, R390A, GT550A/RV550A, HyGain
3750, IBM PS/2 - all vintage, all the time!

HyGain 3750 User's Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HyGain_3750/

Thank.

Bye

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Da: jshorney@...
Data: 02/04/2008 5.44
A: "digined@yahoogroups.com"<digined@yahoogroups.com>
Ogg: Re: [digined] digi_ned.ini for best use with 2 ports

On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:47:44 -0000, Andrea wrote:

>I need to cover 2 zone A=VHF=ttyS0 and B=UHF=ttyS1.
>Connected to tty...there are 2 tnc.
>
>I need to connect the geografic area's with digi_net; I don't would
>digipeat (zone 1 to zone 2) igate, tcp but only APRS trafic (beacons,
>messages...)
>
>I have traied new paradigm setup but the result not satisfy me.
>
>Can you help me?

Digi_ned routes traffic based on a set of flexible and well defined rules.
Think of it as a powerful macro language. You will need to modify the
digi_ned rules to filter and route traffic in the manner that you want for
your situation. I can't tell you how to do it because only you know exactly
what you want it to do, but there are examples in the ini files and the
documentation provided. It will likely take some time and study to grasp how
all of it works, I still don't fully understand it myself. But the more you
work with it and experiment, the more sense it will make.

As for the iGate, you can set it up as per the examples in Henk's
documentation, but I found that it is much simpler to use aprsd in parallel
with Digi_ned. The two programs will happily share the same KISS devices and
seem to play nice together. Currently I am using Xastir in a similar matter
to handle iGate functionality on my digi.

73

-Jim

--
Ham Radio NU0C
TR7/RV7, TR6/RV6, T4XC/R4C, L4B, NCL2000, SB104A, R390A, GT550A/RV550A, HyGain 3750, IBM PS/2 - all vintage, all the time!

HyGain 3750 User's Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HyGain_3750/

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Hi All,

I have a request to all non native english speakers:

the digi_ned website at http://pe1mew.nl/digi_ned has a gui that
supports multiple languages. And with my limited knowledge of foreign
languages i have managed to translate french and german. Hover I did
not succeed in translating in to danish for example.

I am looking for peaople that are willing to translate the following
pages in to their own language:

http://pe1mew.nl/digi_ned/?Welcome
http://pe1mew.nl/digi_ned/?DIGI_NED_Community

I am looking for:
French, to replace te current one
Italian,
german, to replace the current one
portuguese,
Danish,
others that are offered are also welcome.

Thanks in advance.

Cu, Remko

Hi..

Would you like that request to also go out on the main APRS-SIG list?
Or have you already posted there too...

Dave G0WBX.


> -----Original Message-----
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have a request to all non native english speakers:
>
> the digi_ned website at http://pe1mew.nl/digi_ned has a gui
> that supports multiple languages. And with my limited
> knowledge of foreign languages i have managed to translate
> french and german. Hover I did not succeed in translating in
> to danish for example.
>
> I am looking for peaople that are willing to translate the
> following pages in to their own language:
>
> http://pe1mew.nl/digi_ned/?Welcome
> http://pe1mew.nl/digi_ned/?DIGI_NED_Community
>
> I am looking for:
> French, to replace te current one
> Italian,
> german, to replace the current one
> portuguese,
> Danish,
> others that are offered are also welcome.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Cu, Remko
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