Not yet. I'd be wary of throwing them in between KISS frames - too much potential for interference there. What software currently supports the Control-E...
1072
scott@...
n1vg
Oct 3, 2006 4:28 am
New firmware's up. This version has improved buffer handling, and might fix the intermittent RX lockup problem. It also has some extra diagnostics to try to...
1073
Jesse Brown
w0lfiepoo
Oct 3, 2006 5:10 am
Scott, When will I be able to order a beta kit? Also, is the OT1 firmware up on CVS too? - Jesse...
1074
Curt, WE7U
we7u
Oct 3, 2006 4:15 pm
... Actually you might be able to do something tricky like enclose the GPS strings in a KISS packet but give it a different port ID (like MKISS), but then put...
1075
scott@...
n1vg
Oct 3, 2006 9:41 pm
I need to get another revision ready to go. I haven't identified any major problems with Proto C, but I'm considering adding a piezoelectric motion sensor....
1076
Curt Mills
we7u
Oct 3, 2006 10:35 pm
... It could also be used as a man-down alert for portables, or maybe even attach a line to it and have it get yanked if someone/something breaks the fishline,...
1077
Scott Currie
ns7c
Oct 3, 2006 10:49 pm
OK, I'm feeling pretty dumb here, but then I joined the beta team late. Where do I download the firmware files from? -Scott ... might fix ... diagnostics to ...
1078
scott@...
n1vg
Oct 3, 2006 10:55 pm
Easiest way is to just run the config program and click on the 'web' button to see the latest firmware. Double-click on the firmware image you want to load. ...
1079
zl1vfo
Oct 4, 2006 3:47 am
Alternatively, via a web browser & then save to a file (Hopefully the browser won't wrap the url below..) <http://www.n1vg.net/opentracker/firmware/ot2.s19> ...
1080
Jesse Brown
w0lfiepoo
Oct 4, 2006 6:47 am
I just checked CVS, it looks like its all OT2 code (unless its a combined codebase). I know your primary focus is OT2 right now, but I would like to make a few...
1081
Jesse Brown
w0lfiepoo
Oct 4, 2006 7:11 am
Ok I feel stupid, it is a combined codebase. Sorry Scott :) I did get a lot of "Old version" and "Converting" messages from Freescale. Hopefully it'll all...
1082
scott@...
n1vg
Oct 5, 2006 1:12 am
Some of the changes didn't commit properly, and the code I'm working on now needs some bugs fixed before I commit it. The 'converting' stuff should only apply...
1083
scott@...
n1vg
Oct 5, 2006 1:32 am
The KISS thing should be doable. I've just got to figure out how I'm going to handle it, given that the whole NMEA string is never buffered in memory. Also,...
1084
Wes Johnston, AI4PX
kd4rdb
Oct 5, 2006 1:51 am
My vote would be to format the packets to appear within a kiss frame with another kiss identifier... like having a dual port TNC.... just use port 15. That...
1085
Wes Johnston, AI4PX
kd4rdb
Oct 5, 2006 2:17 am
After reading the responses... I don't see how the tracker 2 would keep up with seeing a cntrl-e on the serial port... what if controlE came in the middle of...
1086
scott@...
n1vg
Oct 5, 2006 4:33 pm
You could do the tripwire thing now using the configuration jumper. My balloon cutdown prototype uses fishing line to pull a jumper and it works fine, only...
1087
scott@...
n1vg
Oct 5, 2006 4:46 pm
Rather than assigning it another port number, I think it'd make more sense to use a different command number. Only type 0 frames should be interpreted as data...
1088
Curt, WE7U
we7u
Oct 5, 2006 5:25 pm
... FRAM? Simulate NMEA from the data you do have? -- Curt, WE7U. APRS Client Comparisons: http://www.eskimo.com/~archer "Lotto: A tax on people who are...
1089
J. Lance Cotton
kj5o
Oct 5, 2006 5:27 pm
... haha. Yeah, right! -- J. Lance Cotton, KJ5O joe@... http://kj5o.lightningflash.net Three Step Plan: 1. Take over the world. 2. Get a lot of...
1090
scott@...
n1vg
Oct 5, 2006 5:37 pm
I'd probably go with simulating, since the data might be from Garmin mode. _____ From: tracker2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:tracker2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
1091
Jason Winningham
joeuser66
Oct 5, 2006 5:39 pm
... stream data from the GPS directly out the port (bypassing the microcontroller), and use a mux to interrupt it to inject the KISS/ APRS data? yeah, more...
1092
scott@...
n1vg
Oct 5, 2006 5:42 pm
One can only hope! Of course, you'd think that APRS applications would ignore non-text PIDs too, but oh well. Oh, another argument for the synthesized NMEA...
1093
scott@...
n1vg
Oct 6, 2006 6:08 am
Just a quick update on the RX lockup situation... there's a glitch in the buffer logic that's sometimes causing it to think the buffer is full when it's not,...
1094
kg6uyt
Oct 6, 2006 6:54 am
Have used the AvMap for a while now with the latest firmware, and it looks good. /Conny ... causing ... boards, ... are...
1095
Mark Miller
markm76017
Oct 6, 2006 9:13 pm
Scott, would it be possible to add 9600 baud packets to the Tracker 2? Even if I had to add an external modem, having the ability to do 9600 baud APRS would...
1096
scott@...
n1vg
Oct 6, 2006 9:23 pm
Hadn't been planning on it, but maybe. I don't really have the time right now. Next project will definitely do 9600, though. _____ From:...
1097
Mark Miller
markm76017
Oct 8, 2006 12:57 am
I am trying to get Xastir to work with Tracker2 in KISS mode. If I set up a Serial Kiss TNC, it doesn't look like the Tracker2 goes to Kiss mode. If I force...
1098
Mark Miller
markm76017
Oct 9, 2006 7:33 pm
Scott, I am having RX lockups, but only in the KISS mode. I am in the KISS mode and am also digipeating. How would you like me to get this information? If I...
1099
Mark Miller
markm76017
Oct 9, 2006 8:36 pm
I wrote a PERL script to get out of KISS mode. Sending C0 FF C0 works well. I now have to figure out what XASTIR is doing. If I have a lockup in KISS, what...
1100
scott@...
n1vg
Oct 10, 2006 6:01 am
I think I'm going to do a small run of another board revision to test out a few ideas, including the motion sensor. I'm also looking at adding another switch...
