Norm: Better late then never I guess... (sorry) brainboy wrote on 12/28/00: > I might have missed this in the previous post(s), sorry. But tell me if > this is right. > > findu.com is getting location/other???(weather) updates via some TCP/IP > port. Yes, it receives it via the streaming telnet application, to see the raw data telnet to aprs.net > It all is stuffed in DB (mySQL) and then queried via the various cgi URLs > shown on findu.com. Yes > You just fandangled the system by telneting to the port and hand entering > data. Fandangled might be a strong word..;-) made my best guess as to the positions. > Is there a spec or client software for the protocol I did not find much at > findu.com? Is it the APRS spec? I'm finding lots of software and sites > showing maps but little with tech info. Got any pointers? No, not to much. Had to reverse engineer alot of it. Now, I do have the source code snippet to the passcode algorithm. Here are some links: http://www.aprs.net/inetmsg.html http://www.aprs.net/valid.html > Is APRS the radio->TCP/IP gateway? or is the displaying/passing of this info > over the Internet something different? APRS is just a name. The actually "gateways" are client applications run by ham radio operators. Typically they will have the computer hooked to the internet and a packet radio modem (TNC) hooked to the radio. With a typical antenna that will give them a 10-20 mile radius and quite a bit farther if they use digipeaters (store and forward bit repeaters). > what findu is all about? the aprs.net data stream is real time..... findu is just a archiving tool... (both good and bad points about this). > thanks for the info, Sure, sorry it took so long, was just cleaning up the inbox and I see I missed a few of these. -Jeff -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org please, Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/false domain
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