Lost again

[Warren Wheeler]

I am having problems with the kiss config file. When I use it, it seems like my system never igates anything itself even though it's turned on.  I went hunting tonight for instructions to setup the AX.25 port and then configure DIXPRS and I've struck out.  Does anyone have some good reference sites?

[Ray Wells]

Warren,

Please post your config file here.

This is probably the best reference site for dixprs because we're
successful users of the program.

Ray vk2tv

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> Azért kapta ezt az üzenetet, mert feliratkozott a Google Csoportok
> szolgáltatásbeli dixprs csoportra.
> Az erről a csoportról és az ahhoz kapcsolódó e-mailekről való
> leiratkozáshoz küldjön egy levelet a következő címre:
> dixprs+un...@googlegroups.com.
> További lehetőségekért látogasson el a(z)
> https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out címre.

[Bela Markus]

Warren

do you see the received packages on the console?

Bela, HA5DI

2014.03.02. 7:47 keltezéssel, Warren Wheeler írta:

I am having problems with the kiss config file. When I use it, it seems like my system never igates anything itself even though it's turned on.  I went hunting tonight for instructions to setup the AX.25 port and then configure DIXPRS and I've struck out.  Does anyone have some good reference sites?

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Azért kapta ezt az üzenetet, mert feliratkozott a Google Csoportok szolgáltatásbeli dixprs csoportra.
Az erről a csoportról és az ahhoz kapcsolódó e-mailekről való leiratkozáshoz küldjön egy levelet a következő címre: dixprs+un...@googlegroups.com.
További lehetőségekért látogasson el a(z) https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out címre.

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[Warren Wheeler]

Ok below is my config.  I'm wondering if I need to do something with the FILTER line by way of the the aprs-is password as well.  And yes the beacon is currently commented out, from debuging my config.

#################################################################
#                                                               #
# Configuration file for DIXPRS 2.2 APRS digipeater and gateway #
#                                                               #
# Lines starting with # ; ' are comments and not processed      #
#                                                               #
# Empty lines allowed                                           #
#                                                               #
# Parameter names are case insensitive                          #
#                                                               #
# Default file name is config.txt please rename samples         #
# or use -c <configfile> command line option                    #
#                                                               #
# Home page: https://sites.google.com/site/dixprs/              #
#                                                               #
# (C) Bela Markus, HA5DI - 2012                                 #
#                                                               #
#################################################################

#################################################################
#                                                               #
# Sample configuration file for serial KISS TNC                 #
#                                                               #
#################################################################

#################################################################
#                                                               #
# <y/n>    - use y or 1 to enable, n or 0 to diesable           #
# <str>    - ASCII text, case sensitive                         #
# <call>   - callsign with optional SSID, case insensitive      #
# <fv>     - floating point value with decimal point            #
# <n>      - integer number                                     #
# <xy>     - two-letters string, case sensitive                 #
# <host>   - domain name or IP address                          #
# <adrlst> - comma separated list of host IP and port addresses #
#            in ip:port format, e.g. 127.0.0.1:8889             #
#                                                               #
# Command names and y/n parameters are case insensitive         #
#                                                               #
#################################################################


#################################################################
#                                                               #
# General station setting; mandatory section                    #
#                                                               #
#################################################################

[GENERAL]

# Mandatory parameters

# Your callsign with SSID
CALLSIGN=W7WSW-0

# Degrees; West is negative, East is positive
LONGITUDE=-124.1522

# Degrees; South is negative, North is posittive
LATITUDE=47.0042

# Optional parameters

# Station height abvove the see level in meters; no default
ASL=14.935

# Owner name and contact; no default
OWNER=Warren W7WSW

# Spool directory to import packets; no default
#SPOOL=<path>

# Station symbol; default is S#
#SYMBOL=<xy>

# UDP port base number; default is 31110
#UDPBASE=<n>

# Beacon frequency in minutes; default is 30
#BCNTIME=<n>

# Beacon text; %v replaced with actual version string; default is %v
# Used as default for ISGW and RADIO
BCNTXT=DIXPRS on Sheeva

# Select km/mi on monitor and in DX list; default is y (km)
METRIC=n

# Max number of digis passed for local stations
# Used as message gating condition for gating to Rf
# Default value is 2
#LOCALHOPS=<n>

# Range in km within messages gated to Rf
# If defined, checked after hop count (local) check
# No default
#MSGRANGE=<fv>

#################################################################
#                                                               #
# IS gateway settings; remove this section to disable GW        #
#                                                               #
#################################################################

[ISGW]

# Mandatory parameters

# Domain name of IS server to connect
HOST=noam.aprs2.net

# Optional parameters

# Port number; default is 14580
PORT=14580

# Filter; default is r/@/150
# @ is replaced with station position
#FILTER=<str>

#################################################################
#                                                               #
# WRB server settings; remove this section to disable it        #
#                                                               #
#################################################################

[WEBSERVER]

# Mandatory parameters

# WEB server port, no default
port=81

#################################################################
#                                                               #
# Radio port configuration settings; repeat section for         #
# multiple ports                                                #
#                                                               #
#################################################################

[RADIO]

# Mandatory parameters

# Interface type
INTERFACE=KISS

# Serial port
PORT=/dev/ttyUSB0

# Serial port speed
SPEED=9600

# Optional parameters

# Modem speed, default is 1200
#SIGNALRATE=1200

# Enable/disable NWS WX bulletin and object gating from IS to Rf
# Disabled by default
#GATENWS=y

# Enable/disable BOM WX bulletin and object gating from IS to Rf
# Disabled by default
#GATEBOM=y

# Descripton of port; no default
DESCRIPTION=KISS TNC 2M

# Via used to send locally generated packets; default is WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2
AXVIA=WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2

# Digipeaters processed with WIDEn-n algorithm; default is WIDE1,WIDE2
WIDEN=WIDE1,WIDE2

# Blacklisted stations; they are not digipeated, not gated; default is NOCALL,N0CALL
#BLACKLIST=<lst>

# PHG string, do not mix with range; no default
#PHG=<str>

# Range value in miles, do not mix with PHG; no default
#RNG=<n>

# Enable/disable transmission; change it to PTTON=1 to enable trasmission; default is no
#PTTON=1

# Gate locally generated frames to IS gateway; default is no
# Useful for rx-only radio ports
# Experimental, use carefully
GATELOCAL=1

# Gate digipeated frames to IS gateway; default is no
# Experimental, use carefully
GATEDIGI=1

# Beacon text; %v replaced with actual version string; default is %v
#BCNTXT=;144.39xx*470000N/124

# Enable/disable digipeater; default is enabled
DIGIPEATER=y

# KISS TNC setup parameters 0...255; no defaults
# Use to setup TNC by DIXPRS


#PPERSIST=<n>

#SLOTTIME=<n>

#TXTAIL=<n>

#DUPLEX=<n>

# Below these are the traffic shaping settings for gating messages
# From IS to Rf
#
# For advanced users only; do not change if you do not know how
# traffic shaping works and if you do not have good reason !!!
 
# Traffic shaping high treshold, default is 0.75
#TRAFFICHIGH=<fv>

# Traffic shaping low treshold, default is 0.5
#TRAFFIClow=<fv>

# Traffic shaping transmission delay, default is 5.0 sec
#TRAFFICDELAY=<fv>

# Comma separated list of addresses to send receveid/transmitted frames
# in hostip:port format. No default.
#UDPCC=<adrlst>

 

[Ray Wells]

Warren,

There are some questions that spring to mind. My apology if I'm teaching
you to suck eggs<grin>

1. Have you checked in /var/log/syslog to confirm that /dev/ttyUSB0 is
what has been allocated
2. Is your USB/RS232 device actually working
3. Is the TNC set for the correct serial speed
4. Is the TNC in KISS mode

Are you monitoring the dixprs terminal to see what it's doing? You
should see all traffic rx and tx on both radio and Internet.

The aprs-is passcode is not required, I think Bela generates it in the
code from your callsign.

Ray vk2tv

[Warren Wheeler]

Ray,

you're not teaching me to suck eggs, I know how troubleshooting goes.  It works fine as a digi-peater.  I can see the traffic in the putty window. you can even check out the raw packets by going to aprs.fi and searching for w7wsw,  If you can go back far enough you'll see that it appears that I was actually Igating for a while.

Here's a small block of traffic before it stopped.

2014-02-28 20:47:25 PST: W7WSW>APDI22,TCPIP*,qAC,T2CMH:<IGATE,MSG_CNT=0,LOC_CNT=1,DIR_CNT=1,RF_CNT=1,RFPORT_ID=all
2014-03-01 04:11:54 PST: W7WSW>APDI22,TCPIP*,qAC,T2TUS:>Connected to T2TUS count 2/0
2014-03-01 04:15:25 PST: W7WSW>APDI22,TCPIP*,qAC,T2TUS:T#329,0,0,0,0,1,11000000
2014-03-01 04:17:25 PST: W7WSW>APDI22,TCPIP*,qAC,T2TUS:=S6cqQ/+No# sT!47.004245N/124.152140W-
2014-03-01 04:17:25 PST: W7WSW>APDI22,TCPIP*,qAC,T2TUS:<IGATE,MSG_CNT=0,LOC_CNT=0,DIR_CNT=0,RF_CNT=0,RFPORT_ID=all
2014-03-01 13:54:59 PST: W7WSW>APDI22,KOPEAK*,WIDE2-2,qAo,K7FZO:=S6cpw/+P2# sT;144.39xx*470000N/124
2014-03-01 13:55:00 PST: W7WSW>APDI22,KOPEAK*,WIDE2-2,qAR,W7THE-10:<IGATE,MSG_CNT=0,LOC_CNT=31,DIR_CNT=0,RF_CNT=52,RFPORT_ID=0
2014-03-01 13:56:26 PST: W7WSW>APDI22,KOPEAK*,WIDE2-2,qAR,W7THE-10:>DIXPRS 2.2.2 up and running
2014-03-01 13:57:26 PST: W7WSW>APDI22,KOPEAK*,WIDE2-2,qAR,BALDI:=S6cpw/+P2# sT;144.39xx*470000N/124

as you can see, it appears (to me to have stopped Igating at about 4 17 am local.  I've not been able to igate since.

[Warren Wheeler]

I should add I keep seeing the

*** Trying to reconnect
*** Connection failure
*** Starting 1 minute delay  before reconnect

as well.

On Saturday, March 1, 2014 10:47:39 PM UTC-8, Warren Wheeler wrote:

[Ray Wells]

Have you trialed a different server?

http://www.aprs2.net/APRServe2.txt

Ray vk2tv

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[Warren Wheeler]

yes both Corvalis and Seattle.

I attempted to perform a wget to redownload the pyax from the groups server here and

On Saturday, March 1, 2014 10:47:39 PM UTC-8, Warren Wheeler wrote:

[Warren Wheeler]

the more I look at this the more I'm thinking something is wonky with the TCP/IP stack.  I can not perform a wget at all.  I am able to ping though

On Saturday, March 1, 2014 10:47:39 PM UTC-8, Warren Wheeler wrote:

[Ray Wells]

The next obvious questions are,
1. has the firewall been turned on or its configs changed
2. Has your network router configs changed

Ray vk2tv

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Azért kapta ezt az üzenetet, mert feliratkozott a Google Csoportok „dixprs” csoportjára.
Ha le szeretne iratkozni erről a csoportról, és nem szeretne több vele kapcsolatos e-mailt kapni, küldjön egy e-mailt a dixprs+un...@googlegroups.com címre.
További lehetőségekért látogasson el a következő oldalra: https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

[Warren Wheeler]

I checked the router and no changes there, then I went in and checked the firewall through webmin and it is not active.

On Saturday, March 1, 2014 10:47:39 PM UTC-8, Warren Wheeler wrote:

[Ray Wells]

There can't be too many straws left from which to choose.

I guess Bela is sleeping about now so little chance of his input until his morning. Why a working station should suddenly stop is a bit of a mystery.

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[Warren Wheeler]

Well I actually think it was working normally, WITHOUT the radio hooked up but the configuration files in place.

On Saturday, March 1, 2014 10:47:39 PM UTC-8, Warren Wheeler wrote:

[Warren Wheeler]

Ok now I"m really stumped. I just checked on w7wsw-4 and it's running like a top including telementry

On Saturday, March 1, 2014 10:47:39 PM UTC-8, Warren Wheeler wrote:

[Bela Markus]

Warren,

FILTER line default is OK, keep it.

There are no password. If you mean passcode, it is generated automatically by DIXPRS.

Bela, HA5DI

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Azért kapta ezt az üzenetet, mert feliratkozott a Google Csoportok szolgáltatásbeli dixprs csoportra.
Az erről a csoportról és az ahhoz kapcsolódó e-mailekről való leiratkozáshoz küldjön egy levelet a következő címre: dixprs+un...@googlegroups.com.
További lehetőségekért látogasson el a(z) https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out címre.

A(z) üzenetben nem található vírus.
Ellenőrizte: AVG - www.avg.com
Verzió: 2014.0.4259 / Vírus adatbázis: 3705/7138 - Kiadás dátuma: 2014.03.01.