[drats_users] D-RATS 0.3.0b6

[Arnold Harding]

Very quickly looking at it, it's interesting.
I have a set up where one radio is on 440 and the other radio is on 
1.2G, going through the same repeater with both set to crossband to 
the other band.
I can now Ping myself, and ask myself for my own position.  I can also 
get a file list from myself.  (Just wait until I transfer a file to 
myself....)  This is not bad, in fact can be very helpful.
I cannot test connectivity, and I don't know why I can ping and 
transfer file lists, but can't test (not that I normally would test 
with myself).

I wish it said somewhere (status line?) which port is currently the 
main port for a station.  Also somewhere to select what port should 
get used other than last heard.  If we decide that a different 
frequency (radio) is worth trying, we need a way to change ports. 
Maybe it's here and I don't see it.

That's my 2 minute look.  (Excellent!)

Arnold
KQ6DI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Smith" <dsmith at danplanet.com>
To: <drats_users at lists.danplanet.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 11:35 AM
Subject: [drats_users] D-RATS 0.3.0b6


> Hi all,
>
> I just posted 0.3.0b6.  There aren't a large number of changes in 
> this
> one, because one is very significant.  This release replaces the
> single setting of a serial port and baud rate with a list of 
> multiple
> ports.  Each port can be selectively enabled/disabled, allowing you 
> to
> connect to multiple data paths.  You can connect to the ratflector,
> your local RF simplex frequency with one radio, your local RF 
> repeater
> with another, etc.
>
> Most operations now prompt you with a port to use for the action. 
> The
> stations list shows you what port the station was last heard on so
> you'll know.  Note that the chat screen now has a port selector 
> which
> controls which port a particular message goes out on.  Chat traffic
> for all ports shows up in the window, prefixed with the port name.
>
> During an event, you could have two radios and send/receive files 
> and
> messages through each port simultaneously to maximize bandwidth.
>
> The full change list is:
>
> - Allow multiple ports (as described above)
> - Fix (hopefully) the by-address assistant popping up under the
>  preferences dialog on win32
> - Fixed some static objects on python 2.6 machines, allowing proper
>  system-wide installation
> - Add "Send file" in the context menu of the stations display
>
> This is the version I'll likely take with me to Dayton.  Given the
> invasive nature of the multiport changes, I'd really appreciate some
> vetting of it as soon as possible so I have time to fix anything 
> that
> might be broken.  The email gateway stuff is known to not be in good
> shape with the port stuff, but other than that, I think things 
> should
> be good.  Please speak up on issues to help me have a smooth demo at
> Dayton :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- 
> Dan Smith
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