[drats_users] D-RATS 0.3.0b9

[Debbie Fligor]

Dan,
do you mind if I post the details you provided here about preliminary  
TNC support to one of the ARES lists I'm on?  I wasn't sure your  
preference for quoting email on this list elsewhere.

thanks,
-debbie, n9dn


On May 27, 2009, at 20:00, Dan Smith wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> It feels like an eternity since I last posted a beta, so here goes.
> Changes are:
>
> - Fix up icons on received GPS beacons
> - Fix up position reports to avoid smearing a single station all over
>  the map when they move
> - Fix station list selection when sending a message
> - Make the email gateway attempt to send incoming email forms back out
>  on the port that the destination RF station was last seen
> - Fix choking on adding a port when no serial ports exist (the famous
>  night-before-dayton bug)
> - Fix station bar width
> - Add a new dialog for adding/editing ports (there are likely some
>  bugs with this)
> - Add preliminary TNC support
>
> I think the last item deserves some explanation.  With this version,
> you can add a port of type "TNC" and point it at the serial port of a
> KISS-mode TNC.  If you have a buddy do the same thing, you can use the
> TNCs and FM radios just like a D-STAR radio.  You're not transmitting
> D-STAR, of course, you're just using the TNC as a modem instead of a
> D-STAR radio.  Note that this does not (yet) include AX.25 support, so
> you can only talk to other people on frequency with a similar
> configuration.
>
> This has some benefits:
>
> 1. You can use D-RATS without D-STAR radios entirely
> 2. You can use high-speed TNCs for better throughput
> 3. You can attach a D-STAR radio and a TNC at the same time and
>   service clients from both networks
>
> Right now, the performance is not as good as it should be, and it will
> drop some packets now and again due to the naivety of the KISS code,
> but that will be fixed up pretty soon.
>
> I haven't decided about AX.25 support just yet.  It's a can of worms
> I'm not sure I want to open.  Comments about the current functionality
> and arguments for/against AX.25 support would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- 
> Dan Smith
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