TNC-Pi User Guide
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6/25/2017
15.
Edit the file /etc/aprx.conf and make sure the following lines are included
(please use your own call sign and latitude/longitude). Many of these lines are
already included, others just need to be uncommented. Just make sure all of
these are included:
mycall KC9RGZ-11
<aprsis>
server noam.aprs2.net
</aprsis>
<logging>
pidfile /var/run/aprx.pid
rflog /var/log/aprx/aprx-rf.log
aprxlog /var/log/aprx/aprx.log
</logging>
<interface>
serial-device /dev/ttyAMA0 19200 8n1 KISS
</interface>
<beacon>
beaconmode aprsis
cycle-size 10m
beacon symbol "/&" lat "4124.57N" lon "09041.26W" comment "RasPi Rx-only
iGate"
</beacon>
16.
Verify the serial port is available:
chmod 666 /dev/ttyAMA0
17.
Add the following lines to the end of the /etc/rc.local file to start the aprx
program:
printf “Start the igate daemon…
\
n”
aprx
18.
Reboot
shutdown
–
r now
19.
Log back in and verify the processes are running
ps aux|gr
e
p aprx
20.
Connect the radio and ensure you are gating data to the aprs network (check
the files in
/var/log/aprx
)
21.
Enjoy!