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I have the PTC-II from the German SCS company. Can it be used for APRS with Linux ?.
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Med venlig hilsen - Best regards. Erik Jakobsen - [email protected]. Licensed radioamateur with the callsign OZ4KK. SuSE Linux 8.2 Proff. Registered as user #319488 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org.
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I have the PTC-II from the German SCS company. Can it be used for APRS with Linux ?.
Under Linux, there is no device driver for Hostmode TNCs such as the PTC-II, unfortunately. Not for any technical reason that I can see. It just hasn't been written.
So far, I haven't found a use for the PTC-II with Linux. I have had a go at running Airmail in the Wine emulator, but it stumbles at the last hurdle with a com.dll error message.
You may still be able to use the PTC-II for APRS purposes. XASTIR will drive TNCs directly, presumably in normal cmd: mode. I haven't tried this myself. It may, or may not work with the PTC-II command set.
Wilbert, ZL2BSJ