[aprssig] UI-DIGI settings

[Tim Cunningham]

Hey Bob,

I documented some of the settings and their effect at this site:

http://www.qsl.net/n8deu/uidigi_eprom_settings.htm



Tim




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Bruninga" <bruninga at usna.edu>
To: <aprssig at lists.tapr.org>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 11:47 AM
Subject: [aprssig] UI-DIGI settings


> Concerning UI-DIGI settings.
> 
> My experience and WEB pages are based on KPC-3+
> and so I need to confirm the equivalent settings for
> a UI-DIGI with regard to improving the APRS channel:
> 
> I believe:
> ***  UI FLOOD ALGORITHM should be 0 not 1.  
>       This disables the forced obliteration of prior
>        path data at each digi... (equivalent to NOID)
> 
> *** DIGI beacon rates.  Only 3 are available instead
> of the four in the KPC-3+.  So to get a LOCAL 10
> minute rate and a 2 hop 30 minute rate I think it
> should be:
> 
>   PATH 1 = (direct)
>   PATH 2 = (direct)
>   PATH 3 = WIDE2-2
> 
>   RATE 1 = 30 min
>   RATE 2 = 30 min
>   RATE 3 = 30 min
> 
>   OFFSET1 = 0
>   OFFSET2 = 10
>   OFFSET3 = 20
> 
> And all three BEACON TEXTS must be identical.
> Otherwise APRS software sees each different one
> as a CHANGED position and this fills up peoples
> LOG files...
> 
> THe above system will generate one packet
> locally every 10 minutes and one 3 hop packet
> once every 30 minutes.  which is about right.
> 
> Did I get this right?
> Bob, Wb4APR
> 
>