[aprssig] qA? Questions

[Patrick Domack]

I guess the biggest question here would be then, what is an igate port?
I have gone over that website (aprs-is.net) many times, and haven't  
found the answer, and also looking at the status pages for the aprs-is  
servers.

Quoting Pete Loveall AE5PL Lists <hamlists at ametx.com>:

> Per http://www.aprs-is.net/q.aspx qAO represents a packet with the   
> source call not matching the login and the client is logged into a   
> client-only port (not an IGate port).  Older server software   
> sometimes would show this on an IGate-capable port, as well.
>
> qAo is the same as qAO except that the logged in client had put an   
> indicator in the path showing the packet has been gated from RF.
>
> qAX indicates that your APRSPoint is not registered and therefore   
> cannot be used as an IGate.  qAC indicates that the client software   
> is registered.  qAX and qAC are not used on gated packets, only on   
> packets inserted directly by the client (like posit, status, and   
> message packets originated from the logged-in client).
>
> The only q code to be created/used by client software is qAR to   
> indicate a packet is gated from RF to APRS-IS.  All other q codes   
> are generated by the server software.
>
> javAPRSSrvr is used by the majority of server sysops and is actively  
>  maintained.  It has a fully functional and compliant IGate which   
> restricts its gating to RF based on digi hops.  You can find more   
> information on it at http://www.aprs-is.net/javAPRSSrvr and you can   
> find APRS-IS specifications for your own project at   
> http://www.aprs-is.net
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> 73,
>
> Pete Loveall AE5PL
> pete at ae5pl dot net
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Patrick Domack
>> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 9:37 PM
>> To: TAPR APRS Mailing List
>> Subject: [aprssig] qA? Questions
>>
>> I have noticed on my igate (aprsd), the packets it gates used to
>> always be qAR, but lately it's changed to sometimes qAO or qAo. (I
>> have also noticed my aprspoint is getting qAX, but this must be a
>> different issue)
>>
>> I have read up on the q-codes and what they mean, but it doesn't
>> really explain the difference between the qAR vs qAO, other than qAR
>> is for a special igate port usage, and that doesn't make much sense to
>> me.
>>
>> -----
>>
>> Based on the issues, and the amount of work to track down issues
>> (there isn't much consistancy) I think I am just going design a new
>> program and start working on bringing it up.
>>
>> If anyone has suggestions for me, or general comments, I'm open. Best
>> now to ask before it's created and starts getting inflexable :)
>
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