[aprssig] New MSG-OBJ format

[Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)]

Not really.  The message destination field is a fixed with in the spec 
format.  If you don't send to a 9 character destination, it pads with 
spaces to 9.  The reason we're sticking to 6 is that Yaesu's have an 
AX.25 compatibility restriction.

The object name can be as long (up to 9) or short as you can make 
unique, but again, that will be going into an object packet that is also 
a fixed width of 9, so shorter object names in the message to OBJECT (or 
POI) won't really make the comment longer in the final packet necessarily.

I'm also all for shorter, especially when targeting spin-n-click radio 
interfaces.

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32

On 2/21/2012 4:59 PM, Stephen H. Smith wrote:
> On 2/21/2012 4:54 PM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote:
>> Almost, but if the symbol is optional, then it must be delimited.   
>> Consider the following (I don't know if they're valid symbols, but 
>> hopefully you'll get the gist of my concern).  These are the message 
>> body sent to OBJECT (yes, I'm caving in on POI).
>
> Still think POI would be better -- It saves three letters (and the 
> hassle of entering them on clunky user interfaces like a Kenwood 
> radio) that can then be used in the freeform comment.
>
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