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asdil12 / pymultimonaprs

RF 2 APRS-IS Gateway
https://asdil12.github.io/pymultimonaprs
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Can't change symbol table to "\" #16

Closed csadams closed 9 years ago

csadams commented 9 years ago

I'm having issues changing my symbol table to "\" (backslash) instead of the default "/" (slash). When I change it in pymultimonaprs.json, and run "sudo pymultimonaprs", it gives me an error: "ValueError Invalid control character at: line 20 column 16 (char 342)". I would like to change my symbol to the "Gate" symbol instead of the default "Gate-HF" symbol, since I'm operating a VHF iGate, not HF. I'm running it on a Raspberry Pi 2 Model B, with Raspbian Wheezy. Let me know if you need more info. Thanks for the great software! -Chris KJ6WEG

asdil12 commented 9 years ago

As a backslash is the excape character, you need to write \\

csadams commented 9 years ago

Thanks for the quick response!
I tried it with "table": "\", and it gave me the black diamond on APRS.fi, but it doesn't have the "I" symbol in it. After some digging through the packets from other igates, I see that they use table="I" and symbol="&" to get the common iGate symbol (black diamond with "I" overlay). I confirmed this as valid in the APRS protocol reference: http://www.aprs.org/doc/APRS101.PDF... and learned that the table code can be replaced with the number or letter to overlay on the primary table symbol. It's all very confusing for a noob like me, but seems to work. Thanks again.