VA2XJM
commented
5 years ago I came exactly to check if someone already raised the idea and boom, you just did.
In my case, the local Digi have no power backup, so I have to gain access to my home rPi and change the config to make the digipeating active while there is no power at the local Digi site.
My idea is:
- Add a new configuration parameter to hold a list of comma separated callsigns list of other local digipeaters. Another value could be "ALL".
- When receiving a packet, listen for 1 or 2 seconds to let above configured digipeaters do their job.
- When the delay is past if none of above configured digipeaters made their job, Direwolf digipeat it.
- If one of the configured DP made their job, the packet is not digipeated.
- If "ALL" is specified, it will only digipeat a packet coming from a end-user, if no digipeater at all digipeated a packet. (useful for mobile setup to cover blindspot or operation area)
However Igate goes out as usual.
Advantage: Always ready to digipeat, will not requires any intervention from users, will not clog the network for nothing and will digipeat weaker stations (portable in urban area) if others are receiving it. It is also good for mobile operation and emergency management.
dranch
wa7nwp
User Story: As an operator I want to be able to Digipeat packets only when I cannot establish or maintain a APRS-IS connection.
In Depth: On my WX3in1Plus2.0 it contained a feature/filter that would only enable Digipeating if the connection to the aprs-is server failed or otherwise could not be made.. I use this feature on my mobile iGate because 3G data connectivity might not always be available, when this happens it fails over to WIDE1-1 Digi when the connection can not be established.
Now that I have a home station established I'm thinking of emergency situations, in such conditions that the power and/or internet are not available the area, I have emergency generator and battery backup but unless I can reconfigure my Direwolf station (unlikely) the gap in coverage I'm providing would go dark again once I lost internet connectivity.. not to mention normal planned outages.
I've got a lot of mountain top digi's around me and typically it makes no sense for me to digi anything, but there is a rather large area that I'm providing primary coverage for because terrain and the urban landscape interferes with even those digi's.
I'm thinking perhaps a new filter capability for DIGI so could be chained with other logic, such as: if no IS AND packet is direct (not been digi'd), AND within a certain range of specified coordinates (the area I fill in), then DIGI the packet.. I know those mountain top digi's can hear me, I hit one 60m away consistently.
73's N4YRE