With this in mind, w2yg software offered agw express interface as its initial application to provide an soundcard device option that was not available for rms. The last agw packet engine version allow you to use any audio card as a packet modem 12009600 baud. Applications and services for ham radio packet engine, agwtracker, dxdozer, ft8chat, dxcluster. You can also create your own comport to radio interface to send packet with. I decoded pcsat beacon using only agwpeagw packet engine and agwmonitor, not using tnc, as follows at 8 oct 2001. Packet engine pro fessional edition is a special windows utility for amateur radio packet users that interfaces multiple packet programs and multiple tncs. A mapping and messaging application is available for use in conjunction with the these. You can also download the agwpe program from the agw programs page on this site. I am developing a software dualport packet radio tnc that uses a soundcard as a modem and supports ax. Pinpoint aprs is a software application that together with some radio equipment and accessories allows you to visually track people and assets using amateur radio ham radio equipment using maps. In dxlabs winwarbler i just picked the sl soundcard and it immediately worked. It must be running before uiview or other software that requires it is opened. Agwpe is a program developed by sv2agw to allow a variety of packet software programs to interface with a variety of tncs including kiss mode tncs like the tncx, as well as baycom, soundcard and others. Hamshareware means that if you can afford it, pay for the program otherwise just use it.
May 02, 2012 how to setup a tnc or to configure your computers soundcard as a tnc with packet engine pro. Packet engine professional edition is a special windows utility for amateur radio packet users that interfaces multiple packet programs and multiple tncs terminal node controllers modems. It can also be used with other software for aprs, bbs, satellite packet, and regular packet work. Connect your signalink to a usb port before configuring the agwpe software.
You will find it helpful to create a windows shortcut to this file and put it on your desktop, or the task bar or some other easily accessible spot. All stations that their position is inside this rectangle will be displayed. Finding and installing sv2agws packet engine software, agwterminal, a very simple terminal program. Information agwpe is the agw packet engine written by sv2agw. As pc operating systems and hardware technologies evolve, software needs to be updated, solve current technological issues and developed with stateoftheart tools and techniques. Program, description, from this site, sv2agws site, date. It has a w95 version but recently a better version was produced which is designed for windows 98, nt and 2000. The area filter define a rectangle with the supplied coordinates. Demonstration of uiview, uiss and agw packet engine applications. The agw packet engine agwpe agwpe home page is a very versatile tool with many functions. Sv2agw packet engine professional resource detail the. The most frequent installation filenames for the software are.
The software tnc uses the agw packet engine api and emulates the agw packet engine tcp interface in operation. If you want to do aprs packet the best software is uiview16 for computers packet software community and is a tool that provides a standard interface between packet radio software and associated hardware. Soundmodem is compatible with all programs that work with the agw packet engine agwpe. Installing the software dxspider documentation wiki. From outpost main menu, tools interactive packet agw packet engine. If you want to do aprs packet the best software is uiview16 for computers 100 mhz. Packet engine pro will only work with packet programs that have been written to take advantage of agwpe. All the software listed here is for windows there are other versions of the software for most other operating systems. Basic agwpe program configuration sound card packet. The server side software for w2k has always supported kiss. The agw packet engine on the assumption that youll be using the sv2agw packet engine to interface your radios to the cluster, it would be a good idea to download the packet engine software. Jan 06, 2020 packet engine pro release of 6 jan 2020.
Easyterm for windows a communications program for aea and kantronics tncs. Look for section called agw packet engine and download agwpe. When you are done configuring agwpe you will have to restart agwpe for changes to apply. Software for packet radio use category is a curation of 32 web resources on, packetcluster dx statistics, winafsk, linpac packet radio terminal.
Many astronauts and cosmonauts have amateur radio licenses. This software is the packet sound card engine required by uiview aprs software and some other sound card software. It gives other program a uniform interface to the tnc, be it a normal tnc2 design or a baycom or a soundblaster hooked up to a radio. This amateur radio web site explains how to use the agwpe utility program to send and receive packet using the sound card of your pc instead of a tnc. There are quite a few agwpe users using tncx with success.
How to setup a tnc or to configure your computers soundcard as a tnc with packet engine pro. This program is an intellectual property of agwsoft. I decoded pcsat beacon using only agwpe agw packet engine and agwmonitor, not using tnc, as follows at 8 oct 2001. It is a special windows utility for amateur radio packet users that interfaces multiple packet programs and multiple tncs terminal node controllers modems. The main interface to radios is via kiss mode tncs connected to standard rs232 com ports. We will cover what is needed to make agw express operational. Updated the tcpip interface to compile with latest directives. The range filter defines a circle with center the suplied coordinates and radius the distance. It has been tested on windows xp, vista, 7, 8, 10 and has proved stable in operation. This is a brand new program based on the well known agw packet engine agwpe.
The file size of the latest downloadable setup file is 5. Jul 23, 2018 the software includes an aprs compatible digipeater and an interface to aprsis. It can also be used with other software for aprs, bbs. G4ide, uiss packet terminal by on6mu, agw packet engine by sv2agw and demonstration of how kenwood thd7 is. All stations that their position is inside this circle will be displayed. In case of agw pe interface, this modem is a direct replacement of original agw packet engine and emulates agw pe api. Just go to the original links provided in the tutorial below. Com73 if that is what rms express and hw virtual serial port are set to goto top agw packet engine.
Applications and services for ham radio packet engine, agwtracker. The soundmodem may be used to build emcomm, aprs, bbs, node station, for satellites etc. Any number of the ports defined on the local agwpe server can be accessed as yaac ports. Sv2agws agw packet engine provides a multipletnc interface supporting both physical hardware tncs and a software soundmodem working through the pcs sound card and an associated port used for ptt. The program is a easy way to monitor packet frequencies. I am developing a software dualport packetradio tnc that uses a soundcard as a modem and supports ax. Agwpe freeware for aprs message receipt and display. Agwpe is widely accepted in the amateur radio packet software community and is a tool that provides a standard interface between packet radio software and associated hardware. The software includes an aprs compatible digipeater and an interface to aprsis. A software tnc that uses a soundcard as a modem and supports ax. Minor adjustments to soundcard modems from both vhfuhf 1200bd and hf modems 300bd. It has a w95 version but recently a better version was produced which is.
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