XASTIR

NAME

Xastir − graphical application that interfaces HAM radio and APRS(tm) internet access to real-time mapping software.

DESCRIPTION

This manual page briefly documents the Xastir commands.

SYNOPSIS

xastir [options] Language ...

OPTIONS

The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with one dash (‘-’). A summary of options is included below.
−c /path/dir

Specify an optional config directory. Defaults to ~/.xastir

−f callsign

Track callsign

−geometry WxH+x+y

Set Window Geometry/Position

−l Language

Xastir remembers the language once you set it the first time.

−v Level

Set the debug level

AVAILABLE LANGUAGES

Current choices are:
Dutch English French German Italian Portuguese Spanish.

Usage is:

xastir -i -v 2047 -l Dutch &

SIGNALS

SIGINT, SIQQUIT, SIGTERM Cause Xastir to exit.
SIGHUP Causes a restart.
SIGUSR1 Causes a snapshot to occur.

NETWORK PORTS

Enable these ports on this menu: "Interface->Enable Server Ports"

TCP:2023 Bidirectional TCP port for clients to connect to. Requires login if client will be transmitting.
UDP:2023 Unidirectional UDP input port for clients to inject packets. See the documentation for the format.

SEE ALSO

The program is documented fully by help-English.dat, available via the HELP menu option in Xastir, plus the various README and INSTALL text files that come with the program. Also see <http://xastir.org> and the Documentation Wiki there.

Xastir is a program for APRS(tm)...

APRS[tm] is a Trademark of Bob Bruninga, his home page is at "http://www.aprs.org/aprs.html"

COPYING

Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Frank Giannandrea KC2GJS
Copyright (C) 2000-2019 The Xastir Group

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jose <hi8gn AT amsat DOT org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).