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- README.COM COMMERCIAL VERSIONS OF APRS
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- COMMERCIAL VERSIONS OF ARS ARE AVAILABLE and we can engineer specific
- needs and applications. Two developments so far are OPTIONAL INTERFACEs SO
- THAT APRS CAN SEND POSITS TO OTHER SOFTWARE PACKAGES. Some of these other
- packages can zoom into the individual street address and contain untold other
- data base access for dispatching of fleet vehicles. There are currently two
- methods of doing this:
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- STREETS-ON-DISK:
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- This version writes all position reports to a file so that the other
- program such as STREETS-ON-DISK, can display all object positions from that
- file (you run both APRS and STREETS in a multi-tasking environment) The
- STREETS program is sold by KLYNAS Engineering 805 583-1133 for about $225
- but costs an additional $95 per county. The APRS interface to STREETS is
- available from the author or PACCOMM at an introductory rate of $95.
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- DELOREM MAPING:
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- For other maping and data base programs tha accept a NMEA input on a
- serial port, APRS can output NMEA data via its second serial port to
- simulate the output of a GPS. In this method, the APRS operator hooks any
- object on the screen, and that position report is sent as a NMEA string over
- to the other program that plots it on the map. In this scenario, APRS CAN
- MAKE AN IDEAL FRONT END PACKET COMMUNICATIONS PROCESSOR FOR ANY OTHER DATA
- BASE SYSTEM! PACCOMM suggested this approach when DELOREM quoted over
- $15,000 to modify their software! We did it much cheaper for them so it is
- ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE COMMERCIAL VERSION of ARPS distributed by PACCOMM.
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- APRS NMEA-0183 OUTPUT for OTHER COMPUTERS
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- APRS can output NMEA-0183 position data to other computers via a 4800 baud
- data link. This option is useful if you have existing software that takes
- NMEA-0183 position data (for a single unit) and you want to have the multi-
- station capabilities of APRS. In this arrangement, APRS serves as a front end
- processor to handle all APRS reporting and communications with multiple
- stations and vehicles, while sending selected position reports over to another
- computer running other Geo-location software.
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- Since many other Geo-location software packages accept NMEA-0183 data from
- GPS and LORAN devices, APRS will simulate a GGA/VTG data format as if it
- was comming from a navigation device. To select an object or station for
- output from APRS to the other computer, simply use the cursor to HOOK the
- station. Each time you hook a station, a NMEA-0183 report will be sent to
- the other computer via the selected COMMport (usually 2 if your TNC is on
- COM1). If you want to track a particular station continuously, simply hook
- the station on the P-List and select TRACK function. Then, every position
- report from that station will generate a NMEA report to the other computer.
- Also the +/- keys can be used to quickly step through every station in APRS
- and transfer those posits over to the other computer.
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- This pre-processor arrangement allows APRS to keep the big picture of where
- everyone is on the big maps, and allows the normal APRS communications
- capabilities between stations. All detail maping functions and database
- applications are then run on a companion computer indpendent of APRS. The
- communications operator simply hands off position reports to the database
- operator whenever further detail on a unit is needed.
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- FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: PACCOMM 813 874-2980 BUSINESS
- 4413 N. Hesperides St 813 875-6417 TECH
- Tampa, Fla 33614-7618
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