Xastir - graphical application that interfaces HAM radio and APRS(tm) internet access to real-time
Contents
Available Languages
Current choices are:
DutchEnglishFrenchGermanItalianPortugueseSpanish.Copying
Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Frank Giannandrea KC2GJS
Copyright (C) 2000-2023 The Xastir Group
Description
This manual page briefly documents the Xastir commands.
Name
Xastir - graphical application that interfaces HAM radio and APRS(tm) internet access to real-time
mapping software.
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.
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-fcallsign
Track callsign
-i Use a private colormap
-geometryWxH+x+y
Set Window Geometry/Position
-lLanguage
Xastir remembers the language once you set it the first time.
-m Deselect Maps
-p Disable popups
-t Internal SIGSEGV handler enabled
-vLevel
Set the debug level
-? Show summary of options available.
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"
Signals
SIGINT,SIQQUIT,SIGTERM Cause Xastir to exit.
SIGHUP Causes a restart.
SIGUSR1 Causes a snapshot to occur.
Synopsis
xastir[options]Language...
Usage Is:
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