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xastir_udp_client <hostname> <port> <callsign> <passcode> {-identify | [-to_rf] <message>}

xastir_udp_client sends packets into the UDP listening port of an enabled xastir instance.

xastir_udp_client localhost 2023 <callsign> <passcode> "APRS Packet Goes Here"

Currently that will inject the packet into Xastir's decoding routines and send it to any TCP-connected clients. It will also igate it to the INET if you have igating enabled.  It will send the packet out the RF ports as third-party packets only if you add the "-to_rf" flag after the passcode like this:

xastir_udp_client localhost 2023 <callsign> <passcode> -to_rf "APRS Packet"

The UDP client is useful for generating and injecting APRS packets from external scripts.  It can also be used to fetch the callsign of the remote xastir server by using the -identify flag:

xastir_udp_client localhost 2023 <callsign> <passcode> -identify

This is a very simple utility that provides no validation of message content.  The text passed as the last argument is directly injected into Xastir's incoming data stream and processed exactly as if it had come out of a TNC.

As such, the text passed to it as "APRS Packet" must be a complete APRS packet, including FROM and TO call signs, not simply the payload. Thus to have it work properly, you should pass "MYCALL-0>APX219:payload goes here" as the string, not "payload goes here" (where obviously you should replace "MYCALL-0" with your own callsign and SSID).

If the APRS payload provided is an object or item, and the call sign and SSID provided in the packet header match Xastir's exactly, then Xastir will "adopt" the object or item and treat it in the same manner as one that had been created in its own GUI --- that is, the object will be retransmitted with decaying intervals until deleted.  This can be useful if one wishes to create objects external to Xastir and have it take control over them, but can be a bit surprising if you weren't expecting it.  If you want the objects treated as Xastir's own, use the same callsign and ssid for the object as the callsign/SSID that Xastir is using, and if you DON'T want that, use a different SSID.

If Xastir's callsign is "MYCALL-0" then this invocation will create an object that will be adopted and retransmitted:

 xastir_udp_client localhost 2023 MYCALL-0 <passcode> "MYCALL-0>APX219,WIDE2-1:;foobar   *202111z3501.53N/10619.04W/"

while this invocation will create an object that will only be transmitted once and not adopted:

 xastir_udp_client localhost 2023 MYCALL-0 <passcode> "MYCALL-1>APX219,WIDE2-1:;foobar   *202111z3501.53N/10619.04W/"

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