WinAPRS Basic SetUp Last UpDated 02/15/99 JimO
Under Settings Tab In WinAPRS
Master Mode = Normal Ham Operation
General Display Settings = (Check) Enable Buttons In Map Window
(Check) English Units
Station Settings = Callsign = Enter Your Call
Validation# = Enter Val # If You Are Registered (if You
Are Not Registered Leave Blank, The Only Thing Is, That
Every Thing You Put In Won't Be Saved After You Shut The
Program Down (Bummer)
State = Two Letter Of Your State
County = County That You Live In
City = City That You Live In
Enter Your Latitude = 38 2 39 (Check) N for Northern Lat.
Enter Your Longitude = 84 42 56 (Check) W For Western Lon.
UTC OffSet = -5 Or -4 Depending On Time Of Year This Area
Station Icon = (- House QTH)(& GateWay)(# Wide Digi)
Power = The Power Of Your APRS Station
Antenna Height = Height Of Your APRS Antenna
Antenna Gain = Gain Of Your APRS Antenna
Direcitivity = 0 For Omni Directional Antenna
APRS Posit Comments = Anything You Want To Put In About Posit
Status Text = Anything You Want To Put In About Status
Status Text = Echos Whatever You Put In Status Text Line
Tracking Options (Check) Auto Track Moving Stations To Track Mobiles
# Of Points To Save 500 (Default)
Track Delta [Secs] 10 (Default)
Alarm Delta [Secs] 30 (Default)
Station Time Out = Whatever Time Limit You Want
Special Event = Leave Blank
Warning Radius = Any Radius That You Want
Danger Radius = Any Radius That You Want
Automatic Logging These Can Be Set If You Want To Capture The Info To Your
Hard Drive For Reference At A Later Time
Station Logging
APRS Logging
NMEA Logging
Weather Logging
Message Logging
RDF Logging
Stats Logging
Automatic Input = If You Are A Registered User, This Option Will
Automatically Turn On The Section That You Have Checked
HF [Dual] TNC (Kantronics Kam)
VHF TNC (Kantronics KPC-3)
Weather (If You Have A Weather Station Interfaced)
GPS / NMEA (If You Have A GPS With Your APRS Station)
Min Font Size = 12 Default (Works Good For Me, So I Have Never Changed It)
If You Want To See All Stations That Are Using Macs or Windows APRS Check
The Following Blocks, If Not Leave Blank
Auto Flag Macs
Auto Flag Windows
Serial Port Settings = Setup Your Comm Ports That You Are Using
TNC VHF, TNC Dual Port, GPS, Weather,
Port Number = Whatever Port The Item Is Hooked To (TNC)
Speed = Whatever The Speed Of The HandShaking Between The
Item And The Computer (4800) for a TNC (Less Problems)
Data Bits = 8 (default)
Stop Bits = 1 (default)
Parity = None (default)
Select TNC TYPE = Not to Worry Much Here, It Gets The Info For The Program By
The InitXXX.tnc File that you have In The Root Directory Of
WinAPRS. I Think Mine Shows Up As A Single TNC On VHF
Eventhough I Am Running A Dual Port Kam+ With HF and VHF
Never Has Been A Problem. Runs Fine Anyway
TNC Settings = Unproto APRSM via (What Ever You Set Your Path As)
Dual Port Kams Should Be (GATE,WIDE/APRSW VIA WIDE3-3)
KPC-3 Should Be (WIDE3-3)Or(RELAY,WIDE3-3) If You Can't See
A Wide DIGI. It Can Also Be Call Specific Example.
(KF4INN-10,KE4TCO,K4DMU-10)
Gateway = I Have No Ideal What This Block Is For (Doesn't Seem To
Work With Any Thing That I Have Tried)
CMD 1 - 10 Depends On What TNC Choice You Pick On The Right
TNC Type = Receive Only
Single Port (Kantronics KPC-3) VHF
Dual Port (Kantronics Kam or Kam+) HF & VHF
Two Ports Only If You Have Two Different TNCs and Radios
Press The TNC Type That You Are Going To Use It Should Fill
In The Cmds To The Left
AEA KAN MFJ Pico Kenwood DC
If You Are Running The Following, Check What Ever Applies
GPS on VHF
GPS on HF
Pico VHF
Pico HF
P1 (HF) Switch ~A (Default If You Are Running Dual Port)
P2 (VHF)Switch |A (Default If You Are Running Dual Port)
Msg Retries 5 is Default But You Can Go Higher If Needed
That Should Get You On The Air With WinAPRS, Hope To See You On My Screen
My Call Is AD4CR Location Versailles, Ky 3802.39N 08442.56W AD4CR HF Gate
73s And God Bless! JimO For Any Other Questions Press The F1 Key (WinAPRS)