APRS Message Server Help
A
The /A command lists the APRS announcements received by the router
They are listed in alphabetical order by sender.
Announcements have a destination address of the form BLNxCCCCC where
x represents a single non-digit and CCCCC represents the category (up
to 5 characters). They are transmitted once per hour for 4 days, and
incoming announcements are retained for 4 days after last reception.
B
The /B command lists the APRS bulletins received by the router. They
are listed in alphabetical order by sender.
Bulletins have a destination address of the form BLN#CCCCC where #
represents a single digit (0-9) and CCCCC represents the category
(up to 5 characters). They are transmitted every 20 minutes for
4 hours, and incoming bulletins are retained for 4 hours after last
reception.
C
The /C (Cancel) command is used to cancel re-transmission of outgoing
messages originated by yourself, e.g. "/C 12345" will cancel message
number 12345. Entering /C by itself will list the messages which may
be cancelled.
D
The /D (Directs) command gives a brief list of the stations heard
directly (i.e. not via digipeaters or 3rd party networks).
H
The APRS messaging system accepts the following commands:
/A[nnouncements] Show announcements
/B[ulletins] Show bulletins
/C[ancel] [#] List / cancel unacked message(s)
/D[irects] Show directly heard stations
/H[elp] [cmd] Display command help
/Monitor [on|off] Query / set traffic Monitor mode
/Q[uit] Quit (exit)
/T[arget] [call] Query / set target for msg
/U[iview] [on|off] Query / set UI-View mode
/V[ia] [digis] Query / set digipeater path
/X Exit
Commands and arguments are case-insensitive, and only the first
letter is required, thus "/H" and "/help" are equally valid.
To get more help on any command type "/H <command>", e.g. "/H /T".
For a full list of help topics enter "/H *"
M
The /M (Monitor) command controls message traffic monitoring as follows:
/M Displays current monitor state (on or off)
/M ON Enables monitoring of messages not addressed to you.
/M OFF Only messages addressed to yourself will be received (default).
Q
/Q (Quit) quits the APRS messaging session and returns you to the router's
main prompt. The /x (exit) command performs the same function.
T
The /T (Target) command queries or sets the message target as follows:
/T Reports current target.
/T <call> Sets target to <call>, and sets "message" mode.
/T BLN#xxxxx (# = 0-9) Sets "bulletin" mode, category xxxxx
/T BLN@xxxxx (@ = non-digit) Sets "announcement" category xxxxx
/T . Clears target. Any punctuation character will do.
Once set, the target remains in force until cleared or a new one is set.
U
The /U (UI-View) command displays and sets "UI-View" messaging mode
as follows:
/U Reports current mode
/U ON Turns UI-View mode on. Outgoing msgs use UI-View format.
/U OFF Turns UI-View mode off. Outgoing msgs use APRS format.
The default mode is "off". In either mode, both types of message can be
received. UI-View messages will display with a tilde (~) between the
message and its ID, whereas APRS-format messages will display with a
curly opening bracket ({) if a message ID was supplied.
V
The /V (Via) command queries or sets the digipeater path for outgoing
messages as follows:
/V Display current path
/V RELAY,WIDE Set path to RELAY,WIDE
/V . Clear path (no digipeaters)
The path remains in force until cleared or a new path is specified.
X
/X (eXit) quits the APRS messaging session and returns you to the router's
main prompt. The /q (quit) command performs the same function.