packet:xrouter:docs:aprsmessageserverhelp
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.
packet/xrouter/docs/aprsmessageserverhelp.txt · Last modified: 2025/04/22 02:33 by m0mzf