From 6a1eedfa32f5cc94ae02eb961697445ac23e66f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Srebnick Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 22:08:04 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add README to root. --- README | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..970551c --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +This software is written in python 2.7 and has been tested with aprx 2.9.x. +If you are running a version < 2.9.0 you should first update aprx. The current +release may be found at http://thelifeofkenneth.com/aprx/debs/. + +Once you are running aprx >= 2.9, install noaacap: + +Install via sudo dpkg -i noaacap-0.1.1.deb. Then, to satisfy the dependencies, +run sudo apt-get -f install. + +CONFIGURATION + +Add a beacon section similar to the following to /etc/aprx.conf: + + + +beaconmode both +cycle-size 2m + +beacon via WIDE2-1 \ + srccall N0CALL-13 \ + exec /usr/local/bin/noaacap.py + + + +The program will check for a new alert or update every 2 minutes, but only +send if there is a change. + +Edit /etc/noaacap.conf: + +Do not remove the [noaacap] section header. + +myTZ should be set to the Linux TZ value for the issuing office of your +preferred weather zone. For a complete list of timezones, you may use +the following command: timedatectl list-timezones | grep America. + +myZone should be set to the zone number. A list of zones may be found at +https://alerts.weather.gov/. Only list one zone. You could use a county code +rather than a zone code if you wish. + +USE + +It would be good to hear from users of this software. Please email +k2dls@k2dls.net with the callsign-SSID of your APRS station that is sending +weather alerts via this program. + +Dan Srebnick, K2DLS +08/19/2017