DIGIFLAG(1) XR32 REFERENCE MANUAL 19/1/2013
COMMAND
DIGIFLAG -- Display / Set digipeat options.
SYNOPSIS
DIGIFLAG <port> [0-1023]
AVAILABILITY
Sysop-only.
DESCRIPTION
The DIGIFLAG command is used to display and/or set the
digipeat options for a specified port.
New settings override those read from the XROUTER.CFG file,
and remain in force until changed, or the system is restarted.
The minimum abbreviation of this command is DIGIF.
OPTIONS
Options are enabled by adding together the following numbers:
Bit Value Option
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0 1 Digipeat UI frames
1 2 Digipeat non-UI frames
2 4 Enable RELAY generic digipeating (deprecated).
3 8 Enable TRACE generic digipeating (deprecated).
4 16 Enable WIDE generic digipeating (deprecated).
5 32 Allow APRS 3rd party digi via L4.
6 64 Allow digipeating to Internet (IGate).
7 128 Allow digipeating from Internet (IGate).
8 256 Enable UITRACE digipeating (e.g. WIDEn-n)
9 512 Enable UIFLOOD digipeating (e.g. GBRn-n)
EXAMPLES
DIGIF 3 Enquire current setting for port 3
DIGIF 3 259 Enable UITRACE and normal digipeat on port 3
DIGIF 2 0 Disable all digipeating on port 2
ADDITIONAL INFO
UITRACE and UIFLOOD are two special addresses that are
suffixed with pseudo-SSID's, e.g. "TRACE4-4" and "WIDE2-2".
These addresses can digipeat several times. The first digit
specifies the maximum number of hops, and the second is the
hop counter, which is decremented each time the frame is
digipeated.
These two addresses behave slightly differently however. When
a frame is digipeated on the address specified by UITRACE,
each digipeater inserts its own callsign in the digipeater
list and decrements the "SSID". Frames digipeated on the
UIFLOOD address have their SSIDs decremented, but the digi
doesn't insert its own callsign.
For the sake of consistency with UI-View, UITRACE defaults
to "TRACE", giving TRACEn-n digipeating, and UIFLOOD
defaults to WIDE, giving WIDEn-n digipeating.
However, according to the APRS "New Paradigm", RELAY, TRACE
and WIDE are deprecated, UITRACE should be set to "WIDE",
and UIFLOOD should be set to a "state" code (e.g. "GBR" for
the UK). These addressses may be specified in XROUTER.CFG.
One of the main justifications for the new paradigm was the
fact that some of the older digipeaters would repeat the same
packets over and over. This does not happen with XRouter, due
to its dupe prevention measures.
Not everyone agrees with the "New Paradigm, so the choice of
which features to enable is left you you.
SEE ALSO
DIGIPORT(1) -- Set port to digipeat on
XROUTER.CFG(8) -- Main Configuration File.
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