APRS TNC extension for WeeWX

The APRS TNC extension generates an APRS compliant weather packet that will be sent to your TNC KISS service.

Pre-requisites

This extension requires WeeWX v3.0.0 or greater and when used with WeeWX v4.0.0 or later can be used under Python 2 or Python 3.

Installation

1. Download the latest APRS TNC extension from the releases page

   $ wget https://github.com/SQ2CPA/weewx-aprs-tnc/releases/download/v1.0.0/aprs-tnc-1.0.0.zip
   

2. Install the APRS TNC extension downloaded at step 1 using the weectl utility:

   $ weectl extension install aprs-tnc-1.0.0.zip
   

3. Set your callsign, comment and more in /etc/weewx/weewx.conf file

4. In /etc/weewx/weewx.conf, modify the [Engine] [[Services]] section by adding the WeewxAprsTnc service to the list of process services to be run:

   [Engine]
       [[Services]]
   
           process_services = .., user.aprs.WeewxAprsTnc
   

5. Restart WeeWX:

   $ sudo /etc/init.d/weewx restart
   

   or

   $ sudo service weewx restart
   

   or

   $ sudo systemctl restart weewx