X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?p=fw%2Faltos;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Faprs-operation.inc;fp=doc%2Faprs-operation.inc;h=d0e382665eadccda1ef517737d7eb4430aed11ce;hp=09f929d088588f13da9e7ae1c87ce3e487bb5ef9;hb=d8716b015cfeb4955c0224c32d3c01e66b092209;hpb=47f4121ae6596bdf18566295df2fdbe94fe676b8 diff --git a/doc/aprs-operation.inc b/doc/aprs-operation.inc index 09f929d0..d0e38266 100644 --- a/doc/aprs-operation.inc +++ b/doc/aprs-operation.inc @@ -1,12 +1,19 @@ === APRS {aprsdevices} can send APRS if desired, and the - interval between APRS packets can be configured. As each APRS - packet takes a full second to transmit, we recommend an - interval of at least 5 seconds to avoid consuming too much - battery power or radio channel bandwidth. You can configure - the APRS interval using {application}; that process is described in - <<{configure_section}>>. + interval between APRS packets can be configured. As + each APRS packet takes a full second to transmit, we + recommend an interval of at least 5 seconds to avoid + consuming too much battery power or radio channel + bandwidth. You can configure the time within each + minute that APRS transmits by changing the APRS offset + value. When the GPS signal is locked and knows the + current time, the APRS offset selects the time with + each minute for the first APRS transmission; + subsequent transmissions occur each APRS interval + seconds thereafter. You can configure the APRS + interval and APRS offset using {application}; that + process is described in <<{configure_section}>>. AltOS supports both compressed and uncompressed APRS position report data formats. The compressed format