APRS with the PTC-IInet
Collect GPS Positionmessages with the PTC-IInet and show them using the SCS Serverdatabase, everwhere on the world you want.
APRS with the PTC-IInet
APRS (Automatic Position Reporting System)
With the newest software release the PTC-IInet can easily used as position data (APRS) "collector". As the PTC-IInet has a flexible DSP frontend, it can decode all possible modulations currently used to transfer position data via VHF/UHF and HF links. This certainly includes the new Robust-Packet waveform for shortwaves, developed by SCS in 2005. The received position data is extracted by the software running on the integrated Linux computer and can be transferred via the LAN interface to any Internet location in the world. The destination of the data is easily configurable with the usual web-interface of the PTC-IInet. SCS has established an example application on the SCS server, which can be viewed here:
http://www.scs-ptc.com/shop/products/modems/tracker-dsp-tnc
The data displayed here is collected by PTC-IInet located at the SCS facilities in Hanau. Then the data is automaticly forwarded to the SCS server where it is stored in a data base. From there the data is merged into a map-system adopted from "Google Maps" and can be displayed with any web browser. This is an easy application that can be run and installed by everybody who has private or commercial interrests in collecting and displaying position data. With the help of the PTC-IInet, receiption, pre-processing and forwarding of position data is automaticly done without the need of much knowledge or programming skills.
