direwolf – K2IE

Mandatory noaacap update

If you’re running noaacap to send severe weather alerts via APRS, there is a mandatory update available. The zone parsing code has been completely redone to address some issues discovered after the recent protocol update by NOAA.

The current version of noaacap is 1.4.0 and is available here.

noaacap with Dire Wolf

I’ve heard from Patrick (N3TSZ) who says that noaacap works well with Dire Wolf as an alternative to aprx. While I have not tested this myself, Patrick writes,

I discovered that noaacap works in Direwolf. Install noaacap as per your instructions. Then add the following line to direwolf.conf:

CBEACON EVERY=2 INFOCMD=”noaacap.py”

The string returned by noaacap is inserted in the information portion of the packet and transmitted. If a string is not returned, “INFOCMD failure” is displayed, and Direwolf continues on

Thanks for this useful feedback!

Look here for more information on noaacap.