W5BFF
Member
Well, I did it.
The code is quite ugly... and functionality is limited, BUT! I can send/receive APRS messages in IRC!!
I wrote a script in mIRC (mIRC: Internet Relay Chat client) that taps into the APRS-IS server I configured in APRSIS/32.
Anybody in the chatroom can send an APRS message to a call sign. The script auto-adds the "-IC" SSID to signify it's coming from Internet Chat.
I have the IRCd daemon running inside a mesh network since you have to be a ham to use the mesh. The only requirement is that your NICK is set to your call sign.
For example, I'm in the #APRS chatroom, and my nick is set to W5BFF. If you send an APRS message to W5BFF-IC, the script will pvt msg me your message AND automatically process your acknowledgement IF I'm actually *IN* the room AND you requested one.
The plan is to port the code into a Windrop bot in the near future, but those are harder to trace errors... it's a lot easier to restart an mIRC script at this time.
So! Go ahead... send me an APRS message to W5BFF-IC!
The code is quite ugly... and functionality is limited, BUT! I can send/receive APRS messages in IRC!!
I wrote a script in mIRC (mIRC: Internet Relay Chat client) that taps into the APRS-IS server I configured in APRSIS/32.
Anybody in the chatroom can send an APRS message to a call sign. The script auto-adds the "-IC" SSID to signify it's coming from Internet Chat.
I have the IRCd daemon running inside a mesh network since you have to be a ham to use the mesh. The only requirement is that your NICK is set to your call sign.
For example, I'm in the #APRS chatroom, and my nick is set to W5BFF. If you send an APRS message to W5BFF-IC, the script will pvt msg me your message AND automatically process your acknowledgement IF I'm actually *IN* the room AND you requested one.
The plan is to port the code into a Windrop bot in the near future, but those are harder to trace errors... it's a lot easier to restart an mIRC script at this time.
So! Go ahead... send me an APRS message to W5BFF-IC!
