Specifications

Connecting
the
Once
you've
APRS
adapter cable
made
your
adapter
cable, connect as described
previously
Schematic
Diagram for
the
APRS Adapter
Gable
Com
puter
TNC
t4
17
18
1g
20
21
22
2a
21
25
PK-96/ULTIMETER ll@
Stand
Alone Weather Station
Set
Up
Connect
the
ULTIMETER II to the PK-96 following the illustrations of
Figure
3,
Figure
4,
and
Figure 5.
Once
the
connections are made, follow the directions below to configure
the TNC.
l.
Connect
your
TNC to
your
computer and
get
it running following
the
directions
in Chapter 2.
2. Type MY
<your
call sign>, then
press
ENTER. For example,
if
your
callsign is WATGCI,
you
would
enter MY WATGCI, then
press
ENTER.
3. Type
UN
APRS
via RELAY, then
press
ENTER. This
programs your
IINPROTO
path
to APRS
via RELAY.
4. Type GLOCtx 60, then
press
ENTER. This causes
the
PK-96
to transmit the weather information
every 10 minutes. The seconds
can
range from
0
(disabled)
to 255 in ten second increments,
5. Now
you
need to
program your
Btext with the day of the month,
time,
and
your
latitude and
longi-
tude. For
example:
if
your
exact location is 47"49. 14'N,122'15.72'W
and the
time
and
date is 9:11
AM
June 23 1995,
you
would enter BT
@23091114749.14N112215.72W_Lynnwood
weather
sta-
tion, then
press
ENTER.
6. Now
type
Beacon E 60, then
press
ENTER. This will
cause
your
PK-96 to
transmit its beacon
text
every five minutes. APRS
must see
the
beacon
text
containing
the
position
information and a
weather symbol
character before it will display
your
weather
information"