diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7d91dd3..e5997cb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -10,46 +10,61 @@ Dire Wolf is a software "soundcard" modem/TNC and [APRS](http://www.aprs.org/) e ## Features & Benefits ## -- Lower cost, higher performance alternative to hardware TNC. -Decodes more than 1000 error-free frames from [WA8LMF TNC Test CD](http://wa8lmf.net/TNCtest/). +![](direwolf-block-diagram.png) -- Ideal for building a Raspberry Pi digipeater & IGate. +### Dire Wolf includes: ### -- Data rates: 300 AFSK, 1200 AFSK, 2400 QPSK, 4800 8PSK, and 9600/19200/38400 bps K9NG/G3RUH. -- Interface with applications by - - [AGW](http://uz7.ho.ua/includes/agwpeapi.htm) network protocol - - [KISS](http://www.ax25.net/kiss.aspx) serial port - - [KISS](http://www.ax25.net/kiss.aspx) TCP network protocol - -- Decoding of received information for troubleshooting. -- Conversion from APRS to waypoint sentences in popular formats: $GPWPL, $PGRMW, $PMGNWPL, $PKWDWPL. +- **Beaconing, Tracker, Telemetry Toolkit.** -- Logging and conversion to GPX file format. + Send periodic beacons to provide information to others. For tracking the location is provided by a GPS receiver. + Build your own telemetry applications with the toolkit. -- Beaconing for yourself or other nearby entities. +- **APRStt Gateway.** -- Very flexible Digipeating with routing and filtering between up to 6 ports. + Very few hams have portable equipment for APRS but nearly everyone has a handheld radio that can send DTMF tones. APRStt allows a user, equipped with only DTMF (commonly known as Touch Tone) generation capability, to enter information into the global APRS data network. Responses can be sent by Morse Code or synthesized speech. -- APRStt gateway - converts touch tone sequences to APRS objects and voice responses. +- **Digipeaters for APRS and traditional Packet Radio.** -- APRS Internet Gateway (IGate) with IPv6 support and special SATGate mode. + Extend the range of other stations by re-transmitting their signals. Unmatched flexibility for cross band repeating and filtering to limit what is retransmitted. -- APRS Telemetry Toolkit. +- **Internet Gateway (IGate).** -- Compatible with software defined radios (SDR) such as [gqrx](http://gqrx.dk/), [rtl_fm](http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr), and SDR#. + IGate stations allow communication between disjoint radio networks by allowing some content to flow between them over the Internet. -- Includes separate raw packet decoder, decode_aprs. -- AX.25 v2.2 connected mode. (New in version 1.4.) +- **AX.25 v2.2 Link Layer.** + + Traditional connected mode packet radio where the TNC automatically retries transmissions and delivers data in the right order. + +- **KISS Interface (TCP/IP, serial port, Bluetooth) & AGW network Interface (TCP/IP).** + + Dire Wolf can be used as a virtual TNC for applications such as APRSIS32, UI-View32, Xastir, APRS-TW,YAAC, UISS, Linux AX25, SARTrack, RMS Express, Outpost PM, and many others. + +### Radio Interfaces: ### + +- **Uses computer’s “soundcard” and digital signal processing.** + + Lower cost and better performance than specialized hardware. Decodes more than 1000 error-free frames from [WA8LMF TNC Test CD](http://wa8lmf.net/TNCtest/). + +- **Standard 300, 1200 & 9600 bps modems and more.** + +- **DTMF (“Touch Tone”) Decoding and Encoding.** + +- **Speech Synthesizer & Morse code generator.** + + Transmit human understandable messages. + +- **Compatible with Software Defined Radios such as gqrx, rtl_fm, and SDR#.** + +- **Concurrent operation with up to 3 soundcards and 6 radios.** + +### Portable & Open Source: ### + +- **Runs on Windows, Linux (PC/laptop, Raspberry Pi, etc.), Mac OSX.** -- Open source so you can see how it works and make your own modifications. -- Runs in 3 different environments: - - Microsoft Windows XP or later - - Linux, regular PC/laptop or single board computer such as Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone Black, cubieboard 2, or C.H.I.P. - - Mac OS X ## Documentation ## diff --git a/direwolf-block-diagram.PNG b/direwolf-block-diagram.PNG new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ad339b7 Binary files /dev/null and b/direwolf-block-diagram.PNG differ diff --git a/doc/WA8LMF-TNC-Test-CD-Results.pdf b/doc/WA8LMF-TNC-Test-CD-Results.pdf index 7f883ac..9806f95 100644 Binary files a/doc/WA8LMF-TNC-Test-CD-Results.pdf and b/doc/WA8LMF-TNC-Test-CD-Results.pdf differ