Dire Wolf is a software “soundcard” AX.25 packet modem/TNC and APRS encoder/decoder. It can be used stand-alone to observe APRS traffic, as a tracker, digipeater, APRStt gateway, or Internet Gateway (IGate).
Dire Wolf includes FX.25 which adds Forward Error Correction (FEC) in a way that is completely compatible with existing systems. If both ends are capable of FX.25, your information will continue to get through under conditions where regular AX.25 is completely useless. This was originally developed for satellites and is now seeing widespread use on HF.
This is free and open source software.
Features include:
- Beaconing, Tracker, Telemetry Toolkit – 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.
- APRStt Gateway – 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.
- Digipeaters for APRS and traditional Packet Radio – extend the range of other stations by re-transmitting their signals. Unmatched flexibility for cross band repeating and filtering to limit what is retransmitted.
- Internet Gateway (IGate) – IGate stations allow communication between disjoint radio networks by allowing some content to flow between them over the Internet.
- Ham Radio of Things (HRoT).
- 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).
- Can be used as a virtual TNC for applications such as APRSIS32, Xastir, APRS-TW, YAAC, PinPoint APRS, UI-View32,UISS, Linux AX25, SARTrack, Winlink Express (formerly known as RMS Express, formerly known as Winlink 2000 or WL2K), BPQ32, Outpost PM, Ham Radio of Things, Packet Compressed Sensing Imaging (PCSI), and many others.
Website: github.com/wb2osz/direwolf
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Developer: wb2osz
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Dire Wolf is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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