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Mark Jessop edited this page Dec 18, 2020 · 34 revisions

This page attempts to keep a log of additions / changes to the station.cfg file, so that users can add/modify the relevant settings instead of having to re-do their configuration from scratch.

Version 1.3.3

  • Added the following field in [aprs]
# Confirmation of the above setting (custom aprs_object_id)
# Set to True to confirm use of the custom object ID set above.
# Please read the notes above before setting this to True.
aprs_use_custom_object_id = False
  • Added fields for aprs_custom_comment and changed the default setting:
# The APRS-IS beacon comment. The following fields can be included:
# <freq> - Sonde Frequency, e.g. 401.520 MHz
# <type> - Sonde Type (e.g. RS41-SG, DFM09, etc....)
# <id> - Sonde Serial Number (i.e. M1234567)
# <vel_v> - Sonde Vertical Velocity (i.e. -5.1m/s)
# <temp> - Sonde reported temperature. If no temp data available, this will report -273 degC. 
# <humidity> - Sonde reported humidity.
# <pressure> - Sonde reported pressure
# <batt> - Battery Voltage (e.g. 3.1V)
# The default comment (below) is compatible with radiosondy.info's parsers, and should only be modified
# if absolutely necessary.
aprs_custom_comment = Clb=<vel_v> t=<temp> h=<humidity> p=<pressure> <freq> Type=<type> Radiosonde
  • Added into [email]
# Enable sending critical error notifications via email.
# WARNING: If an error is persistent and you are running as a systemd service, this could result
# in many e-mails being sent!
email_error_notifications = False
  • Added into [web]
# KML refresh rate
kml_refresh_rate = 10

Version 1.3.2

  • Modified / Added the following fields to the filtering section, at the bottom of the config file:
max_radius_km = 1000
min_radius_km = 0

# Temporarily block the frequency of sondes which report a position outside of the above limits.
# WARNING: This may cause sondes which sometimes report glitchy positions (RS92, DFM) to be blocked.
# (True or False)
radius_temporary_block = False

These settings allow temporarily blocking radiosonde outside or inside a specified radius limit. For example, you may want to focus your station on sondes launching from an airport near, you, in which case you might set:

max_radius_km = 300
min_radius_km = 0
radius_temporary_block = True

Conversely, you may be interested in only sondes that are far away from you, in which case you might set:

max_radius_km = 3000
min_radius_km = 300
radius_temporary_block = True

Version 1.1.3

[station]

# Station Position from GPSD
# If your station is likely to move, then you may wish to have your station position updated from GPSD.
# NOTE: This feature is intended to make life slightly easier when using an auto_rx station in a portable
# capacity, in particular when using a rotator. For the web interface to start up correctly, a lat/lon still
# needs to be entered above.
# For balloon chasing, chasemapper is much better suited: https://github.com/projecthorus/chasemapper
gpsd_enabled = False
gpsd_hostname = localhost
gpsd_port = 2947

[email]

  • Numerous changes to add support for SSL/TLS. Highly recommend copying out the new email settings block from the latest station.cfg.example and configuring as appropriate.

[web]

  • Renamed web_debug option to web_control. This option enables a few 'hidden' endpoints on the web interface, which will eventually be used to allow manual control over the scan / decode loops. Do not enable this on a web-facing instance of auto_rx!!!

[advanced]

  • Added lms6-400_experimental option into the list of experimental decoders. This is enabled by default as the 400 MHz LMS6 radiosondes are known to drift quite badly, and I've had more success decoding them using the fsk_demod decoder than with a FM Demod.

  • Added ngp_tweak option, which sets a narrower FM demodulator bandwidth when scanning for sondes on the 1680 MHz band. Set this to True if you are only expecting RS92-NGP radiosondes in your area. If you are expecting 1680 MHz LMS6 radiosondes (which use a much wider transmit bandwidth) then set this to False. Note that detection of RS92-NGP sondes may be significantly degraded when this option is set to False.

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