- Typical use case
- List of core server plugins
- Current messages this will respond to:
- Example usage:
- Help
- sample-config
- Output
- server
- send-message
- SEND EMAIL (radio to smtp server)
- RECEIVE EMAIL (imap server to radio)
- WEATHER
- LOCATION
- Workflow
- Release
- Building
- Official Build
- Development Build
- Running the container
Listen on amateur radio aprs-is network for messages and respond to them. You must have an amateur radio callsign to use this software. APRSD gets messages for the configured HAM callsign, and sends those messages to a list of plugins for processing. There are a set of core plugins that provide responding to messages to check email, get location, ping, time of day, get weather, and fortune telling as well as version information of aprsd itself.
Ham radio operator using an APRS enabled HAM radio sends a message to check the weather. an APRS message is sent, and then picked up by APRSD. The APRS packet is decoded, and the message is sent through the list of plugins for processing. The WeatherPlugin picks up the message, fetches the weather for the area around the user who sent the request, and then responds with the weather conditions in that area.
- server - The main aprsd server processor. Send/Rx APRS messages to HAM callsign
- send-message - use aprsd to send a command/message to aprsd server. Used for development testing
- sample-config - generate a sample aprsd.yml config file for use/editing
- bash completion generation. Uses python click bash completion to generate completion code for your .bashrc/.zshrc
Plugins function by specifying a regex that is searched for in the APRS message. If it matches, the plugin runs. IF the regex doesn't match, the plugin is skipped.
- EmailPlugin - Check email and reply with contents. Have to configure IMAP and SMTP settings in aprs.yml
- FortunePlugin - Replies with old unix fortune random fortune!
- LocationPlugin - Checks location of ham operator
- PingPlugin - Sends pong with timestamp
- TimePlugin - Current time of day
- WeatherPlugin - Get weather conditions for current location of HAM callsign
- VersionPlugin - Reports the version information for aprsd
APRS messages:
l(ocation) [callsign] = descriptive current location of your radio
8 Miles E Auburn CA 1673' 39.92150,-120.93950 0.1h ago
w(eather) = weather forecast for your radio's current position
58F(58F/46F) Partly Cloudy. Tonight, Heavy Rain.
t(ime) = respond with the current time
f(ortune) = respond with a short fortune
-email_addr email text = send an email, say "mapme" to send a current position/map
-2 = resend the last 2 emails from your imap inbox to this radio
p(ing) = respond with Pong!/time
anything else = respond with usage
Meanwhile this code will monitor a single imap mailbox and forward email to your BASECALLSIGN over the air. Only radios using the BASECALLSIGN are allowed to send email, so consider this security risk before using this (or Amatuer radio in general). Email is single user at this time.
There are additional parameters in the code (sorry), so be sure to set your email server, and associated logins, passwords. search for "yourdomain", "password". Search for "shortcuts" to setup email aliases as well.
pip install aprsd
aprsd -h
└─[$] > aprsd -h Usage: aprsd [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]... Shell completion for click-completion-command Available shell types: bash Bourne again shell fish Friendly interactive shell powershell Windows PowerShell zsh Z shell Default type: auto Options: --version Show the version and exit. -h, --help Show this message and exit. Commands: install Install the click-completion-command completion sample-config This dumps the config to stdout. send-message Send a message to a callsign via APRS_IS. server Start the aprsd server process. show Show the click-completion-command completion code
This command outputs a sample config yml formatted block that you can edit and use to pass in to aprsd with -c.
aprsd sample-config
└─[$] > aprsd sample-config aprs: host: rotate.aprs.net logfile: /tmp/arsd.log login: someusername password: somepassword port: 14580 aprsd: enabled_plugins: - aprsd.plugin.EmailPlugin - aprsd.plugin.FortunePlugin - aprsd.plugin.LocationPlugin - aprsd.plugin.PingPlugin - aprsd.plugin.TimePlugin - aprsd.plugin.WeatherPlugin - aprsd.plugin.VersionPlugin plugin_dir: ~/.config/aprsd/plugins ham: callsign: KFART imap: host: imap.gmail.com login: imapuser password: something here too port: 993 use_ssl: true shortcuts: aa: 5551239999@vtext.com cl: craiglamparter@somedomain.org wb: 555309@vtext.com smtp: host: imap.gmail.com login: something password: some lame password port: 465 use_ssl: false
This is the main server command that will listen to APRS-IS servers and look for incomming commands to the callsign configured in the config file
└─[$] > aprsd server --help
Usage: aprsd server [OPTIONS]
Start the aprsd server process.
Options:
--loglevel [CRITICAL|ERROR|WARNING|INFO|DEBUG]
The log level to use for aprsd.log
[default: DEBUG]
--quiet Don't log to stdout
--disable-validation Disable email shortcut validation. Bad
email addresses can result in broken email
responses!!
-c, --config TEXT The aprsd config file to use for options.
[default: ~/.config/aprsd/aprsd.yml]
-h, --help Show this message and exit.
(.venv3) ┌─[waboring@dl360-1] - [~/devel/aprsd] - [Sun Dec 20, 12:32] -
└─[$] <git:(master*)> aprsd server
Load config
[12/20/2020 12:33:03 PM] [MainThread ] [INFO ] APRSD Started version: 1.0.2
[12/20/2020 12:33:03 PM] [MainThread ] [INFO ] Checking IMAP configuration
[12/20/2020 12:33:04 PM] [MainThread ] [INFO ] Checking SMTP configuration
This command is typically used for development to send another aprsd instance test messages
└─[$] > aprsd send-message -h
Usage: aprsd send-message [OPTIONS] TOCALLSIGN [COMMAND]...
Send a message to a callsign via APRS_IS.
Options:
--loglevel [CRITICAL|ERROR|WARNING|INFO|DEBUG]
The log level to use for aprsd.log
[default: DEBUG]
--quiet Don't log to stdout
-c, --config TEXT The aprsd config file to use for options.
[default: ~/.config/aprsd/aprsd.yml]
--aprs-login TEXT What callsign to send the message from.
[env var: APRS_LOGIN]
--aprs-password TEXT the APRS-IS password for APRS_LOGIN [env
var: APRS_PASSWORD]
-h, --help Show this message and exit.
Received message______________
Raw : KM6XXX>APY400,WIDE1-1,qAO,KM6XXX-1::KM6XXX-9 :-user@host.com test new shortcuts global, radio to pc{29
From : KM6XXX
Message : -user@host.com test new shortcuts global, radio to pc
Msg number : 29
Sending Email_________________
To : user@host.com
Subject : KM6XXX
Body : test new shortcuts global, radio to pc
Sending ack __________________ Tx(3)
Raw : KM6XXX-9>APRS::KM6XXX :ack29
To : KM6XXX
Ack number : 29
Sending message_______________ 6(Tx3)
Raw : KM6XXX-9>APRS::KM6XXX :-somebody@gmail.com email from internet to radio{6
To : KM6XXX
Message : -somebody@gmail.com email from internet to radio
Received message______________
Raw : KM6XXX>APY400,WIDE1-1,qAO,KM6XXX-1::KM6XXX-9 :ack6
From : KM6XXX
Message : ack6
Msg number : 0
Received message______________
Raw : KM6XXX>APY400,WIDE1-1,qAO,KM6XXX-1::KM6XXX-9 :weather{27
From : KM6XXX
Message : weather
Msg number : 27
Sending message_______________ 6(Tx3)
Raw : KM6XXX-9>APRS::KM6XXX :58F(58F/46F) Partly cloudy. Tonight, Heavy Rain.{6
To : KM6XXX
Message : 58F(58F/46F) Party Cloudy. Tonight, Heavy Rain.
Sending ack __________________ Tx(3)
Raw : KM6XXX-9>APRS::KM6XXX :ack27
To : KM6XXX
Ack number : 27
Received message______________
Raw : KM6XXX>APY400,WIDE1-1,qAO,KM6XXX-1::KM6XXX-9 :ack6
From : KM6XXX
Message : ack6
Msg number : 0
Received message______________
Raw : KM6XXX>APY400,WIDE1-1,qAO,KM6XXX-1::KM6XXX-9 :location{28
From : KM6XXX
Message : location
Msg number : 28
Sending message_______________ 7(Tx3)
Raw : KM6XXX-9>APRS::KM6XXX :8 Miles NE Auburn CA 1673' 39.91150,-120.93450 0.1h ago{7
To : KM6XXX
Message : 8 Miles E Auburn CA 1673' 38.91150,-120.93450 0.1h ago
Sending ack __________________ Tx(3)
Raw : KM6XXX-9>APRS::KM6XXX :ack28
To : KM6XXX
Ack number : 28
Received message______________
Raw : KM6XXX>APY400,WIDE1-1,qAO,KM6XXX-1::KM6XXX-9 :ack7
From : KM6XXX
Message : ack7
Msg number : 0
AND... ping, fortune, time.....
While working aprsd, The workflow is as follows
- Edit code, save file
- run tox -epep8
- run tox -efmt
- run tox -p
- git commit
To do release to pypi:
Tag release with
git tag -v1.XX -m "New release"
push release tag up
git push origin master --tags
Build dist and wheel
python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
Verify build is valid for pypi (need twine installed )
pip install twine twine check dist/*
Once twine is happy, upload release to pypi
twine upload dist/*
There are 2 versions of the container Dockerfile that can be used. The main Dockerfile, which is for building the official release container based off of the pip install version of aprsd and the Dockerfile-dev, which is used for building a container based off of a git branch of the repo.
docker build -t hemna6969/aprsd:latest .
docker build -t hemna6969/aprsd:latest -f Dockerfile-dev .
There is a docker-compose.yml file that can be used to run your container. There are 2 volumes defined that can be used to store your configuration and the plugins directory: /config and /plugins
If you want to install plugins at container start time, then use the environment var in docker-compose.yml specified as APRS_PLUGINS Provide a csv list of pypi installable plugins. Then make sure the plugin python file is in your /plugins volume and the plugin will be installed at container startup. The plugin may have dependencies that are required. The plugin file should be copied to /plugins for loading by aprsd