[amsat-bb] PB and PG v.2.0 - programs for communicating with Microsat satellites

[Bent Bagger <Bent.Bagger@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have uploaded version 2.0 of PB and PG for Linux to Metalab.unc.edu.
The file
name is pbpg-2.0.tar.gz. I have placed the file and the accompanying
lsm-file in /incoming/Linux. The target directory is
/pub/linux/apps/ham.
The file may also be downloaded from 
ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/software/Linux/pbpg-2.0.tar.gz.

The package has been changed substancially on several points relative to
the
previous releases:

1) PB and PG now adhere more closely to the File Hierarchy Standard
(FHS):
The configuration file is located in /etc/pbpg. The documentation is by
default installed in /usr/local/share/pbpg. The suggested run time
directory is
/var/spool/pbpg.

2) The configuration file is now common to PB and PG. Furthermore, the
new
configuration file contains the parameters for all satellites. The
satellite 
of interest must be specified when calling the programs, either as a
command line parameter (-s) or as an environment variable (SATELLITE).

3) The internal structure of PB has been redesigned. PB has been split
into
two parts: an 'engine part' that takes care of the communication with
the
satellite and a 'presentation part' that takes care of presenting the
results
of PB's work to the operator. The engine part is 'pb' and the
presentation part
is 'pbctrl'. The two parts communicate over a FIFO and use an XML syntax
for
the data exchange. The basic functionality of PB has not been altered.

4) The package now uses a standard configure script. Details on the
installation may be found in the file INSTALL.


The lsm reads as follows:

Begin3
Title:       	PB and PG for Linux
Version:        2.0
Entered-date:   9 MAR 2001

Description:    PB and PG for Linux are programs used for download from
and
		upload to digital satellites (Pacsats) supporting the FTL0
		protocol. This software allows you to directly communicate 
		with the Microsat series of satellites. It provides a 
		Curses (Ncurses) based user interface. It features automatic 
		directory fill requests and simple, rules based file 
		download requests.
		This version of the programs will work with kernel
		revisions 2.0.24 or higher.
Keywords:       AX.25
		Digital Satellites
		Pacsat
		FTL0
                Amateur Radio
Author:         oz6bl@amsat.org (Bent Bagger)
		oz2aba@amsat.org (Peter Scott Bentsen)
		and others.
Maintained-by:  oz6bl@amsat.org (Bent Bagger)
Primary-site:   metalab.unc.edu /pub/linux/apps/ham/pbpg-2.0.tar.gz
Alternate-site:	ftp.amsat.org   /amsat/software/Linux/pbpg-2.0.tar.gz
Copying-policy: GPL.
End


Happy hamming

Bent/OZ6BL
(also oz6bl@amsat.org)
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