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4 6pack Protocol
7 This is the 6pack-mini-HOWTO, written by
11 :Internet: ajk@comnets.uni-bremen.de
12 :AMPR-net: dg3kq@db0pra.ampr.org
17 1. What is 6pack, and what are the advantages to KISS?
20 6pack is a transmission protocol for data exchange between the PC and
23 6pack has two major advantages:
25 - The PC is given full control over the radio
35   This kind of real-time control is especially important to supply several
37   (however, this feature is not supported yet by the Linux 6pack driver).
39 - Each packet transferred over the serial line is supplied with a checksum,
44 More details about 6pack are described in the file 6pack.ps that is located
47 2. Who has developed the 6pack protocol?
50 The 6pack protocol has been developed by Ekki Plicht DF4OR, Henning Rech
51 DF9IC and Gunter Jost DK7WJ. A driver for 6pack, written by Gunter Jost and
53 They have also written a firmware for TNCs to perform the 6pack
56 3. Where can I get the latest version of 6pack for LinuX?
59 At the moment, the 6pack stuff can obtained via anonymous ftp from
60 db0bm.automation.fh-aachen.de. In the directory /incoming/dg3kq,
61 there is a file named 6pack.tgz.
63 4. Preparing the TNC for 6pack operation
66 To be able to use 6pack, a special firmware for the TNC is needed. The EPROM
67 of a newly bought TNC does not contain 6pack, so you will have to
68 program an EPROM yourself. The image file for 6pack EPROMs should be
70 the file is 6pack.bin. This file is copyrighted and maintained by the FlexNet
73 don't know anything about it. I used a textual description of the 6pack
81 by 6pack. It is useful to replace TAPR, as this software is rarely used
85 and switched to 6pack, apply power to the TNC for a first test. The connect
89 5. Building and installing the 6pack driver
96 How to turn on 6pack support:
99 - In the linux kernel configuration program, select the code maturity level
102 - Select the amateur radio support menu and turn on the serial port 6pack
105 - Compile and install the kernel and the modules.
110 - Do a cd to the directory that holds the kissattach sources. Edit the
123 - Recompile kissattach. Rename it to spattach to avoid confusions.
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128 - Do an insmod 6pack. Look at your /var/log/messages file to check if the
131 - Do a spattach as you would launch kissattach when starting a KISS port.
132   Check if the kernel prints the message '6pack: TNC found'.
134 - From here, everything should work as if you were setting up a KISS port.
136   the 6pack port is called sp instead of sl or ax. So, sp0 would be the
137   first 6pack port.
140 ALPHA. BE CAREFUL! Sync your disks before insmoding the 6pack module
142 6 of this file about known problems.
148 transmitted. Under Linux, the 6pack layer is beyond the AX.25 layer,
149 so the 6pack driver doesn't know anything about connects or data that
155 6. Known problems
160 the driver may, on certain systems, sometimes print the message '6pack:
171 this is a problem of the 6pack driver or something else in the kernel.
173 The driver has been tested as a module, not yet as a kernel-builtin driver.
175 The 6pack protocol supports daisy-chaining of TNCs in a token ring, which is
178 the opportunity to build a TNC daisy-chain and test it.
181 the SLIP/KISS driver, from which the 6pack driver has been derived.
182 I haven't modified or removed them yet -- sorry! The code itself needs