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GEN_PACKETS(1)		    General Commands Manual		GEN_PACKETS(1)

NAME
       gen_packets - Generate audio file for AX.25 frames.

SYNOPSIS
       gen_packets -o wav-file-out [ options ] [ text-file | - ]

	      wav-file-out is the result.  The -o option is required.

	      text-file	 may  contain AX.25 packets in the standard monitoring
	      format.  Use "-" to read from stdin.  If not  specified,	a  de-
	      fault builtin message will be used.

DESCRIPTION
       gen_packets  is	a  test	application which converts text	to AX.25 audio
       for testing packet decoders.

       It is very flexible allowing a wide range of audio sample  rates,  data
       speeds,	and  AFSK  tones.  It will even	generate the scrambled signals
       commonly	used for 9600 baud operation.

OPTIONS
       -a n   Signal amplitude in range	of 0-200%.   Default  50.   Note  that
	      100%  is	corresponds  to	 signal	 peaks of +/- 16383 so we have
	      plenty of	headroom to avoid saturation.

       -b n   Bits / second for	data.  Default is 1200.

       -B n   Data rate	in bits/sec for	first channel.	 Standard  values  are
	      300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600.
		     300 bps defaults to AFSK tones of 1600 & 1800.
		     1200 bps uses AFSK	tones of 1200 &	2200.
		     2400 bps uses QPSK	based on V.26 standard.
		     4800 bps uses 8PSK	based on V.27 standard.
		     9600 bps and up uses K9NG/G3RUH standard.
		     EAS  for  Emergency Alert System (EAS) Specific Area Mes-
		     sage Encoding (SAME).

       -g     Force G3RUH modem	regardless of data rate.

       -j     2400 bps QPSK compatible with Dire Wolf <= 1.5.

       -J     2400 bps QPSK compatible with MFJ-2400.

       -X n   1	to enable FX.25	transmit.  16, 32, 64 for specific  number  of
	      check bytes.

       -I n   Enable IL2P transmit.  n=1 is recommended.  0 uses weaker	FEC.

       -i n   Enable IL2P transmit, inverted polarity.	n=1 is recommended.  0
	      uses weaker FEC.

       -m n   Mark frequency.  Default is 1200.

       -s n   Space frequency.	Default	is 2200.

       -r n   Audio sample Rate.  Default is 44100.

       -n n   Generate specified number	of frames with increasing noise.  (For
	      built-in message only.)

       -o file
	      Send output to .wav file.

       -8     8	bit audio rather than 16.

       -2     2	channels of audio rather than 1.

       -vmax[,incr]
	      Variable	speed with specified maximum error and optional	incre-
	      ment.

EXAMPLES
       gen_packets -o x.wav

	      With all defaults, a built-in test  message  is  generated  with
	      standard Bell 202	tones used for packet radio on ordinary	VHF FM
	      transceivers.

       gen_packets -o x.wav -g -b 9600
       gen_packets -o x.wav -B 9600

	      Both  of	these are equivalent.  "-B 9600" automatically selects
	      scrambled	baseband rather	than AFSK.

       gen_packets -o x.wav -m 1600 -s 1800 -b 300
       gen_packets -o x.wav -B 300

	      Both of these generate 200 Hz shift, 300 baud, suitable  for  HF
	      SSB transceiver.

       echo -n 'WB2OSZ>WORLD:Hello, world!' | gen_packets -a 25	-o x.wav -
       atest x.wav

	      Read  message  from  stdin and put quarter volume	sound into the
	      file x.wav.  Decode the sound file.

SEE ALSO
       More  detailed  information  is	in   the   pdf	 files	 in   /usr/lo-
       cal/share/doc/direwolf,	or possibly /usr/share/doc/direwolf, depending
       on installation location.

       Applications in this package: aclients, atest, cm108, decode_aprs,  di-
       rewolf,	gen_packets,  kissutil,	 ll2utm,  log2gpx,  text2tt,  tt2text,
       utm2ll

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