CWOP server news

[hydrowx]

I saw the following posted in the news section of the CWOP web page today...

July 17, 2008 - In the next few days, the APRS Core servers will stop accepting unverified packets. Any CWxxxx, DWxxxx or unverified ham packets will be rejected and not reach findU or CWOP or MADIS. To prevent this from happening to their packets, CWOP members need to check the recommended servers and make changes if needed.

[Abbotsfordwx]

I changed mine a while ago and I'm still getting the warnings saying I'm on the old server.

[aviva]

I changed mine a while ago and I'm still getting the warnings saying I'm on the old server.

Glad to see I'm not the only one getting these messages .

[arthurhh]

Glad to see I'm not the only one getting these messages .

If using WD this is what I set mine too which works for me (see Attached.

But this thread suggests something different
http://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=1862.0;topicseen

[NorCal Dan]

IIRC you don't need to change anything in WD for this to work.  Try un-ticking "Use other Server" and you should be fine.  I believe Brian already made the necessary changes in WD to connect to the correct server and at the right frequency.

[arthurhh]

IIRC you don't need to change anything in WD for this to work.  Try un-ticking "Use other Server" and you should be fine.  I believe Brian already made the necessary changes in WD to connect to the correct server and at the right frequency.

I see in the latest build he has cwop 1 etc, tried as you suggested but the WDFTP hung using the cwops.aprs.net server

[TokKiwi]

I am getting quite a few hung WDFTP operations but I think some of that is due to School Semester break holidays and wet Sunday weather, happened last weekend too...  the 350kB animated webcam "videos" stall - or get to 100% and stall and the rest of the list dont get posted   Sometimes they sit there with the first comms proc and don't proceed at all...   The vagaries of a weak NZ network.

TokKiwi

[Weather Display]

so what is the official server to use now?

[cirrus]

so what is the official server to use now?

IIRC you don't need to change anything in WD for this to work.  Try un-ticking "Use other Server" and you should be fine.  I believe Brian already made the necessary changes in WD to connect to the correct server and at the right frequency.

I agree with Dan.  Windy has already upgraded WD to use cwop.aprs.net and that automatically rotates to CWOP - 1, CWOP - 2, and CWOP - 3, which are the correct ones to use for non-Ham CWOP users. There is no need to enter the server names in manually. If you check my raw data at: http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/raw.cgi?call=CW0053 you will see that my packets all read that they were received by either CWOP - 1, CWOP - 2, or CWOP - 3.

EXAMPLE:
CW0053>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CWOP-3:@190503z4513.10N/12123.85W_303/005g008t056r000p000P000b10156h44.WD 1
CW0053>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CWOP-1:@190513z4513.10N/12123.85W_320/005g009t057r000p000P000b10156h43.WD 1
CW0053>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CWOP-1:@190523z4513.10N/12123.85W_305/002g008t056r000p000P000b10156h44.WD 1
CW0053>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CWOP-2:@190533z4513.10N/12123.85W_307/000g008t056r000p000P000b10156h45.WD 1

[Weather Display]

that clears that up... I did not think you were supposed to be using those rotate servers specificly

[TokKiwi]

so what is the official server to use now?

I think the news statement was to remind those that have not changed to the new regimen have to do shortly or start all over again as they will not be loaded against their data and left high and dry - the old servers will be shut down or used for just the Hams data.  Just reading tbetween the lines and best guess...

I think you have done all you need to Brian.

[saratogaWX]

For non-amateurs, (regular CWxxxx, DWxxxx ids) Gerry Creager said this on the CWOP mailing list

If you're going to explicitly name servers instead of using the round-robin cwop.aprs.net, please use
cwop1.aprs.net    165.91.140.46    (cwop1.tamu.edu)
cwop2.aprs.net    70.57.237.99    (cwop.fuller.net)
cwop3.aprs.net    193.1.193.154    (sip.tssg.org)

Ports 23, 14580 are accepted.  I recommend 14580, because a lot of firewalls at companies and ISPs are blocking 23 even outbound these days.

Either Russ or I can help with valid passcodes for Amateur Radio Operators using their callsigns on rotate.aprs.net (or Tier2) to submit.

Non-Hams will continue to use the default passcode (-1) resulting in an unverified connection, on CWOP servers via cwop.aprs.net

Gerry

[Simon Cobb]

So my reading of the above suggests that my current CWOP configuration should be OK into the future?

If this looks wrong, please can someone let me know?

[Weather Display]

no, as you need the full server name for the rotate to servers,,...you dont have the full server name entered there...

[Simon Cobb]

no, as you need the full server name for the rotate to servers,,...you dont have the full server name entered there...

Does the attached snap look better?  If not, perhaps someone could post a snap of the correct settings.