D-RATS: A D-STAR communication tool
About
D-RATS is an application designed to provide data communication capabilities for users of D-STAR radios. It supports text chatting, file transfers, position reporting and mapping, and much more! It is written in Python using GTK to run on multiple platforms.
Current Features
- Instant-messaging style chat
- Multiple automatic messages at varying schedules, containing static or dynamic content
- File Transfers of arbitrary binary or text content with compression
- Online/offline status notifications
- Multi-platform: runs on Linux/UNIX, Windows, and MacOSX
- Canned messages
- Chat logging
- Tabbed chat interface to filter traffic based on a search string
- Structured data (i.e. Forms) transmission with multiple form templates, graphical editor, and HTML exporting
- Form-to-Email gateway support for providing email access to distant stations
- Arbitrary TCP forwarding over the RF channel
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GPS position tracking, distance/direction calculation, static beacon support, and integrated map viewer with offline caching
- Network-linkable repeater/proxy co-application
