APRS-IS to MySQL Script inspired by FaradayRF/aprs2influxdb

Supported APRS Packet Formats:

• uncompressed
• mic-e
• object
• compressed
• status
• wx
• beacon
• bulletin
• message

For Using the the tool and connection to the APRS-IS service you need a valid amateur radio license for login you need your callsign.

You have to install and configure an MySQL or MariDB database.

WARNING: this will drop an existing database by name aprs and all data will be lost

mysql -u root -p < schema.sql

Navigate to the source directory and run:

pip install .

You also have to copy the DB schema into the Database.

The program uses the default APRS-IS servers (rotate.aprs.net) on the default Port (10152).

• --callsign Set APRS-IS login callsign (default = nocall)
• --dbhost Set MySQL host (default = localhost)
• --dbuser Set MySQL user (default = root)
• --dbpass Set MySQL password (default = )
• --db Set MySQL database (default = aprs)
• --dbtable Set MySQL table (default = packets)
• --host Set APRS-IS host (default = rotate.aprs.net)
• --port Set APRS-IS port (default = 10152)
• --filter Set APRS-IS filter (default = "")
• --interval Set APRS-IS heartbeat interval in minutes (default = 15)
• --logfile set Logfile (default = /var/log/aprs2db.log)
• --debug Set logging level to DEBUG (default = False)

aprs2mysql --callsign nocall --dbhost 127.0.0.1 --dbuser root --dbpass '********' --db aprs --dbtable packets --host 127.0.0.1 --port 14580 --filter 'p/DL' > /dev/null 2>1 &

This have been tested on a CentOS/RHEL7 environment.

• Bryce Salmi - Initial work on aprs2influxdb - KB1LQC

• aprs.fi
• aprsc
• APRS-IS