BEACON(8)

NAME
beacon - transmit periodic messages on an AX.25 port.

SYNOPSIS
beacon [-p <port>] [-t <interval>] <message text>

DESCRIPTION

Beacon transmits the message text on an AX.25 port every thirty minutes. The message is addressed to ``IDENT'' and is sent using the AX.25 callsign of the port in use.

OPTIONS

-p <port>
    Sets the port that the message is sent from, the default is port one.

-t <interval>
    The time interval between messages, the interval is given in minutes and the default is thirty minutes.

SEE ALSO
ax25(4)

AUTHORS
Alan Cox GW4PTS <A.Cox@swansea.ac.uk>
Jonathan Naylor G4KLX <jsn@cs.nott.ac.uk>