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# This program provides basic KISS AX.25 APRS frame encoding and decoding.
# Note that only APRS relevant structures are tested. It might not work
# for generic AX.25 frames.
# 11/2019 by Thomas Kottek, OE9TKH
#
# Inspired by:
# * Python script to decode AX.25 from KISS frames over a serial TNC
# https://gist.github.com/mumrah/8fe7597edde50855211e27192cce9f88
#
# * Sending a raw AX.25 frame with Python
# https://thomask.sdf.org/blog/2018/12/15/sending-raw-ax25-python.html
#
# TODO: remove escapes on decoding
#
# Changes by PE1RXF
#
# 2022-01-23: - in encode_address() added correct handling of has_been_repeated flag '*'
#
import struct
KISS_FEND = 0xC0 # Frame start/end marker
KISS_FESC = 0xDB # Escape character
KISS_TFEND = 0xDC # If after an escape, means there was an 0xC0 in the source message
KISS_TFESC = 0xDD # If after an escape, means there was an 0xDB in the source message
# Addresses must be 6 bytes plus the SSID byte, each character shifted left by 1
# If it's the final address in the header, set the low bit to 1
# Ignoring command/response for simple example
def encode_address(s, final):
if b"-" not in s:
s = s + b"-0" # default to SSID 0
call, ssid = s.split(b'-')
if len(call) < 6:
call = call + b" "*(6 - len(call)) # pad with spaces
encoded_call = [x << 1 for x in call[0:6]]
encoded_ssid = 0b00000000
# If ssid ends with *, the message has been repeated, so we have to set the 'has_been_repeated' flag and remove the * from the ssid
if ssid[-1] == 42:
# print("Message has been repeated")
ssid = ssid[:-1]
encoded_ssid |= 0b10000000
encoded_ssid |= (int(ssid) << 1) | 0b01100000 | (0b00000001 if final else 0)
return encoded_call + [encoded_ssid]
def decode_address(data, cursor):
(a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7) = struct.unpack("> 5
ssid = (a7 >> 1) & 0xf
ext = a7 & 0x1
addr = struct.pack("> 1, a2 >> 1, a3 >> 1, a4 >> 1, a5 >> 1, a6 >> 1)
if ssid != 0:
call = addr.strip() + "-{}".format(ssid).encode()
else:
call = addr
return (call, hrr, ext)
def encode_kiss(frame):
# Ugly frame disassembling
if not b":" in frame:
return None
path = frame.split(b":")[0]
src_addr = path.split(b">")[0]
digis = path[path.find(b">") + 1:].split(b",")
# destination address
packet = encode_address(digis.pop(0).upper(), False)
# source address
packet += encode_address(path.split(b">")[0].upper(), len(digis) == 0)
# digipeaters
for digi in digis:
final_addr = digis.index(digi) == len(digis) - 1
packet += encode_address(digi.upper(), final_addr)
# control field
packet += [0x03] # This is an UI frame
# protocol ID
packet += [0xF0] # No protocol
# information field
packet += frame[frame.find(b":") + 1:]
# Escape the packet in case either KISS_FEND or KISS_FESC ended up in our stream
packet_escaped = []
for x in packet:
if x == KISS_FEND:
packet_escaped += [KISS_FESC, KISS_TFEND]
elif x == KISS_FESC:
packet_escaped += [KISS_FESC, KISS_TFESC]
else:
packet_escaped += [x]
# Build the frame that we will send to Dire Wolf and turn it into a string
kiss_cmd = 0x00 # Two nybbles combined - TNC 0, command 0 (send data)
kiss_frame = [KISS_FEND, kiss_cmd] + packet_escaped + [KISS_FEND]
try:
output = bytearray(kiss_frame)
except ValueError:
print("Invalid value in frame.")
return None
return output
def decode_kiss(frame):
result = b""
pos = 0
if frame[pos] != 0xC0 or frame[len(frame) - 1] != 0xC0:
print(frame[pos], frame[len(frame) - 1])
return None
pos += 1
pos += 1
# DST
(dest_addr, dest_hrr, dest_ext) = decode_address(frame, pos)
pos += 7
# print("DST: ", dest_addr)
# SRC
(src_addr, src_hrr, src_ext) = decode_address(frame, pos)
pos += 7
# print("SRC: ", src_addr)
result += src_addr.strip()
# print(type(result), type(dest_addr.strip()))
result += b">" + dest_addr.strip()
# REPEATERS
ext = src_ext
while ext == 0:
rpt_addr, rpt_hrr, ext = decode_address(frame, pos)
# print("RPT: ", rpt_addr)
pos += 7
result += b"," + rpt_addr.strip()
result += b":"
# CTRL
# (ctrl,) = struct.unpack("APRS,RELAY,BLA:!4725.51N/00939.86E[322/002/A=001306 Batt=3")
# encoded = encode_kiss("OE9TKH-8>APRS,digi-3,digi-2:!4725.51N/00939.86E[322/002/A=001306 Batt=3")
# print((decode_kiss(encoded)))
# print((decode_kiss("\xc0\x00\x82\xa0\xa4\xa6@@`\x9e\x8ar\xa8\x96\x90t\xae\x92\x88\x8ab@\x03\x03\xf0}OE9GHV-10>APMI06,TCPIP,OE9TKH-10*:@110104z4726.55N/00950.63E&WX3in1 op. Holger U=14.2V,T=8.8C\xc0")))
def newframe(frame):
print(repr(frame))
two_example_frames = "\xc0\x00\x82\xa0\xa4\xa6@@`\x9e\x8ar\xa8\x96\x90u\x03\xf0}SOTA>APZS16,TCPIP,OE9TKH-10*::OE9TKH-8 : [call] [comment]{7ba\xc0\xc0\x00\x82\xa0\xa4\xa6@@`\x9e\x8ar\xa8\x96\x90u\x03\xf0}SOTA>APZS16,TCPIP,OE9TKH-10*::OE9TKH-8 :/mylast{7bb\xc0\xc0\x00\x82\xa0\xa4\xa6@@`\x9e\x8ar\xa8\x96\x90u\x03\xf0}SOTA>APZS16,TCPIP,OE9TKH-10*::OE9TKH-8 :/last{7bc\xc0\xc0\x00\x82\xa0\xa4\xa6@@`\x9e\x8ar\xa8\x96\x90u\x03\xf0}SOTA>APZS16,TCPIP,OE9TKH-10*::OE9TKH-8 :/time(/zone){7bd\xc0"
sp = SerialParser(newframe)
sp.parse(two_example_frames)