From 817ec3892554c5302c6647e0eb7cb2d46fbbfb32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bill Mitchell <bill.mitchell@berkeley.edu>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 10:59:45 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] When packet type is unsupported, give error message which
 specifies the packet type.

---
 aprslib/parsing/__init__.py | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/aprslib/parsing/__init__.py b/aprslib/parsing/__init__.py
index 43e9766..858f955 100644
--- a/aprslib/parsing/__init__.py
+++ b/aprslib/parsing/__init__.py
@@ -138,6 +138,26 @@ def parse(packet):
 def _try_toparse_body(packet_type, body, parsed):
     result = {}
 
+    unsupported_formats = {
+            '#':'raw weather report',
+            '$':'raw gps',
+            '%':'agrelo',
+            '&':'reserved',
+            '(':'unused',
+            ')':'item report',
+            '*':'complete weather report',
+            '+':'reserved',
+            '-':'unused',
+            '.':'reserved',
+            '<':'station capabilities',
+            '?':'general query format',
+            'T':'telemetry report',
+            '[':'maidenhead locator beacon',
+            '\\':'unused',
+            ']':'unused',
+            '^':'unused',
+            '}':'3rd party traffic'
+    }
     # NOT SUPPORTED FORMATS
     #
     # # - raw weather report
@@ -159,7 +179,7 @@ def _try_toparse_body(packet_type, body, parsed):
     # ^ - unused
     # } - 3rd party traffic
     if packet_type in '#$%)*<?T[}':
-        raise UnknownFormat("format is not supported")
+        raise UnknownFormat('format is not supported: {0}'.format(unsupported_formats[packet_type]))
 
     # user defined
     elif packet_type == ',':