+# is it remotely connected anywhere (with exact callsign) and on node?
+sub present_on
+{
+ my $call = uc shift;
+ my $ncall = uc shift;
+ my $node = Route::Node::get($ncall);
+ return ($node) ? grep $call eq $_, $node->users : undef;
+}
+
+# is it remotely connected (ignoring SSIDS) and on node?
+sub presentish_on
+{
+ my $call = uc shift;
+ my $ncall = uc shift;
+ my $node = Route::Node::get($ncall);
+ my $present;
+ if ($node) {
+ $present = grep {/^$call/ } $node->users;
+ }
+ return $present;
+}
+
+# last time this thing was connected
+sub last_connect
+{
+ my $call = uc shift;
+ return $main::systime if DXChannel::get($call);
+ my $user = DXUser::get($call);
+ return $user ? $user->lastin : 0;
+}
+
+# disconnect a locally connected thing
+sub disconnect
+{
+ my $call = shift;
+ run_cmd("disconnect $call");
+}
+
+# start a connect process off
+sub start_connect
+{
+ my $call = shift;
+ # connecting is now done in one place - Yeah!
+ run_cmd("connect $call");
+}
+
+# spawn any old job off