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-=== 1^PING <node>^Send a ping command to another cluster
-This command is used to estimate the quality of the link to another cluster.
-The time returned is the length of time taken for a PC51 to go to another
-cluster and be returned.
-
=== 0^KILL <msgno> [<msgno> ...]^Remove or erase a message from the system
You can get rid of any message to or originating from your callsign using
this command. You can remove more than one message at a time.
You can also use in the same way as a talk command to a connected user but
without any processing, added of "from <blah> to <blah" or whatever.
-=== 1^PING <node call>^Find out the delays an a circuit to another node
-This command will enable sysops to determine the speed of an inter-cluster
-node.
-
+=== 1^PING <node call>^Check the link quality between nodes
+This command allows you to send a frame to another cluster node on
+the network and get a return frame. The time it takes to do this
+is a good indication of the quality of the link. The actual time
+it takes is output to the console in seconds.
Any visible cluster node can be PINGed.
=== 1^RCMD <node call> <cmd>^Send a command to another DX Cluster
default values, if a node has not responded to a ping within 15 minutes,
it is disconnected.
+You can set this parameter between 1 and 9.
+
+It is STRONGLY recommended that you don't change the default.
+
=== 0^SET/PAGE <lines per page>^Set the lines per page
Tell the system how many lines you wish on a page when the number of line
of output from a command is more than this. The default is 20. Setting it
You can use this command to set a different interval. Please don't.
-But if you do the value you enter is treated as minutes up 60 and seconds
+But if you do the value you enter is treated as minutes up 30 and seconds
for numbers greater than that.
This is used also to help determine when a link is down at the far end
(as certain cluster software doesn't always notice), see SET/OBSCOUNT
for more information.
+If you must change it (and it may be useful for internet connected nodes
+on dynamic IP addresses that go away after a set time of usage) the time
+can be specified as:-
+
+ 5 which if less than 30 is converted to minutes otherwise is
+ taken as the no of seconds between pings.
+ 120s 120 seconds
+ 5m 5 minutes
+ 1h 1 hour
+
+Please be aware that this causes traffic to occur on the link, setting
+this value too low may annoy your neighbours beyond the point of
+endurance!
+
+You can switch this off by setting it to 0.
+
=== 9^SET/PRIVILEGE <n> <call> [<call..]^Set privilege level on a call
Set the privilege level on a callsign. The privilege levels that pertain
to commands are as default:-
is provided for users of this software by http://www.qrz.com
=== 0^SHOW/ROUTE <callsign> ...^Show the route to the callsign
-This command allows you to see which node the callsigns specified are
-connected via. It is a sort of inverse sh/config.
+This command allows you to see to which node the callsigns specified are
+connected. It is a sort of inverse sh/config.
sh/route n2tly