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A sysop can clear an input or normal output filter for a user or the
node_default or user_default.
+=== 6^CLEAR/DUPEFILE^Clear out the dupefile completely
+The system maintains a list of duplicate announces and spots (amongst many
+other things). Sometimes this file gets corrupted during operation
+(although not very often). This command will remove the file and start
+again from scratch.
+
+Try this if you get several duplicate DX Spots, one after another.
+
+Please ONLY use this command if you have a problem. And then only once.
+If it does not cure your problem, then repeating the command won't help.
+Get onto the dxspider-support list and let us try to help.
+
+If you use this command frequently then you will cause other people, as
+well as yourself, a lot of problems with duplicates.
+
=== 0^CLEAR/ROUTE [1|all]^Clear a route filter line
This command allows you to clear (remove) a line in a route filter or to
remove the whole filter.
use the script in /spider/connect/<callsign> to effect the 'chat' exchange
necessary to traverse the network(s) to logon to the cluster <callsign>.
+=== 5^CREATE/USER <callsign> ...^Create this user from the User Database
+This command will create one or more new users. None of the fields
+like name, qth etc will be filled in. It is just a new entry in the user
+database to which one can add more stuff like SET/PASSWORD or by SPOOF.
+
=== 9^DELETE/USDB <callsign> ...^Delete this user from the US State Database
This command will completely remove a one or more callsigns
from the US States database.
=== 5^DIRECTORY-^
Sysops can see all users' messages.
-=== 8^DISCONNECT <call> [<call> ...]^Disconnect a user or cluster
-Disconnect any <call> connected locally
+=== 8^DISCONNECT <call> [<call> ...]^Disconnect user(s) or node(s)
+Disconnect any <call> connected locally.
+
+In addition you can disconnect all users (except yourself) with
+
+ DISC users
+
+or all nodes with:
+
+ DISC nodes
+
+or everything (except yourself) with
+
+ DISC all
=== 0^DX [BY <call>] <freq> <call> <remarks>^Send a DX spot
This is how you send a DX Spot to other users. You can, in fact, now
You can carry on with the message until you are ready to send it.
=== 0^SET/ADDRESS <your address>^Record your postal address
+=== 9^SET/AGWENGINE^Enable the AGW Engine
+=== 9^UNSET/AGWENGINE^Disable the AGW Engine
+These commands assume that /spider/local/AGWConnect.pm has been setup
+correctly and you wish to do some testing or otherwise want to alter
+the default state of your connection to the AGW Engine.
+
+=== 9^SET/AGWMONITOR^Enable Monitoring on the AGW Engine
+=== 9^UNSET/AGWMONITOR^Disable Monitoring on the AGW Engine
+
=== 0^SET/ANNOUNCE^Allow announce messages to come out on your terminal
=== 0^UNSET/ANNOUNCE^Stop announce messages coming out on your terminal
=== 5^SET/ARCLUSTER <call> [<call>..]^Make the callsign an AR-Cluster node
-=== 8^SET/BADDX <call>..^Stop callsigns in a dx spot being propagated
-=== 8^UNSET/BADDX <call>..^Propagate a dx spot with this callsign again
+=== 6^SET/BADDX <call>..^Stop callsigns in a dx spot being propagated
+=== 6^UNSET/BADDX <call>..^Propagate a dx spot with this callsign again
Setting a word as 'baddx' will prevent spots with that word in the
'spotted' field (as in: DX 14001.1 FR0G)of a DX spot from going any
further. They will not be displayed and they will not be sent onto
unset/baddx VIDEO
-=== 8^SET/BADNODE <call>..^Stop spots from this node being propagated
-=== 8^UNSET/BADNODE <call>..^Allow spots from this node again
+=== 6^SET/BADNODE <call>..^Stop spots from this node being propagated
+=== 6^UNSET/BADNODE <call>..^Allow spots from this node again
Setting a callsign as a 'badnode' will prevent spots from that node
going any further. They will not be displayed and they will not be
sent onto other nodes.
Use with extreme care. This command may well be superceeded by FILTERing.
-=== 8^SET/BADSPOTTER <call>..^Stop spots from this callsign being propagated
-=== 8^UNSET/BADSPOTTER <call>..^Allow spots from this callsign again
+=== 6^SET/BADSPOTTER <call>..^Stop spots from this callsign being propagated
+=== 6^UNSET/BADSPOTTER <call>..^Allow spots from this callsign again
Setting a callsign as a 'badspotter' will prevent spots from this callsign
going any further. They will not be displayed and they will not be
sent onto other nodes.
This command will also stop TALK and ANNOUNCE/FULL from any user marked
as a BADSPOTTER.
-=== 8^SET/BADWORD <word>..^Stop things with this word being propagated
-=== 8^UNSET/BADWORD <word>..^Propagate things with this word again
+=== 6^SET/BADWORD <word>..^Stop things with this word being propagated
+=== 6^UNSET/BADWORD <word>..^Propagate things with this word again
Setting a word as a 'badword' will prevent things like spots,
announces or talks with this word in the the text part from going any
further. They will not be displayed and they will not be sent onto
=== 0^SET/WX^Allow WX messages to come out on your terminal
=== 0^UNSET/WX^Stop WX messages coming out on your terminal
+=== 0^SHOW/ANNOUNCE [<n>][<from>-<to>][<call>] ...^Show log of announces
+Show announcements that have come in.
+
=== 1^SHOW/BADDX^Show all the bad dx calls in the system
Display all the bad dx callsigns in the system, see SET/BADDX
for more information.
Display all the bad words in the system, see SET/BADWORD
for more information.
+=== 0^SHOW/BANDS [band|region names]^Show the list of bands and regions
+Display the bands and regions (collections of bands) known to
+the system. If you supply band or region names to SHOW/BANDS,
+the command will display just those bands or regions, e.g.:
+
+ sh/band
+ sh/band 2m hf
+
=== 0^SHOW/BUDDY^Show your list of buddies
See SET/BUDDY for more information about buddies.
all groups. If you use a group name then it will show only chat for
that group.
-=== 9^SHOW/CMD_CACHE^Show the real source path of commands
+=== 9^SHOW/CMD_CACHE [pattern]^Show the real source path of commands
It is possible in DXSpider to define local versions of commands.
Sometimes one forgets that one has these. This command will show you
the source path where the node is getting each one of its commands.
delete it, run LOAD/CMD_CACHE to clear out the command cache and
try again. You will now be using the standard version.
+If you are looking for information on a specific command then
+just add a string, eg:
+
+ sh/cmd dx
+
+might give you:
+
+ Command Path
+ set/dxgrid /spider/cmd/set/dxgrid.pl
+ sh/dx /spider/cmd/show/dx.pl
+
=== 0^SHOW/CONFIGURATION [<node>]^Show all the nodes and users visible
This command allows you to see all the users that can be seen
and the nodes to which they are connected.
<prefix> - for a spotted callsign beginning with <prefix>
*<suffix> - for a spotted callsign ending in <suffix>
*<string>* - for a spotted callsign containing <string>
+ <call> exact - for a spotted callsign *exactly* as typed.
day <number> - starting <number> days ago
day <from>-<to> - <from> days <to> days ago
SH/DX by_zone 4,5,6
SH/DX state in,oh
SH/DX by_state in,oh
+ SH/DX hb2008g exact
=== 0^SHOW/DXCC <prefix>^Interrogate the spot database by country
This command takes the <prefix> (which can be a full or partial
sh/route n2tly
+=== 9^SHOW/RCMD [<n>][<from>-<to>][<call>] ...^Show log of rcmds
+Show the rcmds that have come in and their replies.
+
=== 0^SHOW/SATELLITE <name> [<hours> <interval>]^Show tracking data
Show the tracking data from your location to the satellite of your choice
from now on for the next few hours.