2 # please put your help in in alphabetical order
4 # a string search is done in the command field (case is ignored)
5 # and all commands matching the asked for command are printed out
7 # the order of the fields in each header is
8 # privilege, command, Description
9 # if the command ends in a - then that line isn't printed, but any
10 # subsequent lines are
14 # Comment lines are indented before printing
16 === 0^ACCEPT^Set a filter to accept something
17 Create a filter to accept something
19 There are 2 types of filter, accept and reject. See HELP FILTERING for more
22 === 0^ACCEPT/ANNOUNCE [0-9] <pattern>^Set an 'accept' filter line for announce
23 Create an 'accept this announce' line for a filter.
25 An accept filter line means that if the announce matches this filter it is
26 passed onto the user. See HELP FILTERING for more info. Please read this
27 to understand how filters work - it will save a lot of grief later on.
29 You can use any of the following things in this line:-
31 info <string> eg: iota or qsl
32 by <prefixes> eg: G,M,2
34 origin_dxcc <prefixes or numbers> eg: 61,62 (from eg: sh/pre G)
35 origin_itu <prefixes or numbers> or: G,GM,GW
36 origin_zone <prefixes or numbers>
37 origin_state <states> eg: VA,NH,RI,NH
38 by_dxcc <prefixes or numbers>
39 by_itu <prefixes or numbers>
40 by_zone <prefixes or numbers>
43 wx 1 filter WX announces
44 dest <prefixes> eg: 6MUK,WDX (distros)
49 acc/ann 2 by_zone 14,15,16
50 (this could be all on one line: acc/ann dest 6MUK or by_zone 14,15,16)
56 acc/ann by_state va,nh,ri,nh
58 You can use the tag 'all' to accept everything eg:
62 but this probably for advanced users...
64 === 8^ACCEPT/ANNOUNCE <call> [input] [0-9] <pattern>^Announce filter sysop version
65 This version allows a sysop to set a filter for a callsign as well as the
66 default for nodes and users eg:-
69 accept/ann input node_default by G,M,2
70 accept/ann user_default by G,M,2
72 === 8^ACCEPT/ROUTE <call> [0-9] <pattern>^Set an 'accept' filter line for routing
73 Create an 'accept this routing PC Protocol' line for a filter.
75 An accept filter line means that if a PC16/17/19/21/24/41/50 matches this filter
76 it is passed thru that interface. See HELP FILTERING for more info. Please read this
77 to understand how filters work - it will save a lot of grief later on.
79 You can use any of the following things in this line:-
81 call <prefixes> the callsign of the thingy
82 call_dxcc <prefixes or numbers> eg: 61,62 (from eg: sh/pre G)
83 call_itu <prefixes or numbers> or: G,GM,GW
84 call_zone <prefixes or numbers>
85 call_state <states> eg: VA,NH,RI,NH
86 origin <prefixes> really the interface it came in on
87 origin_dxcc <prefixes or numbers> eg: 61,62 (from eg: sh/pre G)
88 origin_itu <prefixes or numbers> or: G,GM,GW
89 origin_zone <prefixes or numbers>
90 origin_state <states> eg: VA,NH,RI,NH
94 acc/route gb7djk call_dxcc 61,38 (send only UK+EIRE nodes)
95 acc/route gb7djk call gb7djk (equiv to SET/ISOLATE)
97 you can now use 'by' as a synonym for 'call' so:
104 You can use the tag 'all' to accept everything eg:
109 === 0^ACCEPT/SPOTS [0-9] <pattern>^Set an 'accept' filter line for spots
110 === 0^ACCEPT/RBN [0-9] <pattern>^Set an 'accept' filter line for RBN spots
111 Create an 'accept this spot' line for a filter.
113 An accept filter line means that if the spot matches this filter it is
114 passed onto the user. See HELP FILTERING for more info. Please read this
115 to understand how filters work - it will save a lot of grief later on.
117 You can use any of the following things in this line:-
119 freq <range> eg: 0/30000 or hf or hf/cw or 6m,4m,2m
120 on <range> same as 'freq'
121 call <prefixes> eg: G,PA,HB9
122 info <string> eg: iota or qsl
124 call_dxcc <prefixes or numbers> eg: 61,62 (from eg: sh/pre G)
125 call_itu <prefixes or numbers> or: G,GM,GW
126 call_zone <prefixes or numbers>
127 call_state <states> eg: VA,NH,RI,ME
128 by_dxcc <prefixes or numbers>
129 by_itu <prefixes or numbers>
130 by_zone <prefixes or numbers>
131 by_state <states> eg: VA,NH,RI,ME
135 'call' means the callsign that has spotted 'by' whoever.
137 For frequencies, you can use any of the band names defined in
138 SHOW/BANDS and you can use a subband name like: cw, rtty, data, ssb -
139 thus: hf/ssb. You can also just have a simple range like: 0/30000 -
140 this is more efficient than saying simply: freq HF (but don't get
141 too hung up about that)
146 acc/spot 2 on vhf and (by_zone 14,15,16 or call_zone 14,15,16)
148 You can use the tag 'all' to accept everything, eg:
154 acc/spots by_state VA,NH,RI,MA,ME
156 but this probably for advanced users...
159 === 8^ACCEPT/SPOTS <call> [input] [0-9] <pattern>^Spot filter sysop version
160 This version allows a sysop to set a filter for a callsign as well as the
161 default for nodes and users eg:-
163 accept/spot db0sue-7 1 by_zone 14,15,16
164 accept/spot node_default all
165 set/hops node_default 10
167 accept/spot user_default by G,M,2
169 === 0^ACCEPT/WCY [0-9] <pattern>^set an 'accept' WCY filter
170 It is unlikely that you will want to do this, but if you do then you can
171 filter on the following fields:-
173 by <prefixes> eg: G,M,2
175 origin_dxcc <prefixes or numbers> eg: 61,62 (from eg: sh/pre G)
176 origin_itu <prefixes or numbers> or: G,GM,GW
177 origin_zone <prefixes or numbers>
178 by_dxcc <prefixes or numbers>
179 by_itu <prefixes or numbers>
180 by_zone <prefixes or numbers>
183 There are no examples because WCY Broadcasts only come from one place and
184 you either want them or not (see UNSET/WCY if you don't want them).
186 This command is really provided for future use.
188 See HELP FILTER for information.
190 === 8^ACCEPT/WCY <call> [input] [0-9] <pattern>^WCY filter sysop version
191 This version allows a sysop to set a filter for a callsign as well as the
192 default for nodes and users eg:-
194 accept/wcy node_default all
195 set/hops node_default 10
197 === 0^ACCEPT/WWV [0-9] <pattern>^set an 'accept' WWV filter
198 It is unlikely that you will want to do this, but if you do then you can
199 filter on the following fields:-
201 by <prefixes> eg: G,M,2
203 origin_dxcc <prefixes or numbers> eg: 61,62 (from eg: sh/pre G)
204 origin_itu <prefixes or numbers> or: G,GM,GW
205 origin_zone <prefixes or numbers>
206 by_dxcc <prefixes or numbers>
207 by_itu <prefixes or numbers>
208 by_zone <prefixes or numbers>
215 is probably the only useful thing to do (which will only show WWV broadcasts
216 by stations in the US).
218 See HELP FILTER for information.
220 === 8^ACCEPT/WWV <call> [input] [0-9] <pattern>^WWV filter sysop version
221 This version allows a sysop to set a filter for a callsign as well as the
222 default for nodes and users eg:-
224 accept/wwv db0sue-7 1 by_zone 4
225 accept/wwv node_default all
226 set/hops node_default 10
228 accept/wwv user_default by W,K
230 === 0^ANNOUNCE <text>^Send an announcement to LOCAL users only
231 <text> is the text of the announcement you wish to broadcast
233 === 0^ANNOUNCE FULL <text>^Send an announcement cluster wide
234 This will send your announcement cluster wide
236 === 5^ANNOUNCE SYSOP <text>^Send an announcement to Sysops only
238 === 0^APROPOS <string>^Search help database for <string>
239 Search the help database for <string> (it isn't case sensitive), and print
240 the names of all the commands that may be relevant.
242 === 0^BLANK [<string>] [<nn>]^Print nn (default 1) blank lines (or strings)
243 In its basic form this command prints one or more blank lines. However if
244 you pass it a string it will replicate the string for the width of the
245 screen (default 80) and then print that one or more times, so:
249 prints two blank lines
253 prints a row of - characters once.
257 prints 'abcabcabcabcabcabc....'
259 This is really only of any use in a script file and you can print a maximum
262 === 0^BYE^Exit from the cluster
263 This will disconnect you from the cluster
265 === 5^CATCHUP <node call> All|[<msgno> ...]^Mark a message as sent
266 === 5^UNCATCHUP <node call> All|[msgno> ...]^Unmark a message as sent
267 When you send messages the fact that you have forwarded it to another node
268 is remembered so that it isn't sent again. When you have a new partner
269 node and you add their callsign to your /spider/msg/forward.pl file, all
270 outstanding non-private messages will be forwarded to them. This may well
271 be ALL the non-private messages. You can prevent this by using these
275 catchup GB7DJK 300 301 302 303 500-510
277 and to undo what you have just done:-
280 uncatchup GB7DJK 300 301 302 303 500-510
282 which will arrange for them to be forward candidates again.
284 Order is not important.
286 === 0^CHAT <group> <text>^Chat or Conference to a group
287 It is now possible to JOIN a group and have network wide conferencing to that
288 group. DXSpider does not (and probably will not) implement the AK1A
289 conference mode as this seems very limiting, is hardly used and doesn't seem
290 to work too well anyway.
292 This system uses the existing ANN system and is compatible with both other
293 DXSpider nodes and AK1A clusters (they use ANN/<group>).
295 You can be a member of as many "groups" as you want. To join a group type:-
297 JOIN FOC (where FOC is the group name)
299 To leave a group type:-
303 You can see which groups you are in by typing:-
307 and you can see whether your mate is in the group, if he connects to the
308 same node as you, by typing:-
312 To send a message to a group type:-
314 CHAT FOC hello everyone
318 CH #9000 hello I am back
320 See also JOIN, LEAVE, SHOW/CHAT
322 === 0^CLEAR/ANNOUNCE [1|all]^Clear a announce filter line
323 This command allows you to clear (remove) a line in a annouce filter or to
324 remove the whole filter.
326 see CLEAR/SPOTS for a more detailed explanation.
328 === 8^CLEAR/ANNOUNCE <callsign> [input] [0-9|all]^Clear a announce filter line
329 A sysop can clear an input or normal output filter for a user or the
330 node_default or user_default.
332 === 6^CLEAR/DUPEFILE^Clear out the dupefile completely
333 The system maintains a list of duplicate announces and spots (amongst many
334 other things). Sometimes this file gets corrupted during operation
335 (although not very often). This command will remove the file and start
338 Try this if you get several duplicate DX Spots, one after another.
340 Please ONLY use this command if you have a problem. And then only once.
341 If it does not cure your problem, then repeating the command won't help.
342 Get onto the dxspider-support list and let us try to help.
344 If you use this command frequently then you will cause other people, as
345 well as yourself, a lot of problems with duplicates.
347 === 0^CLEAR/ROUTE [1|all]^Clear a route filter line
348 This command allows you to clear (remove) a line in a route filter or to
349 remove the whole filter.
351 see CLEAR/SPOTS for a more detailed explanation.
353 === 8^CLEAR/ROUTE <callsign> [input] [0-9|all]^Clear a route filter line
354 A sysop can clear an input or normal output filter for a user or the
355 node_default or user_default.
357 === 0^CLEAR/SPOTS [0-9|all]^Clear a spot filter line
358 This command allows you to clear (remove) a line in a spot filter or to
359 remove the whole filter.
361 If you have a filter:-
364 acc/spot 2 on vhf and (by_zone 14,15,16 or call_zone 14,15,16)
370 you will be left with:-
372 acc/spot 2 on vhf and (by_zone 14,15,16 or call_zone 14,15,16)
378 the filter will be completely removed.
380 === 8^CLEAR/SPOTS <callsign> [input] [0-9|all]^Clear a spot filter line
381 A sysop can clear an input or normal output filter for a user or the
382 node_default or user_default.
384 === 0^CLEAR/WCY [1|all]^Clear a WCY filter line
385 This command allows you to clear (remove) a line in a WCY filter or to
386 remove the whole filter.
388 see CLEAR/SPOTS for a more detailed explanation.
390 === 8^CLEAR/WCY <callsign> [input] [0-9|all]^Clear a WCY filter line
391 A sysop can clear an input or normal output filter for a user or the
392 node_default or user_default.
394 === 0^CLEAR/WWV [1|all]^Clear a WWV filter line
395 This command allows you to clear (remove) a line in a WWV filter or to
396 remove the whole filter.
398 see CLEAR/SPOTS for a more detailed explanation.
400 === 8^CLEAR/WWV <callsign> [input] [0-9|all]^Clear a WWV filter line
401 A sysop can clear an input or normal output filter for a user or the
402 node_default or user_default.
404 === 5^CONNECT <callsign>^Start a connection to another DX Cluster
405 Start a connection process that will culminate in a new connection to the
406 DX cluster <callsign>. This process creates a new 'client' process which will
407 use the script in /spider/connect/<callsign> to effect the 'chat' exchange
408 necessary to traverse the network(s) to logon to the cluster <callsign>.
410 === 5^CREATE/USER <callsign> ...^Create this user from the User Database
411 This command will create one or more new users. None of the fields
412 like name, qth etc will be filled in. It is just a new entry in the user
413 database to which one can add more stuff like SET/PASSWORD or by SPOOF.
415 === 9^DELETE/USDB <callsign> ...^Delete this user from the US State Database
416 This command will completely remove a one or more callsigns
417 from the US States database.
419 There is NO SECOND CHANCE.
421 It goes without saying that you should use this command CAREFULLY!
423 Note that these callsign may be re-instated by any weekly updates from
426 === 9^DELETE/USER <callsign> ...^Delete this user from the User Database
427 This command will completely remove a one or more users from the database.
429 There is NO SECOND CHANCE.
431 It goes without saying that you should use this command CAREFULLY!
433 === 0^DBAVAIL^Show a list of all the Databases in the system
434 Title says it all really, this command lists all the databases defined
435 in the system. It is also aliased to SHOW/COMMAND.
437 === 9^DBCREATE <name>^Create a database entry
438 === 9^DBCREATE <name> chain <name> [<name>..]^Create a chained database entry
439 === 9^DBCREATE <name> remote <node>^Create a remote database entry
440 === 9^DBCREATE <name> cmd <dxspider command>^make a local command available as a DB
441 DBCREATE allows you to define a database in the system. It doesn't actually
442 create anything, just defines it.
444 The databases that are created are simple DB_File hash databases, they are
445 therefore already 'indexed'.
447 You can define a local database with the first form of the command eg:
451 You can also chain databases with the addition of the 'chain' keyword.
452 This will search each database one after the other. A typical example
455 DBCREATE sdx_qsl chain sql_ad
457 No checking is done to see if the any of the chained databases exist, in
458 fact it is usually better to do the above staement first then do each of
459 the chained databases.
461 Databases can exist offsite. To define a database that lives on another
464 DBCREATE buckmaster remote gb7dxc
466 Remote databases cannot be chained; however, the last database in a
467 a chain can be a remote database eg:
469 DBCREATE qsl chain gb7dxc
471 To see what databases have been defined do:
473 DBAVAIL (or it will have been aliased to SHOW/COMMAND)
475 It would be normal for you to add an entry into your local Aliases file
476 to allow people to use the 'SHOW/<dbname>' style syntax. So you would
477 need to add a line like:-
482 '^sh\w*/buc', 'dbshow buckmaster', 'dbshow',
491 to work as they may be used to.
493 You can also make local commands available as 'pseudo' databases. You
494 can therefore make spider special commands available as a database. I
495 imagine that this will be primarily useful for remote access from
496 legacy nodes. For example:-
498 DBCREATE dxqsl cmd show/dxqsl
500 You also use one of these databases in a chain. This may be useful
503 See DBIMPORT for the importing of existing AK1A format data to databases.
504 See DXEXPORT for how to export an AK1A data in a form able to be imported.
505 See DBSHOW for generic database enquiry
508 === 9^DBEXPORT <dbname> <filename>^Export an AK1A data to a file
509 Sometimes one needs to export the data from an existing database file,
510 maybe for a backup or to send to another node.
512 DBEXPORT oblast /tmp/OBLAST.FUL
514 will export the OBLAST database to /tmp/OBLAST.FUL
516 There is no protection, it is up to you not to overwrite a file that
519 See DBIMPORT for the importing of existing AK1A format data to databases.
521 === 9^DBIMPORT <dbname> <filename>^Import AK1A data into a database
522 If you want to import or update data in bulk to a database you can use
523 this command. It will either create or update entries into an existing
524 database. For example:-
526 DBIMPORT oblast /tmp/OBLAST.FUL
528 will import the standard OBLAST database that comes with AK1A into the
529 oblast database held locally.
531 See DBEXPORT for how to export an AK1A database
533 === 9^DBREMOVE <dbname>^Delete a database
534 DBREMOVE will completely remove a database entry and also delete any data
535 file that is associated with it.
537 There is no warning, no comeback, no safety net.
543 will remove the oblast database from the system and it will also remove
544 the associated datafile.
548 There is no warning, no comeback, no safety net.
550 You have been warned.
552 === 0^DBSHOW <dbname> <key>^Display an entry, if it exists, in a database
553 This is the generic user interface to the database to the database system.
554 It is expected that the sysop will add an entry to the local Aliases file
555 so that users can use the more familiar AK1A style of enquiry such as:
559 but if he hasn't and the database really does exist (use DBAVAIL or
560 SHOW/COMMAND to find out) you can do the same thing with:
564 === 9^DEBUG^Set the cluster program into debug mode
565 Executing this command will only have an effect if you are running the cluster
570 It will interrupt the cluster just after the debug command has finished.
572 === 0^DIRECTORY^List messages
573 === 0^DIRECTORY ALL^List all messages
574 === 0^DIRECTORY OWN^List your own messages
575 === 0^DIRECTORY NEW^List all new messages
576 === 0^DIRECTORY TO <call>^List all messages to <call>
577 === 0^DIRECTORY FROM <call>^List all messages from <call>
578 === 0^DIRECTORY SUBJECT <string>^List all messages with <string> in subject
579 === 0^DIRECTORY <nn>^List last <nn> messages
580 === 0^DIRECTORY <from>-<to>^List messages <from> message <to> message
581 List the messages in the messages directory.
583 If there is a 'p' one space after the message number then it is a
584 personal message. If there is a '-' between the message number and the
585 'p' then this indicates that the message has been read.
587 You can use shell escape characters such as '*' and '?' in the <call>
590 You can combine some of the various directory commands together eg:-
594 DIR SUBJECT IOTA 200-250
596 You can abbreviate all the commands to one letter and use ak1a syntax:-
602 Sysops can see all users' messages.
604 === 8^DISCONNECT <call> [<call> ...]^Disconnect user(s) or node(s)
605 Disconnect any <call> connected locally.
607 In addition you can disconnect all users (except yourself) with
615 or everything (except yourself) with
619 === 0^DX [BY <call>] <freq> <call> <remarks>^Send a DX spot
620 This is how you send a DX Spot to other users. You can, in fact, now
621 enter the <freq> and the <call> either way round.
627 will all give the same result. You can add some remarks to the end
628 of the command and they will be added to the spot.
630 DX FR0G 144600 this is a test
632 You can credit someone else by saying:-
634 DX by G1TLH FR0G 144.600 he isn't on the cluster
636 The <freq> is compared against the available bands set up in the
637 cluster. See SHOW/BANDS for more information.
639 === 9^DXQSL_EXPORT <filename>^Export SH/DXSQL information to a file
640 The SHOW/DXQSL command shows any QSL managers that have been extracted
641 from comments on a DX spot.
643 Use this command to export the current state of the information to
644 a CSV style text file. For example:
646 DXQSL_EXPORT /tmp/qsl.csv
648 NOTE: this command will overwrite any file that you have write
651 See also DXQSL_IMPORT to import one of these files.
653 === 9^DXQSL_IMPORT <filename>^Import SH/DXSQL information from a file
654 The SHOW/DXQSL command shows any QSL managers that have been extracted
655 from comments on a DX spot.
657 Use this command to restore a file created by the DXSQL_EXPORT command.
660 DXQSL_IMPORT /tmp/qsl.csv
662 The data in this file will UPDATE any information that may already be
663 present. This may not be what you want. To make the data the same as
664 the import file then you must:
667 * remove /spider/data/qsl.v1
672 Preferably before too many DX spots with qsl manager info come in.
674 === 0^ECHO <line>^Echo the line to the output
675 This command is useful in scripts and so forth for printing the
676 line that you give to the command to the output. You can use this
677 in user_default scripts and the SAVE command for titling and so forth
679 The script will interpret certain standard "escape" sequences as follows:-
681 \t - becomes a TAB character (0x09 in ascii)
682 \a - becomes a BEEP character (0x07 in ascii)
683 \n - prints a new line
685 So the following example:-
687 echo GB7DJK is a dxcluster
691 GB7DJK is a dxcluster
693 on the output. You don't need a \n on the end of the line you want to send.
695 A more complex example:-
697 echo GB7DJK\n\tg1tlh\tDirk\n\tg3xvf\tRichard
707 === 9^EXPORT <msgno> <filename>^Export a message to a file
708 Export a message to a file. This command can only be executed on a local
709 console with a fully privileged user. The file produced will be in a form
710 ready to be imported back into the cluster by placing it in the import
711 directory (/spider/msg/import).
713 This command cannot overwrite an existing file. This is to provide some
714 measure of security. Any files written will owned by the same user as the
715 main cluster, otherwise you can put the new files anywhere the cluster can
716 access. For example:-
720 === 9^EXPORT_USERS [<filename>]^Export the users database to ascii
721 Export the users database to a file in ascii format. If no filename
722 is given then it will export the file to /spider/data/user_asc.
724 If the file already exists it will be renamed to <filename>.o. In fact
725 up to 5 generations of the file can be kept each one with an extra 'o' on the
728 BE WARNED: this will write to any file you have write access to. No check is
729 made on the filename (if any) that you specify.
731 === 0^FILTERING...^Filtering things in DXSpider
732 There are a number of things you can filter in the DXSpider system. They
733 all use the same general mechanism.
735 In general terms you can create a 'reject' or an 'accept' filter which
736 can have up to 10 lines in it. You do this using, for example:-
741 where ..... are the specific commands for that type of filter. There
742 are filters for spots, wwv, announce, wcy and (for sysops)
743 connects. See each different accept or reject command reference for
746 There is also a command to clear out one or more lines in a filter and
747 one to show you what you have set. They are:-
756 There is clear/xxxx command for each type of filter.
758 For now we are going to use spots for the examples, but you can apply
759 the principles to all types of filter.
761 There are two main types of filter 'accept' or 'reject'; which you use
762 depends entirely on how you look at the world and what is least
763 writing to achieve what you want. Each filter has 10 lines (of any
764 length) which are tried in order. If a line matches then the action
765 you have specified is taken (ie reject means ignore it and accept
768 The important thing to remember is that if you specify a 'reject'
769 filter (all the lines in it say 'reject/spots' (for instance)) then if
770 a spot comes in that doesn't match any of the lines then you will get
771 it BUT if you specify an 'accept' filter then any spots that don't
772 match are dumped. For example if I have a one line accept filter:-
774 accept/spots on vhf and (by_zone 14,15,16 or call_zone 14,15,16)
776 then automatically you will ONLY get VHF spots from or to CQ zones 14
777 15 and 16. If you set a reject filter like:
779 reject/spots on hf/cw
781 Then you will get everything EXCEPT HF CW spots, If you am interested in IOTA
782 and will work it even on CW then you could say:-
784 reject/spots on hf/cw and not info iota
786 But in that case you might only be interested in iota and say:-
788 accept/spots not on hf/cw or info iota
790 which is exactly the same. You should choose one or the other until
791 you are confortable with the way it works. Yes, you can mix them
792 (actually you can have an accept AND a reject on the same line) but
793 don't try this at home until you can analyse the results that you get
794 without ringing up the sysop for help.
796 Another useful addition now is filtering by US state
798 accept/spots by_state VA,NH,RI,ME
800 You can arrange your filter lines into logical units, either for your
801 own understanding or simply convenience. I have one set frequently:-
803 reject/spots 1 on hf/cw
804 reject/spots 2 on 50000/1400000 not (by_zone 14,15,16 or call_zone 14,15,16)
806 What this does is to ignore all HF CW spots (being a class B I can't
807 read any CW and couldn't possibly be interested in HF :-) and also
808 rejects any spots on VHF which don't either originate or spot someone
811 This is an exmaple where you would use the line number (1 and 2 in
812 this case), if you leave the digit out, the system assumes '1'. Digits
813 '0'-'9' are available.
815 You can leave the word 'and' out if you want, it is implied. You can
816 use any number of brackets to make the 'expression' as you want
817 it. There are things called precedence rules working here which mean
818 that you will NEED brackets in a situation like line 2 because,
819 without it, will assume:-
821 (on 50000/1400000 and by_zone 14,15,16) or call_zone 14,15,16
823 annoying, but that is the way it is. If you use OR - use
824 brackets. Whilst we are here CASE is not important. 'And BY_Zone' is
827 If you want to alter your filter you can just redefine one or more
828 lines of it or clear out one line. For example:-
830 reject/spots 1 on hf/ssb
836 To remove the filter in its entirty:-
840 There are similar CLEAR commands for the other filters:-
848 Once you are happy with the results you get, you may like to experiment.
850 my example that filters hf/cw spots and accepts vhf/uhf spots from EU
851 can be written with a mixed filter, eg:
855 acc/spot 2 on 50000/1400000 and (by_zone 14,15,16 or call_zone 14,15,16)
857 each filter slot actually has a 'reject' slot and an 'accept'
858 slot. The reject slot is executed BEFORE the accept slot.
860 It was mentioned earlier that after a reject test that doesn't match,
861 the default for following tests is 'accept', the reverse is true for
862 'accept'. In the example what happens is that the reject is executed
863 first, any non hf/cw spot is passed to the accept line, which lets
864 thru everything else on HF.
866 The next filter line lets through just VHF/UHF spots from EU.
868 === 8^FORWARD/LATLONG <node_call>^Send latitude and longitude information to another cluster
869 This command sends all the latitude and longitude information that your
870 cluster is holding against callsigns. One advantage of recieving this
871 information is that more locator information is held by you. This
872 means that more locators are given on the DX line assuming you have
873 SET/DXGRID enabled. This could be a LOT of information though, so
874 it is not recommended on slow links.
876 === 1^FORWARD/OPERNAM <call>^Send out information on this <call> to all clusters
877 This command sends out any information held in the user file which can
878 be broadcast in PC41 protocol packets. This information is Name, QTH, Location
879 and Homenode. PC41s are only sent for the information that is available.
881 === 8^GET/KEPS^Obtain the latest AMSAT Keplarian Elements from the web
882 There are various ways that one can obtain the AMSAT keps. Traditionally the
883 regular method was to get on the mailing list and then arrange for the email
884 to be piped into convkeps.pl and arrange from the crontab to run LOAD/KEPS.
885 For various reasons, it was quite easy for one to be silently dropped
886 from this mailing list.
888 With the advent of asynchronous (web) connections in DXSpider it is now
889 possible to use this command to get the latest keps direct from the
890 AMSAT web site. One can do this from the command line or one can add a line
891 in the local DXSpider crontab file to do periodically (say once a week).
893 This command will clear out the existing keps and then run LOAD/KEPS
894 for you (but only) after a successful download from the AMSAT website.
896 === 0^HELP^The HELP Command
897 HELP is available for a number of commands. The syntax is:-
901 Where <cmd> is the name of the command you want help on.
903 All commands can be abbreviated, so SHOW/DX can be abbreviated
904 to SH/DX, ANNOUNCE can be shortened to AN and so on.
906 Look at the APROPOS <string> command which will search the help database
907 for the <string> you specify and give you a list of likely commands
908 to look at with HELP.
910 === 5^INIT <node>^Re-initialise a link to an AK1A compatible node
911 This command attempts to re-initialise a link to a (usually) AK1A node
912 that has got confused, usually by a protocol loop of some kind. It may
913 work - but you usually will be better off simply disconnecting it (or
914 better, if it is a real AK1A node, doing an RCMD <node> DISC/F <your
917 Best of luck - you will need it.
919 === 9^DEMONSTRATE <call> <command>^Demonstrate a command to another user
920 This command is provided so that sysops can demonstrate commands to
921 other users. It runs a command as though that user had typed it in and
922 then sends the output to that user, together with the command that
925 DEMO g7brn sh/dx iota oc209
928 Note that this command is similar to SPOOF and will have the same side
929 effects. Commands are run at the privilege of the user which is being
932 === 0^JOIN <group>^Join a chat or conference group
933 JOIN allows you to join a network wide conference group. To join a
934 group (called FOC in this case) type:-
938 See also CHAT, LEAVE, SHOW/CHAT
940 === 0^KILL <msgno> [<msgno..]^Delete a message from the local system
941 === 0^KILL <from msgno>-<to msgno>^Delete a range of messages
942 === 0^KILL from <regex>^Delete messages FROM a callsign or pattern
943 === 0^KILL to <regex>^Delete messages TO a callsign or pattern
944 === 5^KILL FULL <msgno> [<msgno..]^Delete a message from the whole cluster
945 Delete a message from the local system. You will only be able to
946 delete messages that you have originated or been sent (unless you are
951 Will delete all the messages that you own between msgnos 1234 and 1255.
955 will delete all the messages from g1tlh (if you are g1tlh). Similarly:
959 will delete all messages to g1tlh.
963 will delete a message (usually a 'bulletin') from the whole cluster system.
965 This uses the subject field, so any messages that have exactly the
966 same subject will be deleted. Beware!
968 === 6^KILL EXPunge <msgno> [<msgno..]^Expunge a message
969 Deleting a message using the normal KILL commands only marks that message
970 for deletion. The actual deletion only happens later (usually two days later).
972 The KILL EXPUNGE command causes the message to be truly deleted more or less
975 It otherwise is used in the same way as the KILL command.
977 === 0^LEAVE <group>^Leave a chat or conference group
978 LEAVE allows you to leave a network wide conference group. To leave a
979 group (called FOC in this case) type:-
983 See also CHAT, JOIN, SHOW/CHAT
985 === 0^LINKS^Show which nodes is physically connected
986 This is a quick listing that shows which links are connected and
987 some information about them. See WHO for a list of all connections.
989 === 9^LOAD/ALIASES^Reload the command alias table
990 Reload the /spider/cmd/Aliases file after you have editted it. You
991 will need to do this if you change this file whilst the cluster is
992 running in order for the changes to take effect.
994 === 9^LOAD/BANDS^Reload the band limits table
995 Reload the /spider/data/bands.pl file if you have changed it manually whilst
996 the cluster is running.
998 === 6^LOAD/BADIP^Reload the bad IP address table
999 Reload the badip address file(s) if you have changed any of them manually
1000 whilst the cluster is running.
1002 You can edit the badip.* files manually in local_data or (for instance)
1003 obtain some bad IP addresses from the web to replace badip.base for TOR
1004 IP addresses (this filename may change).
1006 There is (currently) no UNSET/BADIP command so you will need to edit
1007 the badip.local file to remove IP addresses.
1009 After modification, you can reload the database with:
1013 === 9^LOAD/BADMSG^Reload the bad msg table
1014 Reload the /spider/msg/badmsg.pl file if you have changed it manually whilst
1015 the cluster is running. This table contains a number of perl regular
1016 expressions which are searched for in the fields targetted of each message.
1017 If any of them match then that message is immediately deleted on receipt.
1019 === 9^LOAD/BADWORDS^Reload the bad words table
1020 Reload the /spider/data/badwords file if you have changed it manually whilst
1021 the cluster is running. This file contains a list of words which, if found
1022 on certain text portions of PC protocol, will cause those protocol frames
1023 to be rejected. It will all put out a message if any of these words are
1024 used on the announce, dx and talk commands. The words can be one or
1025 more on a line, lines starting with '#' are ignored.
1027 === 9^LOAD/CMD_CACHE^Reload the automatic command cache
1028 Normally, if you change a command file in the cmd or local_cmd tree it
1029 will automatially be picked up by the cluster program. Sometimes it
1030 can get confused if you are doing a lot of moving commands about or
1031 delete a command in the local_cmd tree and want to use the normal one
1032 again. Execute this command to reset everything back to the state it
1033 was just after a cluster restart. To see what is in the command cache
1036 === 9^LOAD/FORWARD^Reload the msg forwarding routing table
1037 Reload the /spider/msg/forward.pl file if you have changed it
1038 manually whilst the cluster is running.
1040 === 5^LOAD/KEPS^Load new keps data
1041 === 5^LOAD/KEPS [nn]^Load new keps data from message
1042 If there is no message number then reload the current Keps data from
1043 the Keps.pm data file. You create this file by running
1045 /spider/perl/convkeps.pl <filename>
1047 on a file containing NASA 2 line keps as a message issued by AMSAT.
1049 If there is a message number, then it will take the message, run
1050 convkeps.pl on it and then load the data, all in one step.
1052 These messages are sent to ALL by GB7DJK (and others) from time to time.
1054 === 9^LOAD/MESSAGES^Reload the system messages file
1055 If you change the /spider/perl/Messages file (usually whilst
1056 fiddling/writing new commands) you can have them take effect during a
1057 cluster session by executing this command. You need to do this if get
1060 unknown message 'xxxx' in lang 'en'
1062 === 9^LOAD/PREFIXES^Reload the prefix table
1063 Reload the /spider/data/prefix_data.pl file if you have changed it
1064 manually whilst the cluster is running.
1066 === 5^MERGE <node> [<no spots>/<no wwv>]^Ask for the latest spots and WWV
1067 MERGE allows you to bring your spot and wwv database up to date. By default
1068 it will request the last 10 spots and 5 WWVs from the node you select. The
1069 node must be connected locally.
1071 You can request any number of spots or wwv and although they will be appended
1072 to your databases they will not duplicate any that have recently been added
1073 (the last 2 days for spots and last month for WWV data).
1075 === 9^MSG <cmd> <msgno> [data ... ]^Alter various message parameters
1076 Alter message parameters like To, From, Subject, whether private or bulletin
1077 or return receipt (RR) is required or whether to keep this message from timing
1080 MSG TO <msgno> <call> - change TO callsign to <call>
1081 MSG FRom <msgno> <call> - change FROM callsign to <call>
1082 MSG PRrivate <msgno> - set private flag
1083 MSG NOPRrivate <msgno> - unset private flag
1084 MSG RR <msgno> - set RR flag
1085 MSG NORR <msgno> - unset RR flag
1086 MSG KEep <msgno> - set the keep flag (message won't be deleted ever)
1087 MSG NOKEep <msgno> - unset the keep flag
1088 MSG SUbject <msgno> <new> - change the subject to <new>
1089 MSG WAittime <msgno> - remove any waitting time for this message
1090 MSG NOREad <msgno> - mark message as unread
1091 MSG REad <msgno> - mark message as read
1092 MSG QUeue - queue any outstanding bulletins
1093 MSG QUeue 1 - queue any outstanding private messages
1095 You can look at the status of a message by using:-
1099 This will display more information on the message than DIR does.
1101 === 8^PC <call> <text>^Send text (eg PC Protocol) to <call>
1102 Send some arbitrary text to a locally connected callsign. No
1103 processing is done on the text. This command allows you to send PC
1104 Protocol to unstick things if problems arise (messages get stuck
1107 pc gb7djk PC33^GB7TLH^GB7DJK^400^
1109 pc G1TLH Try doing that properly!!!
1111 === 0^KILL <msgno> [<msgno> ...]^Remove or erase a message from the system
1112 You can get rid of any message to or originating from your callsign using
1113 this command. You can remove more than one message at a time.
1115 === 5^KILL <from>-<to>^Remove a range of messages from the system
1116 === 5^KILL FROM <call>^Remove all messages from a callsign
1117 === 5^KILL TO <call>^Remove all messages to a callsign
1118 === 5^KILL FULL <msgno> [<msgno]^Remove a message from the entire cluster
1119 Remove this message from the entire cluster system as well as your node.
1122 As a sysop you can kill any message on the system.
1124 === 8^PC <call> <text>^Send arbitrary text to a connected callsign
1125 Send any text you like to the callsign requested. This is used mainly to send
1126 PC protocol to connected nodes either for testing or to unstick things.
1128 You can also use in the same way as a talk command to a connected user but
1129 without any processing, added of "from <blah> to <blah" or whatever.
1131 === 0^PING [argument]^User level link check command
1132 At the user level, this command allows the user to check that they
1133 are still connected to a functioning node. If the command is
1134 issued with no arguments it will return string 'PONG 123' where
1135 '123' is a node global counter starting at 1. This number cannot
1136 be relied to run consecutively as it is shared by all users.
1138 If an argument is supplied then the return is 'PONG ARGUMENT'. So it
1139 you are a client program and you need a counter or some other unique
1140 string to satisfy yourself that you are not being spoofed, then you
1141 will need to supply the argument and check that reply is what you
1144 ping 23 or ping xyzzy
1148 PONG 23 or PONG XYZZY
1152 === 1^PING <node call>^Check the link quality between nodes
1153 This command allows you to send a frame to another cluster node on
1154 the network and get a return frame. The time it takes to do this
1155 is a good indication of the quality of the link. The actual time
1156 it takes is output to the console in seconds.
1157 Any visible cluster node can be PINGed.
1159 === 0^RBN^The Reverse Beacon or Skimmer System
1160 DXSpider now has the ability to show spots from the Reverse Beacon Network
1161 or "Skimmers", if your sysop has enabled the feed(s) (and has the bandwidth
1162 to both receive the feeds and also to pass them on to you.
1164 Currently there are two RBN/Skimmer feeds available which, at busy
1165 times can send up to 50,000 spots/hour EACH. Somewhere in the low
1166 1000s is more normal. Clearly this is not much use to the average user
1167 and so DXSpider "curates" them by removing duplicates and checking for
1168 invalid callsigns or prefixes, as well as using some algorithms to fix
1169 the rather variable frequencies that some skimmers produce
1170 (particularly for CW spots).
1172 This means that the format of the spot that you see is completely
1173 different to the spots that the RBN feeds supply and, as a result of
1174 the "curation" reduces the volume of spots to you by between 8 and 11
1177 See SET/SKIMMER (or SET/WANTRBN) for more information on enabling
1178 RBN/Skimmer spots and also on selecting particular categories (e.g CW
1179 or FT8/FT4) - which has the side benefit of reducing the volume of
1180 spots that you receive even more!
1182 Here are some examples of the output:
1184 DX de LZ4UX-#: 14015.5 ON7TQ CW 6dB Q:9 Z:5,14,15,40 14 0646Z 20
1185 DX de VE7CC-#: 3573.0 N8ADO FT8 -14dB Q:4 Z:4,5 4 0647Z 3
1186 DX de DM7EE-#: 14027.5 R1AC CW 9dB Q:9* Z:5,15,17,20 16 0643Z 14
1187 DX de WE9V-#: 7074.0 EA7ALL FT8 -9dB Q:2+ Z:5 14 0641Z 4
1189 Note that UNSET/DXGRID, UNSET/DXITU and SET/DXCQ are in operation in
1190 these examples. This is completely optional.
1192 The comment field has been completely changed in order provide as much
1193 information, in as smaller space, as possible. All the irrelevant
1194 information has been removed.
1196 You can use the Category (CW and FT8 in these examples) to with
1197 SET/SKIMMER (or SET/WANTRBN) to, rather coarsely, select which spots
1198 you require. You can refine this further by the use of Filtering. See
1199 SET/SKIMMER or SET/WANTRBN for more information. But the short answer
1200 is that these are spots and are filtered like any other spot, unless
1201 you want to filter these spots differently, in which case you can use
1202 REJECT/RBN and ACCEPT/RBN in exactly the same way as ACCEPT/SPOT and
1203 REJECT/SPOT. If you don't use RBN filters then these spots will be
1204 filter by any spot filters that you may have.
1206 The next field (6dB, -14dB etc) is the LOWEST reported signal that was
1209 The Q: field is the number of skimmers that heard this spot (up to 9
1210 shown, but it could easily be many more). If Q: is > 1 (especially on
1211 CW) then you can be reasonably certain that the callsign is accurate,
1212 especially on CW. 'Q' stands for "Qualitee" :-)
1214 If there is a '*', it means that there was a disagreement about
1215 frequency. In fact, particularly for CW spots, I have see
1216 disagreements of 600Hz. Which is a worry. The frequency that is shown
1217 is the majority view of all the skimmers spotting this call. You may
1218 have to fossick about the airwaves to find the actual frequency :-)
1220 There are stations that are permanently on, like Beacons, and also
1221 others that have long sessions on the same frequency and do a lot of
1222 CQing. If they have been on for a certain length of time and they
1223 reappear before their cache entry expires (about 2 hours), then they
1224 are respotted. This is indicated by the '+'. NOTE - if they change
1225 frequency, this will generate new spots. Each callsign/frequency pair
1226 could respotted separately for as long as any individual
1227 callsign/frequency pair remain in the cache.
1229 The Z: field is present then that indicates the other CQ zones that
1230 heard this spot - not including the skimmer that is shown. I show as
1231 many as there are in whatever space is left in the comment
1232 field. Note: if you have any of the optional flags around the time
1233 then they may overwrite part of this field.
1235 If there is NO filter in operation, then the skimmer spot with the
1236 LOWEST signal strength will be shown. This implies that if any extra
1237 Z: zones are shown, then the signal will be higher in those zones.
1239 If you have a filter (for instance: ACCEPT/SPOT by_zone 14 and not
1240 zone 14 or zone 14 and not by_zone 14) where '14' is your QTH CQ
1241 zone. You will, instead be served with the lowest signal strength spot
1242 that satisfies that filter. Incidentally, this particular style of
1243 filter is quite useful for RBN spots, as it reduces the volume and is
1244 likely to be more relevant for casual use. If this filter is too broad
1245 (or narrow) for your normal spotting requirements, then you can use
1246 ACCEPT/RBN with the same filter specification and it will only apply
1247 to RBN spots. You can also replace '14' with a list like '14,15' if
1248 you want to broaden it out. You will still get the same Z: list (if
1249 any) whether you filter or not.
1251 === 1^RCMD <node call> <cmd>^Send a command to another DX Cluster
1252 This command allows you to send nearly any command to another DX Cluster
1253 node that is connected to the system.
1255 Whether you get any output is dependant on a) whether the other system knows
1256 that the node callsign of this cluster is in fact a node b) whether the
1257 other system is allowing RCMDs from this node and c) whether you have
1258 permission to send this command at all.
1260 === 0^READ^Read the next unread personal message addressed to you
1261 === 0^READ <msgno>^Read the specified message
1262 You can read any messages that are sent as 'non-personal' and also any
1263 message either sent by or sent to your callsign.
1266 As a sysop you may read any message on the system
1268 === 0^REJECT^Set a filter to reject something
1269 Create a filter to reject something
1271 There are 2 types of filter, accept and reject. See HELP FILTERING for more
1274 === 0^REJECT/ANNOUNCE [0-9] <pattern>^Set a 'reject' filter line for announce
1275 Create an 'reject this announce' line for a filter.
1277 A reject filter line means that if the announce matches this filter it is
1278 passed onto the user. See HELP FILTERING for more info. Please read this
1279 to understand how filters work - it will save a lot of grief later on.
1281 You can use any of the following things in this line:-
1283 info <string> eg: iota or qsl
1284 by <prefixes> eg: G,M,2
1286 origin_dxcc <prefixes or numbers> eg: 61,62 (from eg: sh/pre G)
1287 origin_itu <prefixes or numbers> or: G,GM,GW
1288 origin_zone <prefixes or numbers>
1289 origin_state <states> eg: VA,NH,RI,ME
1290 by_dxcc <prefixes or numbers>
1291 by_itu <prefixes or numbers>
1292 by_zone <prefixes or numbers>
1293 by_state <states> eg: VA,NH,RI,ME
1295 wx 1 filter WX announces
1296 dest <prefixes> eg: 6MUK,WDX (distros)
1300 rej/ann by_zone 14,15,16 and not by G,M,2
1302 You can use the tag 'all' to reject everything eg:
1306 but this probably for advanced users...
1308 === 8^REJECT/ANNOUNCE <call> [input] [0-9] <pattern>^Announce filter sysop version
1309 This version allows a sysop to set a filter for a callsign as well as the
1310 default for nodes and users eg:-
1313 reject/ann input node_default by G,M,2
1314 reject/ann user_default by G,M,2
1316 === 0^REJECT/SPOTS [0-9] <pattern>^Set a 'reject' filter line for spots
1317 === 0^REJECT/RBN [0-9] <pattern>^Set a 'reject' filter line for RBN spots
1318 Create a 'reject this spot' line for a filter.
1320 A reject filter line means that if the spot matches this filter it is
1321 dumped (not passed on). See HELP FILTERING for more info. Please read this
1322 to understand how filters work - it will save a lot of grief later on.
1324 You can use any of the following things in this line:-
1326 freq <range> eg: 0/30000 or hf or hf/cw or 6m,4m,2m
1327 on <range> same as 'freq'
1328 call <prefixes> eg: G,PA,HB9
1329 info <string> eg: iota or qsl
1331 call_dxcc <prefixes or numbers> eg: 61,62 (from eg: sh/pre G)
1332 call_itu <prefixes or numbers> or: G,GM,GW
1333 call_zone <prefixes or numbers>
1334 call_state <states> eg: VA,NH,RI,ME
1335 by_dxcc <prefixes or numbers>
1336 by_itu <prefixes or numbers>
1337 by_zone <prefixes or numbers>
1338 by_state <states> eg: VA,NH,RI,ME
1342 'call' means the callsign that has spotted 'by' whoever.
1344 For frequencies, you can use any of the band names defined in
1345 SHOW/BANDS and you can use a subband name like: cw, rtty, data, ssb -
1346 thus: hf/ssb. You can also just have a simple range like: 0/30000 -
1347 this is more efficient than saying simply: on HF (but don't get
1348 too hung up about that)
1353 rej/spot 2 on vhf and not (by_zone 14,15,16 or call_zone 14,15,16)
1355 You can use the tag 'all' to reject everything eg:
1359 but this probably for advanced users...
1361 === 8^REJECT/ROUTE <call> [0-9] <pattern>^Set an 'reject' filter line for routing
1362 Create an 'reject this routing PC Protocol' line for a filter.
1364 An reject filter line means that if a PC16/17/19/21/24/41/50 matches this filter
1365 it is NOT passed thru that interface. See HELP FILTERING for more info. Please
1366 read this to understand how filters work - it will save a lot of grief later on.
1368 You can use any of the following things in this line:-
1370 call <prefixes> the callsign of the thingy
1371 call_dxcc <prefixes or numbers> eg: 61,62 (from eg: sh/pre G)
1372 call_itu <prefixes or numbers> or: G,GM,GW
1373 call_zone <prefixes or numbers>
1374 call_state <states> eg: VA,NH,RI,ME
1375 origin <prefixes> really the interface it came in on
1376 origin_dxcc <prefixes or numbers> eg: 61,62 (from eg: sh/pre G)
1377 origin_itu <prefixes or numbers> or: G,GM,GW
1378 origin_zone <prefixes or numbers>
1379 origin_state <states> eg: VA,NH,RI,ME
1383 rej/route gb7djk call_dxcc 61,38 (everything except UK+EIRE nodes)
1385 You can use the tag 'all' to reject everything eg:
1387 rej/route all (equiv to [very] restricted mode)
1389 as with ACCEPT/ROUTE 'by' is now a synonym for 'call'.
1391 === 8^REJECT/SPOTS <call> [input] [0-9] <pattern>^Spot filter sysop version
1392 This version allows a sysop to set a filter for a callsign as well as the
1393 default for nodes and users eg:-
1395 reject/spot db0sue-7 1 by_zone 14,15,16
1396 reject/spot node_default all
1397 set/hops node_default 10
1399 reject/spot user_default by G,M,2
1401 === 0^REJECT/WCY [0-9] <pattern>^set a 'reject' WCY filter
1402 It is unlikely that you will want to do this, but if you do then you can
1403 filter on the following fields:-
1405 by <prefixes> eg: G,M,2
1407 origin_dxcc <prefixes or numbers> eg: 61,62 (from eg: sh/pre G)
1408 origin_itu <prefixes or numbers> or: G,GM,GW
1409 origin_zone <prefixes or numbers>
1410 by_dxcc <prefixes or numbers>
1411 by_itu <prefixes or numbers>
1412 by_zone <prefixes or numbers>
1415 There are no examples because WCY Broadcasts only come from one place and
1416 you either want them or not (see UNSET/WCY if you don't want them).
1418 This command is really provided for future use.
1420 See HELP FILTER for information.
1422 === 8^REJECT/WCY <call> [input] [0-9] <pattern>^WCY filter sysop version
1423 This version allows a sysop to set a filter for a callsign as well as the
1424 default for nodes and users eg:-
1426 reject/wcy gb7djk all
1428 === 0^REJECT/WWV [0-9] <pattern>^set a 'reject' WWV filter
1429 It is unlikely that you will want to do this, but if you do then you can
1430 filter on the following fields:-
1432 by <prefixes> eg: G,M,2
1434 origin_dxcc <prefixes or numbers> eg: 61,62 (from eg: sh/pre G)
1435 origin_itu <prefixes or numbers> or: G,GM,GW
1436 origin_zone <prefixes or numbers>
1437 by_dxcc <prefixes or numbers>
1438 by_itu <prefixes or numbers>
1439 by_zone <prefixes or numbers>
1444 reject/wwv by_zone 14,15,16
1446 is probably the only useful thing to do (which will only show WWV broadcasts
1447 by stations in the US).
1449 See HELP FILTER for information.
1451 === 8^REJECT/WWV <call> [input] [0-9] <pattern>^WWV filter sysop version
1452 This version allows a sysop to set a filter for a callsign as well as the
1453 default for nodes and users eg:-
1455 reject/wwv db0sue-7 1 by_zone 4
1456 reject/wwv node_default all
1458 reject/wwv user_default by W
1460 === 0^REPLY^Reply (privately) to the last message that you have read
1461 === 0^REPLY <msgno>^Reply (privately) to the specified message
1462 === 0^REPLY B <msgno>^Reply as a Bulletin to the specified message
1463 === 0^REPLY NOPrivate <msgno>^Reply as a Bulletin to the specified message
1464 === 0^REPLY RR <msgno>^Reply to the specified message with read receipt
1465 You can reply to a message and the subject will automatically have
1466 "Re:" inserted in front of it, if it isn't already present.
1468 You can also use all the extra qualifiers such as RR, PRIVATE,
1469 NOPRIVATE, B that you can use with the SEND command (see SEND
1470 for further details)
1472 === 9^SAVE [-d -t -a] <filename> "<cmd>" [...]^Save command output to a file
1473 This sysop only cammand allows you to save the output of one or more
1474 commands to a file. For example:-
1476 save /spider/packclus/dxstats show/dxstat
1478 will save the output of the normal command "show/dxstat" to the file
1479 "dxstats" in the files area.
1481 You can have some extra flags to the save which will either
1482 date stamp or time stamp or both the filename so:-
1484 save -d /tmp/a <cmd> creates /tmp/a_6-Jan-2002
1485 save -t /tmp/a <cmd> creates /tmp/a_2301Z
1486 save -d -t /tmp/a <cmd> creates /tmp/a_6-Jan-2002_2301Z
1488 The -a flag means append to the file instead of overwriting it.
1490 You can have more than one command on the line, to do this you MUST
1491 enclose each command in double quotes (") eg:-
1493 save /tmp/a "sh/hfstats" "blank +" "sh/vhfstats"
1497 save /tmp/a "sh/hfstats","blank +","sh/vhfstats"
1499 You can only write into places that the cluster has permission for (which
1500 is that of the "sysop" user [which had BETTER NOT BE "root"]), you will
1501 need to create any directories you want to put stuff in beforehand as well.
1503 It is likely that you will want to run these commands in a crontab type
1504 situation. You would do that something like:-
1506 0 0 * * * run_cmd('save /tmp/dxstats "echo DXStat Table", "sh/dxstats"')
1508 Note that you still enclose each command with (") characters but you must
1509 enclose the entire save command in (') characters.
1511 Now in fact, this can be varied if you know what you are doing. See the
1512 admin manual for more details.
1514 === 0^SEND <call> [<call> ...]^Send a message to one or more callsigns
1515 === 0^SEND RR <call>^Send a message and ask for a read receipt
1516 === 0^SEND COPY <msgno> <call>^Send a copy of a message to someone
1517 === 0^SEND PRIVATE <call>^Send a personal message
1518 === 0^SEND NOPRIVATE <call>^Send a message to all stations
1519 All the SEND commands will create a message which will be sent either to
1520 an individual callsign or to one of the 'bulletin' addresses.
1522 SEND <call> on its own acts as though you had typed SEND PRIVATE, that is
1523 it will mark the message as personal and send it to the cluster node that
1524 that callsign is connected to. If the <call> you have specified is in fact
1525 a known bulletin category on your node (eg: ALL) then the message should
1526 automatically become a bulletin.
1528 You can have more than one callsign in all of the SEND commands.
1530 You can have multiple qualifiers so that you can have for example:-
1532 SEND RR COPY 123 PRIVATE G1TLH G0RDI
1534 which should send a copy of message 123 to G1TLH and G0RDI and you will
1535 receive a read receipt when they have read the message.
1537 SB is an alias for SEND NOPRIVATE (or send a bulletin in BBS speak)
1538 SP is an alias for SEND PRIVATE
1540 The system will ask you for a subject. Conventionally this should be
1541 no longer than 29 characters for compatibility. Most modern cluster
1542 software should accept more.
1544 You will now be prompted to start entering your text.
1546 You finish the message by entering '/EX' on a new line. For instance:
1553 If you have started a message and you don't want to keep it then you
1554 can abandon the message with '/ABORT' on a new line, like:-
1558 oh I just can't be bothered with this
1561 If you abort the message it will NOT be sent.
1563 When you are entering the text of your message, most normal output (such
1564 as DX announcements and so on are suppressed and stored for latter display
1565 (upto 20 such lines are stored, as new ones come along, so the oldest
1568 Also, you can enter normal commands commands (and get the output
1569 immediately) whilst in the middle of a message. You do this by typing
1570 the command preceeded by a '/' character on a new line, so:-
1572 /dx g1tlh 144010 strong signal
1574 Will issue a dx annoucement to the rest of the cluster.
1576 Also, you can add the output of a command to your message by preceeding
1577 the command with '//', thus :-
1581 This will show YOU the output from SH/VHFTABLE and also store it in the
1584 You can carry on with the message until you are ready to send it.
1586 === 6^SEND_CONFIG^Broadcast PC92 C records
1587 This is the PC92 equivalent of INIT. In that it will send out a new
1588 PC92 C record to all interfaces. This can be used to bring other nodes
1589 up to date quicker after a restart.
1591 === 0^SET/ADDRESS <your address>^Record your postal address
1593 === 9^SET/AGWENGINE^Enable the AGW Engine
1594 === 9^UNSET/AGWENGINE^Disable the AGW Engine
1595 These commands assume that /spider/local/AGWConnect.pm has been setup
1596 correctly and you wish to do some testing or otherwise want to alter
1597 the default state of your connection to the AGW Engine.
1599 === 9^SET/AGWMONITOR^Enable Monitoring on the AGW Engine
1600 === 9^UNSET/AGWMONITOR^Disable Monitoring on the AGW Engine
1602 === 0^SET/ANNOUNCE^Allow announce messages to come out on your terminal
1603 === 0^UNSET/ANNOUNCE^Stop announce messages coming out on your terminal
1605 === 0^SET/ANNTALK^Allow talk like announce messages on your terminal
1606 === 0^UNSET/ANNTALK^Stop talk like announce messages on your terminal
1607 The announce system on legacy cluster nodes is used as a talk
1608 substitute because the network is so poorly connected. If you:
1612 you will suppress several of these announces, you may miss the odd
1613 useful one as well, but you would probably miss them anyway in the
1614 welter of useless ones.
1618 allows you to see them again. This is the default.
1620 === 5^SET/ARCLUSTER <call> [<call>..]^Make the callsign an AR-Cluster node
1622 === 6^SET/BADDX <call>..^Stop callsigns in a dx spot being propagated
1623 === 6^UNSET/BADDX <call>..^Propagate a dx spot with this callsign again
1624 Setting a word as 'baddx' will prevent spots with that word in the
1625 'spotted' field (as in: DX 14001.1 FR0G)of a DX spot from going any
1626 further. They will not be displayed and they will not be sent onto
1629 The word must be written in full, no wild cards are allowed eg:-
1631 set/baddx FORSALE VIDEO FR0G
1633 To allow a word again, use the following command ...
1637 === 6^SET/BADIP <ip address>..^Stop logins and spots with this IP address
1638 This command will prevent logins to this node from this IP address.
1639 It will also drop spots (PC61) from this address thus preventing them
1640 from being propagated.
1642 set/badip 217.61.58.23
1644 === 6^SET/BADNODE <call>..^Stop spots from this node being propagated
1645 === 6^UNSET/BADNODE <call>..^Allow spots from this node again
1646 Setting a callsign as a 'badnode' will prevent spots from that node
1647 going any further. They will not be displayed and they will not be
1648 sent onto other nodes.
1650 The call must be a full eg:-
1654 will stop anything from K1TTT. If you want SSIDs as well then you must
1655 enter them specifically.
1659 will allow spots from him again.
1661 Use with extreme care. This command may well be superceeded by FILTERing.
1663 === 6^SET/BADSPOTTER <call>..^Stop spots from this callsign being propagated
1664 === 6^UNSET/BADSPOTTER <call>..^Allow spots from this callsign again
1665 Setting a callsign as a 'badspotter' will prevent spots from this callsign
1666 going any further. They will not be displayed and they will not be
1667 sent onto other nodes.
1669 The call must be written in full, no wild cards are allowed eg:-
1671 set/badspotter VE2STN
1673 will stop anything from VE2STN. This command will automatically
1674 stop spots from this user, regardless of whether or which SSID
1675 he uses. DO NOT USE SSIDs in the callsign, just use the callsign
1678 unset/badspotter VE2STN
1680 will allow spots from him again.
1682 Use with extreme care. This command may well be superceded by FILTERing.
1684 This command will also stop TALK and ANNOUNCE/FULL from any user marked
1687 === 6^SET/BADWORD <word>..^Stop things like this word being propagated
1688 Setting a word as a 'badword' will prevent things like spots,
1689 announces or talks with this word in the the text part from going any
1690 further. They will not be displayed and they will not be sent onto
1693 This has changed its meaning from the master release. All words entered
1694 are reduced to the minimum regex that will match words starting like
1697 set/badword annihilate
1699 will stop anything that starts with these words in the text
1702 annihilate annihilated
1704 but it will also stop things like this:
1706 anihilate annni11ihhh ii lllattt eee
1708 A few common 'leet' substitutions are automatically matched:
1710 b0ll0cks bo0lll0ccckks fr1iigging
1714 It will not stop some things like:
1716 The base word FRIG will stop 'friiigging' but not 'friiig ging'
1718 === 6^UNSET/BADWORD <word>..^Propagate things like this word again
1719 This is the opposite of set/badword <word>
1723 will allow text with this word again (if it has been set as a bad word.
1725 === 0^SET/BEEP^Add a beep to DX and other messages on your terminal
1726 === 0^UNSET/BEEP^Stop beeps for DX and other messages on your terminal
1728 === 5^SET/BBS <call> [<call>..]^Make the callsign a BBS
1730 === 0^SET/BUDDY <call> [<call>..]^Add this call to my buddy list
1731 === 0^UNSET/BUDDY <call> [<call>..]^Remove this call from my buddy list
1732 A notification message
1733 is sent to you automatically if anybody on your buddy list logs in or
1734 out of any node in this cluster.
1736 === 5^SET/CLX <call> [<call>..]^Make the callsign an CLX node
1738 === 9^SET/DEBUG <name>^Add a debug level to the debug set
1739 === 9^UNSET/DEBUG <name>^Remove a debug level from the debug set
1740 You can choose to log several different levels. The levels are
1748 You can show what levels you are logging with SHOW/DEBUG
1750 === 0^SET/DX^Allow DX messages to come out on your terminal
1751 === 0^UNSET/DX^Stop DX messages coming out on your terminal
1753 === 0^SET/DXCQ^Show CQ Zones on the end of DX announcements
1754 === 0^UNSET/DXCQ^Stop CQ Zones on the end of DX announcements
1755 Display both the Spotter's and the Spotted's CQ Zone on the end
1756 of a DX announcement (there is just enough room). Some user programs
1757 cannot cope with this. The Spotter's CQ is on the RHS of the
1758 time, the Spotted's CQ is on the LHS.
1760 Conflicts with: SET/DXGRID, SET/DXITU, SHOW/USSTATE
1762 Do a STAT/USER to see which flags you have set if you are confused.
1764 === 0^SET/DXITU^Show ITU Zones on the end of DX announcements
1765 === 0^UNSET/DXITU^Stop ITU Zones on the end of DX announcements
1766 Display both the Spotter's and the Spotted's ITU Zone on the end
1767 of a DX announcement (there is just enough room). Some user programs
1768 cannot cope with this. The Spotter's ITU is on the RHS of the
1769 time, the Spotted's ITU is on the LHS.
1771 Conflicts with: SET/DXGRID, SET/DXCQ, SHOW/USSTATE
1773 Do a STAT/USER to see which flags you have set if you are confused.
1775 === 0^SET/DXGRID^Allow QRA Grid Squares on the end of DX announcements
1776 === 0^UNSET/DXGRID^Stop QRA Grid Squares on the end of DX announcements
1777 A standard feature which is enabled in version 1.43 and above is
1778 that if the spotter's grid square is known it is output on the end
1779 of a DX announcement (there is just enough room). Some user programs
1780 cannot cope with this. You can use this command to reset (or set)
1783 Conflicts with: SET/DXCQ, SET/DXITU
1785 Do a STAT/USER to see which flags you have set if you are confused.
1787 === 5^SET/DXNET <call> [<call>..]^Make the callsign an DXNet node
1789 === 0^SET/ECHO^Make the cluster echo your input
1790 === 0^UNSET/ECHO^Stop the cluster echoing your input
1791 If you are connected via a telnet session, different implimentations
1792 of telnet handle echo differently depending on whether you are
1793 connected via port 23 or some other port. You can use this command
1794 to change the setting appropriately.
1796 The setting is stored in your user profile.
1798 YOU DO NOT NEED TO USE THIS COMMAND IF YOU ARE CONNECTED VIA AX25.
1800 === 0^SET/EMAIL <email> ...^Set email address(es) and forward your personals
1801 === 0^UNSET/EMAIL^Stop personal msgs being forwarded by email
1802 If any personal messages come in for your callsign then you can use
1803 these commands to control whether they are forwarded onto your email
1804 address. To enable the forwarding do something like:-
1806 SET/EMAIL mike.tubby@somewhere.com
1808 You can have more than one email address (each one separated by a space).
1809 Emails are forwarded to all the email addresses you specify.
1811 You can disable forwarding by:-
1815 === 0^SET/HERE^Tell the system you are present at your terminal
1816 === 0^UNSET/HERE^Tell the system you are absent from your terminal
1818 === 0^SET/HOMENODE <node> ^Set your normal cluster callsign
1819 Tell the cluster system where you normally connect to. Any Messages sent
1820 to you will normally find their way there should you not be connected.
1824 === 8^SET/HOPS <call> ann|spots|route|wwv|wcy <n>^Set hop count
1825 === 8^UNSET/HOPS <call> ann|spots|route|wwv|wcy^Unset hop count
1826 Set the hop count for a particular type of broadcast for a node.
1828 This command allows you to set up special hop counts for a node
1829 for currently: announce, spots, wwv and wcy broadcasts.
1832 set/hops gb7djk ann 10
1833 set/hops gb7mbc spots 20
1835 Set SHOW/HOPS for information on what is already set. This command
1836 creates a filter and works in conjunction with the filter system.
1838 You can unset the hops with command UNSET/HOPS. For example:-
1840 unset/hops gb7djk ann
1841 unset/hops gb7mbc spots
1844 === 9^SET/ISOLATE^Isolate a node from the rest of the network
1845 Connect a node to your system in such a way that you are a full protocol
1846 member of its network and can see all spots on it, but nothing either leaks
1847 out from it nor goes back into from the rest of the nodes connected to you.
1849 You can potentially connect several nodes in this way.
1851 === 9^UNSET/ISOLATE^Stop Isolation of a node from the rest of the network
1852 Remove isolation from a node - SET/ISOLATE
1854 === 0^SET/LANGUAGE <lang>^Set the language you want to use
1855 You can select the language that you want the cluster to use. Currently
1856 the languages available are en (English), de (German), es (Spanish),
1857 Czech (cz), French (fr), Portuguese (pt), Italian (it) and nl (Dutch).
1859 === 5^SET/LOCAL_NODE^Add node to the local_node group
1860 === 5^UNSET/LOCAL_NODE^Remove node from the local_node group
1861 The 'local_node' group is a group of nodes that you want a user
1862 to perceive as effectively one big node. At the moment, this extends
1863 only to announcing whenever a user is logging in or out of one of
1864 the nodes in the group (if those users have SET/LOGININFO).
1866 The local node group is as setup on this node. If you want the other
1867 nodes to also include this node and all the other nodes specified, then
1868 you must get those nodes to also run this command (or rcmd them to do
1871 In principle, therefore, each node determines its own local node group
1872 and these can overlap with other nodes' views.
1874 === 0^SET/LOCATION <lat & long>^Set your latitude and longitude
1875 === 9^SET/SYS_LOCATION <lat & long>^Set your cluster latitude and longitude
1876 In order to get accurate headings and such like you must tell the system
1877 what your latitude and longitude is. If you have not yet done a SET/QRA
1878 then this command will set your QRA locator for you. For example:-
1879 SET/LOCATION 52 22 N 0 57 E
1881 === 0^SET/LOGININFO^Inform when a station logs in/out locally
1882 === 0^UNSET/LOGININFO^No longer inform when a station logs in/out locally
1884 === 9^SET/LOCKOUT <call>^Stop a callsign connecting to the cluster
1885 === 9^UNSET/LOCKOUT <call>^Allow a callsign to connect to the cluster
1887 === 8^SET/MAXCONNECT <value> [<call> ..]^Set max incoming connections for user/node
1888 Set the maximum no of connections (parents) an incoming user or node is
1889 allowed to have. If this incoming connection takes it over the separate
1890 limits for users and nodes (defaults: 3 and 8 respectively), then the
1891 connection is refused (with a polite message).
1893 The idea behind this to limit the number of copies of messages that
1894 are sent to users (and nodes). Nodes really don't need to have more than
1895 5 or 6 partners and users don't need more than two connections into the
1898 This check is only for INCOMING connections, no check is performed for
1899 outgoing connections.
1901 === 0^SET/NAME <your name>^Set your name
1902 Tell the system what your name is eg:-
1905 === 5^SET/NODE <call> [<call>..]^Make the callsign an AK1A cluster
1906 Tell the system that the call(s) are to be treated as AK1A cluster and
1907 fed PC Protocol rather normal user commands.
1909 === 8^SET/OBSCOUNT <count> <call>^Set the 'pump-up' obscelence PING counter
1910 From 1.35 onwards neighbouring nodes are pinged at regular intervals (see
1911 SET/PINGINTERVAL), usually 300 seconds or 5 minutes. There is a 'pump-up'
1912 counter which is decremented on every outgoing ping and then reset to
1913 the 'obscount' value on every incoming ping. The default value of this
1916 What this means is that a neighbouring node will be pinged twice at
1917 (default) 300 second intervals and if no reply has been heard just before
1918 what would be the third attempt, that node is disconnected.
1920 If a ping is heard then the obscount is reset to the full value. Using
1921 default values, if a node has not responded to a ping within 15 minutes,
1924 You can set this parameter between 1 and 9.
1926 It is STRONGLY recommended that you don't change the default.
1928 === 0^SET/PAGE <lines per page>^Set the lines per page
1929 Tell the system how many lines you wish on a page when the number of line
1930 of output from a command is more than this. The default is 20. Setting it
1931 explicitly to 0 will disable paging.
1935 The setting is stored in your user profile.
1937 === 9^SET/PINGINTERVAL <time> <nodecall>^Set ping time to neighbouring nodes
1938 As from release 1.35 all neighbouring nodes are pinged at regular intervals
1939 in order to determine the rolling quality of the link and, in future, to
1940 affect routing decisions. The default interval is 300 secs or 5 minutes.
1942 You can use this command to set a different interval. Please don't.
1944 But if you do the value you enter is treated as minutes up 30 and seconds
1945 for numbers greater than that.
1947 This is used also to help determine when a link is down at the far end
1948 (as certain cluster software doesn't always notice), see SET/OBSCOUNT
1949 for more information.
1951 If you must change it (and it may be useful for internet connected nodes
1952 on dynamic IP addresses that go away after a set time of usage) the time
1953 can be specified as:-
1955 5 which if less than 30 is converted to minutes otherwise is
1956 taken as the no of seconds between pings.
1961 Please be aware that this causes traffic to occur on the link, setting
1962 this value too low may annoy your neighbours beyond the point of
1965 You can switch this off by setting it to 0.
1967 === 9^SET/PRIVILEGE <n> <call> [<call..]^Set privilege level on a call
1968 Set the privilege level on a callsign. The privilege levels that pertain
1969 to commands are as default:-
1971 1 - allow remote nodes normal user RCMDs
1972 5 - various privileged commands (including shutdown, but not disc-
1973 connect), the normal level for another node.
1974 8 - more privileged commands (including disconnect)
1975 9 - local sysop privilege. DO NOT SET ANY REMOTE USER OR NODE TO THIS
1977 If you are a sysop and you come in as a normal user on a remote connection
1978 your privilege will automatically be set to 0.
1980 === 0^UNSET/PRIVILEGE^Remove any privilege for this session
1981 You can use this command to 'protect' this session from unauthorised
1982 use. If you want to get your normal privilege back you will need to
1983 either logout and login again (if you are on a console) or use the
1986 === 9^SET/PASSWORD <callsign> <string>^Set a users password
1987 The password for a user can only be set by a full sysop. The string
1988 can contain any characters.
1990 The way this field is used depends on context. If it is being used in
1991 the SYSOP command context then you are offered 5 random numbers and you
1992 have to supply the corresponding letters. This is now mainly for ax25
1995 If it is being used on incoming telnet connections then, if a password
1998 set/var $main::passwdreq = 1
2000 command is executed in the startup script, then a password prompt is
2001 given after the normal 'login: ' prompt.
2003 === 0^SET/PASSWORD^Set your own password
2004 This command only works for a 'telnet' user (currently). It will
2005 only work if you have a password already set. This initial password
2006 can only be set by the sysop.
2008 When you execute this command it will ask you for your old password,
2009 then ask you to type in your new password twice (to make sure you
2010 get it right). You may or may not see the data echoed on the screen
2011 as you type, depending on the type of telnet client you have.
2013 === 9^UNSET/PASSWORD <call> ...^Delete (remove) a user's password
2014 This command allows the sysop to completely delete and remove a
2015 password for a user.
2017 === 0^SET/PROMPT <string>^Set your prompt to <string>
2018 === 0^UNSET/PROMPT^Set your prompt back to default
2019 This command will set your user prompt to the string that you
2020 say. The point of this command to enable a user to interface to programs
2021 that are looking for a specific prompt (or else you just want a different
2026 There are some substitutions that can be added to the prompt:
2028 %C - callsign [which will have ( and ) around it if not here]
2031 %M - cluster 'mycall'
2033 The standard prompt is defined as:
2035 SET/PROMPT %C de %M %D %T dxspider >
2037 UNSET/PROMPT will undo the SET/PROMPT command and set your prompt back to
2040 === 9^SET/SYS_QRA <locator>^Set your cluster QRA Grid locator
2041 === 0^SET/QRA <locator>^Set your QRA Grid locator
2042 Tell the system what your QRA (or Maidenhead) locator is. If you have not
2043 done a SET/LOCATION then your latitude and longitude will be set roughly
2044 correctly (assuming your locator is correct ;-). For example:-
2047 === 0^SET/QTH <your qth>^Set your QTH
2048 Tell the system where you are. For example:-
2049 SET/QTH East Dereham, Norfolk
2051 === 9^SET/RBN <call> ...^Mark this call as an RBN node
2052 This will mark this callsign as a Reverse Beacon
2053 Network client. It's not a node in the normal sense of that word
2054 in DXSpider. But it will generate spots from the RBN/Skimmers and
2055 will act like a specialised node just for RBN spots.
2057 You will need to use this command to create your skimmer node
2058 connections. Normally one per RBN port (7000, 7001) but, in principle
2059 you could connect to any skimmer that uses the same spot format.
2061 === 9^SET/REGISTER <call> ...^Mark a user as registered
2062 === 9^UNSET/REGISTER <call> ...^Mark a user as not registered
2063 Registration is a concept that you can switch on by executing the
2065 set/var $main::regreq = 1
2067 command (usually in your startup file)
2069 If a user is NOT registered then, firstly, instead of the normal
2070 motd file (/spider/data/motd) being sent to the user at startup, the
2071 user is sent the motd_nor file instead. Secondly, the non registered
2072 user only has READ-ONLY access to the node. The non-registered user
2073 cannot use DX, ANN etc.
2075 The only exception to this is that a non-registered user can TALK or
2076 SEND messages to the sysop.
2078 === 6^SET/STARTUP <call>^Create a user startup script
2079 === 0^SET/STARTUP^Create your own startup script
2080 Create a startup script of DXSpider commands which will be executed
2081 everytime that you login into this node. You can only input the whole
2082 script afresh, it is not possible to 'edit' it. Inputting a new script is
2083 just like typing in a message using SEND. To finish inputting type: /EX
2084 on a newline, to abandon the script type: /ABORT.
2086 You may find the (curiously named) command BLANK useful to break
2087 up the output. If you simply want a blank line, it is easier to
2088 input one or more spaces and press the <return> key.
2090 See UNSET/STARTUP to remove a script.
2092 === 6^UNSET/STARTUP <call>^Remove a user startup script
2093 === 0^UNSET/STARTUP^Remove your own startup script
2094 You can remove your startup script with UNSET/STARTUP.
2096 === 5^SET/SPIDER <call> [<call>..]^Make the callsign an DXSpider node
2097 Tell the system that the call(s) are to be treated as DXSpider node and
2098 fed new style DX Protocol rather normal user commands.
2100 === 5^UNSET/SPIDER <call> [<call>..]^Make the callsign a normal user
2101 === 5^UNSET/ARCLUSTER <call> [<call>..]^Make the callsign a normal user
2102 === 5^UNSET/NODE <call> [<call>..]^Make the callsign a normal user
2103 === 5^UNSET/AK1A <call> [<call>..]^Make the callsign a normal user
2104 === 5^SET/USER <call> [<call>..]^Make the callsign a normal user
2106 === 0^SET/TALK^Allow TALK messages to come out on your terminal
2107 === 0^UNSET/TALK^Stop TALK messages coming out on your terminal
2109 === 9^SET/USDB <call> <state> <city>^add/update a US DB callsign
2110 This command allows you to add or alter a callsign in the US state
2111 database. Use with extreme caution. Anything you do here will be
2112 overwritten by any weekly updates that affect this callsign
2114 set/usdb g1tlh nh downtown rindge
2116 see also DELETE/USDB
2118 === 0^SET/USSTATE^Allow US State info on the end of DX announcements
2119 === 0^UNSET/USSTATE^Stop US State info on the end of DX announcements
2120 If the spotter's or spotted's US State is known it is output on the
2121 end of a DX announcement (there is just enough room).
2123 A spotter's state will appear on the RHS of the time (like
2124 SET/DXGRID) and the spotted's State will appear on the LHS of the
2125 time field. Any information found will override any locator
2126 information from SET/DXGRID.
2128 Some user programs cannot cope with this. You can use this command
2129 to reset (or set) this feature.
2131 Conflicts with: SET/DXCQ, SET/DXITU
2133 Do a STAT/USER to see which flags you have set if you are confused.
2135 === 0^SET/WANTRBN^[category ..]^Allow (some) RBN/Skimmer spots
2136 === 0^SET/SKIMMER^[category ..]^Allow (some) RBN/Skimmer spotsT
2137 === 0^UNSET/WANTRBN^Stop all RBN/Skimmer spots
2138 === 0^UNSET/SKIMMER^Stop all RBN/Skimmer spots
2139 === 9^SET/WANTRBN^<call> [category ..]^Allow (some) RBN/Skimmer spots
2140 === 9^SET/SKIMMER^<call> [category ..]^Allow (some) RBN/Skimmer spots
2141 This command allows curated Reverse Beacon Spots to come out on your
2144 If you want everything just type:
2150 Either command will do.
2152 If you want it all to just stop type:
2154 unset/skimmer (or unset/wantrbn)
2158 There five categories (or modes) of RBN/Skimmer spot available and one
2159 can limit the spots to one or more of these categories/modes:
2161 CW BEACON PSK RTTY FT
2163 together with a load of synonyms
2173 you will get psk, fsk, msk, ft4 and ft8 spots. if you want to break
2174 that down, then you will need to set filters accordingly - but your
2175 filter will only be offered spots from the categories that you have
2178 If you get into a muddle with this you can simply reset 'all on'
2179 with SET/SKIMMER or 'all off' with UNSET/SKIMMER.
2181 By default any filters that you have for "manual" spots will be
2182 automatically applied to your RBN/Skimmer feed. However it is possible
2183 to filter RBN/Skimmer spots differently by use ACCEPT/RBN and/or
2186 The RBN filters completely override any spot filters for these
2187 spots. But the spot filters will continue to filter "manual" spots as
2190 NOTE: Filters and this command CAN interact with each other. If you
2191 don't get the results that you expect, check your filters with
2194 Please see HELP RBN for an explanation of the spot format. It is NOT
2195 the same as one would get directly from the RBN/Skimmers. But it is
2196 recommended that you SET/DXCQ and UNSET/DXITU and UNSET/DXGRID (unless
2197 latter in more important to you with, for example, FT4/8 spots).
2199 === 0^SET/WCY^Allow WCY messages to come out on your terminal
2200 === 0^UNSET/WCY^Stop WCY messages coming out on your terminal
2202 === 0^SET/WWV^Allow WWV messages to come out on your terminal
2203 === 0^UNSET/WWV^Stop WWV messages coming out on your terminal
2205 === 0^SET/WX^Allow WX messages to come out on your terminal
2206 === 0^UNSET/WX^Stop WX messages coming out on your terminal
2208 === 0^SHOW/ANNOUNCE [<n>][<from>-<to>][<call>] ...^Show log of announces
2209 Show announcements that have come in.
2211 === 1^SHOW/BADDX^Show all the bad dx calls in the system
2212 Display all the bad dx callsigns in the system, see SET/BADDX
2213 for more information.
2215 === 1^SHOW/BADNODE^Show all the bad nodes in the system
2216 Display all the bad node callsigns in the system, see SET/BADNODE
2217 for more information.
2219 === 1^SHOW/BADSPOTTER^Show all the bad spotters in the system
2220 Display all the bad spotter's callsigns in the system, see SET/BADSPOTTER
2221 for more information.
2223 === 6^SHOW/BADWORD^Show all the bad words in the system
2224 === 6^SHOW/BADWORD full^Show all badwords with their Regex
2225 === 6^SHOW/BADWORD <word> ...^Show all badwords with their Regex
2226 Display all the bad words in the system, see SET/BADWORD
2227 for more information.
2229 The first form shows all the base words that are stored in a simple list.
2231 The second form list all words with their associated perl regex.
2233 The third form shows just the regexes for the words asked for. If no
2234 answer for a word is given then it is not defined.
2236 === 0^SHOW/BANDS [band|region names]^Show the list of bands and regions
2237 Display the bands and regions (collections of bands) known to
2238 the system. If you supply band or region names to SHOW/BANDS,
2239 the command will display just those bands or regions, e.g.:
2244 === 0^SHOW/BUDDY^Show your list of buddies
2245 See SET/BUDDY for more information about buddies.
2247 === 0^SHOW/CHAT [<group>] [<lines>]^Show any chat or conferencing
2248 This command allows you to see any chat or conferencing that has
2249 occurred whilst you were away. SHOW/CHAT on its own will show data for
2250 all groups. If you use a group name then it will show only chat for
2253 === 9^SHOW/CMD_CACHE [pattern]^Show the real source path of commands
2254 It is possible in DXSpider to define local versions of commands.
2255 Sometimes one forgets that one has these. This command will show you
2256 the source path where the node is getting each one of its commands.
2258 If you find a local command that you don't want then then simply
2259 delete it, run LOAD/CMD_CACHE to clear out the command cache and
2260 try again. You will now be using the standard version.
2262 If you are looking for information on a specific command then
2263 just add a string, eg:
2270 set/dxgrid /spider/cmd/set/dxgrid.pl
2271 sh/dx /spider/cmd/show/dx.pl
2273 === 0^SHOW/CONFIGURATION [<node>]^Show all the nodes and users visible
2274 This command allows you to see all the users that can be seen
2275 and the nodes to which they are connected.
2277 This command is normally abbreviated to: sh/c
2279 Normally, the list returned will be just for the nodes from your
2280 country (because the list otherwise will be very long).
2284 will produce a complete list of all nodes.
2286 BE WARNED: the list that is returned can be VERY long
2288 It is possible to supply a node or part of a prefix and you will get
2289 a list of the users for that node or list of nodes starting with
2296 === 0^SHOW/CONFIGURATION/NODE^Show all the nodes connected locally
2297 Show all the nodes connected to this node.
2299 === 1^SHOW/CONNECT^Show all the active connections
2300 This command shows information on all the active connections known to
2301 the node. This command gives slightly more information than WHO.
2303 === 0^SHOW/CONTEST [<year>] [<month>]^Show all the contests for a month
2304 Show all known contests which are maintained at http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/
2305 for a particular month or year. The format is reasonably flexible.
2313 If there is no month/year then the current month's contests are shown.
2315 Note that it expects ENGLISH (jan/feb/mar/apr/may/jun/jul/aug/sep/oct/nov/dec)
2318 === 0^SHOW/DATE [<prefix>|<callsign>]^Show the local time
2319 This is very nearly the same as SHOW/TIME, the only difference the format
2320 of the date string if no arguments are given.
2322 If no prefixes or callsigns are given then this command returns the local
2323 time and UTC as the computer has it right now. If you give some prefixes
2324 then it will show UTC and UTC + the local offset (not including DST) at
2325 the prefixes or callsigns that you specify.
2327 === 0^SHOW/DB0SDX <callsign>^Show QSL infomation from DB0SDX database
2328 This command queries the DB0SDX QSL server on the internet
2329 and returns any information available for that callsign. This service
2330 is provided for users of this software by http://www.qslinfo.de.
2332 See also SHOW/QRZ, SHOW/WM7D.
2334 === 9^SHOW/DEBUG^Show what levels of debug information you are logging
2336 === 0^SHOW/DX^Interrogate the spot database
2337 If you just type SHOW/DX you will get the last so many spots
2338 (sysop configurable, but usually 10).
2340 In addition you can add any number of these commands in very nearly
2341 any order to the basic SHOW/DX command, they are:-
2343 on <band> - eg 160m 20m 2m 23cm 6mm
2344 on <region> - eg hf vhf uhf shf (see SHOW/BANDS)
2345 on <from>/<to> - eg 1000/4000 14000-30000 (in Khz)
2348 <number> - the number of spots you want
2349 <from>-<to> - <from> spot no <to> spot no in the selected list
2352 <prefix> - for a spotted callsign beginning with <prefix>
2353 *<suffix> - for a spotted callsign ending in <suffix>
2354 *<string>* - for a spotted callsign containing <string>
2355 <call> exact - for a spotted callsign *exactly* as typed.
2357 day <number> - starting <number> days ago
2358 day <from>-<to> - <from> days <to> days ago
2361 info <text> - any spots containing <text> in the info or remarks
2363 by <call> - any spots spotted by <call> (spotter <call> is the
2366 qsl - this automatically looks for any qsl info on the call
2367 held in the spot database.
2369 iota [<iota>] - If the iota island number is missing it will look for
2370 the string iota and anything which looks like an iota
2371 island number. If you specify then it will look for
2374 qra [<locator>] - this will look for the specific locator if you specify
2375 one or else anything that looks like a locator.
2377 dxcc - treat the prefix as a 'country' and look for spots
2378 from that country regardless of actual prefix.
2381 You can also use this with the 'by' keyword so
2384 real or rt - Format the output the same as for real time spots. The
2385 formats are deliberately different (so you can tell
2386 one sort from the other). This is useful for some
2387 logging programs that can't cope with normal sh/dx
2388 output. An alias of SHOW/FDX is available.
2390 filter - Filter the spots, before output, with the user's
2391 spot filter. An alias of SHOW/MYDX is available.
2393 zone <zones> - look for spots in the cq zone (or zones) specified.
2394 zones are numbers separated by commas.
2396 by_zone <zones> - look for spots spotted by people in the cq zone
2399 itu <itus> - look for spots in the itu zone (or zones) specified
2400 itu zones are numbers separated by commas.
2402 by_itu <itus> - look for spots spotted by people in the itu zone
2405 state <list> - look for spots in the US state (or states) specified
2406 The list is two letter state codes separated by commas.
2408 by_state <list> - look for spots spotted by people in the US state
2411 origin - the node from which this spot originated (must be an
2412 exact callsign with SSID e.g. gb7tlh-4)
2414 ip - the IP address of the spotter (either in IPV4 or IPV6)
2415 format. These addresses can be partial.
2420 SH/DX on 20m info iota
2421 SH/DX 9a on vhf day 30
2427 SH/DX dxcc oq2 by w dxcc
2431 SH/DX by_state in,oh
2433 SH/DX origin gb7tlh-4
2434 SH/DX ip 82.65.128.4 (or SH/DX ip 2a00:1450:4009:800::200e)
2436 === 0^SHOW/DXCC <prefix>^Interrogate the spot database by country
2437 This command takes the <prefix> (which can be a full or partial
2438 callsign if desired), looks up which internal country number it is
2439 and then displays all the spots as per SH/DX for that country.
2441 This is now an alias for 'SHOW/DX DXCC'
2443 The options for SHOW/DX also apply to this command.
2447 SH/DXCC W on 20m iota
2449 This can be done with the SHOW/DX command like this:-
2452 SH/DX dxcc w on 20m iota
2454 This is an alias for: SH/DX dxcc
2456 === 0^SHOW/FDX^Show the DX data in realtime format.
2457 Normally SHOW/DX outputs spot data in a different format to the
2458 realtime data. This is a deliberate policy (so you can tell the
2459 difference between the two). Some logging programs cannot handle
2460 this so SHOW/FDX outputs historical data in real time format.
2462 This is an alias for: SHOW/DX real
2464 === 0^SHOW/DXSTATS [days] [date]^Show the DX Statistics
2465 Show the total DX spots for the last <days> no of days (default is 31),
2466 starting from a <date> (default: today).
2468 === 0^SHOW/FILES [<filearea> [<string>]]^List the contents of a filearea
2469 SHOW/FILES on its own will show you a list of the various fileareas
2470 available on the system. To see the contents of a particular file
2473 where <filearea> is the name of the filearea you want to see the
2476 You can also use shell globbing characters like '*' and '?' in a
2477 string to see a selection of files in a filearea eg:-
2478 SH/FILES bulletins arld*
2480 See also TYPE - to see the contents of a file.
2482 === 0^SHOW/FILTER^Show the contents of all the filters you have set
2483 Show the contents of all the filters that are set. This command displays
2484 all the filters set - for all the various categories.
2486 === 0^SHOW/GRAYLINE [ndays] [<prefix>|<callsign>]^Show Civil dawn/dusk times
2487 This command is very similar to SHOW/SUN except that it shows the
2488 start and end of "Official" or "Civil" Dawn and Dusk. This is defined
2489 as when the Sun is 6 degrees below the horizon.
2491 If you don't specify any prefixes or callsigns, it will show the
2492 times for your QTH (assuming you have set it with either SET/LOCATION
2493 or SET/QRA), together with the current azimuth and elevation.
2495 If all else fails it will show the civil dawn and dusk times for
2496 the node that you are connected to.
2501 SH/GRAYLINE G1TLH W5UN
2503 You can also use this command to see into the past or the future, so
2504 if you want to see yesterday's times then do:-
2508 or in three days time:-
2512 Upto 366 days can be checked both in the past and in the future.
2514 Please note that the times are given as the UT times of the requested
2517 === 0^SHOW/HFSTATS [days] [date]^Show the HF DX Statistics
2518 Show the HF DX spots breakdown by band for the last <days> no of days
2519 (default is 31), starting from a <date> (default: today).
2521 === 0^SHOW/HFTABLE [days] [date] [prefix ...]^Show the HF DX Spotter Table
2522 Show the HF DX Spotter table for the list of prefixes for the last
2523 <days> no of days (default is 31), starting from a <date> (default: today).
2525 If there are no prefixes then it will show the table for your country.
2527 Remember that some countries have more than one "DXCC country" in them
2528 (eg G :-), to show them (assuming you are not in G already which is
2529 specially treated in the code) you must list all the relevant prefixes
2531 sh/hftable g gm gd gi gj gw gu
2533 Note that the prefixes are converted into country codes so you don't have
2534 to list all possible prefixes for each country.
2536 If you want more or less days than the default simply include the
2537 number you require:-
2541 If you want to start at a different day, simply add the date in some
2544 sh/hftable 2 25nov02
2545 sh/hftable 2 25-nov-02
2547 sh/hftable 2 25/11/02
2549 This will show the stats for your DXCC for that CQWW contest weekend.
2551 You can specify either prefixes or full callsigns (so you can see how you
2552 did against all your mates). You can also say 'all' which will then print
2553 the worldwide statistics.
2557 === 8^SHOW/HOPS <call> [ann|spots|route|wcy|wwv]^Show the hop counts for a node
2558 This command shows the hop counts set up for a node. You can specify
2559 which category you want to see. If you leave the category out then
2560 all the categories will be listed.
2562 === 0^SHOW/IK3QAR <callsign>^Obtain QSL info from IK3QAR database
2563 Get QSL information from the online dabase run by IK3QAR.
2565 Your sysop needs to set up this command by obtaining a password from IK3QAR.
2566 Instructions are available in local/Internet.pm
2568 === 1^SHOW/ISOLATE^Show list of ISOLATED nodes
2570 === 9^SHOW/LOCKOUT <prefix>|ALL^Show the list of locked out or excluded callsigns
2572 === 8^SHOW/LOG [<callsign>]^Show excerpts from the system log
2573 This command outputs a short section of the system log. On its own
2574 it will output a general logfile. With the optional callsign it will
2575 show output from the log associated with that callsign.
2577 === 0^SHOW/MOON [ndays] [<prefix>|<callsign>]^Show Moon rise and set times
2578 Show the Moon rise and set times for a (list of) prefixes or callsigns,
2579 together with the azimuth and elevation of the sun currently at those
2582 If you don't specify any prefixes or callsigns, it will show the times for
2583 your QTH (assuming you have set it with either SET/LOCATION or SET/QRA),
2584 together with the current azimuth and elevation.
2586 In addition, it will show the illuminated fraction of the moons disk.
2588 If all else fails it will show the Moonrise and set times for the node
2589 that you are connected to.
2596 You can also use this command to see into the past or the future, so
2597 if you want to see yesterday's times then do:-
2601 or in three days time:-
2605 Upto 366 days can be checked both in the past and in the future.
2607 Please note that the rise and set times are given as the UT times of rise and
2608 set on the requested UT day.
2610 === 0^SHOW/MOTD^Show your MOTD (the Message of the Day)
2611 The Message of the Day is normally printed whenever one logs on. However
2612 many people now login using logging programs or something other than plain
2613 telnet or ax25 connections. This command allows the user (or the program)
2614 to see what is in the MOTD.
2616 The actual MOTD that you are shown depends on what carrier you are logged
2617 on via, whether you are registered and some other factors that your sysop
2620 === 0^SHOW/MUF <prefix> [<hours>][long]^Show the likely propagation to a prefix
2621 This command allow you to estimate the likelihood of you contacting
2622 a station with the prefix you have specified. The output assumes a modest
2623 power of 20dBW and receiver sensitivity of -123dBm (about 0.15muV/10dB SINAD)
2625 The result predicts the most likely operating frequencies and signal
2626 levels for high frequency (shortwave) radio propagation paths on
2627 specified days of the year and hours of the day. It is most useful for
2628 paths between 250 km and 6000 km, but can be used with reduced accuracy
2629 for paths shorter or longer than this.
2631 The command uses a routine MINIMUF 3.5 developed by the U.S. Navy and
2632 used to predict the MUF given the predicted flux, day of the year,
2633 hour of the day and geographic coordinates of the transmitter and
2634 receiver. This routine is reasonably accurate for the purposes here,
2635 with a claimed RMS error of 3.8 MHz, but much smaller and less complex
2636 than the programs used by major shortwave broadcasting organizations,
2637 such as the Voice of America.
2639 The command will display some header information detailing its
2640 assumptions, together with the locations, latitude and longitudes and
2641 bearings. It will then show UTC (UT), local time at the other end
2642 (LT), calculate the MUFs, Sun zenith angle at the midpoint of the path
2643 (Zen) and the likely signal strengths. Then for each frequency for which
2644 the system thinks there is a likelihood of a circuit it prints a value.
2646 The value is currently a likely S meter reading based on the conventional
2647 6dB / S point scale. If the value has a '+' appended it means that it is
2648 1/2 an S point stronger. If the value is preceeded by an 'm' it means that
2649 there is likely to be much fading and by an 's' that the signal is likely
2652 By default SHOW/MUF will show the next two hours worth of data. You
2653 can specify anything up to 24 hours worth of data by appending the no of
2654 hours required after the prefix. For example:-
2660 RxSens: -123 dBM SFI: 159 R: 193 Month: 10 Day: 21
2661 Power : 20 dBW Distance: 6283 km Delay: 22.4 ms
2662 Location Lat / Long Azim
2663 East Dereham, Norfolk 52 41 N 0 57 E 47
2664 United-States-W 43 0 N 87 54 W 299
2665 UT LT MUF Zen 1.8 3.5 7.0 10.1 14.0 18.1 21.0 24.9 28.0 50.0
2666 18 23 11.5 -35 mS0+ mS2 S3
2667 19 0 11.2 -41 mS0+ mS2 S3
2669 indicating that you will have weak, fading circuits on top band and
2670 80m but usable signals on 40m (about S3).
2676 will get you the above display, but with the next 24 hours worth of
2682 Gives you an estimate of the long path propagation characterics. It
2683 should be noted that the figures will probably not be very useful, nor
2684 terrible accurate, but it is included for completeness.
2686 === 0^SHOW/MYDX^Show the DX data filtered with your spot filter.
2687 SHOW/DX potentially shows all the spots available in the system. Using
2688 SHOW/MYDX will, instead, filter the availble spots using any spot filter
2689 that you have set, first.
2691 This command, together with ACCEPT/SPOT or REJECT/SPOT, will allow
2692 you to customise the spots that you receive.
2694 So if you have said: ACC/SPOT on hf
2696 Doing a SHOW/MYDX will now only, ever, show HF spots. All the other
2697 options on SH/DX can still be used.
2699 === 0^SHOW/NEWCONFIGURATION [USERS|<node call>]^Show the cluster map
2700 Show the map of the whole cluster.
2702 This shows the structure of the cluster that you are connected to. By
2703 default it will only show the nodes that are known. By adding the keyword
2704 USER to the command it will show all the users as well.
2706 As there will be loops, you will see '...', this means that the information
2707 is as printed earlier and that is a looped connection from here on.
2709 BE WARNED: the list that is returned can be VERY long (particularly
2710 with the USER keyword)
2712 === 0^SHOW/NEWCONFIGURATION/NODE^Show all the nodes connected locally
2713 Show all the nodes connected to this node in the new format.
2715 === 1^SHOW/NODE [<callsign> ...]^Show the type and version number of nodes
2716 === 1^SHOW/NODE ALL^Show the type,version number of ALL known nodes
2717 Show the type and version (if connected) of the nodes specified on the
2718 command line. If no callsigns are specified then a sorted list of all
2719 the non-user callsigns connected to node will be displayed.
2721 === 0^SHOW/PREFIX <callsign>^Interrogate the prefix database
2722 This command takes the <callsign> (which can be a full or partial
2723 callsign or a prefix), looks up which internal country number
2724 it is and then displays all the relevant prefixes for that country
2725 together with the internal country no, the CQ and ITU regions.
2729 === 5^SHOW/PROGRAM^Show the locations of all the included program modules
2730 Show the name and location where every program module was load from. This
2731 is useful for checking where you think you have loaded a .pm file from.
2733 === 0^SHOW/QRA <locator> [<locator>]^Show distance between QRA Grid locators
2734 === 0^SHOW/QRA <lat> <long>^Convert lat/long to a QRA Grid locator
2735 This is a multipurpose command that allows you either to calculate the
2736 distance and bearing between two locators or (if only one locator is
2737 given on the command line) the distance and beraing from your station
2738 to the locator. For example:-
2743 The first example will show the distance and bearing to the locator from
2744 yourself, the second example will calculate the distance and bearing from
2745 the first locator to the second. You can use 4 or 6 character locators.
2747 It is also possible to convert a latitude and longitude to a locator by
2748 using this command with a latitude and longitude as an argument, for
2751 SH/QRA 52 41 N 0 58 E
2753 === 0^SHOW/QRZ <callsign>^Show any callbook details on a callsign
2754 This command queries the QRZ callbook server on the internet
2755 and returns any information available for that callsign. This service
2756 is provided for users of this software by http://www.qrz.com
2758 See also SHOW/WM7D for an alternative.
2760 === 0^SHOW/DXQSL <callsign>^Show any QSL info gathered from spots
2761 The node collects information from the comment fields in spots (things
2762 like 'VIA EA7WA' or 'QSL-G1TLH') and stores these in a database.
2764 This command allows you to interrogate that database and if the callsign
2765 is found will display the manager(s) that people have spotted. This
2766 information is NOT reliable, but it is normally reasonably accurate if
2767 it is spotted enough times.
2773 You can check the raw input spots yourself with:-
2777 This gives you more background information.
2779 === 9^SHOW/REGISTERED [<prefix>]^Show the registered users
2781 === 0^SHOW/ROUTE <callsign> ...^Show the route to the callsign
2782 This command allows you to see to which node the callsigns specified are
2783 connected. It is a sort of inverse sh/config.
2787 === 1^SHOW/RBN [<callsign> ...]^Show which connected users want RBN spots
2788 === 1^SHOW/RBN ALL^Show ALL users that want RBN spots
2789 Show a list of the users that want RBN spots of any the callsigns
2790 specified on the command line. If no callsigns are specified then a
2791 sorted list of all connected users wanting RBN spots will be displayed
2795 will go through the user file and display ALL users that want RBN spots.
2797 === 9^SHOW/RCMD [<n>][<from>-<to>][<call>] ...^Show log of rcmds
2798 Show the rcmds that have come in and their replies.
2800 === 0^SHOW/SATELLITE <name> [<hours> <interval>]^Show tracking data
2801 Show the tracking data from your location to the satellite of your choice
2802 from now on for the next few hours.
2804 If you use this command without a satellite name it will display a list
2805 of all the satellites known currently to the system.
2807 If you give a name then you can obtain tracking data of all the passes
2808 that start and finish 5 degrees below the horizon. As default it will
2809 give information for the next three hours for every five minute period.
2811 You can alter the number of hours and the step size, within certain
2814 Each pass in a period is separated with a row of '-----' characters
2819 SH/SAT FENGYUN1 12 2
2821 === 1^SHOW/SPOTSTATS^Show the current Spot statistics
2822 View the current unique spot sentences seen since the last restart.
2824 It shows the number of PC11 and PC61 sentences and the percentage
2825 of PC11s received of the total of both. It also shows the number
2826 of PC11s that have been promoted to PC61 before being passed on
2827 plus a total percentage of incoming PC11 that have been promoted.
2829 A PC11 can be promoted to PC61 by a stored IP address in the routing
2830 table or it can be promoted by being delayed to a short for any
2831 passing PC61 from another node.
2833 === 6^SHOW/STARTUP <call>^View a user startup script
2834 === 0^SHOW/STARTUP^View your own startup script
2835 View the contents of a startup script created with SET/STARTUP.
2837 === 6^SHOW/STATION ALL [<regex>]^Show list of users in the system
2838 === 0^SHOW/STATION [<callsign> ..]^Show information about a callsign
2839 Show the information known about a callsign and whether (and where)
2840 that callsign is connected to the cluster.
2844 If no callsign is given then show the information for yourself.
2846 === 0^SHOW/SUN [ndays] [<prefix>|<callsign>]^Show sun rise and set times
2847 Show the sun rise and set times for a (list of) prefixes or callsigns,
2848 together with the azimuth and elevation of the sun currently at those
2851 If you don't specify any prefixes or callsigns, it will show the times for
2852 your QTH (assuming you have set it with either SET/LOCATION or SET/QRA),
2853 together with the current azimuth and elevation.
2855 If all else fails it will show the sunrise and set times for the node
2856 that you are connected to.
2861 SH/SUN G1TLH K9CW ZS
2863 You can also use this command to see into the past or the future, so
2864 if you want to see yesterday's times then do:-
2868 or in three days time:-
2872 Upto 366 days can be checked both in the past and in the future.
2874 Please note that the rise and set times are given as the UT times of rise
2875 and set on the requested UT day.
2877 === 0^SHOW/TIME [<prefix>|<callsign>]^Show the local time
2878 If no prefixes or callsigns are given then this command returns the local
2879 time and UTC as the computer has it right now. If you give some prefixes
2880 then it will show UTC and UTC + the local offset (not including DST) at
2881 the prefixes or callsigns that you specify.
2883 === 0^SHOW/USDB [call ..]^Show information held on the FCC Call database
2884 Show the City and State of a Callsign held on the FCC database if
2885 his is being run on this system, eg:-
2889 === 0^SHOW/VHFSTATS [days] [date]^Show the VHF DX Statistics
2890 Show the VHF DX spots breakdown by band for the last
2891 <days> no of days (default is 31), starting from a date (default: today).
2893 === 0^SHOW/VHFTABLE [days] [date] [prefix ...]^Show the VHF DX Spotter Table
2894 Show the VHF DX Spotter table for the list of prefixes for the last
2895 <days> no of days (default is 31), starting from a date (default: today).
2897 If there are no prefixes then it will show the table for your country.
2899 Remember that some countries have more than one "DXCC country" in them
2900 (eg G :-), to show them (assuming you are not in G already which is
2901 specially treated in the code) you must list all the relevant prefixes
2903 sh/vhftable g gm gd gi gj gw gu
2905 Note that the prefixes are converted into country codes so you don't have
2906 to list all possible prefixes for each country.
2908 If you want more or less days than the default simply include the
2909 number you require:-
2913 If you want to start at a different day, simply add the date in some
2916 sh/vhftable 2 25nov02
2917 sh/vhftable 2 25-nov-02
2918 sh/vhftable 2 021125
2919 sh/vhftable 2 25/11/02
2921 This will show the stats for your DXCC for that CQWW contest weekend.
2923 You can specify either prefixes or full callsigns (so you can see how you
2924 did against all your mates). You can also say 'all' which will then print
2925 the worldwide statistics.
2929 === 0^SHOW/WCY^Show last 10 WCY broadcasts
2930 === 0^SHOW/WCY <n>^Show last <n> WCY broadcasts
2931 Display the most recent WCY information that has been received by the system
2933 === 0^SHOW/WM7D <callsign>^Show callbook details on a US callsigns
2934 This command queries the WM7D callbook server on the internet
2935 and returns any information available for that US callsign. This service
2936 is provided for users of this software by http://www.wm7d.net.
2940 === 0^SHOW/WWV^Show last 10 WWV broadcasts
2941 === 0^SHOW/WWV <n>^Show last <n> WWV broadcasts
2942 Display the most recent WWV information that has been received by the system
2944 === 5^SHUTDOWN^Shutdown the cluster
2945 Shutdown the cluster and disconnect all the users
2947 === 9^SPOOF <call> <command>^Do a command as though you are another user
2948 This command is provided so that sysops can set a user's parameters without
2949 me having to write a special 'sysop' version for every user command. It
2950 allows you to pretend that you are doing the command as the user you specify.
2954 SPOOF G1TLH set/name Dirk
2955 SPOOF G1TLH set/qra JO02LQ
2957 === 5^STAT/DB <dbname>^Show the status of a database
2958 Show the internal status of a database descriptor.
2960 Depending on your privilege level you will see more or less information.
2961 This command is unlikely to be of much use to anyone other than a sysop.
2963 === 5^STAT/CHANNEL [<callsign>]^Show the status of a channel on the cluster
2964 Show the internal status of the channel object either for the channel that
2965 you are on or else for the callsign that you asked for.
2967 Only the fields that are defined (in perl term) will be displayed.
2969 === 1^STAT/MSG^Show the status of the message system
2970 === 1^STAT/MSG <msgno>^Show the status of a message
2971 This command shows the internal status of a message and includes information
2972 such as to whom it has been forwarded, its size, origin etc etc.
2974 If no message number is given then the status of the message system is
2977 === 5^STAT/ROUTE_NODE <callsign>^Show the data in a Route::Node object
2978 === 5^STAT/ROUTE_NODE all^Show list of all Route::Node objects
2980 === 5^STAT/ROUTE_USER <callsign>^Show the data in a Route::User object
2981 === 5^STAT/ROUTE_USER all^Show list of all Route::User objects
2983 === 5^STAT/USER [<callsign>]^Show the full status of a user
2984 Shows the full contents of a user record including all the secret flags
2987 Only the fields that are defined (in perl term) will be displayed.
2989 === 0^SYSOP^Regain your privileges if you login remotely
2990 The system automatically reduces your privilege level to that of a
2991 normal user if you login in remotely. This command allows you to
2992 regain your normal privilege level. It uses the normal system: five
2993 numbers are returned that are indexes into the character array that is
2994 your assigned password (see SET/PASSWORD). The indexes start from
2997 You are expected to return a string which contains the characters
2998 required in the correct order. You may intersperse those characters
2999 with others to obscure your reply for any watchers. For example (and
3000 these values are for explanation :-):
3002 password = 012345678901234567890123456789
3006 aa2bbbb0ccc5ddd7xxx3n
3010 They will all match. If there is no password you will still be offered
3011 numbers but nothing will happen when you input a string. Any match is
3014 === 0^TALK <call> [<text>]^Send a text message to another station
3015 === 0^TALK <call> > <node> [<text>]^Send a text message to another station via a node
3016 Send a short message to any other station that is visible on the cluster
3017 system. You can send it to anyone you can see with a SHOW/CONFIGURATION
3018 command, they don't have to be connected locally.
3020 The second form of TALK is used when other cluster nodes are connected
3021 with restricted information. This usually means that they don't send
3022 the user information usually associated with logging on and off the cluster.
3024 If you know that G3JNB is likely to be present on GB7TLH, but you can only
3025 see GB7TLH in the SH/C list but with no users, then you would use the
3026 second form of the talk message.
3028 If you want to have a ragchew with someone you can leave the text message
3029 out and the system will go into 'Talk' mode. What this means is that a
3030 short message is sent to the recipient telling them that you are in a
3031 'Talking' frame of mind and then you just type - everything you send will
3032 go to the station that you asked for.
3034 All the usual announcements, spots and so on will still come out on your
3037 If you want to do something (such as send a spot) you preceed the normal
3038 command with a '/' character, eg:-
3040 /DX 14001 G1TLH What's a B class licensee doing on 20m CW?
3043 To leave talk mode type:
3047 If you are in 'Talk' mode, there is an extention to the '/' command which
3048 allows you to send the output to all the people you are talking to. You do
3049 with the '//' command. For example:-
3053 will send the hftable as you have it to all the people you are currently
3056 === 0^TYPE <filearea>/<name>^Look at the contents of a file in one of the fileareas
3057 Type out the contents of a file in a filearea. So, for example, in
3058 filearea 'bulletins' you want to look at file 'arld051' you would
3060 TYPE bulletins/arld051
3062 See also SHOW/FILES to see what fileareas are available and a
3065 === 0^WHO^Show who is physically connected
3066 This is a quick listing that shows which callsigns are connected and
3067 what sort of connection they have
3069 === 0^WX <text>^Send a weather message to local users
3070 === 0^WX FULL <text>^Send a weather message to all cluster users
3071 === 5^WX SYSOP <text>^Send a weather message to other clusters only
3072 Weather messages can sometimes be useful if you are experiencing an extreme
3073 that may indicate enhanced conditions