The DXSpider Installation and Administration Manual

Ian Maude, G0VGS, (ianmaude@btinternet.com)

1. Installation (Original version by Iain Phillips, G0RDI)

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Preparation
• 1.3 Installing the software
• 1.4 Setting callsigns etc
• 1.5 Starting up for the first time

2. The Client program

3. Configuration

• 3.1 Allowing ax25 connects from users
• 3.2 Allowing telnet connects from users
• 3.3 Setting up node connects
• 3.4 Automating things

4. Hop control

• 4.1 Basic hop control
• 4.2 Isolating networks

5. Filtering

• 5.1 Spots
• 5.2 Announcements
• 5.3 WWV
• 5.4 Filtering Mail
• 5.5 Filtering DX callouts
• 5.6 Filtering words from text fields in Announce, Talk and DX spots

6. Information, files and useful programs

• 6.1 MOTD
• 6.2 Downtime message
• 6.3 Other text messages
• 6.4 The Aliases file
• 6.5 Forward.pl
• 6.6 Distribution lists
• 6.7 Console.pl

7. CVS

8. Sysop commands

• 8.1 announce sysop (5)
• 8.2 connect (5)
• 8.3 catch (9)
• 8.4 dbcreate (9)
• 8.5 dbimport (9)
• 8.6 dbremove (9)
• 8.7 debug (9)
• 8.8 directory (5)
• 8.9 disconnect (8)
• 8.10 export (9)
• 8.11 forward/opername (1)
• 8.12 init (5)
• 8.13 kill (5)
• 8.14 kill full (5)
• 8.15 load/aliases (9)
• 8.16 load/baddx (9)
• 8.17 load/badmsg (9)
• 8.18 load/badwords (9)
• 8.19 load/bands (9)
• 8.20 load/cmd_cache (9)
• 8.21 load/forward (9)
• 8.22 load/messages (9)
• 8.23 load/prefixes (9)
• 8.24 merge (5)
• 8.25 msg (9)
• 8.26 pc (8)
• 8.27 ping (1)
• 8.28 rcmd (1)
• 8.29 read (5)
• 8.30 set/debug (9)
• 8.31 set/isolate (9)
• 8.32 set/sys_location (9)
• 8.33 set/lockout (9)
• 8.34 set/node (9)
• 8.35 set/obscount (9)
• 8.36 set/pinginterval (9)
• 8.37 set/privilege (9)
• 8.38 set/password (9)
• 8.39 set/sys_qra (9)
• 8.40 show program (5)
• 8.41 shutdown (5)
• 8.42 spoof (9)
• 8.43 stat/db (5)
• 8.44 stat/channel (5)
• 8.45 stat/msg (5)
• 8.46 stat/user (5)