The DXSpider Installation and Administration Manual

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

1. Installation (Original version by Iain Philipps, 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
• 1.6 The Client program

2. Quick installation guide

3. Configuration

• 3.1 Allowing ax25 connects from users
• 3.2 Allowing telnet connects from users
• 3.3 Setting up node connects
• 3.4 Connection scripts
• 3.5 Starting the connection
• 3.6 Telnet echo

4. Automating things

• 4.1 Autostarting the cluster
• 4.2 The crontab file

5. Hop control

• 5.1 Basic hop control
• 5.2 Isolating networks

6. Filtering (Old Style upto v1.44)

• 6.1 Spots
• 6.2 Announcements
• 6.3 WWV

7. Filtering (New Style v1.45 and later)

• 7.1 General filter rules
• 7.2 Types of filter
• 7.3 Filter options
• 7.4 Default filters
• 7.5 Advanced filtering

8. Other filters

• 8.1 Filtering Mail
• 8.2 Filtering DX callouts (Depricated)
• 8.3 Filtering words from text fields in Announce, Talk and DX spots

9. Mail

• 9.1 Personal mail
• 9.2 Bulletin mail
• 9.3 Forward.pl
• 9.4 The msg command
• 9.5 Message status
• 9.6 Filtering mail
• 9.7 Distribution lists
• 9.8 BBS interface

10. Databases

• 10.1 Creating databases
• 10.2 Importing databases
• 10.3 Checking available databases
• 10.4 Looking up databases
• 10.5 Removing databases

11. Information, files and useful programs

• 11.1 MOTD
• 11.2 Downtime message
• 11.3 Other text messages
• 11.4 The Aliases file
• 11.5 Console.pl
• 11.6 Updating kepler data
• 11.7 The QRZ callbook

12. CVS

13. The DXSpider command set

• 13.1 accept/announce (0)
• 13.2 accept/announce (extended for sysops) (8)
• 13.3 accept/spots (0)
• 13.4 accept/spots (extended for sysops) (8)
• 13.5 accept/wcy (0)
• 13.6 accept/wcy (extended for sysops) (8)
• 13.7 accept/wwv (0)
• 13.8 accept/wwv (extended for sysops) (8)
• 13.9 announce (0)
• 13.10 announce full (0)
• 13.11 announce sysop (5)
• 13.12 apropos (0)
• 13.13 bye (0)
• 13.14 catchup (5)
• 13.15 clear/spots (0)
• 13.16 connect (5)
• 13.17 dbavail (0)
• 13.18 dbcreate (9)
• 13.19 dbimport (9)
• 13.20 dbremove (9)
• 13.21 dbshow (0)
• 13.22 debug (9)
• 13.23 directory (0)
• 13.24 directory (extended for sysops) (5)
• 13.25 disconnect (8)
• 13.26 dx (0)
• 13.27 export (9)
• 13.28 export_users (9)
• 13.29 forward/latlong (8)
• 13.30 forward/opername (1)
• 13.31 help (0)
• 13.32 init (5)
• 13.33 kill (0)
• 13.34 kill (5)
• 13.35 kill full (5)
• 13.36 links (0)
• 13.37 load/aliases (9)
• 13.38 load/baddx (9)
• 13.39 load/badmsg (9)
• 13.40 load/badwords (9)
• 13.41 load/bands (9)
• 13.42 load/cmd_cache (9)
• 13.43 load/forward (9)
• 13.44 load/messages (9)
• 13.45 load/prefixes (9)
• 13.46 merge (5)
• 13.47 msg (9)
• 13.48 pc (8)
• 13.49 ping (1)
• 13.50 rcmd (1)
• 13.51 read (0)
• 13.52 read (extended for sysops) (5)
• 13.53 reject/announce
• 13.54 reject/announce (extended for sysops) (8)
• 13.55 reject/spots (0)
• 13.56 reject/spots (extended for sysops) (8)
• 13.57 reject/wcy (0)
• 13.58 reject/wcy (extended for sysops) (8)
• 13.59 reject/wwv (0)
• 13.60 reject/wwv (extended for sysops) (8)
• 13.61 reply (0)
• 13.62 send (0)
• 13.63 set/address (0)
• 13.64 set/announce (0)
• 13.65 set/arcluster (5)
• 13.66 set/baddx (8)
• 13.67 set/badnode (6)
• 13.68 set/badspotter (8)
• 13.69 set/beep (0)
• 13.70 set/clx (5)
• 13.71 set/debug (9)
• 13.72 set/dx (0)
• 13.73 set/dxgrid (0)
• 13.74 set/dxnet (5)
• 13.75 set/echo (0)
• 13.76 set/here (0)
• 13.77 set/homenode (0)
• 13.78 set/hops (8)
• 13.79 set/isolate (9)
• 13.80 set/language (0)
• 13.81 set/location (0)
• 13.82 set/sys_location (9)
• 13.83 set/logininfo (0)
• 13.84 set/lockout (9)
• 13.85 set/name (0)
• 13.86 set/node (9)
• 13.87 set/obscount (9)
• 13.88 set/page (0)
• 13.89 set/password (9)
• 13.90 set/pinginterval (9)
• 13.91 set/privilege (9)
• 13.92 set/spider (5)
• 13.93 set/sys_qra (9)
• 13.94 set/qra (0)
• 13.95 set/qth (0)
• 13.96 set/talk (0)
• 13.97 set/wcy (0)
• 13.98 set/wwv (0)
• 13.99 set/wx (0)
• 13.100 show/baddx (1)
• 13.101 show/badnode (6)
• 13.102 show/badspotter (1)
• 13.103 show/date (0)
• 13.104 show/debug (9)
• 13.105 show/dx (0)
• 13.106 show/dxcc (0)
• 13.107 show/files (0)
• 13.108 show/filter (0)
• 13.109 show/filter (extended for sysops) (5)
• 13.110 show/hops (8)
• 13.111 show/isolate (1)
• 13.112 show/lockout (9)
• 13.113 show/log (8)
• 13.114 show/moon (0)
• 13.115 show/muf (0)
• 13.116 show/node (1)
• 13.117 show/prefix (0)
• 13.118 show/program (5)
• 13.119 show/qra (0)
• 13.120 show/qrz (0)
• 13.121 show/route (0)
• 13.122 show/satellite (0)
• 13.123 show/sun (0)
• 13.124 show/time (0)
• 13.125 show/wcy (0)
• 13.126 show/wwv (0)
• 13.127 shutdown (5)
• 13.128 spoof (9)
• 13.129 stat/db (5)
• 13.130 stat/channel (5)
• 13.131 stat/msg (5)
• 13.132 stat/user (5)
• 13.133 sysop (0)
• 13.134 talk (0)
• 13.135 type (0)
• 13.136 who (0)
• 13.137 wx (0)
• 13.138 wx (enhanced for sysops) (5)