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-<H2><A NAME="s7">7. Filtering (New Style v1.45 and later)</A></H2>
+<H2><A NAME="s7">7. Java Web applet</A></H2>
-<H2><A NAME="ss7.1">7.1 General filter rules</A>
-</H2>
-
-<P>Upto v1.44 it was not possible for the user to set their own filters. From
-v1.45 though that has all changed. It is now possible to set filters for just
-about anything you wish. If you have just updated from an older version of
-DXSpider you will need to update your new filters. You do not need to do
-anything with your old filters, they will be renamed as you update.
-<P>
-<P>There are 3 basic commands involved in setting and manipulating filters. These
-are <EM>accept</EM>, <EM>reject</EM> and <EM>clear</EM>. First we will look
-generally at filtering. There are a number of things you can filter in the
-DXSpider system. They all use the same general mechanism.
-<P>
-<P>In general terms you can create a 'reject' or an 'accept' filter which can have
-up to 10 lines in it. You do this using, for example ...
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-
-accept/spots .....
-reject/spots .....
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>where ..... are the specific commands for that type of filter. There are filters
-for spots, wwv, announce, wcy and (for sysops) connects. See each different
-accept or reject command reference for more details.
-<P>There is also a command to clear out one or more lines in a filter. They are ...
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-clear/spots 1
-clear/spots all
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>There is clear/xxxx command for each type of filter.
-<P>
-<P>and you can check that your filters have worked by the command ...
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-
-show/filter
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>
-<P>For now we are going to use spots for the examples, but you can apply the same
-principles to all types of filter.
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss7.2">7.2 Types of filter</A>
-</H2>
-
-<P>There are two main types of filter, <EM>accept</EM> or <EM>reject</EM>. You
-can use either to achieve the result you want dependent on your own preference
-and which is more simple to do. It is pointless writing 8 lines of reject
-filters when 1 accept filter would do the same thing! Each filter has 10
-lines (of any length) which are tried in order. If a line matches then the
-action you have specified is taken (ie reject means ignore it and accept
-means take it)
-<P>
-<P>If you specify reject filters, then any lines that arrive that match the filter
-will be dumped but all else will be accepted. If you use an accept filter,
-then ONLY the lines in the filter will be accepted and all else will be dumped.
-For example if you have a single line <EM>accept</EM> filter ...
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-accept/spots on vhf and (by_zone 14,15,16 or call_zone 14,15,16)
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>then you will <EM>ONLY</EM> get VHF spots <EM>from</EM> or <EM>to</EM> CQ zones
-14, 15 and 16.
-<P>
-<P>If you set a reject filter like this ...
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-reject/spots on hf/cw
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>Then you will get everything <EM>EXCEPT</EM> HF CW spots. You could make this
-single filter even more flexible. For example, if you are interested in IOTA
-and will work it even on CW even though normally you are not interested in
-CW, then you could say ...
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-reject/spots on hf/cw and not info iota
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>But in that case you might only be interested in iota and say:-
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-accept/spots not on hf/cw or info iota
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>which achieves exactly the same thing. You should choose one or the other
-until you are comfortable with the way it works. You can mix them if you
-wish (actually you can have an accept AND a reject on the same line) but
-don't attempt this until you are sure you know what you are doing!
-<P>
-<P>You can arrange your filter lines into logical units, either for your own
-understanding or simply convenience. Here is an example ...
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-reject/spots 1 on hf/cw
-reject/spots 2 on 50000/1400000 not (by_zone 14,15,16 or call_zone 14,15,16)
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>What this does is to ignore all HF CW spots and also rejects any spots on VHF
-which don't either originate or spot someone in Europe.
-<P>
-<P>This is an example where you would use a line number (1 and 2 in this case), if
-you leave the digit out, the system assumes '1'. Digits '0'-'9' are available.
-This make it easier to see just what filters you have set. It also makes it
-more simple to remove individual filters, during a contest for example.
+<P>In the spider tree will be a directory <EM>spider-web</EM>. This is a
+neat little java web applet that can be run from a website. The applet
+must run on the same machine as the cluster. The included README file is
+shown below.
<P>
-<P>You will notice in the above example that the second line has brackets. Look
-at the line logically. You can see there are 2 separate sections to it. We
-are saying reject spots that are VHF or above <EM>APART</EM> from those in
-zones 14, 15 and 16 (either spotted there or originated there). If you did
-not have the brackets to separate the 2 sections, then Spider would read it
-logically from the front and see a different expression entirely ...
+<P>I should comment here that the applet is precompiled, that is, ready to go.
+It was compiled using JDK1.3.1. If your version is earlier than this then it
+may not work. Should that be the case you need to recompile or update your
+JDK. To recompile do the following ...
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-(on 50000/1400000 and by_zone 14,15,16) or call_zone 14,15,16
+cd /spider/spider-web
+rm *.class
+/usr/bin/javac spiderclient.java
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>The simple way to remember this is, if you use OR - use brackets. Whilst we are
-here CASE is not important. 'And BY_Zone' is just the same as 'and by_zone'.
-<P>As mentioned earlier, setting several filters can be more flexible than
-simply setting one complex one. Doing it in this way means that if you want
-to alter your filter you can just redefine or remove one or more lines of it or
-one line. For example ...
<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-reject/spots 1 on hf/ssb
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>would redefine our earlier example, or
+<P>I have used /usr/bin/javac as an example, your path to javac may be different.
<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-clear/spots 1
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>To remove all the filter lines in the spot filter ...
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-clear/spots all
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss7.3">7.3 Filter options</A>
-</H2>
+Spider-WEB v0.6b
-<P>You can filter in several different ways. The options are listed in the
-various helpfiles for accept, reject and filter.
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss7.4">7.4 Default filters</A>
-</H2>
-
-<P>Sometimes all that is needed is a general rule for node connects. This can
-be done with a node_default filter. This rule will always be followed, even
-if the link is isolated, unless another filter is set specifically. Default
-rules can be set for nodes and users. They can be set for spots, announces,
-WWV and WCY. They can also be used for hops. An example might look like
-this ...
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-accept/spot node_default by_zone 14,15,16,20,33
-set/hops node_default spot 50
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>This filter is for spots only, you could set others for announce, WWV and WCY.
-This filter would work for ALL nodes unless a specific filter is written to
-override it for a particular node. You can also set a user_default should
-you require. It is important to note that default filters should be
-considered to be "connected". By this I mean that should you override the
-default filter for spots, you need to add a rule for the hops for spots also.
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss7.5">7.5 Advanced filtering</A>
-</H2>
+Completely based on a clx web client written in Java by dl6dbh
+(ftp://clx.muc.de/pub/clx/clx-java_10130001.tgz)
-<P>Once you are happy with the results you get, you may like to experiment.
-<P>
-<P>The previous example that filters hf/cw spots and accepts vhf/uhf spots from EU
-can be written with a mixed filter, for example ...
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-rej/spot on hf/cw
-acc/spot on 0/30000
-acc/spot 2 on 50000/1400000 and (by_zone 14,15,16 or call_zone 14,15,16)
+The webserver has to run on the same machine as your DxSpider software!
+
+It is assumed that you have Java installed. You need JDK1.3.1 at least.
+
+Installation instructions (Performed as root):
+
+Put all the files in the spider-web directory into a newly created directory
+under the DocumentRoot of your websever for instance 'client'. In my case
+this is: /home/httpd/html/client/ although ymmv. For Suse the correct
+path should be /usr/local/httpd/htdocs/client/ for example.
+
+Move spider.cgi to the cgi-bin directory of your webserver, in my case that is
+/home/httpd/cgi-bin/ although ymmv. For Suse the correct path should be
+/usr/local/httpd/cgi-bin/ for example.
+
+Change the permissions of the files to ensure they are correct, obviously you
+will need to use the correct path the the files according to your system:
+
+chmod 755 /home/httpd/html/cgi-bin/spider.cgi
+chmod -R 755 /home/httpd/html/client/
+
+By default the spider.cgi script should pick up your hostname (As long as this
+is set correctly). If it does not or your hostname differs from the name that
+you attach to the public address that you are using, then edit spider.cgi :
+
+# Uncomment and set the hostname manually here if the above fails.
+# $HOSTNAME = "gb7mbc.spoo.org" ;
+$PORT = "8000" ;
+
+'HOSTNAME' is the hostname of your cluster.
+
+'PORT' is the portnumber that you use to connect to your DxSpider via
+telnet (see Listeners.pm)
+
+NOTE: If you can start the console but cannot connect to the cluster from it,
+then it is possible that the machine you are on cannot resolve the hostname of
+your cluster machine. If this is the case, you need to set your hostname
+manually as above.
+
+You also need to set the $NODECALL variable. This prints the name of your
+choosing (probably your cluster callsign) on the html page.
+
+You now can connect to Spider-Web via http://yourserver/cgi-bin/spider.cgi
</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>Note that the first filter has not been specified with a number. This will
-automatically be assumed to be number 1. In this case, we have said <EM>reject all
-HF spots in the CW section of the bands but accept all others at HF. Also
-accept anything in VHF and above spotted in or by operators in the zones
-14, 15 and 16</EM>. Each filter slot actually has a 'reject' slot and
-an 'accept' slot. The reject slot is executed BEFORE the accept slot.
-<P>
-<P>It was mentioned earlier that after a reject test that doesn't match, the default
-for following tests is 'accept', the reverse is true for 'accept'. In the example
-what happens is that the reject is executed first, any non hf/cw spot is passed
-to the accept line, which lets through everything else on HF. The next filter line
-lets through just VHF/UHF spots from EU.
-<P>
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