<title>The DXSpider User Manual
<author>Ian Maude, G0VGS, (ianmaude@btinternet.com)
-<date>Version 1.0, March 2001
+<date>Version 1.0 (Revision 4), March 2001
<abstract>
A complete reference for users of the DXSpider DXCluster program.
</abstract>
The output from this would look something like this ..
<tscreen><verb>
-sh/sun Location Rise Set Azim Elev
+sh/sun
+Location Rise Set Azim Elev
G0VGS Morecambe, Lancashire 07:08Z 17:39Z 205.3 24.1
</verb></tscreen>
would look like this ...
<tscreen><verb>
-sh/sun 5b4 Location Rise Set Azim Elev 5B Cyprus-5B 04:23Z 15:40Z 244.0 18.8
+sh/sun 5b4
+Location Rise Set Azim Elev
+5B Cyprus-5B 04:23Z 15:40Z 244.0 18.8
</verb></tscreen>
You can also specify multiple arguments like this ...
<tscreen><verb>
sh/sun gw4veq 5b4ab zs
Location Rise Set Azim Elev
-GW4VEQ Brungwran, Isle of Anglesey IO 07:14Z 17:48Z 204.9 24.9 5B Cyprus-5B 04:23Z 15:40Z 244.5 18.3
+GW4VEQ Brungwran, Isle of Anglesey IO 07:14Z 17:48Z 204.9 24.9
+5B Cyprus-5B 04:23Z 15:40Z 244.5 18.3
ZS So-Africa-ZS1-ZS 04:31Z 17:28Z 289.9 41.3
ZS So-Africa-ZS5-ZS 03:44Z 16:34Z 278.5 32.0
ZS So-Africa-ZS6-ZS 03:59Z 16:42Z 277.6 35.0
<tscreen><verb>
sh/moon ea
-Location Rise Set Azim Elev RGain dB
+Location Rise Set Azim Elev RGain dB
EA Spain-EA 08:15Z 20:09Z 257.2 9.5 -0.6
</verb></tscreen>
The first of our three examples would output something like this,
-<verb>
+<tscreen><verb>
sh/c
Node Callsigns
EI5TCR (7 users)
G4XQY G7GAN
GB7DXM G1EUC G3GAF G3LAS G4ZTR G8WXU
M0BCT M1EMF
-</verb>
+</verb></tscreen>
You will notice that EI5TCR is showing only that it has 7 users and not
giving the actual callsigns. This means that this node is on a limited
The second example would just show the nodes connected in the
network, like this,
-<verb>
+<tscreen><verb>
sh/c/n
Node Callsigns
GB7BAA GB7BAA GB7BPQ (GB7CDX) GB7DJK GB7DXA
GB7MBC
PA4AB-14 PA4AB-14
PI4TUE-8 PI4TUE-8
-</verb>
+</verb></tscreen>
If we insert the node_call pi4tue-8 into the third example, then
this would be the output,
-<verb>
+<tscreen><verb>
Node Callsigns
PI4TUE-8 9A1CMA-6 DF6PW DL4FAY DL4KAK DL4WF-2
F5NOD-2 F5PAC IZ0CSR N6CR OH2BLD
ON1LVL-13 ON4CBT ON4CJP ON5DXL-14 ON7NQ
PA0RCT PA3DYS PA3FDO PA5KW-4 PI4TUE-9
YT1XX
-</verb>
+</verb></tscreen>
As you can see, only the users of the requested node are shown.
The output of this command would look like this,
-<verb>
+<tscreen><verb>
Callsigns connected to GB7MBC
G0JHC G0NEI G0VGS G0VGS-2 G0YLM
G3JAG G3OWO G3UEU
-</verb>
+</verb></tscreen>
<sect>Talk mode.
The output of the <bf>DIRECTORY</bf> command could be something like
this.
-<verb>
+<tscreen><verb>
dir
20735 2 ALL GW7SMV 21-Feb 1204Z REC 9E1S QSL TDY 50Mhz....
20823 308 UK G0HDB 22-Feb 2334Z Help - which district code?
20987 569 ALL GD0TEP 1-Mar 1733Z Portable contests
21076 2 ALL G4AFJ 3-Mar 1743Z kh6nd/kh5 qsl received
21184-p 599 GW4HAT G0VGS 4-Mar 1518Z Re: Time
-</verb>
+</verb></tscreen>
The first column is the actual message number. If the message is a
personal one to you, you will see a letter 'p' after this number. If
<sect1>Deleting mail
+<P>
To delete a message, you use the <em>delete</em> command.
You can only delete messages sent to or received by yourself.
Bulletins are dealt with automatically or by the sysop.
<bf/A./Use the <bf>SET/BEEP</bf> command. You can find information
on this in the "DXSpider Command Reference" section.
-<bf/Q./I keep getting disconnected from the cluster, what is
-happening and how can I stop it?
-
<bf/Q./I got disconnected from the cluster and now I can't log
back in again. What is wrong?
Try logging on again adding an ssid to your callsign as DXSpider
treats G0YLM and G0YLM-1 as different users.
-<bf/Q./I notice that all the commands are shown in lower case in
-the main section of this manual, but in upper case in the "DXSpider
-Command Reference" section. Why is that?
-
<bf/Q./How do I know if I have got the latest version of this
user manual?
Allow WX information to be seen at your console. You can switch off
WX messages with the <em>unset/wx</em> command.
+<sect1>show/configuration
+
+<P>
+<tt>
+<bf>show/configuration [<node>]</bf> Show all visible nodes and their users
+</tt>
+
+<P>
+This command allows you to see all the users that can be seen
+and the nodes to which they are connected. With the optional <em>node</em>,
+you can specify a particular node to look at.
+
+This command is normally abbreviated to: sh/c
+
+BE WARNED: the list that is returned can be VERY long
+
+<sect1>show/configuration/node
+
+<P>
+<tt>
+<bf>show/configuration/node</bf> Show all the nodes connected
+</tt>
+
+<P>
+Show all the nodes connected locally and the nodes they have connected.
+
+
<sect1>show/date
<P>