X-Git-Url: http://dxcluster.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=cmd%2FCommands_en.hlp;h=1cd2b30f664ff0087f2b66b97b19cecd01400ee3;hb=e9c1322080e18fb8f6f3f0e54bfcbdf3f4da3909;hp=257e171397316a94bb95cf4a895f61d9393ac678;hpb=955db8c44f956cb6e0e3624061c9168e5a0cc93f;p=spider.git diff --git a/cmd/Commands_en.hlp b/cmd/Commands_en.hlp index 257e1713..1cd2b30f 100644 --- a/cmd/Commands_en.hlp +++ b/cmd/Commands_en.hlp @@ -695,11 +695,6 @@ etc). eg:- or pc G1TLH Try doing that properly!!! -=== 1^PING ^Send a ping command to another cluster -This command is used to estimate the quality of the link to another cluster. -The time returned is the length of time taken for a PC51 to go to another -cluster and be returned. - === 0^KILL [ ...]^Remove or erase a message from the system You can get rid of any message to or originating from your callsign using this command. You can remove more than one message at a time. @@ -720,10 +715,11 @@ PC protocol to connected nodes either for testing or to unstick things. You can also use in the same way as a talk command to a connected user but without any processing, added of "from to ^Find out the delays an a circuit to another node -This command will enable sysops to determine the speed of an inter-cluster -node. - +=== 1^PING ^Check the link quality between nodes +This command allows you to send a frame to another cluster node on +the network and get a return frame. The time it takes to do this +is a good indication of the quality of the link. The actual time +it takes is output to the console in seconds. Any visible cluster node can be PINGed. === 1^RCMD ^Send a command to another DX Cluster @@ -1057,6 +1053,10 @@ If a ping is heard then the obscount is reset to the full value. Using default values, if a node has not responded to a ping within 15 minutes, it is disconnected. +You can set this parameter between 1 and 9. + +It is STRONGLY recommended that you don't change the default. + === 0^SET/PAGE ^Set the lines per page Tell the system how many lines you wish on a page when the number of line of output from a command is more than this. The default is 20. Setting it @@ -1073,13 +1073,29 @@ affect routing decisions. The default interval is 300 secs or 5 minutes. You can use this command to set a different interval. Please don't. -But if you do the value you enter is treated as minutes up 60 and seconds +But if you do the value you enter is treated as minutes up 30 and seconds for numbers greater than that. This is used also to help determine when a link is down at the far end (as certain cluster software doesn't always notice), see SET/OBSCOUNT for more information. +If you must change it (and it may be useful for internet connected nodes +on dynamic IP addresses that go away after a set time of usage) the time +can be specified as:- + + 5 which if less than 30 is converted to minutes otherwise is + taken as the no of seconds between pings. + 120s 120 seconds + 5m 5 minutes + 1h 1 hour + +Please be aware that this causes traffic to occur on the link, setting +this value too low may annoy your neighbours beyond the point of +endurance! + +You can switch this off by setting it to 0. + === 9^SET/PRIVILEGE [ ...^Show the route to the callsign -This command allows you to see which node the callsigns specified are -connected via. It is a sort of inverse sh/config. +This command allows you to see to which node the callsigns specified are +connected. It is a sort of inverse sh/config. sh/route n2tly