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<p>At the moment, anybody can connect inwards at any time from outside, either by ax25 or by
telnet (assuming you have followed the instructions in <a href="install.html">installation</a>
route that you are going to take to the destination, so this will be typically the callsign
of your local node.</p>
- <p>You will notice that the script waits until it sees the left hand string
- of the pair and <b>only then</b> does it send the,
- string on the right
- hand side. This is called a <i>State Machine</i>.</p>
-
- <p>A <i>state machine</i> "walks" through a conversation (in this case) looking
- for "states" (in this case particular strings) and then performs some
- "action" (usually some kind of connect command for the type of system
- you are trying to navigate). When one "state" "fires" (detects the string
- are looking for), it sends the command associated with that state and then
- moves onto the next "state", in our case: the next line.</p>
+ <p>You will notice that the script <span class=expect>waits</span>
+ until it sees the left hand string of the pair and <b>only
+ then</b> does it <span class=send>send</span> the string on the
+ right hand side. This is called a <i>State Machine</i>.</p>
+
+ <p>A <i>state machine</i> "walks" through a conversation (in this
+ case) looking for "<span class=expect>states</span>" (in this case
+ particular strings) and then performs some "<span
+ class=send>action</span>" (usually some kind of connect command
+ for the type of system you are trying to navigate). When one
+ "<span class=expect>state</span>" "<span class=send>fires</span>"
+ (detects the string are looking for), it sends the command
+ associated with that state and then moves onto the next "<span
+ class=expect>state</span>", in our case: the next line.</p>
<p><b>PLEASE NOTE</b>: the colouration in the above example is for illustrative purposes
only, the debug output is all one colour.</p>