[Dxspider-support] First time newbie

[Dirk Koopman G1TLH]

On 04/03/11 02:44, Philip Gladstone wrote:
> I've just installed the DXSpider software from the current git
> repository. All looks good, but when I enable the listeners (to provide
> direct telnet access), I find that the cluster program is actually doing
> remote echo.
>

Which you can switch off by doing 'unset/echo' after login. You only 
need to do that once.

Unfortunately, and now possibly historically, certain popular operating 
systems' telnets always required echo on ports other than 23 (the telnet 
port). All in direct contradiction to RFCs. Embrace and extend!

> Is the recommended way of interacting to use the client program (from
> inetd) or enable the cluster listener in Listeners.pm?
>

In Listeners.pm. The client program is really only there for connections 
that don't use TCP/IP (such as traditional ax25).

> Thanks
>
> Philip
>
> p.s. I'm intending to use this to provide a cluster interface onto the
> pskreporter.info database of spots (which I also run). Any suggestions
> on how to get the data into DXCluster gratefully received. It seems
> rather crude to have a client just blast the spots in. Maybe it should
> emulate another node in the cluster......

Establish a connection as a cluster node. It isn't very hard, but it is 
more computer friendly than screen scraping. An alternative is to 
explore the database connection system that is (deliberately) well 
hidden in the code. E-mail me offline for further info.

Dirk G1TLH