[Dxspider-support] Problems with command " dx by "

[Tommy Johansson]

|    Hi Dirk and Others

Hi everyone,

Some short comments...

| I don't have so much to add on comments from college sysops .
| 
| - DX BY 
|    I propose to remove "dx by"  .I see no need for it.

No not too much need for it, either remove of high privilege. 

| 
| - NEW RELEASE
| >> I shall be incorporating all the various patches that I have received
| >> from various people and then doing a full release.
|   Dirk, I am still on 51.242 because the remote database command was not
|   working any more wih 51.253 .Will it be repaired ?

I just found out there was a remote database command ;-) Have only used remote
command for that. Maybe you can try something like that in the meantime? This
is /spider/local_cmd/show/144.pl at sm3osm-6:

#!/usr/bin/perl
my $self = shift;
my $vhfcall = shift;
my $line = "sh/144 $vhfcall";
my $call = "sk3gw-6";
$call = uc $call;
my $noderef = Route::Node::get($call);
return(1, $self->msg('e7',$call)) unless $noderef;
DXProt::addrcmd($self, $call, $line);
return(1, $self->msg('rcmdo', $line, $call));

It is for the vhf database (by DL8EBW). It will send commands like show/144 <call or locator> 
to sk3gw-6.

|   
| - TALK   
|    The main goal of the cluster is DX,not talk,not ann !. 
|    Talk on local cluster satisfies most needs  here .
|    The extra traffic needed for wwtalk will help to brake down rf-links even out of a
|    contestweekend  .Not all links are via internet !

That is why we have played alittle with route filter and isolate on some nodes here.
The show/ne list has only nodes from SM, OH, LA and OZ. Not too much node/user
update traffic and talk usually works (at least within SM and OH). But maybe thats
not the best way to do it. I dont see too much use for keeping all that state information.
Some way for commands like sh/c to query neighbouring nodes for user information would 
be nice though. Or just keeping info updated for neighbours or nodes X hops away.
Always nice to see who is online nextdoor too.

The new chat command could be a great way for talk and chat. Not used too much yet
though.

73s and HNY
Tommy SM3OSM

       
| 73    HNY to all
| Roland,ON6HH,sysop ON0DXK
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| 
| ----- Original Message ----- 
| From: Dirk Koopman <djk at tobit.co.uk>
| To: The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support at dxcluster.org>
| Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 1:38 PM
| Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] Problems with command " dx by "
| 
| 
| > Angel, Charlie and others
| > 
| > I shall be having a tidy up over the next couple of weeks. If this is
| > the consensus I will happily remove the 'dx by' or else raise the
| > privilege for it so that it can only be used by 'trusted' users.
| > 
| > I shall be incorporating all the various patches that I have received
| > from various people and then doing a full release.
| > 
| > What happens then I am not really certain. I think the software is as
| > developed in its current state as it can go. I have made various
| > attempts at adding a 'new protocol' but without any lasting success. 
| > 
| > The problem is that that core of the software needs to be rewritten and
| > a completely different way of passing the necessary data between nodes
| > needs to be used. It also could do with some things written in C adding
| > to it but that will bring some distribution problems for our Windows
| > users.
| > 
| > My domestic situation appears now to be stabilising (to the extent that
| > I am now living in a completely different place with a different family)
| > so hopefully I may be able to devote some time to writing code again.
| > 
| > The real question is: is it going to be worth the effort of doing a
| > fairly substantial rewrite of the core code? Do I really need to
| > maintain full compatibility (particularly with respect to user/node
| > lists) to non-dxspider nodes. If I never see another PC16/17/19/21/39
| > again - it will be much too soon.
| > 
| > Please think about it and discuss.
| > 
| > Happy New Year to everyone
| > 
| > Dirk G1TLH
| 
| 
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