[Dxspider-support] User 'ping' sequence?

[scarroll at mchsi.com]

I apoligize for not being more clear in my first posting. This appears to only 
happen on on the RF ports. But it's not a PC51 or other cluster protocol query. 
It's just a simple ax25 data [RR] frame, here's an example as monitored via 
AGWTerminal:

 1:Fm W4QB To HSVDX4-2 <RR P/F R1 >[18:22:06]
 1:Fm HSVDX4-2 To W4QB <RR P/F R1 >[18:22:07]
 2:Fm W4QB To N4NM <RR P/F R0 >[18:22:10]
 2:Fm N4NM To W4QB <RR P/F R0 >[18:22:12]

NOTE: Port 1 is LAN backbone node-to-node, Port 2 is a user channel.

It appears to be a handshake of some sort, like "hey, are you still there?" 
query. This is what I meant by 'ping'. This happens with every RF connected 
station whether user or node, and at approximately 1 minute intervals.

Hope this makes more sense. Thanks in advance.

73, Steve - K2SC


> > I've just recently noticed a phenomenon since upgrading to 57.263, that
> > may  have been happening all along though. It seems every minute, the
> > cluster  will 'ping' each & every RF connected user. Is this necesary,
> > or is there a  parameter to change the timeframe to perhaps 5 minutes.
> > In my opinion, this  just creates more channel clutter on (in my case)
> > an already crowded packet  frequency. Inquiring minds want to know...
> 
> What do you mean by 'ping'? Is this a PC51?
> 
> Dirk
> 
> 
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