[Dxspider-support] Random unsolicited command 'prompts'

[Martin Davies G0HDB]

On 15 Oct 2015 at 5:08, Bill Shell wrote:

> Martin,
> 
> The frequency of the unsolicited prompts is controlled in file 
> /spider/local/DXVars.pm.  You can set the interval of the prompts during 
> inactivity in the line:
> 
> # the interval between unsolicited prompts if not traffic
> $user_interval = 4*60;
> 
> 73, Bill
> N6WS

Hello Bill, very many thanks for that - I'd completely overlooked the fact that there's a variable 
in DXVars.pm for setting the interval, and when I checked I found it was defined as 11*60 
which is exactly the interval I was seeing when there hadn't been any spots for a while.

I'll try upping the value to maybe 20 or 30mins and will see what happens - I'm not sure if any 
connections into the DXSpider node will need any sort of keep-alive prompt but if they do 
then hopefully increasing the interval a bit won't have any adverse effects.

As an aside, I meant to thank you a few months ago for your most excellent set of 
instructions (v1.12 dated 23 March 2014) for installing DXSpider on a Raspberry Pi - as I'm 
very much a Linux novice I wouldn't have been able to get the GB7DXC-5 node up and 
running without your guidance.  However...

In para 5 on page 5 of your instructions you suggest using the console command 
'unset/debug all' to stop all debug logging after the system is up and running.  According to 
Dirk this isn't a valid command - I'd found this by experience!  Also, Dirk strongly 
recommends leaving 'chan' debug logging enabled - see his email to the list on 3rd Sept.  
You might wish to update your instructions to reflect this...  :-)  I've changed the line in my 
DXVars.pm to be:  "@debug = qw(chan);"

--
73, Martin G0HDB


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