[Dxspider-support] Perl error when attempting connection to RBN

[Patrick Skerrett]

Ah disregard this.. I figured it out.

It crashes if you have a dash "-" in the 'set/rbn' callsign value. Removing
the dash prevents the crash.
Thanks!


On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 5:25 PM Patrick Skerrett <patrick at skerrett.net>
wrote:

> I am using v 1.57 build 524.
>
> I am currently attempting to set up a connection to the RBN telnet
> endpoint.
>
> I configured the link via:
> set/rbn w9ty-skm1
>
> And ran:
> connect w9ty-skm1
>
> With the following connection script:
>
> timeout 10
> connect telnet telnet.reversebeacon.net 7000
> 'call:' 'w9ty'
>
>
> I get this perl error and the connection does not succeed:
>
> 1702337040^(cron) cron: UTC 24 23 11 12 1 -> doing
> 'start_connect('w9ty-skm1') unless connected('w9ty-skm1')'
> 1702337040^(cron) DXCron::run_cmd: connect w9ty-skm1
> 1702337040^(connect) connect 126: timeout set to 60
> 1702337040^(connect) connect 126: timeout set to 10
> 1702337040^(connect) CONNECT 126 sort: telnet command:
> telnet.reversebeacon.net 7000
> 1702337040^(connect) Connected 126 to telnet.reversebeacon.net 7000
> 1702337040^(cron) DXCron::cmd out: connection to W9TY-SKM1 started
> 1702337040^(connect) ExtMsg connected 126:10.24.1.69 to 44.52.120.88:7000
> 1702337040^(connect) connect 126: Please enter your call:
> 1702337040^(connect) connect 126: expecting: "call:" received: "Please
> enter your call: "
> 1702337040^(connect) connect 126: got: "call:" sending: "w9ty"
> 1702337040^(*) Use of uninitialized value $ncall in string ne at
> /spider/perl/cluster.pl line 285.
> 1702337040^(*)  at /spider/perl/cluster.pl line 285.
> 1702337040^(*) Use of uninitialized value $ncall in concatenation (.) or
> string at /spider/perl/cluster.pl line 286.
> 1702337040^(*)  at /spider/perl/cluster.pl line 286.
> 1702337040^(err) new_channel login invalid W9TY-SKM1 converted to
> 1702337040^(*) Use of uninitialized value $ncall in substitution iterator
> at /spider/perl/cluster.pl line 287.
> 1702337040^(*)  at /spider/perl/cluster.pl line 287.
> 1702337040^(*) Use of uninitialized value $_[0] in pattern match (m//) at
> /spider/perl/DXUtil.pm line 408.
> 1702337040^(*)  at /spider/perl/DXUtil.pm line 408.
> 1702337040^(*) Use of uninitialized value $_[0] in concatenation (.) or
> string at (eval 754) line 1.
> 1702337040^(*)  at (eval 754) line 1.
> 1702337040^(*) Use of uninitialized value $call in concatenation (.) or
> string at /spider/perl/cluster.pl line 239.
> 1702337040^(*)  at /spider/perl/cluster.pl line 239.
>
>
>
>
>
> Any ideas? I get the same problem regardless of which RBN cluster I
> connect to (port 7000 or 7001).
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> W9PDS
>
>
>
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