[Dxspider-support] start_connect not working
Keith Maton
g6nhu at me.com
Fri Mar 3 09:17:39 GMT 2023
I have an extra line in my connect scripts…. The one which starts with client and where yyyy-y is the remote node callsign. Is this additional line required?
timeout 15
abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)
connect telnet xxxxxx.zzz 7373
'login' 'g6nhu-2'
client yyyy-y telnet
> On 3 Mar 2023, at 08:32, Howard Leadmon via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hello Mike,
>
> Yes you are connected, had the wrong call in my mind at first, oops. I verified you were set as spider, which you were.
>
> Callsign Type Started Name Ave RTT Link
> VA3MW-7 NODE DXSP 2-Mar-2023 2345Z 0.13 2607:fea8:3d40:5d6:1f9b:8c5c:90b5:4cf7
>
>
> So connection wise, you look good!
>
> FWIW, the connect script I use for a lot of nodes is as follows:
>
> timeout 15
> abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)
> connect telnet xyzzy.net 7300
> 'login' 'wb3ffv-2'
>
>
> Your crontab looks fine, unless I have missed something..
>
> 73's..
> ---
> Howard Leadmon - WB3FFV
> PBW Communications, LLC
> http://www.pbwcomm.com <http://www.pbwcomm.com/>
>
> On 3/2/2023 9:04 PM, Michael Walker via Dxspider-support wrote:
>> Hi Howard
>>
>> We are connected and you are set as a Spider node.
>>
>> At least, it looks like it is working.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> sh/node
>> Node Call Sort Version
>> VA3MW-7 Spider 1.57
>> VE3CGR-5 Spider 1.57
>> VE7CC-1 CCClus 3302
>> WB3FFV-2 Spider 1.57 build: 497
>>
>>
>> connect telnet dxc.wb3ffv.us <http://dxc.wb3ffv.us/> 7300
>> 'login: ' 'va3mw-7'
>>
>> (chan) -> D VE3CGR-5 PC16^NL7S^N9JPG - 1^H15^
>> (chan) -> D VE7CC-1 PC92^NL7S^7266^A^^1N9JPG^H96^
>> (chan) <- I WB3FFV-2 PC92^F5MZN-3^7267^A^^1FY5FY^H97^
>> (chan) -> D VE7CC-1 PC92^F5MZN-3^7267^A^^1FY5FY^H96^
>> (chan) <- I WB3FFV-2 PC92^WA9PIE-2^7267^D^^1W6DPM-3^1WK0B-10^1W1SS-6^1WB4KSP-8^1KK3KK-7^H97^
>> (chan) -> D VE3CGR-5 PC17^W6DPM-3^WA9PIE-2^H15^
>> (chan) -> D VE3CGR-5 PC17^KK3KK-7^WA9PIE-2^H15^
>> (chan) -> D VE7CC-1 PC92^WA9PIE-2^7267^D^^1W6DPM-3^1WK0B-10^1W1SS-6^1WB4KSP-8^1KK3KK-7^H96^
>> (chan) <- I WB3FFV-2 PC92^WA9PIE-2^7267.01^A^^1N8BNE-9:23.28.181.203^1N6PF-10^1AB4UF-7^1AC1KZ-2^H97^
>> (chan) -> D VE3CGR-5 PC16^WA9PIE-2^N6PF-10 - 1^AB4UF-7 - 1^H15^
>> (chan) -> D VE7CC-1 PC92^WA9PIE-2^7267.01^A^^1N8BNE-9:23.28.181.203^1N6PF-10^1AB4UF-7^1AC1KZ-2^H96^
>> (chan) <- I WB3FFV-2 PC92^VE3EY-7^7268^K^5VE3EY-7:5457:499^6^7^H96^
>> (chan) -> D VE7CC-1 PC92^VE3EY-7^7268^K^5VE3EY-7:5457:499^6^7^H95^
>> (chan) <- I WB3FFV-2 PC92^W1DX^7269^A^^1VE3VEE:99.229.65.48^H98^
>> (chan) -> D VE7CC-1 PC92^W1DX^7269^A^^1VE3VEE:99.229.65.48^H97^
>> (chan) <- I WB3FFV-2 PC61^50313.0^HC2AO^ 3-Mar-2023^0201Z^FT8 +5 dB 2704 Hz^PY8WW^PY1TSP-1^189.106.73.0^H26^~
>> (chan) <- I VE7CC-1 PC61^50313.0^HC2AO^03-Mar-2023^0201Z^FT8 +5 dB 2704 Hz^PY8WW^PY1TSP-1^189.106.73.0^H27^~
>> (chan) <- I WB3FFV-2 PC92^IZ8MBW-6^7271^A^^1K5JS:64.56.28.45^H97^
>> (chan) -> D VE3CGR-5 PC16^IZ8MBW-6^K5JS - 1^H15^
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 8:30 PM Howard Leadmon via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk <mailto:dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>> wrote:
>>> Mike, I don't show you connected. What do you have in your connect script, and did you make sure you had me set as a spider node..
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Howard Leadmon - WB3FFV
>>> PBW Communications, LLC
>>> http://www.pbwcomm.com <http://www.pbwcomm.com/>
>>>
>>> On 3/2/2023 6:56 PM, Michael Walker via Dxspider-support wrote:
>>>> Hi Mike,
>>>>
>>>> Ok, that helps. I was doing a crontab -e. I am now looking at the crontab file in /spider/local_cmd and the correct entries are there.
>>>>
>>>> I can't seem to figure out why wb3ffv-2 didn't connect. If I do a manual connect from the console, it works.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> # check every 10 minutes to see if ve7cc-1 is connected and if not
>>>>
>>>> 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * start_connect('ve7cc-1') unless connected('ve7cc-1')
>>>> 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * start_connect('wb3ffv-2') unless connected('wb3ffv-2')
>>>>
>>>> 73
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 6:48 PM Mike McCarthy, W1NR via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk <mailto:dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>> wrote:
>>>>> The syntax in your /spider/local_cmd/crontab file (NOT the system or
>>>>> user crontab!) should look something like
>>>>>
>>>>> 1,11,21,31,41,51 * * * * start_connect('wr3d') unless connected('wr3d')
>>>>>
>>>>> This example occurs every 10 minutes on the 1. Replace wr3d with the
>>>>> node call you are connecting to.
>>>>>
>>>>> W1NR
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 3/2/2023 6:32 PM, Michael Walker via Dxspider-support wrote:
>>>>> > Hi all
>>>>> >
>>>>> > (sorry, I'm digging through issues -- and learning)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I have in a cron under 'sysop' a start_connect and it doesn't seem to
>>>>> > be working. (ok, it isn't working) as I dropped a link tonight and it
>>>>> > wasn't automatically re-connecting. I had to do a connect from the
>>>>> > console.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Is start_connect a binary/script? How can I manually test it.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Again, thanks for your patience,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > 73, Mike va3mw
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
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