[Dxspider-support] Hamclock connections

[Michael Walker]

Thanks Dirk

I will pass this on and I will like copy just you at the same time.

73 and thanks for all you do for the hobby.

On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 9:32 AM Dirk Koopman via Dxspider-support <
dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> wrote:

> As you seem to have his ear, could I suggest three things:
>
> 1. Reset the timer if he receives *any* data.
> 2. Increase the timer to something reasonable like 5 minutes.
> 3. Use the command 'ping' with no arguments (not too frequently). It will
> return a string "Not Allowed' on older versions and 'PONG nn' (where nn is
> an incrementing counter on later versions). Later versions will also allow
> 'ping <string>' which will return 'PONG <STRING>' if software wants to
> maintain their own counter or whatever. The PONG (and any string) is always
> sent back in upper case.
>
> Please, gently, point out to the author that failure to do something
> reasonable may result in measures to prevent his stuff from filling the
> logs with useless data. Please pass my email address to him and encourage
> him to contact me for any help he may need.
>
> Dirk G1TLH
>
> On 03/03/2023 07:52, David Spoelstra via Dxspider-support wrote:
>
> I believe he says, "and cranking up the timeout to 5 minutes". So wouldn't
> that mean he calls it every 5 minutes and not every 15 seconds?
>
> Regardless, he's obviously willing to change his code to minimize
> the impact to our systems. He's obviously also not a DX Spider expert. So,
> he asked a question of the people that are supposed to know our systems the
> best - us - and all we do is ridicule his guesses of what he should do? How
> about instead someone who really understands the DX Spider code works with
> him to modify his code for least impact?
>
> Obviously even we're not sure of the answers. I saw a comment from our own
> group about timeouts and I saw Mike mention that "firewall/routers running
> NAT will sometimes expire or otherwise lose NAT connection" so I'm not even
> sure we know how to help him.
>
> So again, how about we approach this from the positive side and work with
> him to minimize the impact of HamClock on our systems instead of walling
> them off?
>
> -David, N9KT
>
> On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 12:03 AM Iain Philipps via Dxspider-support <
> dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Steve,
>>
>>
>>
>>    - Timeout... let me wrap my head around this latest suggestion. So,
>>    instead of sending "set/qra" every 15 seconds, his solution is sending
>>    "show/date" every 15 seconds instead? Am I reading that correctly?
>>
>>
>>
>> You are [unfortunately] reading that correctly …
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 73 de WR3D
>>
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