[Dxspider-support] SH/CONTEST not working

Gregor Surmann gs at funil.de
Sun Feb 23 22:02:56 GMT 2025


Hello!

It was, indeed, disturbed between 3 utc and 18 utc today, I've had a big 
problem in my rack in the datacenter, but had to get some sleep in between.

Now it should work again, and hopefully for the next years.

73 de Gregor, DO5SSB


On 23.02.25 11:06, HB9DHG Fulvio via Dxspider-support wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> Is there anyone around who has managed to configure the|sh/contest|command?
> 
> *16Feb25*
> 
>  1. Modified Internet.pm to set|$contest = "contest.dxtron.com
>     <http://contest.dxtron.com>"|. This means that|show/contest|will work
>     again. If you have a copy of Internet.pm in|/spider/local|, please
>     update the|$contest|variable there.
>  2. Set|$DXProt::sendverify|to|2|as the default.
> 
> This setup worked well during this weekend’s*ARRL CW*contest. Other 
> challenges have emerged and will be addressed before the next major contest.
> 
> I have configured the various strings, but it is not working on my end. I 
> also noticed that on some other clusters, the command stops at the 
> message*"Working..."*
> 
> sh/contest
> show/contest Working...
> 
> These are the variables in my Internet.pm file:
> 
> $allow = 1;
> 
> $contest_host = 'contest.dxtron.com <http://contest.dxtron.com>'; (used by 
> show/contest)
> 
> $contest_url = "http://$contest_host/contest/text"; (used by show/contest)
> 
> Waiting for info.
> 
> --
> 
> 	
> *HB9DHG*
> Fulvio Galli
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