<div dir="ltr">Keith-<div><br></div><div>Looking at the code in "<a href="http://connect.pl" target="_blank">connect.pl</a>" it looks like "client" is a way to reset where STDIN and STDOUT are getting their information: telnet or ax25 or some other socket. It also looks like the "connect" command sets up the socket for you. But, my perl is really rusty.</div><div><br></div><div>So, I believe it's redundant in your case. I didn't have the command in my scripts and they worked great for 13 years.</div><div><br></div><div>-David, N9KT</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 4:19 AM Keith Maton via Dxspider-support <<a href="mailto:dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk" target="_blank">dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>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?<div><br></div><div><div>timeout 15</div><div>abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)</div><div>connect telnet xxxxxx.zzz 7373</div><div>'login' 'g6nhu-2'</div><div>client yyyy-y telnet</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 3 Mar 2023, at 08:32, Howard Leadmon via Dxspider-support <<a href="mailto:dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk" target="_blank">dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br><div>
<div>
Hello Mike,<br>
<br>
Yes you are connected, had the wrong call in my mind at first,
oops. I verified you were set as spider, which you were. <br>
<br>
<font face="monospace"> Callsign Type Started
Name Ave RTT Link<br>
VA3MW-7 NODE DXSP 2-Mar-2023 2345Z 0.13
2607:fea8:3d40:5d6:1f9b:8c5c:90b5:4cf7<br>
</font><br>
<br>
So connection wise, you look good!<br>
<br>
FWIW, the connect script I use for a lot of nodes is as follows:<br>
<br>
timeout 15<br>
abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)<br>
connect telnet <a href="http://xyzzy.net" target="_blank">xyzzy.net</a> 7300<br>
'login' 'wb3ffv-2'<br>
<br>
<br>
Your crontab looks fine, unless I have missed something..<br>
<br>
73's..<br>
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PBW Communications, LLC
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<div>On 3/2/2023 9:04 PM, Michael Walker via
Dxspider-support wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hi Howard</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We are
connected and you are set as a Spider node. </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">At least, it
looks like it is working.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Mike</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default"><br>
<font face="monospace">sh/node<br>
Node Call Sort Version<br>
VA3MW-7 Spider 1.57<br>
VE3CGR-5 Spider 1.57<br>
VE7CC-1 CCClus 3302<br>
WB3FFV-2 Spider 1.57 build: 497</font><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace">connect
telnet <a href="http://dxc.wb3ffv.us/" target="_blank">dxc.wb3ffv.us</a> 7300<br>
'login: ' 'va3mw-7'</font><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace">(chan)
-> D VE3CGR-5 PC16^NL7S^N9JPG - 1^H15^<br>
(chan) -> D VE7CC-1 PC92^NL7S^7266^A^^1N9JPG^H96^<br>
(chan) <- I WB3FFV-2 PC92^F5MZN-3^7267^A^^1FY5FY^H97^<br>
(chan) -> D VE7CC-1 PC92^F5MZN-3^7267^A^^1FY5FY^H96^<br>
(chan) <- I WB3FFV-2
PC92^WA9PIE-2^7267^D^^1W6DPM-3^1WK0B-10^1W1SS-6^1WB4KSP-8^1KK3KK-7^H97^<br>
(chan) -> D VE3CGR-5 PC17^W6DPM-3^WA9PIE-2^H15^<br>
(chan) -> D VE3CGR-5 PC17^KK3KK-7^WA9PIE-2^H15^<br>
(chan) -> D VE7CC-1
PC92^WA9PIE-2^7267^D^^1W6DPM-3^1WK0B-10^1W1SS-6^1WB4KSP-8^1KK3KK-7^H96^<br>
(chan) <- I WB3FFV-2
PC92^WA9PIE-2^7267.01^A^^1N8BNE-9:23.28.181.203^1N6PF-10^1AB4UF-7^1AC1KZ-2^H97^<br>
(chan) -> D VE3CGR-5 PC16^WA9PIE-2^N6PF-10 - 1^AB4UF-7 -
1^H15^<br>
(chan) -> D VE7CC-1
PC92^WA9PIE-2^7267.01^A^^1N8BNE-9:23.28.181.203^1N6PF-10^1AB4UF-7^1AC1KZ-2^H96^<br>
(chan) <- I WB3FFV-2
PC92^VE3EY-7^7268^K^5VE3EY-7:5457:499^6^7^H96^<br>
(chan) -> D VE7CC-1
PC92^VE3EY-7^7268^K^5VE3EY-7:5457:499^6^7^H95^<br>
(chan) <- I WB3FFV-2
PC92^W1DX^7269^A^^1VE3VEE:99.229.65.48^H98^<br>
(chan) -> D VE7CC-1
PC92^W1DX^7269^A^^1VE3VEE:99.229.65.48^H97^<br>
(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^~<br>
(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^~<br>
(chan) <- I WB3FFV-2
PC92^IZ8MBW-6^7271^A^^1K5JS:64.56.28.45^H97^<br>
(chan) -> D VE3CGR-5 PC16^IZ8MBW-6^K5JS - 1^H15^</font><br>
</div>
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</div>
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<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 8:30 PM
Howard Leadmon via Dxspider-support <<a href="mailto:dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk" target="_blank">dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a>>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div> 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..<br>
<br>
<br>
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<div>On 3/2/2023 6:56 PM, Michael Walker via
Dxspider-support wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">
<div>Hi Mike, </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I can't seem to figure out why wb3ffv-2 didn't
connect. If I do a manual connect from the console,
it works.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:large">#
check every 10 minutes to see if ve7cc-1 is
connected and if not</span><br>
</div>
<div><font size="4" face="monospace"><br>
<font color="#0000ff">0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * *
start_connect('ve7cc-1') unless
connected('ve7cc-1')<br>
0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * start_connect('wb3ffv-2')
unless connected('wb3ffv-2')</font></font><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>73</div>
</div>
<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at
6:48 PM Mike McCarthy, W1NR via Dxspider-support <<a href="mailto:dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk" target="_blank">dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a>>
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">The syntax in your
/spider/local_cmd/crontab file (NOT the system or <br>
user crontab!) should look something like<br>
<br>
1,11,21,31,41,51 * * * * start_connect('wr3d') unless
connected('wr3d')<br>
<br>
This example occurs every 10 minutes on the 1. Replace
wr3d with the <br>
node call you are connecting to.<br>
<br>
W1NR<br>
<br>
<br>
On 3/2/2023 6:32 PM, Michael Walker via
Dxspider-support wrote:<br>
> Hi all<br>
> <br>
> (sorry, I'm digging through issues -- and
learning)<br>
> <br>
> I have in a cron under 'sysop' a start_connect
and it doesn't seem to <br>
> be working. (ok, it isn't working) as I dropped a
link tonight and it <br>
> wasn't automatically re-connecting. I had to do
a connect from the <br>
> console.<br>
> <br>
> Is start_connect a binary/script? How can I
manually test it.<br>
> <br>
> Again, thanks for your patience,<br>
> <br>
> 73, Mike va3mw<br>
> <br>
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