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- The first stage of the Remote Sysop facility is now available. The system
- also provides the same facilities locally. The program may be run as a
- normal DOS program, either in a Desqview window or standalone, or in may
- run as a TSR. The TSR mode would normally be used if you were running a
- standalone node, or a BBS system that doesnt need DesqView (eg AA4RE).
- In TSR mode, commands cannot be entered locally, and the SAVENODES command
- is disabled.
-
-
- Installation.
-
- 1. Add an extra port to TNCPORTLIST (unless you have a spare)
-
- 2. Add a suitible application name as the third APPLICATIONS Param, ie
-
- APPLICATIONS=BBS,,*SYSOP
-
- I suggest you use a name starting with a '*', as this will 'hide' the
- command from the Valid Commands display.
-
- 3« Creatσ ß file¼ PASSWORD.BPQ, containing a string of up to 80 characters.
-
- 4. Run program SYSOP, with a single parameter of the TNCPORT specified above,
- either on its own, or in a DesqView window. If a second parameter of
- 'RESIDENT' is specified, the program will become a TSR routine.
-
-
-
-
- Commands may mow be entered directly on the PC, (unless in TSR mode) or
- remotely by connecting to the Node, and entering the APPL name (eg *SYSOP).
- When accessed remotely, a password prompt is sent, containing 5 random numbers
- in the range 1 to the length of the PASSWORD.BPQ string. The first command
- entered must be the corresponding five letters from the password string,
- or the user will be disconnected.
-
- Available Commands.
-
- The following commands are supported:
-
- BYE - Disconnect remote user (even if entered from console)
-
- TXDELAY
- MAXFRAME
- FRACK
- RESPTIME
- PACLEN
- RETRIES
- QUALITY
- PERSIST
- TXTAIL
- XMITOFF
- DIGIFLAG
- DIGIPORT
- USERS
- VALIDCALL
- L3ONLY
- BBSALIAS
-
- Setting XMITOFF will supress all TX activity on a port (including CWID,
- beacons, etc). I put it in so I could monitor the satellites without
- causing QRM
-
- Setting BBSALIAS will cause connects to the port call or port alias to go to
- the BBS rather than the node.
-
- The above display or update the corresponding parameter for a specified port,
-
- eg PACLEN 1 100
- PERSIST 2 50
-
- If the third parameter is omitted, the current value is displayed.
-
- It is not currently possible to update VALIDCALLS, but you can display
- the current setting.
-
-
- *** Warning ***
-
- At the moment the FRACK value is in 1/3sec units, and the TXDELAY is in
- 50ms units for HDLC cards, and 10ms units for KISS TNCs. I'll be sorting
- this out when I get the time to rationalize the timer code, but in the
- meantime, I suggest you make a note of the current values before you
- start fiddling.
-
- Also KISS users should note that the params are only sent to the TNC every
- 5 mins or so, so the updated values may not take effect for a while.
-
-
- ROUTES
-
- To display ROUTES table, enter ROUTES
-
- To display entry for a particular neighbour, enter ROUTES Call Port,
-
- eg ROUTES G8BPQ-2 2
-
- To update an entry, enter ROUTES Call Port Params
-
- eg ROUTES G8BPQ-2 2 100 - Set quality to 100
- ROUTES G8BPQ-2 2 ! - Toggle 'Locked Route' flag
- ROUTES G8BPQ-2 2 100 ! - Set quality and toggle 'locked' flag
-
- SAVENODES
-
- Not available in TSR mode.
-
- Writes the ROUTES and NODES tables to the BPQNODES file.
-
-
- The SAVENODES function may also be invoked directly from the DOS command
- line - this function replaces BPQNODES.COM
-
- ie. SYSOP SAVENODES
-
-
- Please let me know what other parameters you would like to be able to
- update.
-
-
-
- John Wiseman, G8BPQ
- 29.5.90
-
- A version has now been produced to use with BPQ Host Mode - SYSOPH. It is
- functionally equivalent to SYSOP, but the port number can be in the range
- 1 to 64.
-
- 20.2.91