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The first stage of the Remote Sysop facility is now available. The system
also provides the same facilities locally.
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
Commands may mow be entered directly on the PC, 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
QUALITY
PERSIST
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.
*** 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
SAVENODES
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.