[Fwd: Re: [FADCA] The Discovery Channel]

[John H. Green]

One more time
    I set the send to be text only..


Hi All
See below

wchast@utilpart.com wrote:

>Charles S Schuman wrote:
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>>Some of the problems discovered while varifying the FPAC docs:
>>1. FPAC won't Shell out w/ F9... Apparently Command.com must be in the
>>FPAC directory.
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Works here without command.com in the fpac directory.  I end up in the 
c:\fpac dir. Maybe something to do with the different dos you are 
running? I tried several thing here and it works no matter what I remove 
from the autoexec.bat or config.sys. You might try adding c:\ to the end 
of the second path statement in the autoexec.bat file.
Try looking at the memory control blocks by entering mc - I have 
command.com copy #1 in the owner column on lines 3,5 and 6. Maybe a link 
is missing somewhere.

>>2. The Information texts are not displayed according to the docs.
>>      Cmd I returns the INFO text from the NODE file.
>>      Cmd Ix  returns the INFO numbered texts from INFO.TXT.
>> I tested this connected to the NODE  - with the USER port set to 0 1
>>& 2. The P (Primary Message) behind a message does not replace the
>>message defined in the NODE file.
>>
User port that is set in the cnf file has nothing to do with it - you 
have to connect on what fpac thinks is port 0. This must be configured 
in the cfg file as com=0   The files I sent you have com=0 commented out 
so port 0 is not used.
What is the node file - I don't have one here in the Labelle switch? 
Usually the i returns the info from the cnf file or if you are on port 0 
and have a P in the txt file ($M0,P) you get whatever message the P in 
on - could be $M1, 2 etc.

>>3. I have discovered two un-documented commands K & MS.
>>    K appears to be the same as C.
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>C is a level 2 connect command, you are using the switch as a 
>overloaded terminal program, and indeed your connect is either
>to a station on the default port or on the stipulated port. i.e.
>c k0zxf (connects to k0zxf on the default port)
>c 3:k0zxf (connects to k0zxf on port 3)
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If you are on the fpac console and try to connect to port 3 this way you 
will be trying to connect to 3:k0zxf on the default port. To use port 3 
you enter pt 3 and then the c k0zxf. It's really crazy, but that's the 
way the French did it..
The c 3:xxx is used for users to connect out on a different port than 
the default port when connected to the switch.

By the way, I used to think that the pt command set the default port but 
this is not the case. The default port for users is set by the userport 
= x  statement in the cnf file while the pt command sets the outgoing 
port for console connects.
The cnf file also has a default port x statement which doesn't seem to 
do anything. All mine are set to 0 and we, for the most part, are not 
using port 0 (the exception being a collocated bbs). Since the cnf file 
is generated by netmgr and was originally used for rose it might be a 
leftover..

73  John

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>K uses the switch you do a k v address without worrying about a
>source switch call.
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>K k0zxf v 813981
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>I think that was the syntax, you may not need the v (via) This command
>will cause the switch to establish a level 2 or 3 connect via it's
>internals to the call indicated at the address indicated. If the address
>is the local switch address it will make a level 2 connect on the default
>port or where ever the routing tables may show that user to be if in the
>routing tables. If it is at another address the switch will route the
>call towards that address. The K command with no argument will attempt to
>establish a connection with the last call that it was used with.
>This is a console command only see below for the over the air command line.
>
>
>K over the air is the command to enter sysop mode, it will challenge you
>for your password.
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>>    MS appears to be the same as MO.
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