[FADCA] RE: The Discovery Channel

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Charles S Schuman wrote:
> Good feed-back guys! I realize that most of the stuff I am throwing
> out here is console stuff and most Switches are operated remotely. The
> effort, at this time is to document this stuff so that future
> operators have a clear idea of their options.
> 
> 1. Chuck Hast asked : What is the NODE file?
> The NODE file is a generic name for the file that is converted by
> CONF2. Some name it <Address.Cnf> others call it <Call.Cnf> in any
> case it ends up as FPAC.TXT

I think that was John that asked that question, our NODe files here
in tampa take the format of address.cnf. There maybe more than one
switch with the same call if it is a network switch and does not
need to have all of the facilities of a user switch.

> 2. It appears that when FPAC shells-out it issues a Call to
> Command.Com. If it is not in the FPAC Dir or Path a "Bad Command or
> File" error is displayed.
> 
>  3. The discussion on  Port defaults...
>       The Node file does indeed define the default User port. When I
> change the User port statment in the Node file I can see the port
> number change in the Stats Report. As Chuck pointed out - the User
> port and the Test port are Not the same. The term  "User Port" may be
> a term used only when refering to ROSE ports. In ROSE the RF port is
> the User Port because a User could not normally access the TNC's
> RS232 port. In FPAC a User can acccess All of the Ports via the RF
> ports of  the TNCs . 


Again, I think it was John that made that observation. I am in full
agreement though.

> 4.  John Green suggested that the Info texts worked as documented if
> Port 0 was the first active port.

In our network environment here in Tampa port 0 is normally the first
user port, we have switches that have more than one user port, but most
only have one. 

>     The convention seems to be - set this port aside for use with a
> co-located BBS. I re-configured my Switch  to use Ports 0 &1. The Info
> messages work the same as when the active Ports are 1 & 2.  In the
> Info.Txt file a P added behind a $Mx does Not replace the Info text
> defined in the Node file. I plan to delete the Node file's Info
> section and see what happens.
>

I think that we have done the opposite here, in most cases our BBS
were off of a RF link to the switch.


> The numbered texts are Not accessable from the console.



Chuck Hast
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