[FADCA] Telpac revisited

[Joel Yates]

Nope... N4JOA is using -2 , KD4XLB is Telpac and her is using -6
...73's...Joel Sysop N4JOA @ N4JOA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russell Oder" <oderr at bellsouth.net>
To: "Chuck Hast" <wchast at gmail.com>; "Florida Amateur Digital Communication 
Association" <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 23:05
Subject: Re: [FADCA] Telpac revisited


> Keep working on this, Chuck.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chuck Hast" <wchast at gmail.com>
> To: "Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association"
> <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 10:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [FADCA] Telpac revisited
>
>
>> On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 21:50:14 -0400, Bill Sinbine <n4xeo at bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi All
>> >
>> > I was looking back at my saved messages looking for something and I 
>> > came
>> > across this old message and felt that it had merit to be re posted 
>> > since
>> > bud and I were just talking about it Wednesday night.
>> >
>> > With the increase in Telpac stations we need to have the standard for
> the
>> > quick connects in FPAC...
>> >
>> >      I don't have a problem with using -6, well maybe a slight one. We
> have
>> > a bbs (n4joa) using -6 now, but I think this can be moved.. If there 
>> > are
>> > no further comments I think I will get started making the changes. Now,
> the
>> > question is what Telpac nodes are out there?
>>
>> This standardization is good. I was looking for a FPAC dos config file 
>> but
> guess
>> it is at the EOC!
>>
>> I did look at the FPAC Linux and it allows for any type of alias, so you
> could
>> potentially have different CALL signs under the same switch.
>>
>> Here is the area in the FPAC Linux config file that deals with aliases.
>>
>> -------------------------- Begin insertion
>> -------------------------------------------------
>> 5.8.  Alias section
>>
>>   Alias section is similar to Application section, but maps a new
>>   connection to the requested callsign. For instance the user connection
>>   F6FBB-3 will be re-routed to F6KRQ-3 address 931501 (the default DNIC
>>   of the switch will be used).
>>
>>   The Alias section will hold one or more Alias blocks. Each block will
>>   specify one alias. Use as many blocks as needed in this section.
>>
>>        #
>>        # List of aliases
>>        #
>>
>>        Alias = F6FBB-2
>>                Path = F6FBB-2,931501
>>        End
>>
>>        Alias = F6FBB-3
>>                Path = F6KRQ-3,931501
>>        End
>>
>> --------------------------- 
> End ----------------------------------------------
>>
>> Now here is the part that is even more interesting and this is
>> where I believe the Linux telpac node piece will fall into place.
>>
>>
>> This looks quite similar to the alias part but it actually connects
>> you to a particular application.
>>
>> -------------------------- Begin insertion
>> -------------------------------------------------
>>   5.5.  Application section
>>
>>   The Application section includes a list of lines. Each line associates
>>   a LINUX application to a callsign. So if the user connects the
>>   specified callsign, he will be linked to the LINUX program.
>>
>>
>>        #
>>        # Other applications
>>        #
>>
>>        Application
>>                F6FBB-1 = /usr/sbin/call_tcp serveur 1022
>>        End
>> --------------------------- 
> End ----------------------------------------------
>> If this was the telpac_node app then the user connecting to
>> f6fbb-1 would be directed to the telpac_node app on the
>> switch, now you no longer need to use a named pipe to
>> get there if I understand this correctly.
>>
>> You could also be connected to many other services such
>> as INFO and Wide-INFO (411 and 555)
>>
>> I am now working on a machine that I can mess up and just
>> reboot or reload as I learn the ax.25 and network stuff. I am
>> using Debian for it as a large number of the developers are
>> amateurs and have worked to make sure all of the code is
>> stable and viable.
>>
>> I have the AX25 stuff running under SuSE but need a separate
>> machine really as this is my work machine and need it to do
>> paid work, so can not afford to have it lock up or mess up as I
>> have done several times while trying to get this stuff to work.
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