This is the first alpha version of dxnet cluster under Linux.

The installation is very simple :

The tar file will create the "dxnet" directory

Goto the filesystem where you want to create the dxnet tree, 
/usr/local for instance.

Copy the tgz file
Run the command tar xvzf dx971025.tgz

Then you will have a tree like :

Directory dxnet:
dxnet             Main program
dxnet.sh [-v]     Shell script to run the program (endless loop)

Directory dxnet/language:
lang1.txt         1st language file
lang2.txt         2nd language file
help1.txt         1st help file
help2.txt         2nd help file

Directory dxnet/script:
f6krq_ax.fwd         Script to connect f6krq-3 using ax25 interface
f6krq_nr.fwd         Script to connect f6krq-3 using netrom interface
f6krq_rs.fwd         Script to connect f6krq-3 using rose interface

Directory dxnet/system:
dxnet.cfg         Main configuration file
dxtodo.dat        Jobs file

Directory dxnet/system/bin:
                  Will hold all bin data files


First, edit system/dxnet.cfg 
- Put the callsign of the cluster   : set/call f6fbb-3
- Put the list of adjacent clusters : set/node +f6krq-3

Then, edit system/dxtodo.dat
for each line, the first for characters are the mask for time.
???5 means each minute 5, like 1005 1015 1025, etc...
??00 means each hour at minute 00 like 1000 1100 1200, etc...

???5 c f6krq_ax  (limited to 8 characters)

call the script f6krq_ax.fwd each minute 5 (every 10 minutes).

You must have one line and one scrip file for each adjacent to be called.

To start the code, run "dxnet.sh" from the dxnet base directory.

This version includes a new functionality to specify ports to be listened.

use the command from dxnet.cfg (This command may be in one or more lines)

set/port 0 4 netrom1 rose0

to specify a list of ports (ax25, netrom or rose) to be listened.
in this example will be listened : 
- ax25   port 0       (from /etc/ax25/axports)
- ax25   port 4       (from /etc/ax25/axports)
- NetRom port netrom0 (from /etc/ax25/nrports)
- Rose   port rose0   (from /etc/ax25/rsports)

Look at the script examples for ax25, NetRom and Rose connections.

73s, F6FBB.


