




5.8 - 


ATUS              

MMEDIATE COMMAND ISSUED BY EITHER THE PERATOR AT THE COLON [:] AS :
OR BY A ONNECTED TATION AS //, PROVIDING THE  WILL ALLOW IT.  T
WILL DISPLAY ALL PORTS IN USE AND THE RELATIVE CALLSIGNS. HE DISPLAY APPEARS
LIKE THIS:
               >>>ORT  O    TATUS
                   1    0   6   ONNECTED TO 0
                   20   5   8  ONNECTED TO 9
                   5   20   9  ONNECTED TO 8
                   6    9   9         TO 7

HE STATUS OF BOTH THE  ORTS AND THE ODE ORTS ARE THEREFORE DISPLAYED,
ODE SERS CAN ALSO SEE THE TATION TATUS IF THEY SEND <> TO  AS THE
ODE WILL  ACCEPT //(DOUBLE BACKSLASHES) AS EMOTE PERATING OMMANDS.


ELAY X             X

T DETERMINES THE TIME IN SECONDS, THAT O.1 LINE ON THE CREEN WILL BE
DISPLAYED.  HIS IS THE LINE WHICH CONTAINS THE  SET FOR ALL 4 PORTS
AND WHERE ANY CALLSIGN CONNECTED TO A ORT IS DISPLAYED. LSO INFORMATION, IN
THE FORM OF A SMALL + (PLUS) SIGN, WHEN A MESSAGE IS SENT TO A ORT OTHER THAN
THE ACTIVE ONE. X = 0......255.  HE LINE WILL BE BLANKED OUT AFTER X SECONDS,
UNLESS NEW INFORMATION ARRIVES, WHICH IS NORMALLY DISPLAYED AT THAT LINE.
EFAULT 0


RS X               X

ETS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF TATIONS THAT CAN CONNECT TO  SIMULTANEOUSLY.
HIS ONLY CONCERNS THE ACTUAL PERATING ORTS AND  THE ODE ORTS. X =1..4
EFAULT 4


HAT-OSSIBILITY.

F THERE IS MORE THAN ONE TATION CONNECTED TO  (MAXIMUM OF 4), THEN
IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE  TO ACTUALLY SEND MESSAGES TO ONE ANOTHER. HIS
FACILITY WAS INCLUDED IN  SINCE 2.00, ALTHOUGH IT'S OPERATION IS
SOMEWHAT ENHANCED IN 5.0.  HE INITIALIZATION OF THIS FACILITY OCCURS WHEN ONE
OF THE  ISSUES A //X <MESSAGE>. X = ORT UMBER.  RESPONDS WITH THE
SER'S ALLSIGN FOLLOWED BY THE ORT NUMBER IN BRACKETS A LINEFEED AND THE MSG.
TYPED. HE PERATOR APPEARS AS ORT (0). ACH SER CAN FIND OUT WHO IS
CONNECTED TO  BY TYPING //CS <RETURN>, FROM THEN ON THEY CAN DIRECT
MESSAGES TO ANY OF THE 4 ORTS THEY WISH. T LOOKS LOOKS LIKE THIS:

SSUME THAT 6 IS THE "HOST" OR PERATING TATION.
SSUME THAT 0 IS CONNETED ON ORT 1.
SSUME THAT 8 IS CONNECTED ON ORT 2.





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F 0 SENDS //2 ELLO LORI.  WILL RESPOND BY SENDING THE FOLLOWING
                                TO 8'S CREEN:
                                                     0(1)
                                                     ELLO LORI.
                                UMBER (1) AFTER THE CALLSIGN DENOTES THE ORT
                                UMBER OF THE  YSTEM THAT 0 IS
                                CONNECTED TO.

IMILARLY, IF 8 ANSWERS WITH //1 ELLO ENIS, THEN  WILL SEND TO
0'S SCREEN :
                       8(2)
                       ELLO ENIS
GAIN UMBER (2) SHOWS ENIS WHICH ORT LORI IS CONNECTED TO.  NY MESSAGE
SEND TO EITHER STATION FROM THE PERATOR, VIA THE KEYBOARD AND USING THE //
(DOUBLE BACKSLASH) INSTEAD OF PHYSICALLY CHANGING ORTS BY PRESSING <>
AND THE ORT UMBER, WILL APPEAR ON THE SERS CREEN WITH THE  FOLLOWED
BY (0). ERO SHOWING THE FACT THAT THE MESSAGE WAS SENT BY THE PERATOR OF
, OR OST TATION IF YOU'D PREFER, FROM THE KEYBOARD AND NOT FROM ONE
OF THE TATIONS CONNECTED TO THE ORTS.

LTHOUGH THIS IS A VERY GOOD FACILITY, PROVIDED BY THE PROGRAM FOR  USE,
THERE IS ANOTHER WAY OF HOLDING A "ROUND-TABLE" CHAT AND THAT IS DESCRIBED IN
THE  COMMAND.



5.9  .

N  5.0 THE PATHFINDER HAS BEEN IMPROVED OVER BOTH 3.51 AND 3,60.
T DOES NOT DISCONNECT THE USER ON A FAILED CONNECT ATTEMPT, AND NOT ONLY
SENDS A FAILURE REPLY, BUT RE-CONNECTS THE USER TO THE  ODE.
2ND. OR 3RD. LEVEL IGI ROUTES  ARE WORKED, AND NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE USER CAN
ACTUALLY DEFINE HIS OWN DIGIPEATING ROUTE. HE PERATOR CAN SET BOTH 2ND. AND
3RD. LEVEL IGI-ROUTES, FOR ORDINARY IGIPEATERS, ODES OF BOTH KINDS  ETROM,
(SUCH AS HEET) AND -. LUS THERE IS A FACILITY TO ACCOMODATE "ILD" ODES
WITH WELCOME TEXT ON CONNECT.  HE PRE-SET IGI-ROUTES CAN BE ALTERED, AT ANY
TIME, BY THE PERATOR, OR THEY CAN BE ERASED, OR RE-CRAFTED.  HERE IS ALSO A
FACILITY FOR A ODE ONTROLLING YSP (OR THE PERATOR) TO CHANGE THE ROUTES
REMOTELY USING THE  COMMAND. HIS VERSION OF THE DIGICOM PROGRAM
CAN BE NETWORKED INTO A ODES YSTEM.  HE ONLY FACILITY MISSING,
UNLESS ANYONE CAN TELL ME DIFFERENT, IS THE SECONDARY AND CONTINUOUSLY UPDATING
ROUTE FACILITY THAT OTHER ETWORKED (HEET ETC.) HAVE. O, IF IN ANY OF THE
LONGER ROUTES THAT THE PERATOR MAY SET, A ODE OR IGIPEATER GOES DOWN, THEN
THIS ODE HASN'T GOT AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE TO FOLLOW, AND THE LINK WILL BREAK
DOWN.  O THE ROUTES SET MUST BE LOOKED AT EVERY DAY TO ENSURE THAT THEY STILL
WORK.

HE OUTE TO A ESTINATION TATION OR EVEN A ESTINATION ODE OR  IS CALLED
 IN THIS PROGRAM.  HE ATHS CAN BE SET BY THE USE OF THE  <CALLSIGN>
COMMAND AS FOLLOWS:

SING 2ND. EVEL IGIPEATING TYPE : 9,9,9 AND PRESS . HE
ACCEPTED ATH WILL SHOW : 9 VIA 9 9.  ORE THAN 5 IGIS CAN BE
ENTERED.




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SING 3RD. EVEL IGIPEATING TYPE : 9 >9 >9 AND PRESS .
HE ACCEPTED PATH WILL SHOW : 9 VIA >9 >9. N EXCESS OF 5
DIGIPEATERS CAN BE ENTERED.  HE NOTATION > ALLSIGN, WILL WORK NETWORKED
ODES AS HEET, IF YOU WANT TO INCLUDE - OR "" ODES WITH WELCOME TEXTS
ON CONNECT THEN USE THE > ALLSIGN COMMAND.  IXING THOSE IN A ATH WORKS JUST
AS WELL, SO FOR EXAMPLE, TYPE : 9 >0 >9 >9 AND PRESS
.

HE > NOTATION MEANS ODE WHICH WILL BE ASKED FOR A FURTHER CONNECT. HE SAME
APPLIES FOR THE > NOTATION. F > IS TO BE ENTERED, A SIMPLIFIED WAY IS TO
ENTER THE CALLSIGNS WITH JUST A SPACE BETWEEN THEM THUS : 9 9 AND
PRESS . HIS WILL SHOW, ON ENTRY TO MEMORY, AS : 9 VIA >9.
OTICE THAT, FOR 3RD. LEVEL IGI-ROUTE SETTING,  COMMAS CAN BE USED.

HE ESTINATION TATIONS SET IN THE ATHFINDER CAN BE SEEN BY THE USER
OR THE PERATOR. F  (STANDS FOR ) IS ISSUED, THEN IT RETURNS A
LIST OF ALL THE ESTINATION TATIONS, FOR WHOM IGI-OUTES HAVE BEEN SET, IN
BOTH 2ND. AND 3RD. EVEL IGI ODES. F THE END OF THE ROUTE (ESTINATION)
STATION IS SPECIFIED AS >, OR >, THEN IT WON'T BE SHOWN IN THE  LIST.

O SEE THE  LIST THEN TYPE  <>. HIS COMMAND CAN BE ISSUED EITHER
BY THE USER OF THE ODE OR FROM THE KEYBOARD BY THE PERATOR.  HE  IST
CONTAINS ALL THE ODES THAT THE PERATOR HAS SET IN THE  COMMAND AS > AND
>.  5.0  DOES NOT "LISTEN" AND LIST ODES HEARD.

O SEE  THE S SET, TYPE : * (STAR) OR REMOTELY  *.  //
(ACKSLASHES) ARE USED IN THE OPERATION OF THE ODE.

NOTHER FACILITY ON THE ODE IS THE > COMMAND, THIS IS AVAILABLE TO THE
OPERATOR ONLY.  F, INSTEAD OF REMEMBERING CALLSIGNS, YOU FIND IT EASIER TO
REMEMBER SOMEONES NAME, OR TOWN OR NEIGHBOURHOOD THEN YOU CAN SET A  USING
THIS INFORMATION INSTEAD OF THE CALLSIGN. HE  ALLSIGN  BE THE
 CALLSIGN IN THE , SO YOU SET > >22 >22 >21 6 AND
PRESS RETURN.  HE  ( SUPPOSE YOU MAY CALL IT SHORT FOR ERSONAL) WILL  BE
SHOWN IN THE ,  OR  WHEN REQUESTED BY A SER, BUT IF 
TYPE :  THEN THE  WILL BE ACTIVATED AND THE CONNECTION WILL BE
MADE.

HE  (OCAL REA ETWORK YSTEM) IS ANOTHER WAY OF SETTING  TO YOUR
OCAL  AND . HE ONES WHICH  STATION CAN CONNECT TO  TIME
DAY OR NIGHT AND THE LINK IS  100%. F THIS IS NOT THE CASE PLEASE DO
NOT SET  AS IT WILL BE CONFUSING FOR USERS OF YOUR ODE.
O SET A  TYPE : = >22 >22 AND PRESS . HAT YOU WILL SEE
IS : =>>22 VIA >22. HE = (EQUAL) SIGN IS .  OW IF YOU
TYPE : YOU WILL SEE >22 AND SO WILL THE USER.


NY RE-ET ATHS CAN BE  FROM THE IST BY TYPING : -<DESTINATION
CALLSIGN>.  HE - (MINUS) IS IMPORTANT AND SO IS THE  .  HE
RE-ET  CAN BE ALTERED BY SIMPLY TYPING IN ANOTHER  FOR THE SAME
DESTINATION STATION.

HE ATHFINDER IN 5.0 WILL ACCEPT ALLSIGNS AND LIAS UP TO SIX CHARACTERS
LONG, INCLUDING ANY 'S, AS PART OF THE IGI-OUTE.  HERE IS NO PROBLEN
SETTING THE ESTINATION ( OR ) TATION WITH MORE THAN SIX CHARACTERS



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BUT THIS CAN ONLY BE THE FIRST CALLSIGN ENTERED IN A PATH. LL THE CONNECTING
ODES AND IGIS IN THE OUTE, WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED IF THEIR CALLS DO NOT
EXCEED SIX CHARACTERS, INCLUDING ANY .  F THE CALLSIGN IS MORE THAN SIX
CHARACTERS LONG, ONLY THE FIRST SIX WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE ATH AND THE REST
IGNORED. HIS CAN CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS, IF THE PERATOR IS NOT CAREFUL, BECAUSE
IF TWO CALLSIGNS ARE VERY CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS IN
THE 7NTH. OR 8TH. CHARACTERS, THE ATHFINDER WILL SEE THEM AS ONE.

 .    // .
=============   =====================
 <CALLSIGN> ILL CONNECT THE USER TO THE CALLSIGN.
ONN <CALLSIGN><CALLSIGN> ET YOUR OWN IGI-OUTE.
 (INFO)     ILL DISPLAY THE INFORMATION FILE FROM  .
 ()     O DISPLAY AS NO  ARE INPLEMENTED IN THE ..
 (HEARD)  ISPLAYS THE EARD LIST, (7 SCREEN) BUT ONLY THE ONES HEARD
             DIRECT.
          ISPLAYS THE WHOLE  LIST, INCLUDING THE STATIONS EARD VIA
             LIST. T ALSO TIME-STAMPS THE ENTRYS.
 (ODES)    ISPLAYS ALL THE ODES SET IN THE H WITH >, OR >.
 <CALL>     ISPLAYS THE ATH (IGI-ROUTE) SET FOR THAT CALLSIGN, OR RETURNS
             <ATH NOT FOUND> IF NONE SET.
 (ERMS)    ISPLAYS ALL THE DESTINATION TATIONS FROM THE .
 (SERS)    ISPLAYS ALL STATIONS CURRENTLY CONNECTED. AME AS .
 (UIT)     (OT LISTED IN THE ODE'S MENU). ISCONNECTS.

F THE USER SENDS A COMMAND THAT THE ODE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THEN THE FOLLOWING
ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE SENT:

()():NVALID OMMAND (ONN,NFO,ANS,H,ODES,ATH,ERMS,SERS)

HE ODE OPERATES IN 16 HIDDEN PORTS 8 FOR SER TATIONS TO CONNECT TO AND 8
FOR THE OUTPUT. HE 128 OMPUTER ALLOCATES A TOTAL OF 36 PORTS TO THE ODE.

F A USER, OR THE PERATOR, SENDS ANY COMMAND FOLLOWED BY THE "WILD-CARD" *
(STAR) LIKE : * <RETURN>, THEN ALL THE TATION CALLSIGNS IN THE ENTIRE
ATH LIST WILL BE DISPLAYED, WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION, OF WHICH IS A , OR A
, OR A . HE LINKING ROUTES WILL  BE SHOWN EITHER.  HIS MAY BE OF
USE IF ONE IS SEARCHING FOR A SPECIFIC STATION, IRRESPECTIVE IF THAT STATION
IS PART OF A DIGI-ROUTE OR A ODE OR A ESTINATION ().   WILL
ATTEMPT A CONNECT WITH  OF THE CALLSIGNS SET IN IT'S  FILE.  HE YSTEM
SETS THE LINKING-ROUTES AUTOMATICALLY BETWEEN THE TATION ALLSIGNS OF EVERY
 (DIGI-ROUTE).  O, EVEN IF A TATION IS MENTIONED ONLY AS A LINK IN A LONG
DIGIPEATING ROUTE,  WILL SET UP A ROUTING LINK TO THAT TATION.

F EITHER THE SER OF THE ODE, OR THE STATION THAT THE ODE HAS CONNECTED THE
SER TO, BREAKS THE ONNECTION, THEN  5.0 ODE, INSTEAD OF SIMPLY
DISCONNECTING THE SER, RETURNS TO A "STAND-BY" SITUATION BY SENDING, TO THE
REMOTE USER, THE PROMPT "RE-CONNECTED TO <>", AND IT AWAITS FURTHER
INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE REMOTE SER.

HE PERATOR OF THE IGICOM ODE CAN USE THE FOLLOWING "PREFIXES" IN THE ATH
OMMAND, AND THE  5.0 WILL RECOGNIZE THEM AS:






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