2 # please put your help in in alphabetical order
4 # a string search is done in the command field (case is ignored)
5 # and all commands matching the asked for command are printed out
7 # the order of the fields in each header is
8 # privilege, command, Description
9 # if the command ends in a - then that line isn't printed, but any
10 # subsequent lines are
12 # Comment lines are indented before printing
14 === 0^ANNOUNCE <text>^Send an announcement to LOCAL users only
16 === 0^ANNOUNCE FULL <text>^Send an announcement cluster wide
17 This will send your announcement cluster wide
19 === 5^ANNOUNCE SYSOP <text>^Send an announcement to Sysops only
22 <text> is the text of the announcement you wish to broadcast
24 === 0^APROPOS <string>^Search help database for <string>
25 Search the help database for <string> (it isn't case sensitive), and print
26 the names of all the commands that may be relevant.
28 === 0^BYE^Exit from the cluster
29 This will disconnect you from the cluster
31 === 5^CONNECT <callsign>^Start a connection to another DX Cluster
32 Start a connection process that will culminate in a new connection to the
33 DX cluster <callsign>. This process creates a new 'client' process which will
34 use the script in /spider/connect/<callsign> to effect the 'chat' exchange
35 necessary to traverse the network(s) to logon to the cluster <callsign>.
37 === 9^DEBUG^Set the cluster program into debug mode
38 Executing this command will only have an effect if you are running the cluster
43 It will interrupt the cluster just after the debug command has finished.
44 === 0^DIRECTORY^List messages
45 === 0^DIRECTORY ALL^List all messages
46 === 0^DIRECTORY OWN^List your own messages
47 === 0^DIRECTORY NEW^List your own new messages
48 List the messages in the messages directory.
50 If there is a 'p' one space after the message number then it is a
53 If there is a - after the message number then this indicates that the
54 message has been read.
57 Sysops can see all users' messages.
59 === 8^DISCONNECT <call> [<call> ...]^Disconnect a user or cluster
60 Disconnect any <call> connected locally
62 === 0^DX <freq> <callsign> <remarks>^Send a DX spot throughout the cluster
63 <freq> is compared against the available bands set up in the cluster.
64 see show/bands for more information.
66 === 0^HELP^The HELP Command
67 HELP is available for a number of commands. The syntax is:-
71 Where <cmd> is the name of the command you want help on.
73 All commands can be abbreviated, so SHOW/DX can be abbreviated
74 to SH/DX, ANNOUNCE can be shortened to AN and so on.
76 Look at the APROPOS <string> command which will search the help database
77 for the <string> you specify and give you a list of likely commands
79 === 0^SHOW/DX^Interrogate the spot database
80 If you just type SHOW/DX you will get the last so many spots
81 (sysop configurable, but usually 10).
83 In addition you can add any number of these commands in very nearly
84 any order to the basic SHOW/DX command, they are:-
86 on <band> - eg 160m 20m 2m 23cm 6mm
87 on <region> - eg hf vhf uhf shf (see SHOW/BANDS)
89 <number> - the number of spots you want
90 <from>-<to> - <from> spot no <to> spot no in the selected list
92 <prefix> - for a spotted callsign beginning with <prefix>
93 *<suffix> - for a spotted callsign ending in <suffix>
94 *<string>* - for a spotted callsign containing <string>
96 day <number> - starting <number> days ago
97 day <from>-<to> - <from> days <to> days ago
99 info <text> - any spots containing <text> in the info or remarks
101 spotter <call> - any spots spotted by <call>
106 SH/DX on 20m info iota
107 SH/DX 9a on vhf day 30
109 === 0^KILL <msgno> [<msgno> ...]^Remove or erase a message from the system
110 You can get rid of any message to or originating from your callsign using
111 this command. You can remove more than one message at a time.
114 As a sysop you can kill any message on the system.
116 === 1^PING <node call>^Find out the delays an a circuit to another node
117 This command will enable sysops to determine the speed of an inter-cluster
120 Any visible cluster node can be PINGed.
122 === 1^RCMD <node call> <cmd>^Send a command to another DX Cluster
123 This command allows you to send nearly any command to another DX Cluster
124 node that is connected to the system.
126 Whether you get any output is dependant on a) whether the other system knows
127 that the node callsign of this cluster is in fact a node b) whether the
128 other system is allowing RCMDs from this node and c) whether you have
129 permission to send this command at all.
131 === 0^READ^Read the next unread personal message addressed to you
132 === 0^READ <msgno>^Read the specified message
133 You can read any messages that are sent as 'non-personal' and also any
134 message either sent by or sent to your callsign.
137 As a sysop you may read any message on the system
139 === 0^REPLY^Reply to the last message that you have read
140 === 0^REPLY <msgno>^Reply to the specified message
141 === 0^REPLY PRIVATE <msgno>^Reply privately to the specified message
142 === 0^REPLY RR <msgno>^Reply to the specified message with read receipt
143 You can reply to a message and the subject will automatically have
144 "Re:" inserted in front of it, if it isn't already present.
146 You can also use all the extra qualifiers such as RR, PRIVATE,
147 NOPRIVATE that you can use with the SEND command (see SEND
150 === 0^SEND <call> [<call> ...]^Send a message to one or more callsigns
151 === 0^SEND RR <call>^Send a message and ask for a read receipt
152 === 0^SEND COPY <msgno> <call>^Send a copy of a message to someone
153 === 0^SEND PRIVATE <call>^Send a personal message
154 === 0^SEND NOPRIVATE <call>^Send a message to all stations
155 All the SEND commands will create a message which will be sent either to
156 an individual callsign or to one of the 'bulletin' addresses.
158 SEND <call> on its own acts as though you had typed SEND PRIVATE, that is
159 it will mark the message as personal and send it to the cluster node that
160 that callsign is connected to.
162 You can have more than one callsign in all of the SEND commands.
164 You can have multiple qualifiers so that you can have for example:-
166 SEND RR COPY 123 PRIVATE G1TLH G0RDI
168 which should send a copy of message 123 to G1TLH and G0RDI and you will
169 receive a read receipt when they have read the message.
171 SB is an alias for SEND NOPRIVATE (or send a bulletin in BBS speak)
172 SP is an alias for SEND PRIVATE
174 === 0^SHOW/DXCC <prefix>^Interrogate the spot database by country
175 This command takes the <prefix> (which can be a full or partial
176 callsign if desired), looks up which internal country number it is
177 and then displays all the spots as per SH/DX for that country.
179 The options for SHOW/DX also apply to this command.
183 SH/DXCC W on 20m info iota
185 === 0^SHOW/PREFIX <callsign>^Interrogate the prefix database
186 This command takes the <callsign> (which can be a full or partial
187 callsign or a prefix), looks up which internal country number
188 it is and then displays all the relevant prefixes for that country
189 together with the internal country no, the CQ and ITU regions.
193 === 5^SHUTDOWN^Shutdown the cluster
194 Shutdown the cluster and disconnect all the users
196 === 0^TALK <call> <text>^Send a text message to another station
197 === 0^TALK <call> > <node> <text>^Send a text message to another station via a node
198 Send a short message to any other station that is visible on the cluster
199 system. You can send it to anyone you can see with a SHOW/CONFIGURATION
200 command, they don't have to be connected locally.
202 The second form of TALK is used when other cluster nodes are connected
203 with restricted information. This usually means that they don't send
204 the user information usually associated with loging on and off the cluster.
206 If you know that G3JNB is likly to be present on GB7TLH, but you can only
207 see GB7TLH in the SH/C list but with no users, then you would use the
208 second form of the talk message.
210 === 0^WX <text>^Send a weather message to local users
211 === 0^WX FULL <text>^Send a weather message to all cluster users
212 === 5^WX SYSOP <text>^Send a weather message to other clusters only
213 Weather messages can sometimes be useful if you are experiencing an extreme
214 that may indicate enhanced conditions