+<P>You start the connection, from within a sysop enabled cluster login, by typing in the word <EM>connect</EM> followed by a script name like this ....
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+G0VGS de GB7MBC 13-Dec-1998 2041Z >connect gb7djk-1
+connection to GB7DJK-1 started
+G0VGS de GB7MBC 13-Dec-1998 2043Z >
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>This will start a connection using the script called <EM>gb7djk-1</EM>. You can follow the connection by watching the term or console from where you started <EM>cluster.pl</EM>. You should see something like this ...
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+<- D G1TLH connect gb7djk-1
+-> D G1TLH connection to GB7DJK-1 started
+-> D G1TLH G1TLH de GB7DJK 13-Dec-1998 2046Z >
+timeout set to 15
+CONNECT sort: telnet command: dirkl.tobit.co.uk
+CHAT "login" -> "gb7djk"
+received "
+Red Hat Linux release 5.1 (Manhattan)
+Kernel 2.0.35 on an i586
+"
+received "login: "
+sent "gb7djk"
+CHAT "word" -> "gb7djk"
+received "gb7djk"
+received "Password: "
+sent "gb7djk"
+Connected to GB7DJK-1, starting normal protocol
+<- O GB7DJK-1 telnet
+-> B GB7DJK-1 0
+GB7DJK-1 channel func state 0 -> init
+<- D GB7DJK-1
+<- D GB7DJK-1 Last login: Sun Dec 13 17:59:56 from dirk1
+<- D GB7DJK-1 PC38^GB7DJK-1^~
+<- D GB7DJK-1 PC18^ 1 nodes, 0 local / 1 total users Max users 0 Uptime 0 00:00^5447^~
+ etc
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>With later versions of Spider there is a set/login command for users. This tells them when a user or node logs in or out. If you do not add a line to your scripts after the final line (or before the client line which should always be last if needed) then the login/logout information will be sent to users <I>before</I> the login actually completes. This means if a node is unreachable, it will continue sending logins and logouts to users even though it is not actually connecting. To avoid this use the following line ...
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+'connect' ''
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>In a script, this might look like ...
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+timeout 35
+abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)
+connect telnet mary 3000
+'ogin:' 'gb7mbc'
+'>' 'telnet 44.131.93.96 7305'
+'connect' ''
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss3.4">3.4 Automating things</A>
+</H2>