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The Packet Radio
; Packet Radio "The Basics"
Section 1
Reviewing the New Features of the X1J4 Node
1.
An S-meter function in the heard list
2.
A Voltmeter function for the other two ADC channels
3.
The ability to change the user's command prompt list
4.
The ACL function has had a feature added to speed it up
5.
A complete IP router,
6.
The Receive Deviation meter,
7.
Control of 'Slime Trails',
8.
Information text messages 160 characters long,
9.
Multiple line INFO, CTEXT and BTEXT messages,
10.
Nodes broadcasts occur 60 seconds after power up,
11.
Optional reconnect to the node after remote disconnect,
12.
PARMS, MODE etc may be managed by offset & value,
13.
Digipeat uplink & downlinks may be selectively enabled,
14.
Level 4 retries ( min ) is now 1,
15.
An MTU command allows MTU settings to be changed for IP use,
16.
Node alias handling is optionally case sensitive,
17.
TALK will optionally pass 8 bit data,
18.
The ability to remotely set the node's alias,
19.
The ability to listen for 3 extra aliases & invoke BBS etc,
20.
Selective node broadcast control for 'hash' nodes,
21.
A UI command to send arbitrary UI commands,
22.
Access control list capabilities,
23.
Multi-user conferencing ( the 'TALK' command ),
24.
A CWID keyer,
25.
Better SYSOP authentication,
26.
MHeard list showing callsigns, packets heard & time since last heard,
27.
MHeard list shows whether a station is a node and / or TCP/IP station,
28.
A Closedown command to remotely shut the node down,
29.
A DXCluster command that operates like the BBS & Host commands,
30.
A Btext command to set the node's beacon text message,
31.
A Ctext command to set an optional alias connect text message,
32.
The ability to enable or disable any command,
33.
Improved command prompting with only valid commands shown,
34.
Routes show optionally as alias:callsign or callsign alone,
35.
Additional control over system reset,
36.
KISS as an alternative to the crosslink protocol,
37.
Hardware handshake controlled host mode operation,
38.
MODE command for configuring additional parameters,
39.
BBS command to auto connect to a remote BBS,
40.
HOST command to auto connect to another BBS or Host,
41.
BYE or QUIT commands to disconnect,
42.
STATS command to display internal statistics,
43.
MANAGER command for system manager access,
44.
AUDIT command to set system audit levels,
45.
Changes to the NODES command,
46.
An improved nodes broadcast algorithm for the crosslink port,
47.
Split port nodes broadcast intervals,
48.
Ability to enable & disable nodes broadcasts selectively on each port,
49.
CQ apologises nicely if disabled,
50.
Most Escape commands have been replaced with MODE parameters,
51.
Beacon messages may be digi'd,
52.
CALIBRATE command for remote checking of Tx deviation,
53.
LINKS command to show current level 2 links,
54.
Configuration of the beacon period,
55.
Auto routing of 'connect' to either BBS, DXCluster or HOST,
56.
Remote dump of entire neighbor lists for all nodes.
57.
The ARP table is automatically updated from ARP requests & replies
58.
The node maintains a second heard list of L3 Netrom nodes that gateway through the node
59.
The RxDeviation & Smeter ADC channels may also be used as arbitrary inputs instead
60.
A defensive port flush function added
61.
Link list integrity checking has been extended to check reverse links
62.
The USER list shows circuit choke status for patchcord connections.
63.
The ADC* text messages are now 12 characters long
64.
The ACL checks the end user call as well as the node call in accepting connections.
65.
Lines that start with '#' are ignored by the switch
66.
A default IP route entry may be made
67.
Support for the TexNet '*** LINKED to' syntax
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Section II
Buck Rogers K4ABT
"2 N 1" Handbook
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; The X1J4 System Node Operator's (SNO) Handbook
Section 2
Chapter Six
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