Kantronics KPC–3 Plus User Manual page 85

A hierarchical address consists of your state, country, and continent codes, separated
by periods. Some areas (in large states particularly) use sub-state designators. For
instance, a station in Rhode Island might use a hierarchical address of RI.USA.NOAM.
This means Rhode Island (RI) which is in the United States (USA) which is in North
America (NOAM). In this case, you should set the HTEXT to RI.USA.NOAM. If you are
unsure of your hierarchical address, contact your local packet BBS sysop and ask what
the proper addressing is for your location.
The PHEARD command will show you the callsigns of stations recently connecting to
your mailbox along with their start and stop times.
Advanced Configuration of Your PBBS
When you first enter your callsign into the TNC, your PBBS will automatically be
enabled. The MYPBBS callsign is set to your basic call with an SSID of -1, and the
PBBS is allocated 100 k bytes of RAM (assuming you have the standard 128 k byte
RAM chip installed).
You may change the size of the PBBS using the PBBS command. The maximum
amount of memory you can allocate will depend on the amount of free memory
available. NUMNODES, MAXUSERS, and MYREMOTE, etc., will affect the amount of
available memory.
If you change the size of the mailbox, the TNC will not renumber any existing
messages, and if the new size is large enough for all existing messages, no messages
will be lost. If you want to renumber the messages (starting with 1) give the PBBS n
command with n being the current size (i.e., n kbytes of memory assigned to the PBBS).
To see the current size of the mailbox, enter the command ―PBBS‖ (without any
number) at the Command prompt.
You can also change the maximum number of users who can connect to the PBBS at
the same time. PBUSERS will cause a reset if it is changed.
At times, you may be away from your computer and would like to switch a user into your
mailbox automatically if he connects to your MYCALL. This can be accomplished by
setting the CMSG command to PBBS. When this is done, a user who connects to your
MYCALL will be sent your CTEXT (if any) and then be automatically connected to the
PBBS. The TNC will then send the PBBS System ID (SID) and sign on message. The
SID is enclosed in square brackets and consists of the unit name, firmware version, and
the supported feature set.
For example the Kantronics KPC-3 Plus SID is:
[KPC3P-9.1-HM$]
This is the unit name (KPC3P), version number (9.0) and the feature set (HM$). The H
means it supports Hierarchical forwarding, the M stands for Message ID, and the $
indicates BID support. These identifiers are the SID definitions published by Hank
Oredson (WØRLI) with his Community BBS system.
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