[Dxbase] Bug still there????

Thu Aug 17 22:52:58 EDT 2006

Terry, K8SMC
You are correct in that the telnet interface, for several revisions, 
does not really work the way one would assume based upon the 
configuration screen. Based upon that screen, where you can enter the 
'login prompt', 'user login' etc, one would think that the process would 
wait for the login prompt (for example login:) before sending the user 
call (with a timeout in case it doesn't arrive). However as far as I 
can recall it has never waited, instead it just throws out the call at 
some point irrespective of the prompt. Thus you can substitute XXXXXX: 
in place of login: and it works just the same.
However in spite of this at least from my system it does get signed on 
to my AR-Cluster, and Lee's new CC-Cluster, successfully. I believe it 
also works with DXSpider, but I have not tested this recently. However 
some of the welcome text does get thrown away. Adding lines of '*'s as 
you have done might get more of the welcome text through as you suggest.
In short, it's not working correctly, and probably never has, but it 
does get you signed on.
I have never tested the 'password' option, largely because I don't know 
any clusters using it. If they did it's possible the signon would not 
succeed.
Ron, N5IN
Terry at k8smc.com wrote:
> A few versions back I mentioned that the Telnet interface had a 
> problem. At that time I mentioned that one would miss the log in 
> messages sent out, in my case it was AR-Cluster Nodes. I added a few 
> lines of *s on my node and that did allow the the login messages to 
> be seen.
>> Acquiring the new CC-Cluster software I found that logging in I would 
> see "Please enter your callsign at the login prompt" followed on the 
> next line with "login:". At this point I was actually already logged 
> in. I went into Tools\options\User Options\Internet and fooled 
> around with Login Prompt and Host Prompt trying many different ideas 
> even leaving them blank. I all cases as long as my call was in the 
> USER Login, node connections to both AR-Cluster and CC-Cluster was 
> the same. Your program is not waiting for a prompt, it just sends the 
> call automatically.
>> Next item, your help screens on the Web and also software refer to two 
> Import files, one call Import and the other called DXB Import for 
> importing your old DXBase 2006 mdb file into the new. Took me awhile 
> to figure out that the file name is actually "ugdxbase".
>> Terry, K8SMC . . .
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