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<H1>Announcing the D-Star ScriptShop</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>Brian, NJ6N</STRONG> and <STRONG>Darren,
G7LWT</STRONG> have produced a number of enhanced scripting functions to make
life easier for mobile D-Star users.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Examples include a command to quickly link to the last busy
reflector and another to establish if/where a repeater is linked through to.
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The first few scripts aim to help mobile users that don't
have web access to check network activity via dstarusers.org etc. Here are a
list of the functions that are ready for download immediately:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>DX</STRONG> Display gateway IP address. Great for
gateways with ISPs using DHCP</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>IX</STRONG> Return link status information. Can
also e-mail admin users' PDA</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>KX</STRONG> Unlink (kill) all links (obeys linking
privileges in dplus.conf)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>LX</STRONG> Link to last busy reflector, great for
finding a QSO in the quiet hours</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>RX</STRONG> Random reflector link to one of 10 most
recently busy reflectors</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>UX</STRONG> Display server uptime and average CPU
load</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>To use these functions, place the two letter command in the
7th and 8th position of UR: prefixed with your gateway callsign. eg. GB7AU IX
(one space) will return which reflector is currently linked via a text
message.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Notes:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>- To use the ScriptShop "exec" commands above, users must
be registered on the D-STAR network</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>- dplus version 2.2f or greater, is a prerequisite for the
support of these scripts</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>- For security, users can only use the DX command when
their callsign appears in the [adminusers] section of dplus.conf. Each entry
*must* include a PIN number in this format:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>[adminusers]<BR>NJ6N,1234<BR>G7LWT,4567</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The ScriptShop also includes some guidance on rolling your
own scripts using the new variables that <STRONG>Robin, AA4RC</STRONG> has made
available in dplus 2.2f. The "Roll Your Own" page will be further updated over
the next few weeks. Additionally, admin tools will be released from time to
time, the first of which is a fully automated gateway backup script with
associated documentation for restoration.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Instructions for downloading and installing the scripts can
be found at </FONT><A href="http://dstar.info/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://dstar.info</FONT></A><FONT face=Tahoma> . We'd like to take a
moment to thank Robin, AA4RC for supporting this initiative with extensions to
the, already feature rich, dplus functionality.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Please let us have your feedback and suggestions for new
scripts via: </FONT><A href="mailto:scripts@dstar.info"><FONT
face=Tahoma>scripts@dstar.info</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Vy 73 de <BR></FONT><STRONG><EM><FONT face=Tahoma>Brian
& Darren<BR>NJ6N & G7LWT</FONT></EM></STRONG></P>
<P><A href="http://dstar.info"><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://dstar.info</FONT></A></P>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>*Em informática, o termo <STRONG>script</STRONG> é
utilizado para designar uma sequência de comando e tarefas a serem
executadas.</FONT></DIV>
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