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6 Commands
PR PACTOR gateway or if he is allowed to read private messages for other callsigns
from the Packet side, etc.
Up to 64 entries are possible in the user list. The first entry is always assigned to the
callsign ALL and defines which priorities are given to the users being not part of the list.
Example for a typical user list:
User Priorities /PR-BOX/PT-BOX/PR-GATE/
=======================================
ALL......2220 DL1ZAM...9999 DL6MAA...3330 DL2FAK...3330
DK9FAT...2230 DL3FCI...2230
Each entry consists of the user callsign and a four-digit character string indicating the
assigned priorities. At the moment only the first three characters are used, the fourth one
is reserved for future extensions. The first three characters define the priorities for 1.
mailbox access from PR side, 2. mailbox access from PACTOR side and 3. usage of the
PR
PACTOR gateway.
A detailed description of the priorities is omitted for the moment. The following
functionality is available:
PR-Box priority: Smaller 3: only reading of own and public files is possible
Larger or equal 3: reading of all files is possible
PT-Box priority: Smaller 3: only reading of own and public files is possible
Larger or equal 3: reading of all files is possible
PR-GATE priority: Smaller 3: Access to the PR PACTOR gateway is denied
Larger or equal 3: Free access to all gates is provided
Detailed information will be available in later versions.
Concerning to the user list and the details explained above users being not covered by the
list are, e.g. not able to use the PR
PACTOR gateway, because the PR-GATE priority
for the callsign ALL is 2. On the other hand the user DK9FAT is able to use the PR-
GATE, but has no access to foreign private files.
The
XUser
command is used to manage the user list.
XUser
has various functions
depending on the kind and number of added arguments:
XUser
without argument
Displays the complete user list.
XUser
----
Deletes the user list and sets the priority of the callsign ALL to default (3330).
XUser
CALLSIGN
Displays the priority assigned to the callsign CALLSIGN.
The length of callsigns could be up to 8 characters but in practice they should not be
longer than 6, because in PR the length is limited to 6 characters by the protocol.
Callsigns extensions, e.g. F/DL6MAA/M are inadmissible and not useful because of
incompatibility with the PR protocol. The PTC-IIex cuts all characters appearing after a
special character in the callsign automatically. From the entry DL6MAA-10 is
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