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When you connect to a NET/ROM Node you will not initially get any prompt. Since
NET/ROM commands are few and easily memorized, they did not see a need to clutter
the channel with prompts. Like other automatic systems however, if you send an
H or a
? for Help you can expect to get a response similar to the following:
SEA:N7HWD-8> Invalid Command
(CONNECT INFO NODES ROUTES USERS)
In our example, the line above is from the Seattle node, simply known as SEA. The call-
sign for the node is N7HWD-8.
Invalid Command
means that the node did not
understand the command you sent, so it returned the above "help" line to remind the
user of the commands it knows. These are CONNECT, INFO, NODES, ROUTES and
USERS.
Most often you will use the nodes CONNECT command to connect to other stations.
Once you have connected to the node, simply send the command
CONNECT
callsign
or
simply C
callsign
where
callsign
is the call of the Packet station you want to connect to
that is in range of the node.
Not everyone you want to talk to is in range of your local Node. Fortunately, NET/ROM
will learn about other nodes it can reach and allow you to connect to these nodes as
well. To find out what other nodes your local station can reach, simply type the com-
mand
NODES after you connect. This will display something like the following:
SEA:N7HWD-8> Nodes:
BALDY:WB6VAC-8 BOI:W7SC BOISE:N7FYZ-8 COE:KK7X-4
ELN:N7HHU-8 EVT:KA7VEE-8 LSO:K7ZVV-8 MCW:WB7DOW-12
MSO:W7DVK-5 OLY:K7APT-8 PDT:N7ERT-5 PDX7:KA7AGH-8
PTN:K7TPN-8 RLIMB:W0RLI-2 SALEM:AF7S-1 SEAW:N8GNJ-8
SPOKN:WB7NNF-8 SVBBS:KA7RNX TAC:W7DK-8 YKM:K3GPJ-8
When you connect to a node (either directly or through another node) you may want to
know who else is using that particular node. Type the command
USERS to find out who
is using the system. You will see your own call in the list as well as anyone else who is
using the node. An example is shown below:
SEA:N7HWD-8> NET/ROM Version 1.3 (662)
Uplink(W7MCU) <--> Downlink(W7MCU-15 WA7ZUE)
Circuit(SEAW:N8GNJ-8 KA7RZK)
Uplink("your callsign")
The IDENT command simply sends you an identification packet from the node that may
give its location and owner as shown below:
SEA:N7HWD-8> NORTHWEST AMATEUR PACKET RADIO ASSOCIATION
145.01 MHZ, USER LAN, GRASS MTN.
Local BBS is N7HFZ
The ROUTES command provides routing information about other nodes that can be
reached.
A complete discussion of NET/ROM is beyond the scope of this manual, but we hope
the above information will help get you started. Certainly the CONNECT, NODES and
USERS commands will allow you to navigate through the network, and find new people
to talk to.