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BPQ Windows port / BBS on port 1


 

Hi,

I'm currently running BPQ on Windows as that's what my HF rig is set-up for. I have the following set:-

APPLICATION 1,PMS,,M5MPC-1,PMS,255

Any connection to -1 goes to -7. Am I missing something?

Regards,

Mat M5MPC


 

Just to add, if I connect to mycall-1 from my node - I hit the BBS. If I connect from another node, I don't!?

c 2 m5mpc-1
M5MPC:M5MPC-7} Connected to PMS
[BPQ-6.0.23.1-IHJM$]
Hello mat. Latest Message is 9, Last listed is 1
Please enter your Home BBS using the Home command.
You may also enter your QTH and ZIP/Postcode using qth and zip commands.
de M5MPC>
*** Disconnected

c 3 gb7iow
M5MPC:M5MPC-7} Invalid Port
c 2 gb7iow
M5MPC:M5MPC-7} Connected to GB7IOW
Welcome OARC Packet Node
GB7IOW> CHAT BBS INFO
c 3 m5mpc-1
IOWHUB:GB7IOW} Connected to M5MPC-1
M5MPC:M5MPC-7} PMS LIVECHAT CONNECT BYE INFO NODES PORTS ROUTES USERS MHEARD

On Sun, 14 May 2023, at 9:29 PM, Matthew Corcoran wrote:
Hi,

I'm currently running BPQ on Windows as that's what my HF rig is set-up
for. I have the following set:-

APPLICATION 1,PMS,,M5MPC-1,PMS,255

Any connection to -1 goes to -7. Am I missing something?

Regards,

Mat M5MPC


 

Hi Mat

The stream number of the application has to match the one configured on the WebUI BBS Config screen: MailMgmt->Configuration->BBS Appl Nr.

In the bpq32.cfg, ensure that the following parameters are set:

; Regular Configurations
NODECALL=M5MPC-7 ; Node callsign
NODEALIAS=MPCNOD ; I dunno what your alias is, just a suggestion.
BBS=1
NODE=1

You need to have the BPQ Mail.exe running as well.

APPLICATION 1,PMS,,M5MPC-1,MPCPMS,255


73
Red


¡¯PMS¡¯ alias is likely to collide with someone else.






 

On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 02:33 PM, PacketCat Red PE1RRR wrote:
Hi Mat

The stream number of the application has to match the one configured on the WebUI BBS Config screen: MailMgmt->Configuration->BBS Appl Nr.

In the bpq32.cfg, ensure that the following parameters are set:

; Regular Configurations
NODECALL=M5MPC-7 ; Node callsign
NODEALIAS=MPCNOD ; I dunno what your alias is, just a suggestion.
BBS=1
NODE=1

You need to have the BPQ Mail.exe running as well.

APPLICATION 1,PMS,,M5MPC-1,MPCPMS,255


73
Red


¡¯PMS¡¯ alias is likely to collide with someone else.






?Mat if you can post your entire bpq32.cig config, via my email you already have or hear that would help a lot.

All the best
Red


 

Hi Red,

Propagation went south tonight... Here is my config at the time. I guess my nodealias has been causing the trouble. Will try again tomorrow eve.

NODECALL=M5MPC-7 ; Node callsign
NODEALIAS=M5MPC

BBS=1 ; 1 = BBS support included, 0 = No BBS support
NODE=1 ; Include switch support

APPLICATION 1,PMS,,M5MPC-1,PMS,255

Cheers,

Mat.

On Sun, 14 May 2023, at 9:47 PM, Matthew Corcoran wrote:
Just to add, if I connect to mycall-1 from my node - I hit the BBS. If
I connect from another node, I don't!?

c 2 m5mpc-1
M5MPC:M5MPC-7} Connected to PMS
[BPQ-6.0.23.1-IHJM$]
Hello mat. Latest Message is 9, Last listed is 1
Please enter your Home BBS using the Home command.
You may also enter your QTH and ZIP/Postcode using qth and zip commands.
de M5MPC>
*** Disconnected

c 3 gb7iow
M5MPC:M5MPC-7} Invalid Port
c 2 gb7iow
M5MPC:M5MPC-7} Connected to GB7IOW
Welcome OARC Packet Node
GB7IOW> CHAT BBS INFO
c 3 m5mpc-1
IOWHUB:GB7IOW} Connected to M5MPC-1
M5MPC:M5MPC-7} PMS LIVECHAT CONNECT BYE INFO NODES PORTS ROUTES USERS MHEARD


On Sun, 14 May 2023, at 9:29 PM, Matthew Corcoran wrote:
Hi,

I'm currently running BPQ on Windows as that's what my HF rig is set-up
for. I have the following set:-

APPLICATION 1,PMS,,M5MPC-1,PMS,255

Any connection to -1 goes to -7. Am I missing something?

Regards,

Mat M5MPC


 

On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 02:59 PM, Matthew Corcoran wrote:
Hi Red,

Propagation went south tonight... Here is my config at the time. I guess my nodealias has been causing the trouble. Will try again tomorrow eve.

NODECALL=M5MPC-7 ; Node callsign
NODEALIAS=M5MPC

BBS=1 ; 1 = BBS support included, 0 = No BBS support
NODE=1 ; Include switch support

APPLICATION 1,PMS,,M5MPC-1,PMS,255

Cheers,

Mat.

On Sun, 14 May 2023, at 9:47 PM, Matthew Corcoran wrote:
Just to add, if I connect to mycall-1 from my node - I hit the BBS. If
I connect from another node, I don't!?

c 2 m5mpc-1
M5MPC:M5MPC-7} Connected to PMS
[BPQ-6.0.23.1-IHJM$]
Hello mat. Latest Message is 9, Last listed is 1
Please enter your Home BBS using the Home command.
You may also enter your QTH and ZIP/Postcode using qth and zip commands.
de M5MPC>
*** Disconnected

c 3 gb7iow
M5MPC:M5MPC-7} Invalid Port
c 2 gb7iow
M5MPC:M5MPC-7} Connected to GB7IOW
Welcome OARC Packet Node
GB7IOW> CHAT BBS INFO
c 3 m5mpc-1
IOWHUB:GB7IOW} Connected to M5MPC-1
M5MPC:M5MPC-7} PMS LIVECHAT CONNECT BYE INFO NODES PORTS ROUTES USERS MHEARD


On Sun, 14 May 2023, at 9:29 PM, Matthew Corcoran wrote:
Hi,

I'm currently running BPQ on Windows as that's what my HF rig is set-up
for. I have the following set:-

APPLICATION 1,PMS,,M5MPC-1,PMS,255

Any connection to -1 goes to -7. Am I missing something?

Regards,

Mat M5MPC
Hi Mat
I¡¯ve responded off list with the config file you sent me

73 & hope to RX ur packets!

Red


 

Mat

Don't use PMS twice, you may have your reasons for using the Connection application as PMS but most
use BBS, Here is my Application line for BPQ32

APPLICATION 1,BBS,,N9PMO,PMOBBS,255

The other thing to keep in mind the in BPQ32.CFG, AXIP Port the QUALITY= Needs to be high enough
for a a remote node to store it, 192 is a more common start QUALITY=192
MINQUAL= I have done a lot of experimenting and found MINQUAL=144 to be the best so as not to
Flood my Nodes table, Based on MAXNODES=550 I do have quite a few node partners so I don't get carried away.

Also in the Global Section (Before the Ports section) NODESINTERVAL=37 you can very this to what you feel is ok,
this has some effect on remote nodes to save your Node Broadcast, remember you must be sending out a
Node Broadcast in Netrom or IPV6 a Node broadcast Direct from a TNC won't work.

Let me know if this helped.

73

Mike Melnik N9PMO
BPQ32 Group Moderator


 

With a NODEALIAS of M5MPC connects to any ssid will go to the node.

73,
John

On 14/05/2023 22:59, Matthew Corcoran wrote:
Hi Red,

Propagation went south tonight... Here is my config at the time. I guess my nodealias has been causing the trouble. Will try again tomorrow eve.

NODECALL=M5MPC-7 ; Node callsign
NODEALIAS=M5MPC

BBS=1 ; 1 = BBS support included, 0 = No BBS support
NODE=1 ; Include switch support

APPLICATION 1,PMS,,M5MPC-1,PMS,255

Cheers,

Mat.

On Sun, 14 May 2023, at 9:47 PM, Matthew Corcoran wrote:
Just to add, if I connect to mycall-1 from my node - I hit the BBS. If
I connect from another node, I don't!?

c 2 m5mpc-1
M5MPC:M5MPC-7} Connected to PMS
[BPQ-6.0.23.1-IHJM$]
Hello mat. Latest Message is 9, Last listed is 1
Please enter your Home BBS using the Home command.
You may also enter your QTH and ZIP/Postcode using qth and zip commands.
de M5MPC>
*** Disconnected

c 3 gb7iow
M5MPC:M5MPC-7} Invalid Port
c 2 gb7iow
M5MPC:M5MPC-7} Connected to GB7IOW
Welcome OARC Packet Node
GB7IOW> CHAT BBS INFO
c 3 m5mpc-1
IOWHUB:GB7IOW} Connected to M5MPC-1
M5MPC:M5MPC-7} PMS LIVECHAT CONNECT BYE INFO NODES PORTS ROUTES USERS MHEARD


On Sun, 14 May 2023, at 9:29 PM, Matthew Corcoran wrote:
Hi,

I'm currently running BPQ on Windows as that's what my HF rig is set-up
for. I have the following set:-

APPLICATION 1,PMS,,M5MPC-1,PMS,255

Any connection to -1 goes to -7. Am I missing something?

Regards,

Mat M5MPC


 

On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 04:20 PM, Mike Melnik wrote:
Mat

Don't use PMS twice, you may have your reasons for
using the Connection application as PMS but most
use BBS, Here is my Application line for BPQ32

APPLICATION 1,BBS,,N9PMO,PMOBBS,255

The other thing to keep in mind the in BPQ32.CFG, AXIP
Port the QUALITY= Needs to be high enough
for a a remote node to store it, 192 is a more common
start QUALITY=192
MINQUAL= I have done a lot of experimenting and found
MINQUAL=144 to be the best so as not to
Flood my Nodes table, Based on MAXNODES=550 I do have
quite a few node partners so I don't get carried away.

Also in the Global Section (Before the Ports section)
NODESINTERVAL=37 you can very this to what you feel is
ok,
this has some effect on remote nodes to save your Node
Broadcast, remember you must be sending out a
Node Broadcast in Netrom or IPV6 a Node broadcast
Direct from a TNC won't work.

Let me know if this helped.

73

Mike Melnik N9PMO
BPQ32 Group Moderator
Mat is purposefully not using BBS command as to keep head down on RF as running a BBS isn¡¯t allowed on that license without a NoV, it is semantics though, using the BBS as a PMS.?
73
Red


Ken G7VJA
 

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Hi Red & Mike

If Mat is running RF as well on his BPQ PMS,

he can only run it unattended for 30 minutes maximum,

after that he has to turn it off, (terms of his licence) because it is using RF.

just my pennies worth

73 Ken G7VJA

Sysop GB7COW

On 15/05/2023 15:38, PacketCat Red PE1RRR wrote:

On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 04:20 PM, Mike Melnik wrote:
Mat

Don't use PMS twice, you may have your reasons for
using the Connection application as PMS but most
use BBS, Here is my Application line for BPQ32

APPLICATION 1,BBS,,N9PMO,PMOBBS,255

The other thing to keep in mind the in BPQ32.CFG, AXIP
Port the QUALITY= Needs to be high enough
for a a remote node to store it, 192 is a more common
start QUALITY=192
MINQUAL= I have done a lot of experimenting and found
MINQUAL=144 to be the best so as not to
Flood my Nodes table, Based on MAXNODES=550 I do have
quite a few node partners so I don't get carried away.

Also in the Global Section (Before the Ports section)
NODESINTERVAL=37 you can very this to what you feel is
ok,
this has some effect on remote nodes to save your Node
Broadcast, remember you must be sending out a
Node Broadcast in Netrom or IPV6 a Node broadcast
Direct from a TNC won't work.

Let me know if this helped.

73

Mike Melnik N9PMO
BPQ32 Group Moderator
Mat is purposefully not using BBS command as to keep head down on RF as running a BBS isn¡¯t allowed on that license without a NoV, it is semantics though, using the BBS as a PMS.?
73
Red


 

Hi All,

Cheers for that, a silly misconfig by myself :) - I hope to be back in shack this evening to try it out.

I set it to PMS to indicate there's no routing or anything going on i.e. You can only send messages to myself.

It's attended operation - Putting aside license conditions,? I don't trust my BPQ abilities enough for unattended, and with my electricity bill as it is, hell will freeze over before I leave my PC on overnight hehe :)

Regards,

Mat.