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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I am not sure, but maybe the level of documentation you speak of is all I am talking about. I just need to know what command responses are expected to which commands, and what the some of the timing constraints are. Specifically, I am trying to figure out a good way to auto populate my wwv database, without being connected to another node. I have written a small piece of code that ftp's the latest parameters off the noaa ftp site, but now I need to get them into DXSpider. I was trying to connect over my local node, using a callsign that I had designated as a node (my callsign followed by a number 2 SSID, i.e. KE0MF-2). That seems to work for the connect, but the PC23 message is not getting passed by the cluster as a valid spot, even though it is a current spot. I am assuming there is some silly nuance in the protocol handshake between my applet which is trying to simulate an AK1A node, and the DXSpider software. Unfortunately, all the docs I can find on any of this is the short section on the dxcluster.org website, that merely gives the command syntax but no other details. There must be more info somewhere, or no one could have figured out how to do any of this, but I can't find it...</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>I seem to remember there were a lot of protections built into Spider to prevent erroneous wwv posts, or posts from an un-trusted source - am I running into those?</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>ML</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: charlie carroll [<A HREF="mailto:k1xx@ptcnh.net">mailto:k1xx@ptcnh.net</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:22 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Mike Lewis</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] Long comment fields - Request For</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>ProtocolDetails</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Mike:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sorry, but I didn't mean to imply that I had any lower-level technical</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>info on the PC protocol. All of my background comes from the manual</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>plus endless hours of troubleshooting various problems over the years.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>73 charlie, k1xx</FONT>
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