axcall - make an AX.25, NET/ROM or Rose connection.
For AX.25
axcall [-b l|e] [-d] [-h] [-m s|e] [-p paclen] [-s mycall] [-r] [-t] [-T
timeout] [-v] [-w window] [-W] port callsign [[via] digipeaters.....]
For NET/ROM
axcall [-d] [-h] [-p paclen] [-r] [-t] [-T timeout] [-v] port callsign
For Rose
axcall [-d] [-h] [-r] [-t] [-T timeout] [-v] port callsign address [[via]
digipeater]
Axcall is the general purpose AX.25, NET/ROM and Rose connection program.
As is normal in AX.25 it runs entirely in line mode. All CR/LF translation is
done transparently. The program provides ASCII, YAPP, YAPP-C and 7+ file
transfer facilities. Some of the options are only valid in AX.25 mode, the
program will quietly ignore them if given in NET/ROM mode or in Rose mode.
This version of
axcall incorporates many changes that include a much
improved user interface. The port name is mandatory and is the name of the
port which the connection will be made on. The port name may be either an
AX.25, a NET/ROM port or a Rose port,
axcall will determine which
automatically.
When using NET/ROM the use of digipeaters is meaningless and is not supported.
However when using Rose up to one digipeater may be specified, as well as the
Rose address of the distant node and the callsign of the remote station. The
Rose address must be ten digits long and it must exist in the Rose node
tables. For Rose connects to work
axparms must have been used to set a
callsign/uid mapping for the userid in use.
- -8
- UTF-8 encoding (default)
- -b l|e
- Sets the method of backoff to use with AX.25 connections.
The default is taken from the port specification, but can be overridden by
this option. Valid values are l for linear backoff, and e
for exponential backoff.
- -d
- Turn on socket level debugging.
- -h
- Selects Slave mode.
- -i
- Use IBM850 encoding -m s|e Sets the AX.25 mode to
use. The default is taken from the port specification, but can be
overridden by this option. Valid values are s for normal (modulus
8) AX.25 operation, or e for extended (modulus 128) AX.25
operation.
- -p paclen
- Specify a specific maximum amount of data to be sent in
each AX.25 packet.
- -r
- Selects Raw mode.
- -s mycall
- Connect using the specified source axcall (you may need to
be root).
- -t
- Selects Talk mode.
- -v
- Display the version.
- -w window
- Specify a specific AX.25 window for this connection. Only
valid in AX.25 mode.
- -S
- Be silent. Useful for using axcall in shellscripts
(together with option -r) in order to be really transparent.
- -R
- Disable all remote commands like autobin (#BIN#), 7plus
downloads, //echo, etc. This is useful for scripting where you just don't
like the remote site to trigger uncaught conditions here.
- -T timeout
- Set idle timeout seconds after a connection will be closed
automatically when there's no data being transferred (in- and outbound).
If timeout is set to 3600, the connection will close after 1h inactivity.
A value of 0.5 is 500ms.
- -W
- Wait for remote disconnect even if stdin is closed.
Normally, "echo q | axcall ax0 db0fhn" closes immediately after
"echo q" terminates; thus we never see the greeting from db0fhn.
With the -W option, axcall waits until the ax25-connection is disconnected
(i.e. db0fhn disconnects after "q" command). Very useful for
scripting. You might like to combine it with the -T option.
The axcall program interprets lines beginning with a '~' specially. The
following '~' escapes are available.
- ~?
- List escapes
- ~~
- A ~ symbol
- ~.
- Close connection
- ~! [command]
- Run a command
- ~0
- Change to Raw mode
- ~1
- Change to Slave mode
- ~2
- Change to Talk mode
- ~8
- UTF-8 encoding
- ~a
- Start a file transfer (Autobin)
- ~b
- Start a file transfer (Binary)
- ~c
- Close the logfile
- ~h
- List escapes
- ~i
- IBM850 encoding
- ~o [filename]
- Open a logfile (default 'logfile.txt')
- ~r
- Reconnect to remote station
- ~s
- Stop an upload
- ~u [filename]
- Upload a file (ASCII upload)
- ~yu [filename]
- Upload a file (YAPP upload)
- ~yd [filename]
- Download a file (YAPP download)
- ~z
- Suspend program
The program provides no terminal emulation features. These are left up to the
console facilities of the terminal in use. The program is however '8 bit
clean'.
/proc/net/nr_nodes
/proc/net/rose_nodes
/etc/ax25/axports
/etc/ax25/nrports
/etc/ax25/rsports
axlisten(1),
mheard(1),
ax25(4),
netrom(4),
rose(4),
axports(5),
nrports(5),
rsports(5),
axparms(8),
nrparms(8),
rsparms(8).
Alexander Tietzel DG6XA <[email protected]>
Joerg Reuter DL1BKE <[email protected]>
Alan Cox GW4PTS <[email protected]>
Jonathan Naylor G4KLX <[email protected]>
Steve Henson G6IXS <[email protected]>