The 20140203 beta release of the ircDDBGateway

Hi Folks

Not much in this one. Three main changes:

1. Timeout on network data is down to one second from two seconds. This is the timeout between the last packet being heard, and the gateway declaring that the remote end has gone away. This is only used when the end packet goes missing.

2. A new program named texttransmit which allows the sysop to transmit a text message out of one of the repeater ports. It must be run on the same machine as the gateway, and has the command syntax:

texttransmit <callsign> -text <text>

or

texttransmit <callsign> -file <filename>

The callsign is the callsign of the repeater port e.g. "GB7KLX B" (you can use underscores instead of spaces here) and the rest is straightforward. The text will typically be enclosed in quotes so that spaces can be included, and remember there is a twenty character limit. When reading from a file, only the first line of the file is read, and the twenty character limit also applies.

This program only exists under Linux, not Windows.

3. I have refreshed the D-Extra hosts file from VK4TUXs web site, but I only include the reflectors.

Jonathan  G4KLX