Hi,

Is there a way to have BinkleyTerm, only make 5 attempts to call a node at say 10 minute intervals?

Russell

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Hello, Russell.

Wednesday January 21 2009 at 05:53, you wrote to All:

Hi,

Is there a way to have BinkleyTerm, only make 5 attempts to call a
node at say 10 minute intervals?

Use PollTries and CallTries to configure that in BINKLEY.CFG. I don't think you can do that "per-node", but per-task.

Later,
Sean

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Hi RUssell,

On Wed 2037-Jan-21 05:53, Russell Tiedt (5:7105/1) wrote to All:

Is there a way to have BinkleyTerm, only make 5 attempts to call a
node at say 10 minute intervals?

THe interval part is easy, set an a value, number of
seconds.
Quoting from the docs:

A= Controls the idle time between outgoing call attempts.
The format is "A=x" where x is the number of seconds
desired, which can be a number between 0 and 1800 (1800
seconds = 30 minutes).
The average wait between calls is based on +/- 50% of the
number specified, i.e., A=60 would yield a wait time in
the range of 30 to 90 seconds, 60 being the average.
Should the A= parameter not be used, the default value is
120, for an average wait time of between 60 and 180
seconds.
This flag does NOT operate when a forced (Alt-M) poll is
made. In that case repeated calls are made until a
connection is established.
You'll also want to set the t parameter. SEe page 78 of
bt-ref.txt for more.

rEmember after modifying your binkley.evt to delete
binkley.scd and binkley.day then restart bt to put changes
in effect.


Regards,
Richard
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Hello Sean.

21 Jan 09 11:21, you wrote to me:

Is there a way to have BinkleyTerm, only make 5 attempts to call
a node at say 10 minute intervals?

Use PollTries and CallTries to configure that in BINKLEY.CFG. I don't think you can do that "per-node", but per-task.

Thanks, will look at that ...

Russell

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Hello Richard.

21 Jan 09 17:00, you wrote to me:

Is there a way to have BinkleyTerm, only make 5 attempts to call a
node at say 10 minute intervals?

THe interval part is easy, set an a value, number of
seconds.
Quoting from the docs:

A= Controls the idle time between outgoing call attempts.
The format is "A=x" where x is the number of
seconds
desired, which can be a number between 0 and 1800 (1800
seconds = 30 minutes).
The average wait between calls is based on +/-
50% of the
number specified, i.e., A=60 would yield a wait
time in
the range of 30 to 90 seconds, 60 being the
average.
Should the A= parameter not be used, the default value is
120, for an average wait time of between 60 and
180
seconds.
This flag does NOT operate when a forced (Alt-M)
poll is
made. In that case repeated calls are made until
a
connection is established.
You'll also want to set the t parameter. SEe page 78 of
bt-ref.txt for more.

rEmember after modifying your binkley.evt to delete
binkley.scd and binkley.day then restart bt to put changes
in effect.

Thanks, hopefully this works on BTXE on Linux ...

Not deleting "binkley.scd" has bitten me a time or two ... :-(

Russell

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HI RUssell,

On Fri 2037-Jan-23 18:15, Russell Tiedt (5:7105/1) wrote to Richard Webb:

You'll also want to set the t parameter. SEe page 78 of
bt-ref.txt for more.

Remember after modifying your binkley.evt to delete
binkley.scd and binkley.day then restart bt to put changes
in effect.

Thanks, hopefully this works on BTXE on Linux ...

I would think it would. Know it will on the dos or other
flavors.

Not deleting "binkley.scd" has bitten me a time or two ... :-(

yEp, me too.

Please tell us how it works out for your flavor of bt if you would.

Regards,
Richard
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Hello Richard.

23 Jan 09 19:41, you wrote to me:

Thanks, hopefully this works on BTXE on Linux ...

I would think it would. Know it will on the dos or other
flavors.

Right ...

Not deleting "binkley.scd" has bitten me a time or two ... :-(

yEp, me too.

Please tell us how it works out for your flavor of bt if you would.

Will do, as soon as I get new memory for that box, the stick that was in there, is unreliable ...

Russell

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