FADCA Layed Packet Network Map - Help
HOW TO MAKE A NETWORK CONNECTION
You must know:
your target station's mycall
the frequency of the LAN where you are located.
the mycall of the network switch where you are located
the numeric address of the LAN where your target is listening
Only three elements are required in the connect string:
C [target] V [switch mycall], [address]
(Do not use the [ ] and don't forget the comma!)
You may obtain all the information except the target mycall from the interactive map.
1. Rest your mouse momentarily on the dot (LAN) where you are. This will give you the frequency to put your packet radio on and the switchmycall as well as the address for your LAN.
2. Stop your mouse momentarily on the LAN where your target is listening. Use the address from this information as the numeric address in the connect string.
3. If you click on the dots additional information will be presented about the LANs.
If you want to practice navigating the network but don't have a buddy on packet to target, use the BBS at a distant LAN as your target. Use the BBS call, not the quick connect call unless the BBS is the one in your LAN. (To reach the BBS on your LAN just issue a connect to the quick connect call or to the BBS call without any other information in the string.)
Example: You are near Daytona Beach and resting your mouse on the dot on that LAN reveals the frequency 145.05 and switch mycall N4WKQ-5. Then click on the dot at W. Palm Beach. The left pane will show the BBS is WB4KGY and the address is 561655.
Put your packet radio on 145.05 and issue the command
C WB4KGY V N4WKQ-5,561655.
The turn-around time across the network will be less than two seconds times the number of intermediate switches between you and your target.
Rose VS FPAC Systems
ROSE and FPAC switches function together on the network with only minor
differences for the user. Users may use the LAN switch in the switch or digi
function. . The network has an SSID CONVENTION. (SSID is the dash number
after a callsign). To use the switch function, just enter the connect string
in the format C [target] V [switchmycall-SSID], [target LAN address].
Examples of switchmycall are: N4WKQ-5 and W4MLB-9. In most cases the digi
function uses an SSID of one less than the switch SSID. In the examples that
would be N4WKQ-4 and W4MLB-8. The main difference between ROSE and FPAC is
that the FPAC SSIDs are organized so that all switchmycall SSIDs are -9 and
all digis are -8. Not all ROSE switch SSIDs are standardized, but the digi
function SSID on all ROSE switches is one minus the switchcall SSID. Another
difference in ROSE and FPAC is that FPAC provides fast or "quick" connects
using switchmyacll with SSIDs 1 through 6. When a quick connect is available
the connect string only requires the switchmycall and proper SSID. Example:
on 144.91 C N0IA-3 would connect you to the Daytona Beach BBS N4ZKF.