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echo: binkley
to: Richard Webb
from: Russell Tiedt
date: 2009-01-23 18:15:16
subject: Limit call attempts

Hello Richard.

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

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

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

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

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