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Remote commands

Remote commands are ones which can be executed by the remote station to perform a !???! action at your station.


To enable such execution of remote commands, the commands have to be enabled. This can be done by selecting Settings from the menu which pops up if you press the right mouse button when in the QSO window. Of course, the remote control option has to be enabled. Using the remote control folder you can enable every command individually.

To execute a command, the remote station has to send a // followed by the command name. Most commands may be abbreviated, r.g. //Q instead of //QUIT.

LinKT offers the follwing commands:
command function
QUIT Transmits the file qtext then cuts the connection.
VERSION Shows the program version, the uptime, and the configured ports
CS Shows the Connect-State; all current connections are listed.
NAME To enter your own name into the LinKT user database. This will be used by the macro %n and for //CS
COMP //COMP on activates QSO compression, LinKT responds with //COMP 1 to start compression at the other side. To switch off compression, enter //COMP OFF (response: //COMP 0
INFO Transmits the file info.linkt which should contain any information about your station.
HELP Transmits help.linkt which should contain text similar to this table.
ECHO Sends the string following the command back to the remote station. This is used for round trip time measurements and has to be disabled when connected to a BBS (LinKT does this automatically).
RTT Triggers a round trip time measurement.
NEWS Transmits the file news.linkt.
TALK Syntax: //TALK <callsign> <message>
Outputs a text message to a specific station callsign, provided that station is currently connected. This can be verified using the //CS command. Do not add a SSID to the call.
DATE Outputs the current date and type
DDATE
Outputs the date using the discordian format. See also man ddate
COOKIE Selects an arbitrary phrase from the cookie file

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