• Running FD on multiple nodes

    From Flavio Bessa@4:801/189.1 to All on Mon Dec 24 15:52:23 2018
    Hello everybody.

    I have today FD running on a virtual modem, making events and stuff.

    Is it possible to run FD on a second node (with a real modem), so it can answer dial-up calls and transfer mail?

    Flavio

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Flavio Bessa on Thu Dec 27 18:56:56 2018
    On 2018 Dec 24 15:52:22, you wrote to All:

    I have today FD running on a virtual modem, making events and stuff.

    Is it possible to run FD on a second node (with a real modem), so it
    can answer dial-up calls and transfer mail?

    absolutely... before my OS/2 system went TITSUP (Total Inability To Support Usual Processing), my first 8 nodes were all connected to POTS... all my virtual modems were attached to my nodes higher than 11 which left me nodes 9 and 10 for local operations...

    i went the above configuration because it was easier for me to have one catchall configuration for my POTS lines and separate ones for my virtual ones... that way i only needed to edit one file for any changes in my POTS setup and all those nodes would react as desired... my virtual modem nodes each
    have their own configs... make sure you set your TASK number as needed and inside fdconfig there's a section where you can specify the TASK/node number you are configuring...

    what i did was to configure one node (eg: node 11) and then copy its files over
    to the other names and then change just the one or two things in them that were
    different...

    eg:
    copy MDCFG11.FD MDCFG12.FD
    copy MODEM11.FD MODEM12.FD

    i also had separate EVENT*.FD files and others... if you don't have them numbered in your directory, they are used for nodes that do not have a specific
    one... which ever one the com port is defined in will certainly be different...

    other files i had were specific to a node so i used my TASK variable in my file
    configs...

    eg:
    Log File: $[FD]\FDN$[TASK].log

    which would create the FDN1.log file where the FD= environment variable pointed
    to and use the TASK number from the TASK= environment variable... yes, i put my
    logs in my FD directory but they could easily go in each node's directory...

    eg:
    Log File: $[FD]\Node$[TASK]\FD.LOG

    use of these EVs (Environment Variables) can be extremely useful in a multinode
    environment... the should be able to be used everywhere you have a path or file
    name defined... you can use any EV that you create in your .bat file so you might use $[NODE] if you don't like TASK to store the node number...

    set NODE=42

    this TASK/NODE variable is what i passed on my FD command line in my .bat file... i had one .bat that handled /all/ of my nodes and made prolific use of these EVs... i just started each one in its own window with the same .bat file...

    ----- snip -----
    REM run_fd.bat
    if '%1' == '' goto error

    set FD=c:\fd
    set TASK=%1

    rem make sure node's specific directory exists.
    rem create it if it doesn't. eg: c:\fd\node1
    if not exist %FD\%TASK\nul mkdir %FD\NODE%TASK

    :top

    rem start FD with the TASK node number.
    FD %TASK
    rem do errorlevel processing here
    blah blah
    if errorlevel == 10 goto end
    goto top

    :error
    echo you must tell me the node number to use!
    goto end

    :end
    echo run_fd.bat terminates
    ----- snip -----


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  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to mark lewis on Fri Dec 28 15:44:08 2018
    On 27 Dec 2018, mark lewis pondered and said...

    absolutely... before my OS/2 system went TITSUP (Total Inability To

    It's so good you know this stuff and share it :) Pat on the back good sir.


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  • From Joacim Melin@2:201/120 to Flavio Bessa on Fri Dec 28 11:03:51 2018
    Hello everybody.

    I have today FD running on a virtual modem, making events and stuff.

    Is it possible to run FD on a second node (with a real
    modem), so it can answer dial-up calls and transfer mail?

    Flavio

    Of course you can. Connect a modem to the computer running FD, setup a second node (the ML version is required), tell that node to use the COM port the modem
    is connected to and you're in business. :)


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  • From Joaquim Homrighausen@2:20/4609 to Flavio Bessa on Thu Jan 31 08:50:28 2019
    I have today FD running on a virtual modem, making events
    and stuff.

    Is it possible to run FD on a second node (with a real
    modem), so it can answer dial-up calls and transfer mail?

    ButOfCourse(tm) :-)


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