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  • Polling another node

    From Richard Bagshaw@VERT to All on Wednesday, July 09, 2025 23:35:52
    So I have Synchronet and FIDO setup nicely on my BBS that I have recently setup, however I have been asked to poll another node to test that my setup is OK.

    This request has come from my NC, however I am not sure how I can poll another node in Synchronet for just a "one off" as such?

    I've looked through the wiki and I am still unsure on how I can acheive this, so any pointers in the right direction would be much appreciated.

    Rich
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Richard Bagshaw on Wednesday, July 09, 2025 19:27:01
    Re: Polling another node
    By: Richard Bagshaw to All on Wed Jul 09 2025 11:35 pm

    So I have Synchronet and FIDO setup nicely on my BBS that I have recently setup, however I have been asked to poll another node to test that my setup is OK.

    This request has come from my NC, however I am not sure how I can poll another node in Synchronet for just a "one off" as such?

    I've looked through the wiki and I am still unsure on how I can acheive this, so any pointers in the right direction would be much appreciated.

    binkit.js supports the -l [node] option to force the poll of a specific node. https://wiki.synchro.net/module:binkit
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Richard Bagshaw on Wednesday, July 09, 2025 21:44:27
    Re: Polling another node
    By: Richard Bagshaw to All on Wed Jul 09 2025 11:35 pm

    So I have Synchronet and FIDO setup nicely on my BBS that I
    have recently setup, however I have been asked to poll another
    node to test that my setup is OK.

    This request has come from my NC, however I am not sure how I can

    Show him a screenshot of your setup. That's the great way to show
    you are setup correctly. I've never heard of this before.

    I've setup fidonet just fine and setup other people. i still don't fully understand it. but you get the numbers right and it works. I've even fixed setups that 'experts' made on other systems that had mistakes.
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  • From Richard Bagshaw@VERT to Digital Man on Thursday, July 10, 2025 08:01:11
    Re: Polling another node
    By: Digital Man to Richard Bagshaw on Wed Jul 09 2025 19:27:01

    binkit.js supports the -l [node] option to force the poll of a specific node. https://wiki.synchro.net/module:binkit

    Oh perfect, thanks Rob!
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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Richard Bagshaw on Thursday, July 10, 2025 08:06:19
    Richard Bagshaw wrote to All <=-

    So I have Synchronet and FIDO setup nicely on my BBS that I have
    recently setup, however I have been asked to poll another node to test that my setup is OK.

    This request has come from my NC, however I am not sure how I can poll another node in Synchronet for just a "one off" as such?

    I've looked through the wiki and I am still unsure on how I can acheive this, so any pointers in the right direction would be much appreciated.

    I see you're on Linux, so you could do this:

    /sbbs/exec/jsexec binkit.js -l x:xxx/xxx



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  • From Bagwaa@VERT to Gamgee on Thursday, July 10, 2025 18:56:11
    Re: Re: Polling another node
    By: Gamgee to Richard Bagshaw on Thu Jul 10 2025 08:06:19

    I see you're on Linux, so you could do this:

    /sbbs/exec/jsexec binkit.js -l x:xxx/xxx

    Yeah, that's exactly what I did in the end, worked like a charm :) thankyou

    Rich
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