NODE STATUS 1.0
               Coded By SoRaTHiS of Vampiric Tendancies BBS

                                Questions RIng VT BBS +61-9-383-9534

RELEASED 6-1-95

Introduction :

I got the Idea of this PPE from Arrested Development BBS. I logged onto the
system and was given a display of what each node was doing. Whether it
was  **BUSY** or **YOUR NODE** and it also gave the Connect Speed 14400 or
21600 or whatever speed you logged on at.. But it did not preciesily say what
each node was doing.... ie Transfering a file. Reading Mail etc.. So I decided
to Write my own NODE STATUS PPE.. and here it is!!

Default Display will be something like this

                        Node Status 1.0
                       ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ

 #   Status               Connect             Modem               Max Speed
ÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
 1    ** YOUR NODE**       28800              USR Courier v.34    28.8
 2   Waiting 4 a Call      IDLE               USR Courier v.FC    28800
 3   Handling Mail         16800              USR 16.8            16.8
 4   Leeching              16800              USR Sportster       16800
 5   Waiting 4 a Call      IDLE               Zoom 28.8           28800
 6   Waiting 4 a Call      IDLE               USR Courier V.FC    28.8
 7   Out 2 Dos             14400              Zoom 14.4           14.4
 8   In A Door             38400              Local Connection    Too Fast!
ÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
                                                            Coded By SoRaThiS


Installation:

 Ok this PPE is REAL easy to Install. NO changing the PCBTEXT files or anything
like that. I have my copy installed just after logon but before the user enter
his / her name.

Method1:A small PPE is required to be executed Everytime a user logs onto
        the BBS. This ppe (prestat.ppe) takes the users Connection speed
        and writes it to a file. This file is then accessed by STATUS.PPE for
        the connection speed for each node.

        edit your welcome file and place at the top the line

          !d:\ppe\status\prestat.ppe

                     or

          !<ppepath>\prestat.ppe

          this will run the PPE each time a user logs into the system and
          store the users speed.

          directly under that place this line

          !d:\ppe\status\status.ppe

                  or

          !<ppepath>\status.ppe

Method2: The other way to do it is to EDIT the PCBTEXT file. Create a small
         text file (status.txt) containing the following lines


         !d:\ppe\status\prestat.ppe
         !d:\ppe\status\status.ppe


         now edit your PCBTEXT file and change prompt number 149 to display
         the file you just created. something like

         %d:\ppe\status\status.txt _

         don't forget the underscore as this will stop the ? appearing.
         As it is still waiting for an answer to Do you want Graphics..
         If this annoyes you just create a small PPE to stuff the Keyboard
         with a Y...


Config Files.
                The COnfig files are pretty self explantrity and have
                internal documentation..


If you have any questions Ring my BBS Here in Australia on

  +61-9-383-9534     28.8   V.34   USRobotics Courier

and APPLY for access or you can LOGIN  as   PCB
                                Password    PCB  and leave mail etc saying
who you are etc....
Ok I HATE documentation so thats it from me...