Net Control Panel (shell commands)

Net Control Panel (shell commands)

Commands Available to *both NCS and Loggers:

? (or 'help') :List all commands available to current user (this is a good way to view the more advanced commands also)

?  <command> : Get help info on specific command

i callsign : Check-in callsign to active net (omit callsign for list of currently checked-in callsigns)

Note: i callsign callsign callsign... : Check-in multiple callsigns to active net (max 20 at a time)
o callsign : Check-out callsign from active net (omit callsign for list of currently checked-out callsigns)
Note: o callsign callsign callsign... : Check-out multiple callsigns to active net (max 20 at a time)

li: Check-in all stations online and monitoring ("lurking") right now (equivalent to using i with the -l option)

io callsign : Check-in and immediately check-out callsign (for stations that are 'short' duration)

ui callsign : UnCheck-in callsign (useful if you typo a callsign on check-in, you can undo it with the ui command)

ui -m callsign callsign callsign... : UnCheck-in multiple callsigns from active net (max 20 with -m option)

c : Display current 'counts' (stats) for running net

hand -d callsign (or -a for all callsigns) : Lower raised hand

hand -u callsign (or -a for all callsigns) : Raise hand

hi callsign : Check-in and highlight callsign to active net (equivalent to using i with the -h option)

hi -m callsign callsign callsign... : Check-in and highlight multiple callsigns to active net (max 20 with -m option)

r callsign : Toggle whether or not callsign is a relay for this net (callsign is automatically checked-in, if not already. Omit callsign for list or current relays)

r -m callsign callsign callsign... : Toggle relay attribute for multiple callsigns (max 5 with -m option)

whoami (or 'w')  [callsign] : Get user info (role/level, net 'owner' true/false). Callsign is optional, omit for current user


Commands Available to NCS Only:
f  value (freq in MHz) : Change frequency of running net

l callsign : Toggle whether or not callsign is a logger for this net (callsign is automatically checked-in, if not already. Omit callsign for list or current loggers)

l -m callsign callsign callsign... : Toggle logger attribute for multiple callsigns (max 5 with -m option)

owner (email address) : Grant co-owner privileges for this net to another Ham.Live account (this is essentially 'backup NCS'). Omit email address to get a current list of owners
 
close : close net (generates report for all net owners)

Advanced (prompt prefixes):
You can lock-in a given command, so you don't have to type the command repeatedly. If you were to type the following at the command prompt
:i
The command prompt would change form ">" to "i>". This implies that any subsequent commands are arguments to the "i" command, for example:

i>w9fe w8kjr k0pir
w9fe: IN, w8kjr: IN, k0pir: IN

IMPORTANT: To "reset" the command prompt, type ":" with no additional text and hit <ENTER>



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