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IRC/HSMM Applications in EMCOMM

Jesse Alexander, WB2IFS/3Prince George's County ARES/RACES, Clinton

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Application: Deployed Inter-Station Communication

● W3PGC needs to ask KB3IIE questions about traffic on the tactical net

● Old way: sneakernet/runner, shouting, paper airplane, etc.

● HSMM/IRC: chat it!

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Joining the Chat

Clicking on the link will open the chat client and start the chat

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Client opens

● Client opens● Shows Message of

the Day● Then displays chat

window

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Notes

● IRC Clients should be self-contained and not require access to the Internet (XChat is a good choice)

● Clients are available for Mac, Windows, and Linux and they all inter-operate

● Operators can create channels for specific functions or to mirror nets in use during the event: tactical, resource, e.g.

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To get started

● Check out the IRC configuration: http://www.broadband-hamnet.org/applications-for-the-mesh/118-internet-relay-chat-irc.html

● Click the link on the router's mesh status page. You may already have an IRC client installed, otherwise...

● Download XChat: http://xchat.org/ and configure it using your call sign as your nickname

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Back up slides

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Test Case: Internet Relay Chat (IRC) over Hamnet

● XChat clients running locally on laptops● Sending messages between clients on

different routers

HSMM-MESH

WB2IFS-102

Instructions: http://www.broadband-hamnet.org/applications-for-the-mesh/118-internet-relay-chat-irc.html

WB2IFS-100IRC server

WB2IFS-113IRC Server

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Test Case: Internet Relay Chat (IRC) over Hamnet @Toughbook

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Test Case: Internet Relay Chat (IRC) over Hamnet @Notebook

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Test Case: Internet Relay Chat (IRC) over Hamnet @Toughbook

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Test Case: Internet Relay Chat (IRC) over Hamnet @Notebook