Registering a Linux Telpac Gateway (or any Telpac)

Getting up and running on a Linux Telpac is easy enough on the local machine. There is a trick involved to "register" with the system so the servers will recognize you properly. This is smoothest with the Windows version of Telpac.

Go to http://winlink.org/status/TelpacStatus.aspx

1. Click the "Telpac Gateways" button in the upper right. This takes you to the gateway database interface.
2. Fill out the information and hit the "enter" button.
3. You will get a registration number in the next screen; record it.

You will need to edit information for your record if it changes in the future. You'll need a web access password for that. And to get that, you need to be a Winlink user and have your call sign (no SSID) registered in the system.

How to become a user: Install Airmail, configure it using your call sign (no SSID) and send a message using it. You can use HF, packet, or telnet. Your call will be checked in the FCC database, and privledges will be assigned according to your license class (ie. No HF privledges if you hold a Technician license).

How to get a web access password: Once you are a user, go to the Winlink site http://www.winlink.org and click on the "Message Access" link in the left menu. Then click on the link "For Microsoft Internet Explorer Users only:" Next, click on the link "Need Help... Click Here". Read the directions, and click on the "Register" link. Fill out the form, and submit it to get your password.

Web access not only gives you access to edit your Telpac database record, but it allowa you access to your radio email account with a webmail interface.

The Winlink site is suffering from "creeping featurism" and needs a redesign. Sory all the above is necessary, but when some volunteers find the time, navigation to the above links will be smoothed out.

The default and standard call for Telpac gateways is YOURCALL-10. Please use it as we are adhering to it here in PA. Only if you add additional Telpacs on the same frequency should you use a different SSID. Telpacs on different frequencies in the same wide area should use the -10 SSID, too.

I would suggest using the following PMBO/Telnet server hosts. The first is local, which helps to insure that local traffic is able to be exchanges should the internet service to the PMBO be lost. The rest are in separate areas, widely separated and dedicated to Emcomm, so that they are unlikely to both be affected by the same event. Using a public PMBO as a host is not advised for emcomm, as they are usually located at operators homes and more vulnerable to outages. A complete list of Emcomm PMBOs is posted and kept current at http://digital.w3eoc.org/StatusLinks. Here they are:

w3eoc.no-ip.com Local in Chester County

wc1ma.massraces.org MA

aa5qj.no-ip.com NV

These stations use the default port of 12001 and password of WL2KTELNETPASSWORD.

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