The LinKT Manual: Remote commands

## Remote commands

Remote commands are ones which can be executed by the remote station to perform a !???! action at your station.

To enable such execution of remote commands, the commands have to be enabled. This can be done by selecting `Settings` from the menu which pops up if you press the right mouse button when in the QSO window. Of course, the `remote control` option has to be enabled. Using the `remote control` folder you can enable every command individually.

To execute a command, the remote station has to send a `//` followed by the command name. Most commands may be abbreviated, r.g. `//Q` instead of `//QUIT`.

LinKT offers the follwing commands:

command | function
--- | ---
`QUIT` | Transmits the file `qtext` then cuts the connection.
`VERSION` | Shows the program version, the uptime, and the configured ports
`CS` | Shows the Connect-State; all current connections are listed.
`NAME` | To enter your own name into the LinKT user database. This will be used by the macro `%n` and for `//CS`
`COMP` | `//COMP on` activates QSO compression, LinKT responds with `//COMP 1` to start compression at the other side. To switch off compression, enter `//COMP OFF` (response: `//COMP 0`
`INFO` | Transmits the file `info.linkt` which should contain any information about your station.
`HELP` | Transmits `help.linkt` which should contain text similar to this table.
`ECHO` | Sends the string following the command back to the remote station. This is used for round trip time measurements and has to be disabled when connected to a BBS (LinKT does this automatically).
`RTT` | Triggers a round trip time measurement.
`NEWS` | Transmits the file `news.linkt`.
`TALK` | Syntax: `//TALK <callsign> <message>` Outputs `a text message` to a specific station `callsign`, provided that station is currently connected. This can be verified using the `//CS` command. Do not add a SSID to the call.
`DATE` | Outputs the current date and type
`DDATE`
| Outputs the date using the discordian format. See also `man ddate`
`COOKIE` | Selects an arbitrary phrase from the cookie file