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At just about the same time, Christopher Hart KC8UFV and Randy Hammock KC6HUR had similar ideas on how to monitor an IRLP / EchoIRLP node using a small 20 character by 2 or 4 line LCD display. We learned about LCDproc, a client/server based display system. The server handles the display functions and the clients generate the displays. One of the cool things about LCDproc was since the display generation is separate from the display functions, the client can be run on one computer while the server runs on another computer. Also, more than one client can be connected to a single server, thus allowing many different systems to be monitored by a single display server.
The concept was to create a client that would display various IRLP status screens using LCDproc. Chris was working with a 20x2 LCD display and Randy was working with a 20x4 LCD display. Between the two ideas, we forged a system that should prove quite useful.
The NMC (Node Monitor and Control) module should be a good diagnostic as well as monitoring tool as it display a lot of information about the current node configuration and state. For those who have used the NMC program found on the KC6HUR's web site, the IRLP-LCD NMC display will show almost 80% of the same information, using a screen that is a fraction of the original display.
The IRLP module is a basic node / connection status monitor. It will show the current IRLP status (DISABLED, IDLE, BUSY and CONNECTED). When connected, it will indicate if the remote node is IRLP or EchoLink, the node numbers and the elapsed time since the connection was established.
The EchoLink module is very similar to the IRLP module; however, it shows the status of the EchoLink side of an EchoIRLP node (DISABLED, IDLE, BUSY and CONNECTED). When connected, it will indicate the callsign of the remote EchoLink node and the elapsed time of the connection.
