The current state of Synchronet terminal server (BBS) nodes are tracked in the shared file: ctrl/node.dab.
The node status can be displayed through various methods:
Usually each node is displayed on its own line of the form:
Node n: username action connection (flags) [sysflags]
Where:
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
| A | Activity Alert Disabled: User of this node will not be notified of other users logging on or off other nodes. |
| L | Node is locked for sysop use: Node is temporarily reserved for sysop use only. |
| M | Message waiting for node: An unreceived short message (telegram) is waiting for this node. |
| N | Node-Message waiting for node: An unreceived node-to-node message is waiting for this node. |
| P | Page disabled: User of this node does not wish to allow users of other nodes to page him for chat or send him node-to-node messages. |
| SysFlag | Description |
|---|---|
| A | Anonymous: User on this node is in anonymous mode. |
| C | Local Chat: This node is being summoned (pullled-into) local sysop chat. |
| D | Down: This node will be shutdown as soon as possible. |
| E | Event: This node will run it's daily event (if one is specified) before waiting for another call. |
| F | Forced Chat: This node is being summoned (pulled-into) private node-to-node chat. |
| I | Node will be interrupted: Node connection will be terminated as soon as possible. |
| Q | Quiet: User on this node is in quiet mode (can't be seen by other nodes/users). |
| R | Rerun: This node will Rerun when user logs off. |
| U | User data update: This user's data has been modified by another node and needs to be read from disk. |
If the node is not in use, the possible status are: