BR Broadcast Message to Any Node
Enables you to send a brief message to any node number. You can use this command to notify users that you are about to shut down the system or just to say hello.
Subcommands
| [node #] | Node number. | This can be any active node number. You may also type ALL in place of the node number to broadcast the message to all active nodes. |
| [message] | Message to send to another node. | Any text up to 48 characters in length. Text is displayed in all capital letters and punctuation is omitted. |
Description
Allows any user with SysOp security to display a message to any or all active nodes. This command is useful to notify users that the system may be going down, or if you wish to have all users log off of the system.
When the message is displayed to the user it will also send a beep to help get the user's attention.
NOTE: All subcommands must be placed on the command line. If you type BR and press enter then you will be returned back to the command prompt and no action will have taken place.
If a user is not in PCBoard (e.g., the user is currently in a DOOR) then the user will not see the message because they were not in PCBoard at the time the broadcast message was sent.
Examples
To broadcast a message to node 1 which says PLEASE LOG OFF AS SOON AS POSSIBLE you would type:
BR 1 PLEASE LOG OFF AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
To broadcast a message to all active nodes which notifies the users that you would like them to log off of the system you would type the following at the command prompt:
BR ALL PLEASE LOG OFF AS SOON AS POSSIBLE