PDA Basics

You can buy a PDA from the Work Room at the Artemis Expeditor, using a SuppliOS machine.

The syntax for that would be:

input supplios buy commnet genesis pda

Account Management

When you get your brand new PDA, the first thing you might want to do is register an account.

datapad pda register <account name>

The account name can be anything you wish and it does not need to be unique. For example, you can type datapad pda register Doctor John Doe and it would be fine. You will be able to rename this later.

After you register your account, you can type datapad pda access to see your newly-created account in the list. It will show you an ID.

For example:

>datapad pda access You own the following CommNet objects... Rune (Person) [#11]

In the above example, the CommNet Object ID for my account is 11.

If I wanted to login, I would then type:

>datapad pda login 11 You have logged into Rune (Person) [#11].

Your PDA's Memory

PDAs in game have a memory that records the last logged in account and the last object you opened (which we will explain in the next tutorials).

If you hand your PDA to someone else, they would still have access to the account you left logged in.

To log out of your account, you can use datapad pda logout which will close your session.

CommNet Vocabulary

- CommNet Object: Everything that has an ID is a CommNet object. For example, your account is a CommNet object; messages you send are CommNet objects; follow requests are CommNet objects. - CommNet Actor: A CommNet object can be an actor too. Your account is an actor; it is any CommNet object capable of taking actions, being logged in, etc.

Your Inbox & Outbox

Your CommNet Actor account has an inbox and outbox.

The inbox is a feed of all CommNet objects that are pertinent to you. For example, if someone sends you an SMS or a document, it will show here. But also, if someone that you follow posts a public update, it will show here.

The outbox shows you everything that you have sent to other people.

Here is an example of a CommNet Actor's inbox & outbox when full:

>datapad pda inbox Inbox for Rune (Person) [#11] Hello, Rune! (Document) [#16] sent by Test Account (Person) [#15] on 2170-08-02 00:34:08 Thank you, Rune! (Document) [#19] sent by Rune Newbie (Person) [#17] on 2170-08-02 03:01:12 (Accept) [#32] on 2170-08-15 08:35:12 New Follower (Accept) [#34] on 2170-08-15 09:02:48 New Follower (Accept) [#36] on 2170-08-15 09:36:00 New Follower (Accept) [#38] on 2170-08-15 10:58:00 New Follower (Accept) [#40] on 2170-08-15 11:35:44 New Follower (Accept) [#42] on 2170-08-15 11:41:12 >datapad pda outbox Outbox for Rune (Person) [#11] Hey! (Note) [#12] sent to Rune2 (Person) [#13] on 2170-07-23 18:54:32 Welcome to CommNet! (Document) [#18] sent to Rune Newbie (Person) [#17] on 2170-08-02 02:22:40 New CommNet Page (Note) [#21] sent to Rune2 (Person) [#13] on 2170-08-02 05:39:12 Data (Note) [#43] on 2170-08-16 01:01:44 VariousData (Note) [#44] on 2170-08-16 01:17:20

Please see the next section for information on how to interact with these objects.

Opening Objects

If you receive a CommNet object, or you want to see the profile of another actor (or even your own profile), you can type datapad pda open <id>

Going to the above example with my inbox, here is an example of me opening one of the documents there:

>datapad pda open 16 Hello, Rune! (Document) [#16] (0) Hello, Rune. How are you doing today? It's me, Test Account!

Sending Messages

You can send quick SMS text messages with this command: datapad <device> sms send <id> <title> = <message>

Imagine that I want to send an SMS to an ID 13.

>datapad pda sms send 13 Hello, Rune! = Hello, Rune. How are you doing? I wanted to check in on what we discussed last time. You have sent a message to Rune2 (Person) [#13] as Rune (Person) [#11]. >datapad pda outbox Outbox for Rune (Person) [#11] [...] Hello, Rune! (Document) [#45] sent to Rune2 (Person) [#13] on 2170-08-22 17:21:52 >datapad pda open 45 Hello, Rune! (Document) [#45] (0) Hello, Rune. How are you doing? I wanted to check in on what we discussed last time.

As you can see, I sent the SMS, saw it in my outbox, and opened it.

The same can be done for items in your inbox. If I were the other player, and I open my inbox, I would see the message, open it and I can then respond.

Followers & Following

The final thing that we believe is key for all players to know is the followers and following mechanics.

You can follow other characters and be followed by them. By default, you need to accept any new follow requests.

>datapad pda followers Followers for Rune (Person) [#11]... Rune Newbie (Person) [#17] >datapad pda following Rune (Person) [#11] is following... Rune2 (Person) [#13] >datapad pda open 46 New Follower Request [#46] Test Account (Person) [#15] has sent a follow request to Rune (Person) [#11]. [OOC: 'datapad <device> accept 46' to accept them.] >datapad pda accept 46 You have accepted that follow request. >datapad pda follow 15 You have begun following Test Account (Person) [#15].

In the example above, we check our followers list, we check our following list, then we open a follow request, accept it and follow them back. Keep in mind that the follow command sends a follow request that they need to accept. You can also stop following someone with datapad pda unfollow <id>.

What Now?

Go to CommNet Network and see the next tutorial on the list!