Pull Winlink Catalog Using Telnet

To initiate a Winlink catalog request over Telnet using a local DigiPeters setup, you typically send a service message to the Winlink system requesting the current catalog list.

Assuming you are using Winlink Express with your DigiPeters node/interface locally available, here’s the standard process:

1. Open Winlink Express.
2. Select Telnet Winlink from the Open Session menu.
3. Connect/login via Telnet.
4. Create a new message:
   • To: CATALOG
   • Subject: CATALOG
   • Body can usually be blank, or: SEND CATALOG
5. Post the message.
6. Start another Telnet session to send/receive mail.
7. Winlink will return the available catalog subscriptions and bulletins.

If DigiPeters is acting as your local RMS gateway or packet interface:

• Make sure the DigiPeters TNC/interface is already running and mapped correctly in Winlink Express under:
  • Settings → Packet TNC
  • or VARA/FM configuration if applicable.
• For a pure Telnet session, DigiPeters itself is not required for RF transport, but it may still manage local routing/logging.

If you instead mean issuing the catalog request directly from a command line or script through DigiPeters automation, tell me:

• your OS (Windows/Linux),
• whether DigiPeters is acting as a packet node, RMS relay, or BPQ interface,
• and whether you are using Winlink Express, PAT, or command-line tools,

and I can give you the exact command syntax or automation script.