Chat

Browser Client

Desktop Client

You can use any desktop IRC client to connect to the chat server. Desktop clients can run in the background so you can stay logged in without having to worry about your browser windows (and can stay logged in more than 5 minutes to give anyone around a chance to reply)
To connect using your own client, you'll need to know:

• Server: irc.timothyb89.org
• Channel: #robotics

Depending on your client, you may be able to connect automatically using this link:
irc://irc.timothyb89.org/#robotics

Recommended Clients

• ChatZilla- An IRC client as a Firefox extension
• XChat- An IRC client for Linux (free) and Windows (paid)
• Konversation, provided by the KDE on Windows project.

For a full list of clients you can use, see this Wikipedia article.

Register Your Nickname

Once connected, you can change your nickname using the command "/nick newnick". When you find a nickname that you want to keep (preferably the same name you use here on the site), you'll need to register it with NickServ, the bot that manages nickname registration and login. To do so, type:

Where $password$ and $email$ are, obviously, your password and email.

When you connect again, you'll need to log in. You'll need to talk to nickserv again:

Make Your Own

If you want to make your own chat room (for your VEX team or something along those lines), you can add your own widget like the one above to any wiki page using the following:

Where YOURCHANNELHERE is the name (no spaces or special characters) of the room you want to make.
If needed/wanted/etc, you can also use a different IRC server- just change 'irc.timothyb89.org' to whatever server you want to use.

After joining the room, you should be given channel operator status and should be allowed to register the channel. To do so, type:

After registering, you can regain channel operator status at any time by typing:

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