PK-88 OPERATING MANUAL
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CHAPTER 4 - OPERATING MODES
4.1 General Information .............................................................................. 4-1
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4.1.1 Change Radio Link Data Rate .............................................................. 4-1
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4.1.2 Station Identification .......................................................................... 4-2
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4.1.2.1 MYCALL Required at System Start-up ................................................ 4-2
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4.1.2.2 Substation Identifiers (SSIDs) ........................................................... 4-2
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4.1.2.3 Automatic Identification ................................................................... 4-2
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4.2 Set Up Loopback Test Circuit .................................................................. 4-2
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4.2.1 'Connect' and 'Disconnect ................................................................... 4-3
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4.2.2 LED Status and Mode Indicators .......................................................... 4-3
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4.3 System Loopback Test Connection .......................................................... 4-3
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4.3.1 Connect Message ............................................................................... 4-3
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4.3.2 Send Packet Character ........................................................................ 4-4
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4.3.3 Return to Command Mode .................................................................. 4-4
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4.3.4 Return to Converse Mode .................................................................... 4-4
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4.3.5 Terminate the Link - Disconnect .......................................................... 4-4
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4.4 Your First Packet Communication ........................................................... 4-5
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4.4.1 System Cable and Switch Check .......................................................... 4-5
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4.4.2 Starting the Communication ................................................................ 4-5
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4.4.3 What If? ............................................................................................ 4-6
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4.5 Automatic Operation ............................................................................. 4-6
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4.5.1 Beacon Operation ............................................................................... 4-6
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4.5.2 Will You Accept Connections? .............................................................. 4-7
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4.5.3 Are You Available to Chat? .................................................................. 4-8
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4.5.4 Do You Want to Transmit? ................................................................... 4-8
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4.6 Digipeater Details .................................................................................. 4-8
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4.6.1 Are You a Digipeater? ......................................................................... 4-9
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4.6.2 Do You Want to be a Digipeater? ......................................................... 4-10
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4.7 Unsuccessful Connections and Retries ..................................................... 4-10
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4.7.1 Retries While Connected ..................................................................... 4-11
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4.8 Monitoring Activity on the Channel ......................................................... 4-11
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4.8.1 Monitoring Other Stations ................................................................... 4-11
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4.8.2 Monitoring Digipeaters - The MRPT Command ...................................... 4-12
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4.8.3 Monitoring Other Stations While Connected .......................................... 4-12
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4.9 Selective Monitoring .............................................................................. 4-13
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4.9.1 The MFROM Command ....................................................................... 4-13
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4.9.2 The MTO Command ........................................................................... 4-14
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4.9.3 The MCON Command ......................................................................... 4-15
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4.9.4 The MFILTER Command ..................................................................... 4-15
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4.9.5 The MHEARD Monitor Buffer ............................................................... 4-15
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4.9.6 MSTAMP The Monitor Time-Stamp Command ....................................... 4-16
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4.9.7 DAYTIME Set the Real-Time Clock ....................................................... 4-16
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4.10 Packet Formatting ............................................................................... 4-16
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4.10.1 PACLEN - Long or Short? ................................................................... 4-17
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4.10.2 Backspace and Delete ....................................................................... 4-17
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4.10.3 Cancel Line ...................................................................................... 4-17
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4.10.4 Redisplay ......................................................................................... 4-17
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4.10.5 XON/XOFF, START/STOP - Display Flow Control .................................. 4-18
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4.10.6 The PASS Character .......................................................................... 4-18
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4.10.7 More Carriage Returns and Line Feeds ............................................... 4-18
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4.11 Multiple Connections ........................................................................... 4-18
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