PK-88 OPERATING MANUAL
COMMAND SUMMARY
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If your PK-88 initiates the 'check' and does not get an answer after RETRY+1 attempts, the PK-88
starts a reconnect sequence just as if you had typed the CONNECT command. If RELINK is OFF,
the PK-88 goes to a disconnected state.
If AX25L2V2 is OFF and the other station has not been heard for
n
× 10 seconds, your PK-88
does not test the link to the distant station; your PK-88 sends a reconnect packet just as if you
had typed the CONNECT command.
CHSWITCH
n
Mnemonic:
CHS
Default: $00
Parameters:
n
0 to $FF (0 to 255 decimal) specifies an ASCII character code.
CHSWITCH selects the characters used by both the PK-88 and the user to show that a new con-
nection channel is being addressed.
The character can be PASSed in CONVERS mode. This character is always ignored as a user-initi-
ated channel switch in TRANSPARENT mode; it just flows through as data.
The outgoing channel cannot be changed while active or 'on-line' in TRANSPARENT mode.
To switch channels, ESCAPE to Command Mode, then enter Converse Mode to use the
CHSWITCH command.
NOTE:
When using the PK-88 with an electronic mail system, PBBS, or other type of host or
file server, change the CHSWITCH character to $00 to avoid possible problems with
the characters frequently found in some types of data files.
See CHDOUBLE and CHCALL for further use of CHSWITCH.
CLKADJ
n
Mnemonic:
CLK
Default: 0 (zero)
Parameters:
n
0 to 65535 specifies a correction factor to be applied to the real-time clock-
routine
CLKADJ provides a limited ability to correct the PK-88's real-time clock.
A value of '0' (zero) is a special case and means that NO correction will be applied. If the value of
CLKADJ is anything other than zero, then the correction factor is calculated as:
relative clock speed in % = 100 – (9.16667 × 1/n)
The real-time clock routine keeps track of year, month, day, hour, minute and second as specified
in the DAYTIME command.
NOTE:
The real-time clock is not intended to serve as your station reference clock. It is
useful for approximate time-stamping information in packet operation.
