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PK-88 OPERATING MANUAL
4.8.2
Monitoring Digipeaters - The MRPT Command
Set RRPT ON to see any digipeater stations being used. This feature is useful
if you want to connect to a station you are monitoring and need to know a
digipeater route in order to reach it. For example, you might see the
following:
WX1AAA*>WX2BBB>WX3CCC:Hello, Bill!
This packet went from WX1AAA via WX2BBB to WX3CCC. The '*' shows you which
station you actually decoded. If the PK-88 had decoded the packet from WX2BBB,
the display would have shown:
WX1AAA>WX2BBB*>WX3CCC:Hello, Bill!
If several digipeaters are active, or if the message lines are long, the
display may be difficult to read. You can put the header on a separate line
from the text by setting HEADERLN ON:
WX1AAA*>WX2BBB>WX3CCC: Hello, Bill!
4.8.3
Monitoring Other Stations While Connected
Use the MCON command for selective monitoring of other traffic on the channel
while connected to a distant station. MCON works like MONITOR, but affects
your display while in the connected state. As the value of MCON is increased,
additional functions are included in the monitoring sequences.
The PK-88's default (MCON 0) tells your system not to show packets from other
stations while you are connected to any station. This lets you converse
without interruption and confusion caused by the mixture on your screen of
everyone else's packets and those of the distant station to which you're
connected.
You might use MCON set to 1 to monitor the Mail List beacons from a PBBS while
holding connected conversations with the distant stations on the channel.
Whenever a beacon is sent, that message is displayed while you are connected
to another station. (See previous sections.)
4.9
Selective Monitoring
The MFROM, MTO and MONITOR commands provide certain monitor features not
previously available in some earlier packet controllers. You call use these
commands in combination to display or hide traffic to and from any stations or
combination of stations as required. You might want to inhibit display of a
busy bulletin board or electronic mail system while you are monitoring other
conversations.
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PACKET OPERATION
PK88-65
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