Backspace And Delete; Escape Functions; Send Time Of Day; Clear Transmit Buffer - Advanced Electronic Applications PK-88 Operating Manual

PK-88 OPERATING MANUAL
You can insert '<CTRL-M>' in any text where you need an isolated carriage return func-
tion without an associated line feed. This is also known as a 'Zero-Index Carriage Re-
turn (ZICR)' function in word processing, and can be useful when formatting text files
in your message buffers.
3.8.1.5 Backspace and Delete ([DEL])
Use your keyboard's
set the 'BKONDEL' and 'DELETE' parameters, your BACKSPACE key may be a 'destruc-
tive' backspace key.
o If 'DELETE' is ON, typing
transmit buffer as well.
3.9 Escape Functions ([ESC])
The echoed ESCAPE character can be either your keyboard's ESCAPE (1B$, ASCII 27) key, or
the '$' dollar sign character ($24, ASCII 36). The default is the ESCAPE key.
This option is provided because some terminals and computer terminal emulator programs
may interpret the ESCAPE character as a special command prefix. These terminals change
display functions depending on the characters that follow the ESCAPE key.
o If your computer presents this problem, set ESCAPE to ON.
o See the MFILTER and AFILTER commands which lets you strip or filter out any re-
ceived characters and prevent them from reaching your computer or terminal.
3.10 Send Time of Day ([^T])
Use the character specified by the TIME command (default [^T]) to insert the time of day in
the text you type into the transmit buffer, or into a text file stored on disk.
The PK-88 reads the control code and sends the time to your radio in the data transmission
code in use at that time, in format HH:MM, where 'HH' is the hour in the 24-hour system
and 'MM' is the minute.
o If DAYSTAMP is ON the date is included with the time.
3.11 Clear Transmit Buffer (TCLEAR)
Use the TCLEAR
mission of data. Type
o You must be in the Command Mode to use TCLEAR.
o Use [^C]
o Type TCLEAR [↵]
[BACKSPACE]
[←]
command to clear the PK-88's transmit buffer and cancel any further trans-
TCLEAR or TC followed by a [↵].
(default) command to return to Command Mode.
or TC [↵] to clear the transmit buffer.
([←]) to backspace. Depending on how you have
erases the characters from the screen and from the
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