Station Identification; Mycall Required At System Start-Up; Substation Identifiers (Ssids); Automatic Identification - Advanced Electronic Applications PK-88 Operating Manual

PK-88 OPERATING MANUAL
4.1.2

Station Identification

Use the MYCALL
tion). The PK-88 will not key your transmitter until you've changed the
"PK88" to a valid call sign.
4.1.2.1

MYCALL Required at System Start-Up

When you start the PK-88 for the first time, the system parameters are loaded from
EPROM. MYCALL is initialized using "PK88" as its default. You must use the
command to install your call sign in the 88. You cannot operate until you have done
this. If you try to connect to a station without installing your call sign, the PK-88 will not
transmit, but instead sends you this error message:
?need MYCALL
4.1.2.2

Substation Identifiers (SSIDs)

You can identify additional stations with the Secondary Station ID, or SSID - a number
from 0 to 15, appended to the call sign by a dash:
MYCALL DC7XJ
cmd:
If you do not specify the SSID extension, the PK-88 retains its default value of 0 (zero)
and the SSID is not displayed. You must specify the SSID to connect to a station with a
SSID other than 0 or use such a station as a digipeater:
CONNECT WX1XXX-2
cmd:
CONNECT WX1AAA VIA WX2BBB-2
cmd:
4.1.2.3

Automatic Identification

The PK-88 can send an automatic identification (ID) packet every 9½ minutes when
your station is a digipeating. You can turn this feature on with the command
ID packets are displayed like this:
or
When you shut down, you can command a final ID with the ID command.
4.2

Set Up Loopback Test Circuit

Do these steps in the exact order shown:
1. Get the shielded radio cable you set aside in Chapter 2.
2. Strip and tin the wires at the radio end of the cable.
3. Join the wires coming from pins 2 and 8.
4. Insert the eight-pin plug end of the cable into the J2 connector on the PK-88's rear
panel.
You have connected the PK-88's transmit audio output to its receive audio input. The PK-88
can now 'talk to itself' in 'loopback'.
command to install your call sign in the PK-88's memory (see next sec-
WX1XXX>ID:WX1XXX digipeater
WX1XXX>ID:{MYALIAS}, WX1XXX digipeater
(or)
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PACKET OPERATION
MYCALL default
MYCALL
HID ON.
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