Alfpack; Alfrtty - AEA PAKRATT PK-232 Operating Manual

USER'S GUIDE
ALFDISP
is set correctly if the PK-232's sign-on message is single spaced.
cal display. It does not affect the data sent in any mode.

ALFPACK

Use the command if you want to add line feed characters to outgoing packets.
ALFPACK ON|OFF
Mode: Packet
Parameters: ON -
OFF - A <LF> is not added to outgoing packets.
ALFPACK
is similar to
rather than only to text displayed locally.
ALFPACK
is included to maintain compatibility with other Packet-Radio Controllers.
If the person you are talking to reports overprinting of packets from your station, set
ALFPACK
ON. is disabled in Transparent Mode.
ALFRTTY ON|OFF
Mode: Baudot/ASCII RTTY
Parameters: ON -
OFF - A <LF> is not sent after each <CR>.

ALFRTTY

If is set ON when transmitting Baudot or ASCII RTTY, a line feed character is added and
transmitted automatically after each <CR> character you type.
Use this option when you are hand-typing into the transmit buffer and don't want to be both-
ered by watching the screen or worrying about line length, or to see when you are coming to
the end of a line.
There are several cases in which you should not use this option:
When transmitting text received from another station; for example, ARRL RTTY Bulletins.
The received text already contains the necessary line-ending sequence characters. If this option is
enabled, your transmission will have double, perhaps even triple line feeds and look very strange
at the distant station.
Many stations using the older electromechanical teleprinter and Teletype machines habitually send
a traditional line-ending sequence consisting of <CR><CR><LF><LTRS>, which was needed to al-
low the older, slow machines to return to the left margin. The double <CR> routine will produce a
double line if this option is selected ON by setting the value of
ALFRTTY
has no effect in AMTOR; a line feed is automatically added after each carriage return.
PK232UG Rev. B 9/86
Mnemonic: ALFP
A <LF> character is added to outgoing packets following each <CR> trans-
mitted in the packets.
ALFDISP
, except that the <LF> characters are added to outgoing packets,
Mnemonic: ALFR
A line feed character <LF> is sent after each carriage return <CR>.
Default: OFF
Default: ON
n
greater than zero length.
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COMMAND SUMMARY
ALFDISP
affects your lo-
ALFPACK
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