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USER'S GUIDE
BEACON EVERY|AFTER
Mode: Packet
Parameters:
EVERY -
AFTER -
n
-
0 -
BEACON
The
command sets the conditions under which your Packet beacon will be transmitted.
A beacon frame contains the text that you've typed into the
dressed to "CQ" or other
A beacon frame may be sent directly, and also sent via the digipeat addresses specified by the
UNPROTO
command.
When the keyword EVERY is specified, a beacon packet is sent every "n" times ten seconds. This
mode can be used to transmit packets for testing purposes.
When AFTER is specified, a beacon is sent after
activity.
The beacon is sent only once until further activity is detected.
This mode can be used to send announcements or test messages only when Packet stations are
on the air.
n
Proper choice of
Beacon frames from other Packet stations can be monitored by setting
BEACON
If you set the
too small for busy channels, you'll see the message:
WARNING: BEACON too often
The warning message appears in the Command Mode each time a new command is typed.
BKONDEL ON|OFF
Mode: All
Parameters:
ON -
OFF - The <BACKSLASH> character <\> is echoed when a character is deleted.
BKONDEL
determines how character deletion is displayed in Command or Converse Mode.
BKONDEL
Set
ON if you're using a video display terminal or computer.
On a printing terminal the <BACKSPACE><SPACE><BACKSPACE> sequence will result in over-
typed text.
Set
BKONDEL
OFF if you have a paper-output display, or if your terminal does not respond to
the <BACKSPACE> character <CTRL-H>.
PK232UG Rev. B 9/86
n
Mnemonic: B
Send the beacon at regular intervals.
Send the beacon after the specified time interval without activity.
0 to 250 sets beacon timing in ten-second intervals.
Zero turns off the beacon (default).
UNPROTO
address.
avoids cluttering a busy channel with lots of unnecessary transmissions.
timing less than "90", a value judged by most authoritative sources as
Mnemonic: BK
The sequence <BACKSPACE><SPACE><BACKSPACE> is echoed when a
character is deleted from the input line.
Default: EVERY 0
BTEXT
n
times ten seconds have passed without packet
Default: ON
6-20
COMMAND SUMMARY
message in a packet ad-
MONITOR
in the range 1-6.
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