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USER'S GUIDE
4.6.2
Station Identification
You must use the
your PK-232's memory (see next section). If you intend to operate more than one station
with the same call sign, the stations must use some means of telling the difference be-
tween two operations under that same call sign – two stations cannot have identical sta-
tion identifications. if they do, Packet protocol will fail.
MYCALL
4.6.2.1
When you start your PK-232 for the first time, the system is loaded from ROM. All sys-
tem parameters and values are those loaded at time of manufacture.
with the default "PK-232". You must use the
in your PK-232. You cannot operate in Packet mode until you've done this. If you try to
connect to a station without installing your call sign, your PK-232 does not transmit, but
instead sends you this error message:
?need MYCALL
4.6.2.2
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 WX2BBB-1
cmd:
If you don't specify the SSID extension, it will be "0" (zero), not shown by your PK-232.
To connect to a station with a SSID other than 0, or such a station as a digipeater, you
must specify the SSID:
CONNECT WX3CCC-2
cmd:
or
CONNECT WX1AAA VIA WB2BBB-2
cmd:
4.6.2.3
Automatic Identification
Your PK-232 can send automatic ID packet every 9½ minutes when your station is ope-
rating as a digipeater. You can tune this feature ON with the command
packets are displayed like this:
WX2BBB-1>ID:WX2BBB digipeater
or
WX2BBB-1<ID:(
When you shut down, you can command a final ID with the
sends these ID packets only if it has been digipeating.
PK232UG Rev. B 9/86
MYCALL
command to install your your station identification (call sign) in
Required at System Start-Up
MYALIAS
MYCALL
) digipeater
4-18
OPERATING MODES
MYCALL
command to install your call sign
ID
command. The PK-232
is loaded
HID ON
. ID
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