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USER'S GUIDE
4.6.6
System Quick-Check – Loopback Test Connection
Try this using your own call sign. Type
CONNECT (MYCALL)
cmd:
*** CONNECTED to (MYCALL)
The LEDs change to show your PK-232 in Packet Mode, in CONNECTED state and in CON-
VERSE Mode.
STATUS:
MODE:
Your PK-232 sends special packets to set up a connection. These packets are now leaving
your PK-232 on J7's Pin 1 and returning on Pin 2 without being transmitted over your ra-
dio.
4.6.6.1
Connect Message
*** CONNECTED to (MYCALL)
CON LED is now lit; the
nected to yourself in Converse Mode, ready to start talking. Try it. Type your message,
ending the line with a <CR>:
Hello, there.
Hello, there.
4.6.6.2
Send Packet Character
<CR>
tells your PK-232 to form your typed characters in a packet and transmit them.
(We'll explain in the "Command Summary" chapter how you can use a different charac-
ter to send packets.) In the Converse Mode, everything you type is assembled into a
packet addressed and sent to the station to which you're connected. If no connection
(QSO) exists, the packet is addressed to "CQ", or whatever address you've typed into
UNPROTO
the
Your PK-232 entered Converse Mode automatically when the connection was estab-
lished. You can also command the PK-232 to move back and forth between Command
Mode and Converse Mode.
4.6.6.3
Return to Command Mode
Type
<CTRL-C>
Command Mode. The PK-232 doesn't echo the <CTRL-C>, but you should immediately
see a Command Mode prompt.
You can return to Command Mode with the <BREAK> key. BREAK is a break in trans-
mission (not an ASCII character) – your keyboard may have it.
If <CTRL-C> interferes with or stops your terminal program and you can't send the
BREAK signal, change the character that returns you to Command Mode. See "COM-
MAND" in the "Command Summary" chapter.
PK232UG Rev. B 9/86
CONV lit, CON lit
PKT lit
prompt doesn't appear on the next line. You're con-
cmd:
field.
(or whatever character you've previously set ($00-$7F)) to return to
CONNECT
(MYCALL).
shows that the connection is established. The
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OPERATING MODES
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