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USER'S GUIDE
4.6.14.1
Default Multiple-Connect Conditions
At start-up and until changed by the user, your PK-232 defaults to the following multi-
ple-connect conditions:
These defaults set your PK-232 to operate exactly as would a TNC without the multiple-
connect feature. The key to setting "normal" operation is the value USERS = 1.
4.6.14.2
Multiple-Connect Active – The USERS Command
The USERS command affects only in the manner in which incoming connect requests
are handled and has no effect on the number of connections you initiate with your PK-
232.
A numerical value
tions that can be established with you PK-232. For example:
USERS 0 allows incoming connections on any free logical channel,
USERS 1 allows incoming connections on logical channel 0 only,
USERS 2 allows incoming connections on logical channels 0 and 1,
USERS 3 allows incoming connections on logical channels 0, 1 and 2,
4.6.14.3
Select the CHSWITCH Character
CHSWITCH
The
nect channel is being addressed. The value of n 0 to $FF (0 to 255 decimal) specifies
an ASCII character.
to 9). Your PK-232's default value for
This default was selected to prevent conflicts with the characters frequently found in
packet network maps. If you're using your PK-232 as the TNC for a Packet Bulletin
Board System (PBBS), the default value of $00 is recommended.
A suggestion: Set the
for any character that you won't normally use. You can switch "logical channels" in a
multiple-connect situation by typing the
Mode.
CHSWITCH
The
a user-initiated channel switch in TRANSPARENT mode; it just flows through as data.
However, the outgoing channel cannot be changed while active or "on-line" in TRANS-
PARENT mode.
PK232UG Rev. B 9/86
CONPERM
OFF
CHCALL
OFF
CHDOUBLE
OFF
CHSWITCH
$00
USERS
1
n
from 0 to 10 specifies the number of active simultaneous connec-
and so on, through USERS 10.
command selects the character used to show that a new multiple-con-
CHSWITCH
CHSWITCH
character can be PASSed in CONVERSE mode and is always ignored as
characters must not be one of the channel numbers (0
CHSWITCH
is $00, which disables the function.
character to any hexadecimal value from $80 to $FF,
CHSWITCH
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OPERATING MODES
character even when in Converse
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