Special Characters In Converse Mode; Display Features In Converse Mode; Transparent Mode - AEA PAKRATT PK-232 Operating Manual

USER'S GUIDE
5.4.1.3.

Special Characters in Converse Mode

The following commands set special characters which are active in Converse Mode. See
the detailed descriptions of the commands in the "Command Summary" chapter.
COMMAND
CANLINE
CANPAC
COMMAND
DELETE
MFILTER
PASS
REDISPLA
SENDPAC
START STOP
,
XOFF XON
,
5.4.1.4.

Display Features in Converse Mode

The following commands activate the display features which are active in Converse
Mode. Refer to the discussions of these commands for details in the "Command Sum-
mary" chapter.
COMMAND
8BITCONV
ALFDISP
BKONDEL
ECHO
ESCAPE
FLOW
LCOK
NUCR
NULF
NULLS
ACRDISP
5.4.2.

Transparent Mode

Packet-Radio is an ideal means of transferring data between computers. Converse Mode
works well for transferring ASCII text files. However, some files use all eight bits of each
byte, rather than the seven bits used in ASCII code.
In addition, executable code files, such as CP/M ".CMD" or ".COM" and PC/MS-DOS
".COM" or ".EXE" files, contain characters that conflict with the control characters used in
Converse Mode. Listings of BASIC programs and documents written with word processors
that don't create ASCII files can also pose this problem. Use the Transparent Mode to
transfer these type of files.
Like Converse Mode, Transparent Mode is a data transfer mode. But, in Transparent Mode
"special" characters do not exist – everything you type (or everything your computer
sends to your PK-232) is transmitted exactly as it is received by your PK-232.
PK232UG Rev. B 9/86
DESCRIPTION
Cancel current line
Cancel current packet
Command Mode entry
Character deletion with destructive backspace
Characters to be filtered in monitored packets
Insert following special character
Re-display current line
Send current packet
Computer's flow control characters (Sent to PK-232)
PK-232 flow control characters (sent to terminal)
DESCRIPTION
Retain high-order bit from serial port
Add <LF> after <CR>
Echo after character deletion
Automatic echo of serial input
<ESCAPE> translation
Type-in flow control
Lower case translation
Nulls after <CR>
Nulls after <LF>
Null count
Automatic <CR> insertion after
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