Philips AROFLEX CRYPTO EQUIPMEN UA8116 Series Operating Instructions Manual page 30

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6.
7.
Switch on tape punch (15)
Load tape into tape reader
and push reader on/off
button (20).
If correct key is present in
a "normal" compartment,
no further intervention by
operator is needed.
AROFLEX prints/punches clear
text of headings in bursts of approx.
30 characters or in complete lines.
Printing/punching ceases as first
crypto groups pass through tape
reader (AROFLEX is checking for
crypto format and correct key).
AROFLEX prints/punches
deciphered text (see Note 1)
If correct key is present Tape reader stops.
in a SPECAT compartment Procedure signal sounds.
AROFLEX responds as shown CORR. lamp flashes rapidly.
in next column. Insert and
turn physical SPECAT key
and re-start tape reader.
8. If correct key is not present,
AROFLEX responds as shown
in next column. Set correct
key and repeat deciphering
procedure.
Tape reader stops.
Procedure signal sounds.
CORR. lamp flashes slowly.
AROFLEX prints serial number
of key used for enciphering (if
indicator key is present in com
partment Z).
NOTES
(1) Deciphered text is printed/punched in bursts of approx.
20 characters, ending with serial number and checkword of
key used.
(2) Format faults light the CORR lamp but do not block the tape
reader. Cryptosynchrony is regained sooner or later, depending
on the nature and frequency of the faults in the crypto text.
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