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If the terminal program you are using sent all those characters, you will be out of the
KISS Mode now.
References on KISS Mode
Karn, P.: ―TCP/IP: A Proposal for Amateur Packet Radio Levels 3 and 4", pp. 4.62-4.68
ARRL Amateur Radio Computer Networking Conferences 1-4, Newington, CT: ARRL,
1985.
Chepponis, M. and Karn, P.: ―The KISS TNC: A Simple Host-to-TNC Communications
Protocol‖, pp. 38-42, 6th Computer Networking Conference, Newington, CT: ARRL,
1987.
XKISS (Extended KISS) Mode
The TNC also supports the G8BPQ multi-drop KISS Mode, called extended KISS
(XKISS). With this mode, the TNC can be connected to a G8BPQ node along with the
other TNCs on the same serial port, to provide multiple radio ports to the node.
Otherwise, XKISS works like KISS. For information on this mode of operation, see the
documentation for the XKISS software you are using.
DAMA (Slave Mode) Capacity
All of Kantronics' current amateur TNCs (KAM Plus, KPC-3 Plus, and KPC-9612 Plus)
support the DAMA protocol (slave mode) as used by many amateur radio operators in
Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland and other parts
of Europe.
Note: To the best of our knowledge there are no DAMA nodes in operation in the US or
anywhere else outside of Europe.
What is DAMA?
DAMA (Demand Assigned Multiple Access) is a network protocol for regulating packet
traffic to eliminate or dramatically reduce collisions among users on the crowded
channels available to amateurs in densely populated northern Europe. As the European
channels have become more and more crowded and more and more DAMA systems
have been established, it has become a necessity for TNCs to be equipped with the
DAMA slave protocol in order to use the local networks. In the DAMA system, a
―master‖ node is set up in each local area to control transmissions from all stations
connected to the node. By local agreement, users do not connect directly to each other;
they connect only through the master.
DAMA was developed in Germany by NORD><LINK. (References to more information
on DAMA are provided in the bibliography at the end of this section.)
What Does a DAMA System Look Like?
The DAMA master node requires a computer running specialized DAMA software.
TheNetNode (TNN) software, developed by NORD><LINK is one such specialized
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