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Kantronics KAM 98 User Manual

Kantronics KAM 98 User Manual (384 pages)

Brand: Kantronics | Category: Cell Phone | Size: 1 MB

Table of Contents

License Agreement
5
Table of Contents
7
Limited Warranty
19
- Applicable Products
  20
- Return/Repair Procedures
  23
  - Check-List for Possible Problems
    23
  - Return Procedures
    23
  - Charges
    24
  - International Returns
    25
- Radio Frequency Interference Statement
  27
- EU Declaration of Conformity: "CE
  28
- RFI Suppression
  28
Introduction

29
- Welcome
  29
  - Summary of Features
    29
- Major Uses of Your KAM'98
  32
- Overview of this "User's Guide" Manual
  32
- Documentation Conventions
  33
- Differences from the KAM Plus
  34
- Package Contents
  35
- Additional Parts for Your Multi-Mode Radio Station
  36
- Our Assumptions about You
  36
  - Basic Components of Your Station
    37
- Inside a TNC - the KAM'98
  38
- Overview of Modes of Digital Communication
  40
  - HF/VHF and Packet/Non-Packet Communication
    40
- Packet Communication
  41
  - Sending a Message to Another Station
    42
  - Packets: Dividing Messages into Segments
    47
    
    Connected Packets
    47
    
    Unconnected Packets
    47
    
    How a Packet Is Organized
    48
    
    Kinds of Packets
    49
  - Protocols: Rules for Working Together
    50
    
    Alternatives to AX.25
    50
Installing Your KAM'98

51
Pacterm V 2.0

87
Getting Started

115
- The Front Panel of the KAM'98
  116
  - Beginning a Session
    117
- Packet Operations
  117
  - Giving Commands and Transmitting Data
    117
    
    Command Mode (Packet)
    117
    
    Converse (Conversation) Mode (Packet)
    118
    
    TRANS (Transparent) Mode
    118
  - TNC Commands
    119
    
    NEWUSER Commands
    119
    
    List of NEWUSER Commands
    121
  - Using NEWUSER Packet Commands
    122
    
    Check Your Kam'98'S Version Number and ID
    122
    
    Get Help
    122
    
    Change the Value of a Parameter
    123
    
    View Current Values of Parameters
    123
- Connect to Your Mailbox (PBBS)
  124
- Switching to the Full Command Set (and Back)
  125
- Monitoring some HF Modes
  126
  - Radio Teletype
    126
  - Pactor Monitoring
    127
- How to Transmit in RTTY and Pactor
  127
- Switching to 1200 Baud Packet (and Back)
  127
- Monitor Communications from Nearby Stations
  129
- Communicate Directly with a Nearby Station
  130
- Other Topics
  131
Non-Packet Modes of Communication

133
- Tuning in the Signals
  134
- AMTOR Operation
  134
  - Mode a (ARQ) Operation
    135
    
    Calling CQ
    135
    
    Answering a CQ
    136
  - Mode B (FEC) Operation
    137
  - Mode B (SELFEC) Operation
    137
    
    Receiving Mode B SELFEC
    137
    
    Listen AMTOR Operation
    138
    
    Transmitting Mode B SELFEC
    138
  - Notes on AMTOR Operation
    139
    
    AMTOR Directives
    139
- ASCII Operation
  140
  - ASCII Directives
    141
- CW Operation
  141
  - Transmitting CW
    142
  - Receiving CW
    143
  - CW Directives
    143
- G-TOR Mode
  144
  - G-TOR Operation
    145
  - Tuning G-TOR
    146
  - Monitoring G-TOR
    146
  - Entering G-TOR Standby Mode
    146
  - Calling Another Station on G-TOR
    147
    
    Speed Changes
    147
  - G-TOR Mailbox
    148
  - Formatting Data
    148
  - Hints for G-TOR Operation
    148
  - Binary Files and G-TOR
    149
  - Summary of GTOR Directives
    150
- NAVTEX Operation
  151
  - NAVTEX/AMTEX Theory
    151
  - NAVTEX/AMTEX Operation
    153
- Pactor Operation
  154
  - Monitoring Pactor FEC
    154
  - Calling CQ or Transmitting FEC
    154
  - Connecting to Another Station
    155
  - Monitor Only Mode
    156
  - Pactor Directives
    156
- RTTY Operation
  157
  - RTTY Directives
    157
    
    MARS Feature
    158
Packet Modes of Operation

161
- Overview of Packet Communication
  161
  - Introduction
    161
  - Information Is Organized into "Packets
    161
    
    Your Packet Unit Is a Terminal Node Controller (TNC)
    161
    
    Protocol for Amateur Packet Radio: AX.25
    162
  - HF and VHF Packet Operation
    162
  - Command Mode
    163
  - Connected Vs Unproto
    163
  - Monitoring and Calling CQ
    164
  - A Simple Connect
    164
  - Digipeating
    165
  - Gateways
    167
  - Multi-Connects
    167
  - Round Table Discussions
    168
  - Selective Monitoring
    169
  - Timing
    169
    
    Dwait Vs. Persistence and Slottime
    169
    
    Frack (Frame Acknowledgment Time)
    170
    
    Retries AX.25 Level 2, Version 1 Vs. Version 2
    170
    
    Txdelay
    170
  - Flow Control
    172
    
    Software Flow Control
    172
    
    Hardware Flow Control
    173
  - Convers Mode Vs. Transparent Mode
    174
  - Getting out of Transparent
    175
- Remote Access to Your TNC
  175
- PBBS (Personal Mailbox)
  178
  - Introduction
    178
  - Using Your PBBS
    178
  - PBBS Commands
    180
    
    B(Ye)
    180
    
    E(Dit) N [BPTYNFH] [>Tocall] [<Fromcall] [@BBS] "Old" "New
    180
    
    H(Elp)
    180
    
    J(Heard)
    180
    
    J(Heard) S(Hort)
    180
    
    J(Heard) L(Ong)
    181
    
    L(Ist) <|> Call [ ; ]
    181
    
    L(Ist) [ X [Y]] [; ]
    181
    
    LC [Cat [ ; ] ]
    181
    
    LL N [ ; ]
    181
    
    K(Ill) N
    182
    
    Km(Ine)
    182
    
    Lm(Ine) [ ; ]
    182
    
    R(Ead) N
    182
    
    RH N
    183
    
    Rm(Ine)
    183
    
    S(End) Call
    183
    
    SB Cat
    183
    
    SP Call
    183
    
    ST Zip
    183
  - Sending Messages
    184
  - Listing Messages
    185
- Reading Messages
  186
- Editing Message Headers
  187
- E(Dit) N [BPTYNFH] [>Tocall] [<Fromcall] [@BBS] "Old" "New
  187
- Hierarchical Addresses
  189
- Advanced Configuration of Your PBBS
  189
- Remote SYSOP Access to the PBBS
  191
- Reverse Forwarding Messages from Your Mailbox
  192
- Selecting a Home Full-Service BBS
  193
  - Routing Lines
    193
- GPS NMEA Interfacing Capability
  197
  - Overview
    197
  - GPS Equipment Requirements
    198
  - Cabling a GPS Unit to a Kantronics TNC
    199
  - Setup: Configuring a Kantronics TNC for GPS Operation
    200
    
    Setting Parameters in the TNC
    201
    
    GPS Unit Initialization from the TNC
    202
  - GPS Operations
    202
    
    Starting the TNC in GPS Mode
    202
    
    Exiting GPS Mode
    203
  - Other GPS Features
    203
    
    Slotted Beacons
    203
    
    Remote Access and GPS
    204
    
    Tracking Without Beacons
    204
    
    Other Notes
    205
  - GPS Command Summary
    205
  - Advanced GPS/APRS Digipeating
    207
    
    Improving Efficiencies of Advanced Digipeating
    207
    
    Overview of UI Digipeating Commands
    208
    
    Using "UI" Digipeat Commands: UIDIGI, UIFLOOD, and UITRACE
    209
    
    Configuring Digis for HF/VHF Gateway Operations
    212
  - New in the KAM'98
    213
    
    Using a Second Serial Port
    213
    
    Time and Data Accuracy
    215
  - Bibliography
    216
- KA-Node
  217
  - Overview
    217
    
    Configuring Your KA-Node
    218
    
    Using a KA-Node
    219
    
    Automatic Disconnect
    223
    
    Using the XCONNECT Command
    223
    
    Abort
    224
    
    Bye
    224
    
    Determining Which Port You Have Connected to
    224
    
    KA-Node Commands for Remote Use
    224
    
    Connect Callsign [Stay]
    225
    
    Help
    225
    
    Jheard [Short|Long]
    225
    
    Nodes [Short|Long]
    226
    
    Xconnect Callsign
    226
  - Other Modes of Operation
    227
    
    Remote Sensing and Control
    227
    
    ASCII Mode (1200 Baud)
    229
    
    Copying Weather Broadcasts NWS EMWIN
    229
    
    Kantronics Host Mode Operation
    229
    
    KISS Mode
    230
    
    XKISS (Extended KISS) Mode
    232
    
    DAMA (Slave Mode) Capacity
    233
    
    What Does a DAMA System Look Like
    233
    
    What Is DAMA
    233
    
    How Is DAMA Implemented in Kantronics Tncs
    234
    
    Bibliography
    235
Command Reference

237
- Introduction
  237
  - Format for Listing Commands
    237
  - Format Defining Commands
    238
    
    The Command Line
    238
    
    The Line below the Command Definition
    239
  - Parameter Types
    239
  - Entering Commands
    241
- KAM'98 Commands
  243

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