followed by the letter E. The RAM Plus returns to the receive mode after all of the data you
have typed has been transmitted. This is the method you use to call CQ in Pactor, and when
the RAM is in PACTOR STANDBY mode, it will respond to another station who attempts to
link to you using Pactor ARQ with your MYPI'CALL.
If you are monitoring Pactor, and you see someone call CQ, you may choose to link to that
station to carry on a qso. To do this, you must leave the PACTOR STANDBY mode and then
start the link. Type CONTROL-C followed by the letter X. This leaves the PACTOR STANDBY
mode and you will see the cmd: prompt. Now type PACTOR xxxxxx (where xxxxxx is the
callsign of the station you wish to talk to) and press return. The KAM Plus begins the link
process, and when the other station responds, you receive a message saying:
<LINKED toXXXXXX>
You are now linked with the other station, and, since you initiated the link, you are the
Information Sending Station (lSS). You now type a message on the keyboard, and the RAM
Plus sends this data to the other station. When you finish with your message and want to let
the other station send to you, you must perform a "change-over". In PACT OR ARQ, this is
done by typing a CONTROL-C and the letter E. The other station then becomes the ISS, and
you become the Information Receiving Station (IRS). When the other station is through talking
and wants you to talk again, he normally sends some text indicating it is your turn to talk. ..
perhaps even say "so back to you". Your RAM Plus begins a long transmit cycle and short
receive cycle, indicating that you are the ISS and may again send to the other station.
It is possible to interrupt the other station - that is, when you are the IRS and want to become
the ISS, you may "seize" the link by typing CONTROL-C and then the letter T.
When you finish operating PACTOR and want to change to another mode, you must return to
the Command mode. Type CONTROL-C and then the letter X. This exits the Pactor mode and
returns to Packet mode, giving you the cmd: prompt from the KAM Plus.
KAM Plus Commands
Your RAM Plus, as shipped from the factory, has 30 commands available to you, simplifying
the operation for the new user of Packet and other digital modes. These commands are fully
described in the Reference Manual, and a Quick Reference guide is included here for your use.
Once you feel comfortable with these 30 commands, you may want to enable the full command
set of the RAM Plus, which consists of over 200 commands. At that point, you should read the
complete Reference Manual to fully understand these commands. To access all commands, set
the INTFACE command to TERMINAL. The full command set is immediately available to you
and you may return to the abbreviated command set with the command INTFACE NEWUSER.
The Reference Manual starts with an alphabetical listing of all commands (mainly for
reference), followed by an Operational section which will describe how to use the various
commands as you operate. You will also find a section in the Reference Manual detailing
the PBBS (mailbox), KA-Node, Wefax mode, and each of the non-packet operating modes
CRTTY,ASCII, AMTOR, CW, NAVTEX, and Pactor). We urge you to use the Reference Manual
by reading it while you are at your station so that you can try the many commands that are
described.
If you use the RAM Plus with the Pacterm program provided, set the following commands
as listed:
BKONDELON
ECHO OFF
TXDELAY30
These settings along with the RAM Plus default values for the rest of the parameters allow
you to connect to other stations and have a pleasant screen display while conversing.
GETTING STARTED
G14
April 15, 1993 KAM Plus
© Copyright 1993, Kantronics Co" Inc, All Rights Reserved.
Duplication of this manual or the firmware without permission of Kantronics Co .• Inc. is prohibited.
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