Kantronics KPC-4 - Page 18

available.
Therefore
the
Connected
Mode,
barring
impossible
conditions,
assures
that
the
station
you
are
connected
to
will
receive
everything
you
say,
and
in
the
order
you
Say
it.
In
the
Unproto
Mode
your
TNC
sends
a
packet.
As
far
as
the
TNC
is
concerned
the
packet
is
not
directed
to
a
specific
station
therefore
no
acknowledgment
is
expected
and
no
retrys
are
attempted.
This
mode
is
often
used
for
calling
CQ
and
informal
round
table
chit
chats.
Monitoring and Calling CQ
If
you
turn
the
MONITOR
command
ON
you
will
begin
to
see
other
people's
packets
on
your
screen.
You
will
notice
two
callsigns
at
the
beginning
of
each
packet
separated
by
a
">".
The
first
callsign
is
the
station
the
packet
is
from.
And
the
second
callsign
is
the
station
the
packet
is
to.
An
Unproto
packet
may
have
a
name
or
CQ
for
the
second
callsign.
To
set
what
will
be
seen
as
the
"to"
callsign
of
an
Unproto
packet
you
use
the
UNPROTO
command.
This
comes
defaulted
as
CQ,
but
if
you
wanted
to
put
in
your
name
instead,
you
would
be
sure
you
are
in
Command
Mode
and
issue
a
command
similar
to
this:
u name<CR>
where
u
is
short
for
unproto,
name
is
your
name
and
<CR>
is
the
return
or
enter
key
on
your
computer
keyboard.
In
order
to
call
CQ
you
must
get
into
the
Convers
Mode,
so
that
what
you
are
typing
to
the
TNC
will
be
interpreted
as
data
to
be
sent
out
on
the
air
and
not
as
commands.
To
do
this
type:
k<CR>
or,
if
you
have
a
version
earlier
than
2.84,
this
shortcut
is
not
available
and
you
must
type:
conv<CR>
Now
anything
you
type
will
be
packetized
and
sent
out
on
the
air.
Remember
to
get
back
to
Command
Mode
you
enter
a
Ctrl-C
(default)
by
holding
down
the
Control
key
while
pressing
"c".
You
will
be
going
between
Command
and
Convers
Modes
depending
on
if
you
want
to
talk
to
the
TNC
or
have
the
TNC
packetize
what
you
type
to
go
out
on
the air.
A Simple Connect
Once
you
see
a
station
you
would
like
to
connect
to,
be
sure
you
are
in
Command
Mode,
and
issue
a
connect
request,
example:
c callsign<CR>
where
c
is
short
for
connect
and
callsign
is
the
callsign
of
the
station
you
wish
to
connect
to.
If
for
any
reason
the
connection
fails
the
TNC
will
send
the
following
message
to
your
screen:
*** RETRY COUNT EXCEEDED
*** DISCONNECTED
When
your
TNC
does
receive
an
acknowledgment
for
a
connect
packet
it
will
display
a
message
on
your
screen
like:
*** CONNECTED TO callsign
.
O
Copyright
1989,
Kantronics,
Inc.
All
Rights
Reserved.
Version
2.85
Duplication
of
this
manual
or
the
firmware
without
Operations
Manual
permission
of
Kantronics,
Inc.
is
prohibited.