Kantronics KPC-4 - Page 33

The
response
will
be:
###LINK MADE
###CONNECTED
TO
NODE
KC
(MYCALLSIGN
OF
KC)
CHANNELA
ENTER
COMMAND
B,C,J,N,X,
or
Help
9
At
this
point
you
are
"patched"
through
the
KA-NODE
LAW
to
the
node
KC.
When
LAW
issued
the
connect
request
to
KC
it
used
your
own
call
but
subtracted
a
count
of
one
from
your
SSID.
For
example,
if
you
connected
to
LAW
with
WØXI,
LAW
connected
(via
your
request)
to
KC
with
WØXI-15.
This
is
automatic.
At
this
point,
you
could
connect
to
another
KA-NODE,
some
other
network
node
using
AX.25
as
an
uplink
or
downlink
protocol,
or
to
an
end-user.
Let's
assume
that
you
desire
to
connect
to
NØAPJ.
So,
just
enter
in
response
to
the
node
"enter
command"
above:
C N@APJ Stay
and
you'll
get
the
response:
###LINK MADE
You
are
now
connected
to
NØAPJ.
If
you
have
issued
a
connect
command
to
a
KA-NODE,
and
realize
that
you
have
made
a
mistake
with
the
call,
or
for
any
other
reason
wish
to
cancel
the
connection,
you
may
do
so
by
using
the
ABORT
command.
In
order
for
the
abort
to
work,
it
MUST
be
the
first
word
entered
following
the
connect
command
and
must
be
spelled
out
entirely.
For
instance
if
you
tell
the
KA-NODE:
XC KB5EEG
and
then
decide
to
abort
the
connect,
your
next
entry
must
be:
ABORT
any
other
entry
will
cancel
any
possible
abort
of
the
connection,
and
you
must
wait
for
the
KA-NODE
to
retry
out.
Local
Acknowledgments,
Higher
Throughput
Now
that
you
are
connected
to
NØAPJ,
you
can
carry
on
a
normal
packet
QSO.
While
everything
appears
"normal"
and
AX.25
compatible,
acknowledgments
to
your
packets
are
generated
by
the
KA-NODE
directly
connected
to
you.
Each
channel
in
the
link
takes
care
ofits
own
errors.
In
other
words,
the
link
between
KC
and
LAW
handles
its
own
error
checking.
In
this
way,
one
weak
link
will
not
cause
end-to-end
packets
and
acknowledgments
to
be
repeated
as
they
would
with
digipeating.
The
result
is
substantial
improvement
in
throughput
for
connections
using
nodes.
When
it
comes
time
to
disconnect,
you
do
so
in
the
standard
AX.25
manner.
To
disconnect
the
link
described
above,
type
Ctrl-C,
obtain
the
CMD:
prompt
on
your
TNC,
and
issue
the
disconnect
command:
CMD: D
*** DISCONNECTED
You'll
get
the
usual
disconnect
message
from
your
TNC
as
noted.
If
however,
your
distant
partner,
in
this
case
NOAPJ,
disconnects
the
link,
you'll
see
the
following:
###DISCONNECTED BY N@APJ AT NODE KC
ENE COMMAND B,C,J,N,X, or Help
:
KA-NODE
27
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