KPC-9612 Version 5.2 July 19, 1994
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While you are talking to N0GRG, you decide you want to talk to KA5ZTX. This station was heard on
9600 baud, so you must set your KPC-9612 to operate on Port 2. You may do this even though you
are still connected (and talking) to N0GRG. To start the new connection you must be in the Com-
mand Mode, so type <Ctrl-C> to leave the Convers Mode and get the cmd: prompt. Next, type
the ~ character and the letter A. This makes your current Input/Output (I/O) addressed to Port 2,
A stream. (The ~ is your Port 2 streamswitch character, and the A is the stream letter.) Now type C
KA5ZTX and press return. Your KPC-9612 keys your 9600 baud radio and attempts to connect to
KA5ZTX. When this station responds, you receive the message ***CONNECTED to KA5ZTX. Your
KPC-9612 switches to the Convers Mode, and you may now type your messages to KA5ZTX.
Since you are now connected to two different stations, you will be receiving packets from both of
them. As they talk, your screen will display data similar to the following:
|AHi. You've connected to Don!
Hope all is going good there. I see you have the KPC-9612.
~AHello. Name here is Gloria. Nice to meet you.
What you see above is the 1A (indicating that this information was received from Port 1, stream
A), followed by the text. The second line came from the same station as the previous line (since
you don't see a streamswitch displayed). The third line starts with ~A and then some text. The
KPC-9612 displays the streamswitch character (| or ~) and the letter of the stream for every re-
ceived packet unless the packet is from the same station as the last displayed packet.
To talk back to any of these stations (remember you are already in the Convers Mode) you simply
type the |A or ~A and then your text (press return when you are through).
After you have finished your conversation with a station, you will need to disconnect from that sta-
tion. To do this, first make sure you are on the stream for the station from which you wish to dis-
connect. For instance, if you want to disconnect from KA5ZTX, type the ~A characters. Next, type
<Ctrl-C> to get the command prompt, then type DISCONNE and press return. The KPC-9612
sends a disconnect packet to the other station, and when that station acknowledges the discon-
nect, the KPC-9612 sends ***DISCONNECTED to your terminal.
Suppose that the station you want to talk to is one that you cannot hear from your location. In the
example above, WD0EMR is talking to W0XI, but we can't hear WD0EMR. We noticed in the moni-
tored packet that we did hear a packet from WD0EMR as it was being relayed by KSLAW. If you
then want to connect to WD0EMR, you need to use a relay station (called a digipeater). To connect
to a station this way, use the CONNECT command as before, but specify the relay stations along
with the callsign of the station you want to connect to. In this case the command would be C
WD0EMR VIA KSLAW, and the KPC-9612 will send a connect request to WD0EMR, routing all data
through the relay station.
If your terminal or computer program does not allow you to type the | or ~ characters required for
stream switching, you can change the characters used with the STREAMSW command. This com-
mand defines the characters used to switch to Port 1 (1200 baud) or Port 2 (9600 baud), and the
stream letters will always be the letters A-Z, depending on the setting of MAXUSERS.
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