PacComm TINY-2 - Page 108

MESSAGES Link Status Messages
Link state is: DISCONNECTED ‘
No connection currently exists. You may issue the Connect
command to initiate a connection.
Link state is: CONNECT in progress
You have issued a connect request, but the acknowledgment
from the other station has not been received. If you issue a
Disconnect command, the connect process will be aborted.
Link state is: DISCONNECT in progress
You have issued a disconnect request, but the acknowledgment
from the other station has not been received. If you issue a
second
Disconnect
command,
the
packet
controller
will
go
immediately to the disconnected state.
Link state is: FRMR in progress
The
packet
controller
is
connected
but
a
protocol
error
has
occurred.
An
improper
implementation
of
the
AX.25
protocol
could
cause
this
state
to
be
entered.
The
packet
controller
will
attempt
to
re-synchronize
frame
numbers
with
the
TNC
on
the
other
end,
although
a
disconnect
may
result.
Connects
are
not
legal
in
this
state,
and
a
disconnect
will
start
the
disconnect
process.
The
packet
controller
will
inform
you
whenever
the
link
status
changes.
The
link
status
may
change
in
response
to
a
command
(Connect
or
Disconnect),
a
connect
or
disconnect
request
from
another
station,
a
disconnect
due
to
the
retry
count
being
ex-
ceeded,
an
automatic
time-out
disconnect
(CHeck)
,
or
a
protocol
error.
***
CONNECTED
to:
call#1
[VIA
call#2
[,call#¥3...,call#9]]
This
message
appears
when
the
packet
controller
goes
from
the
“disconnected”
or
“connect
in
progress”
state
to
the
connected
state.
The
connection
may
be
a
result
of
a
Connect
command
you
issued,
or
of
a
connect
request
packet
received
from
another
station.
***
connect
request:
call#1
[VIA
call#2
[,call#3...,call#9]]
This
message
indicates
that
the
packet
controller
has
received
a
connect
request
from
another
station
which
it
has
not
ac-
cepted.
This
can
happen
if
you
have
set
CONOk
OFF
or
if
you
are
already
connected
to
another
station.
Whenthe
packet
con-
troller
types
this
message
it
also
sends
a
DM
packet
(
sy
signal)
to
the
station
that
initiated
the
connect
request.
If
the
packet
controller
rejects
a
connect
request
because
you
have
set
=
ee
Operating
Manual,
4th
Ed.
©
PacComm,
1990
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