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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS Automatic Operations
and send a “busy signal” rejection packet to the other station. If
you receive a rejection packet from a station you try to connect
to, your packet controller will display
*** <callsign> busy
***
DISCONNECTED
:
If you want to have a special ’connect message’ sent automat-
ically to stations connecting to you, you can specify the message
with the command CText. This message can consist of any text
string up to 120 characters, and you may include <CR>s by
prefixing
them
with
the
pass
character:
(CTRL-V)
cmd:CText
Sorry,
I
can’t
talk
right now.
<CTRL-V>
<CR>
Pll
be
on
the
air
again
after
8
PM.
Joe<CR>
In
order
for
this
message
to
be
sent,
CONOk
must
be
ON
so
that
the
connection
takes
place
(default),
and
CMSg
ON.
You
can
cause
your
packet
controller
to
issue
a
disconnect
request
as
soon
as
the
connect
message
is
acknowledged
by
issuing
the
command
CMSGDisc
ON.
If
you
want
to
leave
your
station
on
but
inhibit
transmitting,
you
can
set
XMitok
OFF.
If
you
do
this,
you
would
normally
set
CONOK
OFF
as well.
Beaconing
You
can
have
your
station
periodically
send
an
automatic
mes-
sage
by
enabling
“beacons.”
The
beacon
message
is
set
with
the
command
BText,
which
works
the
same
way
as
the
CText
com-
mand.
You
enable
beacon
transmission
and
set
the
frequency
at
which
beacons
are
sent
with
the
command
Beacon.
To
transmit
the
beacon
at
30
minute
intervals,
give
the
command
cmd:Beacon
EVERY
180
The
beacon
function
also
has
a
transmit-after
mode,
enabled
by
using
the
keyword
AFTER
in
place
of
EVERY,
in
which
a
beacon
packet
is
only
transmitted
after
activity
is
heard
on
the
channel.
is
feature
might
be
used
to
leave
an
announcement
for
other
packet
users.
If
someone
transmits
on
an
otherwise
idle
channel,
a
beacon
can
be
sent
a
short
time
later.
No
beacons
are
sent
in
this
mode
if
there
is
a
lot
of
packet
activity
on
the
channel,
since
the
required
period
of
quiet
will
not
occur.
fuse
the
Beacon
feature
with
caution
since
much
needless
interference}
jmay
be
caused
to
other
users
of
the
channel
by
careless
beaconing.
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Operating
Manual,
4th
Ed.
©
PacComm,
1990
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