PacComm TINY-2 - Page 61

PACKET
CONTROLLER
COMMANDS
Command
List
(Beacon
Command
Continued)
This command enables beacon sending and causes the first
beacon frame to be transmitted. A beacon frame consists of the
text of BText in a packet addressed to “BEACON” and sent via
the digipeat addresses specified by the Unproto command.
If the keyword Every is specified, a beacon packet is sent eve:
n* 10 seconds. If After is specified, a beacon is sent only after n* 1
seconds
have
passed
with
no
packet
activity.
In
this
case,
the
beacon
is
sent
only
once
until
further
activity
is
detected.
This
mode
can
be
used
to
send
announcements
or
test
messages
only
when packet stations are on the air.
NOTE:
If
BText
is
blank,
no
beacons
will
be
sent.
CKSP.
:
echoed
when
a
char
is
deleted.
OFF
-
ee
:
ae
“KSLASH
>
(\)
is
echoed
when
a
character
;
is
deleted.
This
command
determines
the
way
the
display
is
updated
t
reflect
a
character
deletion
in
Command
or
Converse
Mode.
The
< BACKSPACE
> <SPACE
> <BACKSPACE>
sequence
will
properly
update
the
screen
of
a
video
display.
If
you
have
a
video
display
terminal
or
computer,
you.
should
set
BKondel
ON.
If
you
have
a
paper-output
apie,
or
if
your
terminal
does
not
respond
to
the
<BACKSPACE>
character
(<CTRL-H>),
you
should
set
BKondel
OFF.
The
BReak
command
controls
enabling
or
disabling
packet
con-
troller
response
to
the
BREAK
signal
eB
is
a
space’
condition
on
the
serial
data
input
line
for
longer
than
two
char-
acter
times
which
can
De
eae
by
any
computers
and
terminals.
Some
devices
generate
an
inadvertent
BREAK
signal
during
initialization
which
may
force
the
packet
controller
into
Command
mode.
Setting
BReak
to
OFF
e
ates
this.
itext
-
Any
combination
of
120
cha
cd
spaces.
2
BText
specifies
the
content
of
the
data
portion
of
a
beacon
packet.
The
default
text
is
blank,
i.e.,
no
message.
You
can
send
multiple-
line
messages
in
your
beacon
by
including
carriage
return
<CR>
characters
in
the
text.
The
<CR>
character
can
be
included
by
preceding
it
with
the
pass
character.
54
Operating
Manual,
4th
Ed.
©
PacComm,
1990