PacComm TINY-2 - Page 67

PACKET CONTROLLER COMMANDS Command List
(Connect Command Continued)
An error message is returned if the controller is in a connected
state, or is attempting to connect or disconnect. If no response to
the connect request occurs after REtry attempts, the command is
ailure message is displayed. aborted and a
IN - Connect requests will be accepted.
(OFF - Connect Tequests will be rejected.
This command determines the action taken by the packet con-
troller when it receives a connect request. If CONOKk is ON, the
request will be acknowledged, the standard connect message will
be typed and either Converse or Transparent Mode will be
entered, depending on the setting of CONMode.
If CONOk is OFF and the packet controller is not in Transparent
Mode, a connect request will display this message.
connect request: XXXXXX(callsign of station attempting to connect)
The packet controller will issue a DM packet, or “busy signal” to
the requesting station. If your packet controller receives a DM
packet
in
response
to
a
connect
request,
it
will
display:
*** XXXXXX station busy (callsign to which connect was attempted)
(ON - The current connection on the current stream will not be
: allowed to enter the disconnected state.
‘OFF
-
The
current
stream
connects
and
disconnects
normally.
CONPerm
ON
forces
the
packet
controller
to
always
maintain
the
current
connection,
even
when
frames
to
the
other
station
exceed
REtry
attempts
to
get
an
acknowledgment.
RESTART
and
power
off/on
cycling
will
not
affect
this
connected
state.
This
command
only
takes
effect
when
a
connection
is
established.
It
functions
on
a
stream-by-stream
basis
when
mul-
tiple connections
are allowed.
sages are time stamped.
OFF
-
Connect
status
messages
are
not
time
stamped.
This
command
enables
time
stamping
of
***
CONNECTED
status
messages.
The
date
and
time
information
is
then
available
for
use
by
computer
application
programs.
The
date
and
time
must
be
set
initially
by
the
DAytime
command
~
before
time
stamping
will
occur.
The
date
format
is
determined
by the DAYUsa
command.
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Operating
Manual,
4th Ed.
©
PacComm,
1990