Timewave PK-232MBX - Settings for Pactor Maildrop Operation; Starting Pactor Maildrop Operation; Local Logon to the Maildrop; Remote Logon to Your Pactor Maildrop

PK-232 MBX – OPERATING MANUAL PACTOR OPERATION
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With this in mind, we have designed the Pactor MailDrop so that it can be disabled at any
time during an ARQ link simply by turning the command TMAIL (TOR MAIL) OFF. This al-
lows you the SYSOP to make your MailDrop available to other stations and still break in to
chat with remote stations at any time. This could come in handy should you want to pro-
vide some help or information to a remote station using your Pactor MailDrop.
11.9.2 Settings for Pactor MailDrop Operation
Before a remote Pactor user can access your MailDrop, be certain that MYPTCALL and/or
MYCALL is set to your Amateur callsign.
11.9.3 Starting Pactor MailDrop Operation
Remote access to your Pactor MailDrop is controlled by the command TMAIL which is
short for TOR MAIL. The TMAIL command controls remote access to the Pactor and AM-
TOR MailDrop in the same way that the MAILDROP command controls remote Packet ac-
cess.
Turn the TMAIL command ON (default OFF) to allow remote stations to access your Mail-
Drop in ARQ Pactor. Turn TMAIL OFF to have normal ARQ QSOO with other stations in the
Pactor mode.
11.9.4 Local Logon to the MailDrop
To locally access your MailDrop use the MDCHECK command as described in Chapter 5 of
this manual on MailDrop operation.
11.9.4.1 Remote Logon to your Pactor MailDrop
The Pactor MailDrop user interface is slightly different from the packet interface due to
the differences between the two modes.
When a station links with your Pactor MailDrop, your PK-232 first identifies your station
by sending your callsign and the amount of free MailDrop memory as shown below:
Type H for help.
(AEA PK-232M) 18956 free.
The PK-232 then sends the user the MTEXT string if the MailDrop Message command
(MMSG) is ON. The Default text is shown below:
Welcome to my AEA PK-232MBX MailDrop.
Type H for Help
11.9.5 Caller Prompts
The command prompt that the MailDrop sends the remote user in Pactor is similar to that
used in the Packet mode and is shown below:
WX7BBB DE WX7AAA (A,B,H,J,K,L,R,S,V,?) >
As in Packet, MDPROMPT is the Pactor MailDrop message prompt sent to a remote station
by your MailDrop. The default prompt is:
Subject:/Enter Message, ^Z (CTRL-Z) or /EX to End