PK-232 – MBX OPERATING MANUAL COMMAND SUMMARY
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This helps get around the limitations of many terminal programs that do not allow 8-bit data to be
saved to disk as an ASCII file.
Interspersed command prompts and even the L and R commands would have no effect on the fi-
nal data and it could be translated back to binary data with a computer program.
Trans Immediate Command
Mode: All Host: Not Supported
TRANS is an immediate command that switches the PK-232 switch from the Command Mode to
Transparent Mode. The current state of the radio link is not affected. Transparent Mode is primarily
useful for computer communications. In Transparent Mode "human interface" features such as in-
put editing, echoing of input characters, and type-in flow control are disabled.
o Use Transparent Mode for transferring binary or other non-text files.
o To exit the Transparent mode, type the COMMAND character (default <CTRL-C>) three
times within the time period set by CMDTIME (default 1 Second).
TRFlow ON|OFF Default: OFF
Mode: All Host: TW
Parameters: ON - Software flow control for the computer or terminal RECEIVING data is acti-
vated in Transparent Mode.
OFF - Software flow control for the computer or terminal RECEIVING data is dis-
abled in Transparent Mode.
When TRFLOW is ON, the type of flow control used by the computer RECEIVING data in Transpar-
ent Mode is determined by how START and STOP are set.
When TRFLOW is OFF, only "hardware" flow control (RTS, DTR) is available to the computer RE-
CEIVING data from the PK-232 in Transparent Mode.
If TRFLOW is ON, and START and STOP are set to values other than zero, software flow control is
enabled for the user's computer or terminal. The PK-232 responds to the user START and user
STOP characters while remaining transparent to all other characters from the terminal.
TRIes "n" Default: 0
Mode: Packet Host: TI
Parameters: "n" - 0 to 15 specifies the current RETRY level on the selected input channel.
TRIES retrieves (or forces) the count of "retry counter" on the data channel presently selected.
If you type TRIES without an argument, the PK-232 returns the current number of tries if an out-
standing unacknowledged frame exists. If no outstanding unacknowledged frame exists, the PK-
232 returns the number of tries required to get an ACK for the previous frame.
If you type TRIES with an argument the "tries" counter is forced to the entered value. Using this
command to force a new count of tries is not recommended.
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