PK-232 MBX – OPERATING MANUAL PACKET-RADIO
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4.4.1 LED Status and Mode Indicators
Your PK-232's front-panel LEDs show you the operating mode and status at any moment.
Each LED is marked with an abbreviated name, but some LEDs have two functions. All
markings referring to Packet are below the LEDs. The following front-panel LEDs are used
in Packet operation.
MULT Multiple Lit when multiple connections exist
Blinks when receive buffer is full
SEND Send Lit when PTT line is active
CONV Converse Lit when in the Converse Mode
STA Status Lit when you have sent a packet that has not yet been
acknowledged
Blinks when you have MailDrop messages
CON Connected Lit when a Packet Connection exists
CMD Command Lit when in the Command Mode
TRANS Transparent Lit when in the Transparent Mode
PKT Packet Lit when in the Packet-Radio Mode
DCD Data Carrier Detect Lit when data signals are received
4.4.2 Automatic Greetings
You can tell your PK-232 to send an automatic greeting to any station that connects to
you. This can be used to tell others that you are out of the shack – or for any other mes-
sage you would like to send.
To enable the CTEXT message, set your Connect Text message using the CTEXT com-
mand. Then set CMSG ON to enable the Connect Message feature. Think of the CTEXT
message as the message your telephone answering machine might give to a caller.
4.4.3 Beacon Operation
Your PK-232 can send an automatic "beacon" message at a specified time interval. A bea-
con can send special announcements, or let others know you are on the air. To enable
beacon operation do the following:
o Set your beacon message with the BTEXT command.
o Set the beacon interval using the BEACON EVERY or AFTER command.
o A beacon frame is sent to the path given in the UNPROTO command.
In the early days of Packet, the beacon was useful to show your presence on the Packet
channel. With the growth of Packet, many users feel that beacons have outlived their use-
fulness and interfere with traffic. Use your beacon with consideration for others.
As a reminder, if you set the BEACON timing at a value considered too small for busy
channels (less than "90"), you'll see:
WARNING: BEACON too often
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