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SET MESSAGE ACKNAK ON|OFF 
The ACK/NAK confirmation is enabled with command SET 
MESSAGE ACKNAK ON. After the transmission of the last character 
of a message the FS11 system expects an ACK/NAK confirmation within 
500 ms. If the FS11 receives an ACK character (ASCII 06) within 
500 ms, message sending will continue as configured by the SET 
MESSAGE INTERVAL command. If the FS11 receives a NAK 
character (ASCII 16) within 500 ms, message sending will be repeated 
immediately. If the FS11 receives neither an ACK character nor a NAK 
character within 500 ms, message sending will be repeated. Repeated 
message sending due to received NAK character or missing confirmation 
characters is repeated two times only. Thereafter the message sending 
continues according to the configured message interval. Time periods 
spent for repeating messages do not interfere with the configured 
message interval. 
The ACK/NAK confirmation is disabled with command SET 
MESSAGE ACKNAK OFF.