USER'S GUIDE
OPERATING MODES
PK232UG Rev. B 9/86
4-29
82
If you are operating under special conditions such as a marginal HF channel, you can
set
RETRY
to
0
(zero) to disable all automatic disconnects – the retry attempt is not li-
mited.
4.6.11
Monitoring Activity on the Channel
In addition to displaying data from the station to which you're connected, you can monitor
all packet activity on the channel, "read the mail", display packets "flying" between other
stations. Your PK-232 will also keep track of stations heard on the channel. This section
describes the monitor function.
4.6.11.1
Monitoring Other Stations
Use the
MONITOR
parameter to determine how monitoring is to be done; what stations
will or will not be monitored and the type and amount of information shown by the
monitor.
MONITOR
takes a numerical value between
0
(zero) and
6.
Each higher number adds
more detail to your monitoring. As the value of MONITOR settings is increased, addi-
tional functions are includes in the monitoring sequences.
The meaning of the
MONITOR
numbers are:
0
Monitor is disabled.
1
Only unnumbered, "unconnected" frames are displayed. Use this for an "unproto",
round-table type QSO. Other connected stations using the frequency are not dis-
played This setting will also display beacons.
2
Numbered (I) frames are also displayed. I-Frames are numbered in order of genera-
tion and appear in a connected transmission. Use this to monitor connected conver-
sations in progress.
3
Connect request (C) frames and disconnect (D) frames are also displayed with the
headers.
4
This is your PK-232's default value
.
Unnumbered acknowledgement (UA) of connect
and disconnect frames are also displayed with either the characters "UA" or "DM"
and a header.
5
Receive Ready (RR), Receive Not Ready (RN), Reject (RJ), Frame Reject (FR) and I-
Frames are also displayed.
6
Poll/Final bit and sequence number are also displayed.
Before this next step, verify that your loopback test cable is still connected to the PK-
232's "RADIO 2" rear-panel receptacle, and that the front-panel RADIO 1/Radio 2
switch is still set to "RADIO 2".
Type:
<CTRL-C>D<Return>
to make sure you're DISCONNECTED.
Type:
MONITOR 4
Your PK-232 responds with:
MONITOR was 4
Type:
CONVERSE
, then type:
This is a test packet.