
USER'S GUIDE
OPERATING MODES
PK232UG Rev. B 9/86
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Here you mis-typed the first letters of the call and rubbed them out. The PK-232 dis-
played "
\
" for each letter erased. You then retyped the call and re-displayed the char-
acters on the new line.
4.6.13.5
XON/XOFF, START/STOP – Display Flow Control
Type
<CTRL-S>
to stop the display if your monitor scrolls the data faster than you can
read it. Type
<CTRL-Q>
to resume output from the PK-232 to your computer.
4.6.13.6
The PASS Character
You may want to include a special input character in a packet. For example, to send se-
veral lines in the same packet, you must include <CR> at the end of each line, bypass-
ing its "send-Packet" function except at the intended end of the packet. You can include
any character in a packet (including all special characters) by prefixing that character
with the pass character, <CTRL-V>:
I wasn't at the meeting.<CTRL-V><CR>
What happened?
Without the PASS character, this message would go as two packets. By prefixing the
first <CR> with <CTRL-V>, you send it all at once, but maintain the <CR> in the text.
4.6.13.7
More Carriage Returns an Line Feeds
If you've set the "send-packet" character to <CR>, you'll probably want the <CR> to
be included in the packet for display at the other end.
If you set the send-packet character to a non-printing character, you'll probably want
that character to be treated only as a command. The ACRPACK command determines
whether the "send-packet" character is echoed and included in the packet.
You can add a <LF> after the <CR> in your packets by setting
ALFPACK ON
. If the oth-
er station reports that the lines are overprinted on his display and he can't change it at
his end, set
ALFPACK
to
ON
.
These formatting features and commands are described in full detail in the "Command
Summary" chapter.
4.6.14
Multiple Connections
Multiple-connection capability is a very powerful addition to your PK-232's "bag of tricks"
that can be very useful for traffic net operation, multi-user bulletin board and host com-
puter systems, path checking and just plain "round-table" ragchews.
A multiple connection isn't the same as a "multi-Way" contact. In a multiple connection,
you can establish separate "point-to point" links with several different stations. In a multi-
way contact (this feature isn't available yet), several stations are simultaneously con-
nected to each other, a network in which each station sees all of the data passed from
any station in the group, with full error correction in effect.