USER'S GUIDE
ADVANCED PACKET OPERATION
PK232UG Rev. B 9/86
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5.4.1.3.
Special Characters in Converse Mode
The following commands set special characters which are active in Converse Mode. See
the detailed descriptions of the commands in the "Command Summary" chapter.
COMMAND
DESCRIPTION
CANLINE
Cancel current line
CANPAC
Cancel current packet
COMMAND
Command Mode entry
DELETE
Character deletion with destructive backspace
MFILTER
Characters to be filtered in monitored packets
PASS
Insert following special character
REDISPLA
Re-display current line
SENDPAC
Send current packet
START
,
STOP
Computer's flow control characters (Sent to PK-232)
XOFF
,
XON
PK-232 flow control characters (sent to terminal)
5.4.1.4.
Display Features in Converse Mode
The following commands activate the display features which are active in Converse
Mode. Refer to the discussions of these commands for details in the "Command Sum-
mary" chapter.
COMMAND
DESCRIPTION
8BITCONV
Retain high-order bit from serial port
ALFDISP
Add <LF> after <CR>
BKONDEL
Echo after character deletion
ECHO
Automatic echo of serial input
ESCAPE
<ESCAPE> translation
FLOW
Type-in flow control
LCOK
Lower case translation
NUCR
Nulls after <CR>
NULF
Nulls after <LF>
NULLS
Null count
ACRDISP
Automatic <CR> insertion after
n
characters
5.4.2.
Transparent Mode
Packet-Radio is an ideal means of transferring data between computers. Converse Mode
works well for transferring ASCII text files. However, some files use all eight bits of each
byte, rather than the seven bits used in ASCII code.
In addition, executable code files, such as CP/M ".CMD" or ".COM" and PC/MS-DOS
".COM" or ".EXE" files, contain characters that conflict with the control characters used in
Converse Mode. Listings of BASIC programs and documents written with word processors
that don't create ASCII files can also pose this problem. Use the Transparent Mode to
transfer these type of files.
Like Converse Mode, Transparent Mode is a data transfer mode. But, in Transparent Mode
"special" characters do not exist – everything you type (or everything your computer
sends to your PK-232) is transmitted exactly as it is received by your PK-232.