7
2-4 Command chart
The following is a chart for the commands commonly used in Amateur Radio communications.
Command
abbrevi
ation
default
range
Description Ref.
8BITCONV
8
ON
ON/OFF
bits, number of characters in the converse mode
6-2-3
ABAUD
AB
9600
600-15200
sets serial port communication speed
3-2-1
AFILTER
AF
0
0-$80
skips display of defined characters
6-2-4
AUTOLF
AU
ON
ON/OFF
Adds a line-feed [LF] after [CR]
3-2-7
AWLEN
AW
8
7/8
Specifies the data bits, 7 or 8, between the host and
TNC
3-2-2
AXDELAY
AND
0
0-120
delay time in units of 10ms before data is sent. AXD
is in addition to value set in TXD. Useful when
doing packet through a voice repeater
4-2-7
AXHANG
AXH
0
0-250
“hang” time in units of 10ms Used with repeaters
that have hang times in excess of 10 ms
4-2-8
BEACON B
EVERY
0 EVERY/AF
TER
n(0-250)
The transmission interval of the beacon signal in
increments of 10 seconds
4-5-2
BTEXT BT N/A 159
characters
The message text sent out as a beacon at the
intervals specified in BEACON
4-5-3
CALBRAT
CAL
N/A
N/A
Calibrate mode. In this mode, the TNC sends the
mark and space at 50% duty. Press Q to exit this
mode.
4-1-3
CHECK
CH
30
0-250
Checks if TNC is still in the connected state. 10 sec
units
4-4-10
CMSG
CMS
OFF
ON/OFF
When another station connects to you, a message
can be transmitted automatically.
4-4-4
CMSGDISC CMSGD OFF
ON/OFF
When another station connects, a message is sent
and the other station is then disconnected
automatically.
4-4-5
CONMODE CONM Convers Cconvers
/
Trans
Automatically selects either Converse or
Transparent mode when connection occurs.
NOMODE should be OFF
6-4-2
CONNECT C
N/A
Call
(VIA
Call1,call2
,..,call8)
Request a connection (after “VIA” if using
digi-peaters) eg: C KW1KW or C KW1KW VIA
K6ANC
4-4-1
CONOK
CONO
ON
ONN/OFF
Allows acceptance of a connection request from
another station (or not).
4-4-3
CONSTAMP
CONS
OFF
ON/OFF
When ON, the date of the connection is displayed.
4-4-12
CONVERSE CONV
K
N/A
N/A
Puts TNC in the converse mode.
You may simply press K to abbreviate this
command.
6-2-1
6-2-2
CPACTIME
CP
OFF
ON/OFF
Validates PACTIME feature in converse mode.
4-6-6
CR
CR
ON
ON/OFF
Adds a Carriage Return [CR] to outgoing packets.
4-6-2
DAYSTAMP
DAYS
OFF
ON/OFF
When on, indicates the date and time when packet
is transmitted.
11-3-3
DAYTIME DA N/A
YYMMDDh
hmmss
sets the date/time of the internal clock. Info not
retained through off/on power cycles
11-3-1
DAYUSA
DAYU ON
ON/OFF
Determines date display format, USA or
Continental.
11-3-2
DIGIPEAT
DIG
ON
ON/OFF
When ON, TNC can be used as a digipeater by
others.
8-1-1
DISCONNE D
N/A
N/A
Sends
the
disconnection
command.
4-4-2
DISPLAY DISP N/A (A/C/H/I/L/
M/T)
Displays all the current settings of the TNC.
11-2-1
DWAIT
DW
30
0-250
The interval period (in 10 mS units) the TNC waits
to send a packet after the frequency is clear of
traffic.
4-2-4
