Hal Communications CWR6850, Instruction Manual

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CHAPTER 2 PAGE 8
2.2 Presetting CWR6850 Controls
Before applying any power to the transceiver or the CWR6850, preset its switches as follows:
RESET ON = Press and release
FILTER ON = Off (button out)
SPACE / NARROW = Off (button out)
CWID A / CWID B = CWID B (button in)
DISPLAY: PAGE ON = No action at present (button out)
MODE A / MODE B = MODE A (button out)
CW / RTTY = RTTY (button in)
ASCII / BAUDOT = BAUDOT (button in)
LTR ON = No action at present (button out)
FIG ON = No action at present (button out)
LOCK - U.O.S. ON = ON (button in)
NOR / REV = NOR (button out)
BAUD = 45.5 (left button in; others out)
SHIFT = 170 (left button in; others out)
TONE = LOW (right button in)
RX / TAPE = RX (button out)
INPUT (slide control) = 5 (mid-position)
VOLUME (slide control) = 5 (mid position)
SPEED (slide control) = 5 (mid position)
FINE (slide control) = 0 (detent at mid-position)
SEND / AUTO / RECEIVE = RECEIVE (lever down)
ON / POWER = ON (lever up)
FSK DEMOD (rear panel) = INT
AFSK GAIN (rear panel) = Maximum clockwise rotation
BRIGHT (rear panel) = Maximum clockwise rotation
After the cathode ray tube (CRT) has "warmed-up" you should see the following features on the
screen:
1. Top portion of the screen blank except for a solid green square on the left side about 8
lines up from the bottom. This is the receive cursor and will indicate where the received
text will be displayed.
2. Three rows of dots at the bottom of the screen. This is the "top portion" of the transmit
buffer. Each dot represents one character position. Type a few characters and notice
how they are displayed; erase them with the BS (Back Space) key.
3. A reverse video number "1" 4 lines up from the bottom of the display. The number "1"
on the extreme right-hand side indicates the page number presently being viewed. The
page number (0 to 3) is always indicated in reverse video on the extreme right of the
screen. Try pressing the DISPLAY - PAGE button on the CWR6850. The screen format
will change and the reverse video character will change from "1" to "0". Each press of
the PAGE button cycles the display between page 1 and page 0. Next, push the MODE