Kantronics KAM 98, User Manual

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ASYNC asynchronous port parameters
(TNC to computer)
AMTOR parameters affecting AMTOR (ARQ and
FEC) and NAVTEX/AMTEX modes
ASCII parameters affecting ASCII mode
CHAR special TNC characters
CW parameters affecting CW mode
GPS parameters related to GPS operations
GT parameters affecting G-TOR mode
ID ID parameters
LINK parameters affecting packet link
(TNC to TNC)
MONITOR monitor parameters
PBBS mailbox commands
PT parameters affecting Pactor mode
RTTY parameters affecting RTTY mode
TIMING timing parameters
XTRA some transmission related parameters,
such as FSKINV
Individual parameter values can be displayed by entering DISPLAY and the com-
mand name, followed by “CR”.
See also: Display Listings section
#
DWAIT n (n = 0 - 255)
default 0
DWAIT defines a delay to be used to avoid collisions with digipeated packets.
The value entered for “n” is the number of 10 ms intervals, after last hearing data
on the channel, for the KAM’98 to wait before it begins its own key-up sequence.
This value should be established and agreed on by all members of a local area
network. The best value will be determined by experimentation but will be a
function of the key-up time (TXDELAY). This feature is made available to help
alleviate the drastic reduction of throughput which occurs on a channel when
KAM’98 Commands Command Reference
KAM’98 v 8.3 255 User’s Guide