Chapter 2 - Connecting your Computer
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This shows you that your callsign has been entered for use with both the HF and VHF ports.
Now change it so that your callsign with an extension Supplementary Station Identification (known
as an SSID in Packet) will be used with the VHF port. At the
cmd:
prompt type
MYcall
followed by
a slant bar (
/
) followed by
WA5RGU-1
. The new line on your screen should now look like this:
cmd:MYcall /WA5RGU-1
If your screen is correct press the
ENTER
or
RETURN
key on your keyboard. The KAM will re-
spond with a new
cmd:
prompt.
Now type the command
MYcall
with no callsign and press the
ENTER
or
RETURN
key on the
keyboard. KAM will tell you what the callsigns currently being used are. Your new display should
look like this:
MYCALL WA5RGU/WA5RGU-1
cmd:
If you would like to experiment with these command structures some more, go to the chapter
on "Commands and Messages" and pick out a few to use.
At this point, let's simulate an attempt to connect to another station on VHF. Again, you need
not wire your radio to the KAM yet.
First, with a fresh
cmd:
prompt on your screen, enter the command
Connect
followed by any
call, say
DC7XJ
. Your screen should look like this:
cmd:
Connect DC7XJ
If your screen appears correct, watch the VHF transmit LED on the KAM panel and press the
RETURN key on your computer. The LED should blink 11 times at about a three second rate. The
KAM then "times out" automatically because it has not connected to the requested station after
sending 11 connect packets, Your screen should now appear as:
cmd:
Connect DC7XJ
cmd:retry count exceeded
***DISCONNECTED
cmd:
If you were actually connect to DC7XJ, your screen would respond with
*** CONNECTED TO DC7XJ
Notice here that the
cmd:
prompt would not appear. The KAM would enter
CONVERSation
mode and you could exchange information with the connected-to station.
You are now ready to cable your radios to the KAM.