Chapter 4 - Operation
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The steam indicator (
|A:
) results from having the
STREAMEv
command ON. The call ID prec-
ing the
***CONNECTED to
message is because the
STREAMCa
command is set to ON. Had these
commands been left at their default values (OFF), a normal
***CONNECTED to
message would
have been displayed.
While conversing with N0APJ, WA5RGU observes the following appear on his display:
|B:W0XI***CONNECTED to W0XI
This indicates that he has a connection with W0XI on stream B. If he wishes to send a packet
to W0XI he may do so by beginning his next input with the
STReamsw
character and stream des-
ignator. For example:
|B HELLO, WELCOME TO MY MULTI-CONNECT SHACK<CR>
The
STReamsw
and stream designator
B
will cause the Input/Output to be connected to
stream B until readdresses. If W5RGU wishes to go back to stream A and send another packet to
N0APJ, he must begin the packet with the
STReamsw
and stream designator A.
Any number, up to 26, simultaneous connects and conversations can be conducted with the
proper setting of
MAXUsers
and
USers
commands on either HF or VHF. Remember to observe the
techniques required to designate the I/O channel. It will become relatively easy to manage multi-
ple connects with practice.
GATEWAY OPERATIONS
KAM is capable of operating as a fully automatic, independent gateway. You can provide access
for your VHF local area network to an HF mailbox or gateway system. If you employ KAM in this
manner, remember to observe the following guidelines:
1. Gateway operation is not permitted by FCC rules and regulations in an unattended station.
2. Some amateurs in your VHF local area network may not have operating privileges in the HF
band you are providing access to. You must identify those callsigns not authorized gateway
access and exclude their use of your system. Enter the appropriate call(s) in your
LList
be-
fore establishing the gateway.
3. You may elect to provide gateway access by individual request as need rather than leaving
the gateway system active. During specific periods, operation in this manner will permit you
to gateway only those stations you know to have appropriate HF operating privileges.
There are two principal commands which control gateway operations –
MYGate
and
Gateway
.
MYGate
is the command which you may use to change the gateway identification.
Gateway
is the
command which turns the gateway On or OFF.
At initial power-up, you were instructed to enter your callsign before KAM went to the Com-
mand Mode. Your callsign was then entered for use with both the radio ports and the gateway.
MYGate
: If you wish to change the identification of the gateway, you can use the
MYGate
com-
mand to do so. At the
cmd:
prompt, enter the command
MYGate
followed by a carriage return.
KAM will return the following message to your display:
MYGATE
(
your callsign
)
The
MYGate
callsign must be different than
MYcall
and
MYAlias
in order to operate. Changing
the SSID is sufficient (e.g. WA5RGU-2). A convenient wy to use the MYGate function is to select an
identification which relates easily to local features. For example, a gateway to be setup in Law-
rence, Kansas could be identified as LAW. To establish this gateway I.D., at the
cmd:
prompt, en-
ter
MYgate
command, followed by a space, the letters
LAW
and a carriage return. On your display
it would look like this: