Chapter 7 - Commands and Messages
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PBKill
n
This command is used to delete messages in the personal mailbox. Any message in the box,
regardless of originating or destination station address, can be deleted from your mailbox by you.
PBList
This command will list the message header and number of all messages in the Personal Packet
Mailbox.
PBMon
ON/OFF
default ON
This command allows you to monitor packets as they are being sent to your Personal Packet
Mailbox by other stations. This command is used in connection with the other monitor commands.
PBRead
n
This command is used to read messages in the mailbox. You must use the message number.
There is no command to read all messages in bulk. Any message can be read regardless of origi-
nating or destination station address.
PBSend
(callsign), (text)
This command is used to enter messages into the personal mailbox from your keyboard. Mes-
sages entered in this manner are limited to 255 bytes. This limitation INCLUDES the
PBSend
com-
mand, the following space, the callsign of the addressee and the comma.
PErm
PErm is an immediate command. It causes any parameters changed since the last
PErm
com-
mand to be made permanent; all valuers are burned into the EEPROM. As this process can not be
undone by turning the unit off, care should be taken to see that the correct values have been se-
lected. The EEPROM chip can be
PErmed
a minimum of 1,000 times.
PERSist
n
default 255
n
can be any value from 0 to 255. When the RAM has a packet to send and the channel is
clear, it will begin transmitting with a probability of (
n
+ 1) /256. If it does not transmit it waits one
slot time before again trying to transmit with the same probability. If PERSIST is 255, the KAM will
transmit with probability of one, meaning it will transmit immediately, which is the way all TNCs
have been working up to now. The persistence algorithm has been added on top of the
DWAIT
al-
gorithm. If you plan to use persistence as defined by PHIL KARN's TCP/IP, you should consider set-
ting
DWAIT
to 0.
PId
ON|OFF
default OFF/OFF
When ON, all connected I-frames will be sent to the attached terminal. When OFF, only those
I-frames received with a Protocol Identifier (PID) of $F0 will be sent on to the attached terminal.
PMode
x
default NONE
This command is used to determine the mode the unit will be in after power-on. For example,
if PMode RTTY is used, the unit will power-on in RTTY ready to operate at the baud rate specified
in RBaud, and no command prompt,
cmd:
, will appear.
PMode
can be set to one of the following:
None, Ascii, AMtor, CW, FEc, or Rtty.
RBaud
n
default 45
This command sets the default baud rate that may be used during RTTY operation. It also sets
the baud rate used with
PMode
if RTTY is specified as that parameter. Your favorite RTTY speed
can be entered here as
RBaud
, and when operating at any other speed, instant reconfiguration to
RBaud
speed can be had by use of CTRL-C Ø command.