Kantronics MT1200, User Manual

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*** CONNECTED to call [VIA digi1....digi8]
A packet connection has taken place. This can happen by you issuing a connect
request or a connect request coming in from a remote station. “call” will be the
callsign entered in the remote stations MYCALL and if a path was used it will be
shown.
*** DISCONNECTED
The packet connection no longer exists.
EH?
This is the TNC’s generalized “I don’t understand” message. A dollar sign ($) is
used to point to the offending character. It will also appear if a required input item
is missing, e.g.:
C KCØKON V
$
EH?
In this example, the required callsign after the VIA option is missing. Most
commands that receive an EH? error are ignored. In a few cases, part of the
command may be accepted and acted upon, as described under the message
“Input ignored”.
ENTER YOUR CALLSIGN=>
Type in your callsign. The TNC needs to know who you are to properly
implement its protocol. Your callsign will be placed in the MYCALL parameter
and used to generate the CWIDTEXT.
Erase user parameters? (Y/N)
During the self-test, entering Y in response to the this question will clear all
changes you have made to the parameter settings.
FREE BYTES xxxx
This message indicates how many additional characters may be entered into the
TNC packet buffer before the buffer is full.
***FRMR received:
A frame reject packet has been received for an unknown reason. The information
field of this packet will display in hexadecimal value. This display may be useful
in determining why the receiving station rejected your packet.
***FRMR sent:
Frame reject packet has been sent due to a detected error in protocol. Three
bytes (6 hexadecimal characters) are displayed to assist in determining the
reason for the reject.
Input ignored
Since the TNC command interpreter was kept small and simple, sometimes it will
change parameters before it completes parsing some of the more involved
commands. In some cases, options at the beginning of the command will have
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