SideKar / SideKar Plus User Manual rev 3.2 Page 33 of 84
New in version 2.3.0 and later: Pressing Enter on the
keyboard will send a Carriage Return
– Line Feed (CR-
LF), which will cause the cursor to move down a line on
the receiver
’s screen.
Buffered Mode
To set the transmitting mode to Buffered:
Press
ALT-O
Enter a number between 2 and 20 for the number of
buffered characters. Press Enter when done. Then,
when the number of characters you type hits this
number, the text will automatically be sent to the rig.
The benefit of this mode is the ability to backspace to correct
text before it is sent to the rig. While this is standard using
PSK31 and a computer, the SideKar offers this for RTTY,
PSK31 and CW…without the need of a computer.
To transmit text, type on the keyboard. The characters will
appear on the bottom line of the SideKar display, and be sent
to the rig when:
1. The number of buffered characters typed reaches the
number set using
ALT-O
…or…
2. Or the Enter key is pressed
If you see something on the bottom line to change, just
Backspace to correct it.
When characters are buffered and not yet sent to the rig, the
Status LED will be flashing, indicating so. So, if you are typing
and finish your sentence and the LED is flashing
, don’t forget to
press Enter so the last characters are sent to the rig.
In either mode, to stop transmitting, there are two options:
1. Simply stop typing. The rig will go back into the receive
mode approximately 4 seconds after the last character
