SCS PTC-IIex, Manual

Page: 38 / 220

5 PTC-Firmware
A list of the commands follows:
Command Short description Reference
Help
Help !! Chapter 6.44
BEll
Call the Sysop. Chapter 6.11
Dir
Read the main directory OF THE MAILBOX. Chapter 6.36
List Gives a list of files within a directory. Chapter 6.48
Check Lists actual mails Chapter 6.17
Read
Reads a Mail. Chapter 6.79
Write
Writes a mail into the PTC Mailbox. Chapter 6.106
Send
Sends a mail. Chapter 6.85
DELete Erase a mail. Chapter 6.35
USer Shows the current users. Chapter 6.102
LOg
Calls up the log book. Chapter 6.51
Qrt
Leaves mailbox, alternative the command
BYe
. Chapter 6.77
Version Calls up the version. Chapter 6.105
CLr
Erase the transmit buffer. Chapter 6.20
DAte
Calls up the date. Chapter 6.33
TIme
Calls up the clock time. Chapter 6.94
SHow
Calls up QSO statistical data. Chapter 6.88
Phase Calls up phase information. Chapter 6.71
POSition Requests GPS position Chapter 6.72
Table 5.3: PACTOR mailbox commands
Of course it is possible to enter mailbox commands on the console. With the
DIR
and
LIst
command you can check the mailbox contents.
Write
saves the mail, with
Read
you can read the mail and with
DELete
you can delete the mail.
5.7.1 Multiple file operations
All commands that contain a file number in the argument (e.g.
DELete
or
Read
) allow
batch access. File numbering is indicated in the format start-end.
DEL
test 1- entire directory named 'test' is erased
R
2-4 read file numbers 2 to 4 of the present directory
Dir 4- lists the files in the present directory from no. 4 till the last file
5.7.2 Special features when reading files
When a remote station is reading out a file in PACTOR the PTC checks if the file has
been written in AMTOR. Next of all it is checked if it only contains capital letters. If yes,
then the PTC converts the file contents into lowercase letters, which can lead to almost
doubling of the transmission speed in PACTOR, due to more effective Huffman coding.
24