Timewave DSP-232, Operating Manual

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Chapter 7 Maildrop Operation
MDMON
permits you to monitor MailDrop activity on your AMTOR, PACTOR or packet Maildrop, showing you
both sides of the QSO. (Packet headers aren’t shown while a caller is connected.) When no one is connected to your
Maildrop, channel activity is monitored according to the setting in
MONITOR
.
Note that Maildrop connect and link status messages will be displayed even with
MDMON OFF . These status
messages are important and allow you to see who is connected to your Maildrop. They can be disabled, however,
with
UBIT 13 . (See UBIT for more information).
MDPrompt text Default: (see text)
Mode: packet/PACTOR Maildrop Host: Mp
text Any combination of characters and spaces of up to 80 characters.
MDPROMPT is the command line sent to a calling station by your packet or PACTOR
Maildrop in response to a Send message command. The default text is:
Subject:/Enter message
,
^Z
(
CTRL-Z
)
or /EX to end
Text before the first slash is sent to the other station as the Subject prompt; text after the slash is sent as the message
text prompt.
If there’s no slash in the text, the subject prompt is “Subject:” and the text prompt message is
Enter message
,
^Z ( CTRL-Z ) or /EX to end .
MHeard
Immediate Command
Mode: packet/AMTOR Maildrop Host: MH
MHEARD displays a list of the 18 most recently heard stations.
When
DAYTIME has been set, entries in the Heard log are time stamped. With DAYSTAMP ON the date is also
shown. An example of the
MHEARD
display is shown below:
DAYSTAMP ON DAYSTAMP OFF
05-Nov-95 21:42:27 KG6ZL 21:42:27 KG6ZL
05-Nov-95 21:42:24 KB6IUX* 21:42:24 KB6IUX*
Previously, stations heard directly were displayed with an asterisk (“W1AW*”) and digipeated stations were shown
without (“W2SZ”). Digipeating isn’t used as much as it used to be—most stations now use nodes so we’ve stopped
using the asterisk. However, for those few cases in which a station is heard indirectly through a digipeater, that
station’s callsign is displayed with the message, “
via digi ”.
In addition, I- and U-frame packets with PIDs of CF and CD are shown with the indicators “N/R” (for Net/ROM)
and “IP” respectively. AMTOR and PACTOR stations accessing the Maildrop or the gateway are shown in the
MHEARD list with an “AMTOR” or “PACTOR” indicator.
Clear the
MHEARD
list with a
%
,
&
,
N
,
N O
,
NONE
or
OFF
as arguments.
MMsg ON
|
OFF
Default: OFF
Mode: packet, AMTOR and PACTOR Maildrop Host: MU
OFF
The
MTEXT
message isn’t sent at all.
ON The stored MTEXT message is sent as the first response after an AMTOR or PACTOR link or packet
connect to the Maildrop is established.
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