Timewave PK-900, Operating Manual

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PK-900 Gateway Option Supplement 12
The PACTOR Maildrop
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has priority over the PACTOR Gateway. The
Maildrop command (“G”) gives access to the Gateway as in AMTOR (see above).
If a packet user is already connected to your Gateway on Port 2 and has issued the
PORT 1
command to access PACTOR, the Gateway detects PACTOR calls only to the
packet user’s callsign, not your
MYPTCALL
.
There is no
PORT
command for PACTOR access—the PACTOR user is given access
to packet on Port 2 automatically.
A PACTOR station linked to the Gateway command processor doesn’t need to send
the
PTOVER
character to put your Gateway into transmit. In the “Command” mode,
the Gateway detects the
(RETURN)
at the end of the line, seizes the link to give the
response, then gives transmission back to the user. Once a packet connection has
been established on Port 2, the Gateway seizes the PACTOR link on Port 1 only when
it has data to send to the user—then it gives the link back.
Here’s what a PACTOR user sees when connecting to your Gateway:
cmd:
PTCONN N7ML
+++ N7ML Gateway. Type ? for help.
+++ You are on Port 2, 1200 bps packet. Your ID is KB7B-15.
KB7B de N7ML (B,C,D,J,L,N,S,?) >
One way to establish a packet connection is to call a known station directly:
J
18:30:56 p2 N7BCD
KB7B de N7ML (B,C,D,J,L,N,S,?) >
C N7BCD STAY
+++ CONNECTED to N7BCD at N7ML-7
HELLO
Hi, name is Walt ...
The other way is to call CQ in the Unproto mode and wait for a response:
S
+++ Sending. To end, type =.
CQ DE KB7B-15 FROM PACTOR=
KB7B de N7ML (B,C,D,J,L,N,S,?) >
+++ CONNECTED to N7BCD at N7ML-7
Hi, name is Walt. What do you mean by “from pactor”?
HELLO ...
L(isten) Port 2 Packet frames are shown to the user as if MONITOR and
MCON were set to a value of
4 (UI, I, C, D, UA and DM frames.)
L
+++ Listening ON
KB7B de N7ML (B,C,D,J,L,N,S,?) >
p2 N7BCD>W1AW [C]
p2 N7BCD>W1AW [D]