Kantronics KPC-9612, Руководство по началу работы и справочник

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KPC-9612 Version 5.2 July 19, 1994
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NOTE: There is no selection in the KPC-9612 for COM ports – the correct COM port depends only
on the physical connection you have made to your Computer serial port.
Initializing the KPC-9612
Now that the KPC-9612 is cabled to your Computer, the next step is to initialize it. Boot your Com-
puter as you normally do. Place the PACTERM disk (shipped with your KPC-9612) in the A (or B)
drive on your Computer and type A:PACTERM (or B:PACTERM) and press return, When the pro-
gram starts you will see a menu. If you are using COM2, press F7 to select COM2. Press the back-
space key on your Computer and you will be placed in the ONLINE mode of the Pacterm program.
Once the program is operating, turn on the KPC-9612 by depressing the ON/OFF switch on the
front panel and observe that the power LED lights. At this point the KPC-9612 will begin sending
you a message. Since Pacterm is set to communicate at 1200 baud, you may some garbage char-
acters followed by the message:
PRESS (*) TO SET BAUD RATE
When you see this message, press the * (asterisk) key on your keyboard. Do not type the
()
char-
acters, just the
*
. You rnust press the
*
within two (2) seconds of seeing the message printed. If
you performed this properly, the KPC-9612 will prompt you to
ENTER YOUR CALLSIGN=>
. If you
didn't press the
*
quickly enough, be patient and try again when you see the message.
Once you have pressed the
*
at the right time, the KPC-9612 prompts you to ENTER YOUR CALL-
SIGN=>. Type your amateur radio callsign and press return. The KPC-9612 then sends its sign-on
message:
KANTRONICS KPC9612 VERSION x.x
(C) COPYRIGHT 1994 BY KANTRONICS INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
DUPLICATION PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF KANTRONICS.
cmd:
At this point your KPC-9612 is set to the NEWUSER Mode with only a limited command set. To ac-
cess all KPC-9612 commands you may want to give the command INTFACE TERMINAL.
Your First Connect
Now that you have initialized your KPC-9612, you are ready to try your first connect. Since you
have not connected the radio to the TNC yet, you'll simply connect to your personal mailbox in the
KPC-9612. This will help you to become comfortable with your KPC-9612 operation before connect-
ing your radios. At the
cmd:
prompt, type
CONNECT call-1
(replace "call" with your amateur
callsign) and press return. Your KPC-9612 will then connect you to the mailbox. Your screen should
look something like this:
cmd:CONNECT N0GZZ-1
cmd:*** CONNECTED to N0GZZ-1
[KPC9612-5.2-HM$]
5000 BYTES AVAILABLE
THERE ARE NO MESSAGES
ENTER COMMAND B,J,K,L,R,S, or Help>
Now you can enter any of the mailbox commands shown (
B,J,K,L,R,S or Help
). Later you
will want to read the PBBS section of this manual for more Information. If you type the HELP com-