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Using the WIRES-X
Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 3
Operating the character input screen ....................................................................................................................... 3
What is WIRES-X? .................................................................................................................................................. 4
Terminology.......................................................................................................................................................... 5
Connecting to a Faraway Station Using WIRES-X .............................................................................................. 8
Finding a local node ................................................................................................................................................. 8
Connecting in digital mode ....................................................................................................................................... 8
Connecting to a local node .................................................................................................................................. 8
Connecting to a node or room on the Internet ........................................................................................................ 10
Communicating with others................................................................................................................................ 14
Useful functions in digital mode .............................................................................................................................. 14
Using a preset channel ...................................................................................................................................... 14
Connecting to a registered node or room .......................................................................................................... 17
Releasing the WIRE-S X connection ...................................................................................................................... 21
Connecting to an analog node................................................................................................................................ 21
Connecting to a node or room on the Internet ................................................................................................... 21
Communicating with others................................................................................................................................ 22
Disconnecting from a node or room ................................................................................................................... 22
Various display functions ........................................................................................................................................ 22
Confirming the digital node location ................................................................................................................... 22
Switching the dual band screen ......................................................................................................................... 23
Using the News Function of WIRES-X ................................................................................................................ 24
Viewing messages and images .............................................................................................................................. 24
Viewing text data and images of the local node ................................................................................................. 24
Viewing text data and images of the WIRES-X server (INT NEWS) .................................................................. 26
Viewing information of a node or room on the Internet ...................................................................................... 28
Viewing imported data from memory ...................................................................................................................... 29
Sorting imported data......................................................................................................................................... 30
Listening to audio messages .................................................................................................................................. 31
Listening to the information of the local node .................................................................................................... 32
Listening to the WIRES-X server (INT NEWS) information ............................................................................... 34
Listening to information on a node or room on the Internet ............................................................................... 37
Transmitting messages and images ....................................................................................................................... 39
Transmitting data to a local node ....................................................................................................................... 39
Transmitting data to a node or room on the Internet .......................................................................................... 42
Transmitting an audio message ............................................................................................................................. 44
Transmitting data to a local node ....................................................................................................................... 44
Transmitting data to a node or room on the Internet .......................................................................................... 47
Returning to the connection status display temporarily .......................................................................................... 47
Using WIRES-X and the GM Function Simultaneously ..................................................................................... 48
Registering a local node with a group .................................................................................................................... 48
WIRES-X Setup Menus ......................................................................................................................................... 50
Using a WIRES-X Setup Menu ............................................................................................................................. 50
Setting the transmit frequencies for repeaters/WIRES-X................................................................................... 50
Setting the item order on the node & room list .................................................................................................. 51
Editing a category name .................................................................................................................................... 52
Deleting the registered nodes and rooms .......................................................................................................... 52
