




ET >ALLSIGN : ERMINAL (OR ESTINATION ALLSIGN FOR A IGI-OUTE), CAN BE
                 IGIPEATED TO AND ONNECTED TO, BY EITHER THE PERATOR FROM
                 THE KEYBOARD, OR BY A REMOTE SER OF THE ODE.  HE ETTER 
                 CAN ACTUALLY BE OMITTED, PROVIDING THAT THE CALLSIGN IS SET
                 LIKE THIS : <ALLSIGN> FOLLOWED BY THE VARIOUS ODES AND
                 DIGIPEATERS. HEN IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME A , WHICH
                 WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE  LIST.

ET >ALLSIGN : IGIPEATER 2ND. EVEL ONLY. HE  ODE WILL NOT CONNECT
                 TO IT, BUT WILL USE IT AS PART OF A PRE-DEFINED ROUTE, OR A
                 ROUTE THAT IS DEFINED BY THE EMOTE SER. HESE WILL  BE
                 DISPLAYED IN THE  LIST.

ET >ALLSIGN : NY ODE OF THE HEET, -ODE, OR ANY OTHER THAT DOES 
                 HAVE WELCOME TEXT AFTER THE INITIAL CONNECTION. NY CALLSIGN
                 SET HERE WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE  LIST.

ET >ALLSIGN : NY - ODE, OR ATEWAY ODE WHICH WILL SEND A "WELCOME" OR
                 INFORMATION TEXT  THE INITIAL CONNECTION. HESE ODES
                 WILL  BE DISPLAYED IN THE  IST, BUT ATHS SET WITH
                 THESE AS ESTINATION ODES WILL BE SEEN IN THE  IST.

                  FROM THE WRITER: N MY EXPERIENCE  5.0 WILL
                 IGNORE THE WELCOME TEXT AND WILL ONLY RESPOND TO THE COMMANDS
                 , , , BUT ANY TEXT SENT BY THE OTHER
                 ODE WILL BE DISPLAYED ON THE SERS SCREEN.  ARE MUST BE
                 TAKEN WHEN SETTING  USING  TYPE ODES, AS THESE
                 WILL REQUIRE A   TO BE SPECIFIED IN FRONT OF ANY
                 CALLSIGN THAT IS  PRESENT IN IT'S  LIST.  FOUND IT
                 IMPOSSIBLE TO SET THIS TYPE OF ATH IN THE , AS IT
                 WILL LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS : 9,>0 1 ETC. THAT
                 NUMBER 1 SHOWING THAT 9 CAN BE HEARD ON  1 OF THE
                 0 ODE. 'M AFRAID THAT  DOES  RECOGNISE THAT
                 UMBER 1, AND THEREFORE ANY PATH SET VIA SUCH A ATEWAY WILL
                 FAIL. HEREFORE USE  TYPE ODES IN A  ONLY IF THE
                 CALLSIGN THAT WILL FOLLOW THE CONNECTION TO SUCH ODE IS
                 PRESENT IN IT'S  LIST.

ET =>ALLSIGN : HE "EQUAL" SIGN IN FRONT OF THE CALLSIGN WILL SPECIFY THAT
                 THIS TATION IS PART OF A OCAL ETWORK (), AND WILL BE
                 DISPLAYED IN THE  IST OF THE  . LEASE MAKE
                 SURE THAT  CALLSIGNS SET IN THE   CAN BE HEARD 
                 CONNECTED BY  TATION 100% 24 OURS A AY, OTHERWISE SERS
                 CAN GET CONFUSED. HE YNTAX FOR SETTING A  IS:
                  =>ALLSIGN,ALLSIGN (THE  CALLSIGN ). AN BE A
                 ODE (>ALL) OR (>ALL) OR EVEN A  (>CALL).

ET >ALLSIGN : HIS CAN BE USEFUL IF THE PERATOR FINDS IT EASIER TO REMEMBER
                 NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS, OR PLACES. HEREFORE INSTEAD OF ISSUING
                 A ONNECT <ALLSIGN> COMMAND, HE CAN ISSUE A ONNECT <NAME>.
                 HE YNTAX FOR SETTING THIS TYPE OF  IN THE  IS:
                  >ON,>22,6<RETURN>. HE CALLSIGN OF THE
                 ESTINATION TATION  BE SET AS THE LAST LINK IN THE
                 IGIPEATING-ROUTE.  HE  SET AS > WILL  APPEAR IN ANY
                 OF THE ISTS, OTHER THAN THE  * (TAR), WHICH SHOWS 
                 THE SET  IN THE .


                       ANDBOOK >64 ERSION 5.0                AGE 50







ET 1>ALLSIGN : ELECTING HANNEL 1 WHEN THE >64 ERSION IS USED.

ET 2>ALLSIGN : ELECTING HANNEL 2 WHEN THE >64 ERSION IS USED.


      >64 

HE  RECOGNIZES TWO NEW TYPES OF ALL, BY WHICH THE ONNECT COMMAND
ISSUED WILL BE ADDRESSED TO THE CORRECT CHANNEL. S THE HANNEL SELECTION TAKES
PLACE VIA THOSE TWO ENTRIES IN THE , THE  IS  SET TO 
AND THEREFORE IS NOT AVAILABLE AS A COMAND.  O SET A  FOR A ALLSIGN THE
FOLLOWING 3   HAVE BEEN SET :  1>1 VIA 1>1
                                        2>2 VIA 2>2
                                       ATH => VIA =>

HE NUMBER 1, TELLS THE  THAT HANNEL 1 WILL BE SPECIFIED IN THE
CONNECT COMMAND, AND THE ATTEMPTED LINK SHOULD BE MADE VIA HANNEL 1.
ONSEQUENTLY UMBER 2 SPECIFIES HANNEL 2.
HE  ENTRY  REPLACES THE COMMAND  .

  THEREFORE SET FOR HANNEL 1 WILL READ LIKE THIS : 6 1,>22
THE  NUMBER ALWAYS FOLLOWING THE ESTINATION TATION ALLSIGN.
IMILARLY NUMBER 2 CAN BE USED TO SET A  IN  2.

F THE PERATOR IS RUNING A  USING  >64 ERSION, THEN,
ASSUMING HE IS RUNNING  1 ON 2MTRS AND  2 ON 70CMS. THE FOLLOWING
 CAN BE SET:  1>2M VIA 1>2M
                   2>70CM VIA 2>70CM

OW A ONNECT OMMAND CAN BE SEND BY A EMOTE SER AS : <ALLSIGN> 70CM, OR
CORRESPONDIGLY : <ALLSIGN> 2M INSTEAD AF THE NUMBERS 2 AND 1, WHICH WILL BE
EASIER FOR SERS TO RECOGNIZE.

F THE OPERATOR OR A EMOTE SER, WANTS TO CONNECT TO A TATION IN THE 
IST, BUT DOES  WANT TO START THE  AND FOLLOW THE PRE-SET
IGI-OUTE, BUT INSTEAD WISHES TO CONNECT  TO THAT TATION, THEN THE
 CAN REMAIN INACTIVE AND THE YSTEM WILL ISSUE A NORMAL DIRECT ONNET
OMMAND IF THE FOLLOWING IS SENT : 6 1 NIX <RETURN>.



5.10   .

ODES ARE USED MORE AND MORE, AS PACKET RADIO IS EXPANDING, AND THE FREQUENCIES
ARE GETTING CROWDED  AS MORE AND MORE TATIONS ARE RUNNING DIGIPEATERS. INCE
ODE ETWORKS HAVE DEVELOPED, IT IS UNLIKELY THAT ANYONE WILL USE 2ND. LEVEL
DIGIPEATING, ESPECIALLY LONG CHAINS, TO OBTAIN A CONNECTION, AS A "BAD-LINK"
ANYWHERE ALONG THE CHAIN WILL RESULT IN A FAILURE.  MUCH BETTER PROPOSITION,
THEREFORE, WAS FOUND IN THE USE OF 3RD. LEVEL DIGIPEATING AND THE USE OF EITHER
ETWORKED, OR -, OR ATEWAY ODES. S MOST ODES HAVE PRE-SET AND CONSTANTLY
UPDATING ROUTES, A CONNECTION TO A DISTANT STATION BECOMES MORE RELIABLE.

 HAS FOLLOWED SUIT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 3RD. LEVEL DIGIPEATIMG IN
THE LAST 3 VERSIONS. (3,51, 3,60 AND 5.0).  LASSICAL 2ND. LEVEL DIGIPEATING
WAS, AND STILL IS, POSSIBLE IN , BUT NOW 3RD LEVEL DIGI AND



AGE 51                 ANDBOOK >64 ERSION 5.0







PERHAPS ETWORKING IS POSSIBLE.  SPECIAL CALLSIGN CAN BE ENTERED IN THE 
PARAMETER, WHICH WILL BE PARTICULAR TO THE . LSO AN LIAS CAN BE SET IN
THE  PARAMETER, WHICH CAN IDENTIFY THE ODE'S REA FOR INSTANCE, OR THE
PERATOR'S NAME, ETC. N ADDITION TO THOSE, THE  PARAMETER MUST BE
SET, IT ACCEPTS VALUES FROM 64 - 255. (AGE 32). S ANY OTHER EMOTE CCESSIBLE
PARAMETER, THE  MUST BE SET ACCORDINGLY. DDITIONALLY, IN THE ORDINARY
ASSETTE ORT ERSION OF , THE  PARAMETER MUST BE SET TO .

N CONNECTION TO THE  ODE, A REMOTE TATION WILL RECEIVE A SMALL PROMPT
LIKE **-**. HERE ARE NO MORE PROMPTS OR WELCOME TEXT AFTER THAT, BUT IF
THE EMOTE TATION SENDS THE WRONG OMMAND,  ODE RESPONDS WITH THE
FOLLOWING:
         <><>:NVALID OMMAND(ON NFO ANS H ODES ATH ERMS SER)

HESE STAND FOR THE  COMMANDS THAT THE  ODE WILL ACCEPT. HEY ARE
DESCRIBED ON PAGE 49 OF THIS MANUAL.

HE  PARAMETER SHOULD BE SET WITH AN APPROPRIATE  (INGLE UFFIXED
DENTITY). T IS A CONVENTION, IN RITAIN, TO SET A -8  FOR A ODE ON 2
MTRS. AND A -7 FOR A ODE ON 70CMS. -4 FOR 4MTRS. AND -6 FOR 6MTRS. ODES. HIS
OF COURSE IS ONLY A CONVENTION, BUT IF -1 IS USED WITH , A SITUATION MAY
ARISE THAT CAN CONFUSE BOTH THE PERATOR AND THE SERS. F ORT 1 <> IS
CONNECTED TO A ODE AND THE PERATOR DECIDES TO CONNECT TO THE  ODE ON
ORT 2 OF . O AVOID CONFUSION FROM THE ODE, WHICH MAY CAUSE A RAME
EJECT DUE TO THE FACT THAT TWO IDENTICAL ALLSIGNS ARE TRYING A CONNECT TO
THE SAME TATION ON THE SAME FREQUENCY,  AUTOMATICALLY PLACES A -1 
AFTER THE <>. O TRY AND NOT SET THE ODE  AS -1. N THE OTHER HAND
AND AGAIN BY CONVENTION IN RITAIN,  (ERSONAL ULLETIN OARD ERVICE) IS
NORMALLY SET TO A PORT WITH A -2  AFTER THE <>.

HE , OTHERWISE KNOWN AS LIAS ALLSIGN, IS WIDELY USED BY HEET ODE
PERATORS. T NORMALLY GIVES INFORMATION OF THE ODE LOCATION, BUT CAN BE SET
TO ANYTHING UP TO 6 CHARACTERS LONG.   5.0, UNLIKE 3.51 AND 3.60
(WITH THE "QUERK" OF SWAPPING  AND ), WILL  ACKNOWLEDGE CONNECT
REQUESTS TO THE  CALLSIGN, SO IF YOU WISH THE  TO BE DISPLAYED ON THE
TATIONS EARD IST OF THE - ODES THAT CAN "HEAR" YOUR BEACON, THEN SET THE
LIAS IN THE  PARAMETER AND THE ODE ALL ALLSIGN IN THE  PARAMETER.
SERS WILL BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO YOUR LIAS, AND ON CONNECTION WILL SEE YOUR
ODECALL AS WELL, BUT WILL  BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO IT. T IS A MATTER OF
PREFERENCE REALLY.

HE SPECIAL FEATURES OF SETTING AND USING THE ODE AS A ATEWAY WHEN THE >64
VERSION OF THE PROGRAM IS USED, HAVE ALREADY BEING DESCRIBED EARLIER.



5.11     .

HE 4 PERATING ISIBLE ORTS CAN ACTUALLY BE CONFIGURED TO RECOGNIZE THAT A
PEEDOS DEVICE IS CONNECTED TO THE SER ORT OF THE 64 AND ANY OTHER
ENTRONICS ARALLEL DEVICE. S THE ORT ONTROL UMBERS 0 ..... 7
CORRESPOND WITH SER ORT IN UMBERS  .... , THESE CAN BE ALTERED BY
CHANGING THE PARAMETERS  AND .





                        ANDBOOK >64 ERSION 5.0                AGE 52







ORT 0/1/128        0/1/128

HE  PARAMETER WILL DETERMINE THE WAY  THAT THE  SER ORTS FUNCTION.
CCORDING TO IT'S SETTING IT WILL DETERMINE IF:
LOPPY-CCELERATOR DEVICE, LIKE PEEDOS, WILL BE RECOGNISED AND IF THE SER
ORT WILL ALLOW THE PERATION OF A ENTRONICS ARALLEL DEVICE CONNECTED TO THE
ORT. HE FOLLOWING CAN BE SET BY THE  YSP.

 0       HE PEEDOS AND ENTRONICS ARE BOTH RECOGNISED AND IN OPERATION.
 1       HE PEEDOS AND ENTRONICS ARE  RECOGNISED.
 128     HE PEEDOS AND ENTRONICS ARE  RECOGNISED  THE INS
               (ORTS), ARE FREELY SWITCHEABLE USING THE  ARAMETER.

HE 8 ORTS ARE AS FOLLOWS :
                           0 ORT 1 ONNECTED.
                           1 NREAD INFORMATION ON ORT 1 (QUIVALENT TO THE
                               + SIGN IN THE TATUS INE).
                           2 ORT 2 ONNECTED.
                           3 NREAD INFORMATION ON ORT 2.
                           4 ORT 3 ONNECTED.
                           5 NREAD INFORMATION ON ORT 3.
                           6 ORT 4 ONNECTED.
                           7 NREAD INFORMATION ON ORT 4.

F THE  PARAMETER IS SET TO 0 OR 1 THEN THE  PARAMETER CANNOT BE
CHANGED AND WILL ALWAYS RETURN AN  X . HERE X IS THE ORT UMBER.
EFAULT 1


X /           X /

F  IS SET TO 128 THEN EACH OF THE 8 ORTS CAN BE SET TO EITHER 
(), OR  (). X = ORT UMBER (0....7). AY BE NEEDED TO ADJUST THE
SOFTWARE ROUTINE THAT CONTROLS THE ARALLEL ENTRONICS RINTERS CONNECTED TO
THE SER ORT.
EFAULT  0 ON 1 ON 2 ON 3 ON 4 ON 5 ON 6 ON 7 ON



5.12    ()

 SINCE 3.51, HAS GOT A BUILT-IN OFTWARE QUELCH CONTROL. T ALLOWS THE
PERATOR TO RUN THE ADIO WITH PEN QUELCH, THIS OF COURSE IS VERY USEFUL,
ESPECIALLY ON  AND  PERATION. NCE SET THE  YSTEM WILL IGNORE ALL
OTHER SIGNALS EXCEPT PACKET TONES. HEREFORE EVEN IN EXREME  CONDITIONS AND
EVEN IF THERE ARE "EAD ARRIERS", OR OICE, OR EVEN ,  OR  OR 
OTHER TYPE OF INTERFERENCE INCLUDING "HITE OICE" ON ,  WILL TRANSMIT
AND ACKNOWLEDGE PACKETS TRANSMITTED TO IT. T THEREFORE MAKES THIS SYSTEM
VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BE INTERFERED WITH.


 X                 X

HIS OPERATES ON THE ASSETTE ERSION ONLY.  HE RANGE X = 0 .... 32. ACH
NUMBER INCREASES THE SQUELCH, SIMILARLY TO THE RIG'S OWN CONTROL. F THE
SETTING IS TOO LOW, THEN OBVIOUSLY THE ARRIER-DETECT WILL BE AFFECTED AND THE


AGE 53               ANDBOOK >64 ERSION 5.0







 DISPLAY ON THE STATUS LINE WILL "FLUTTER".  TOO HIGH VALUE WILL LEAD TO
SLOW AND UNSAFE EVALUATION OF ANY DETECTED SIGNALS. XPERIMENTATION WILL SHOW
THE BEST  SETTING FOR THE INDIVIDUAL'S NEEDS.
 FROM THE WRITER:  FOUND THAT  10 WORKS FINE FOR / AND 1200 AUD,
                      FOR 300AUD / USE,  12 HAS PROVED ADEQUATE.
ARE MUST BE TAKEN IF THE  IS SET TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN 0 (ZERO) AND THE
RIG'S OWN SQUELCH IS ALSO USED. ENERALLY THE RIG'S OWN SQUELCH IS NOT NEEDED,
BUT IT CAN BE USED, IF NECESSARY, AS SOME PERATORS DO NOT LIKE SEEING THE S
ON THEIR MODEMS LIT UP ALL THE TIME.
EFAULT 0

F HE >64 VERSION OF THE PROGRAM IS USED, THEN THE RIG'S SQUELCH IS
GEERALLY LEFT OPEN, IF THE 1200 BAUD ODEM IS USED. OR THE HIGHER BAUD RATES
THE  IGNALS OF THE ODEM WILL BE USED IN CONJUCTION WITH THE EXPANSION
ADAPTER CARD.




6. :


6.1  

HE  OUTINES OF THE PROGRAM ORIGINATE FROM TEFEN CKART, 2. CREEN
AND THE OMMAND SET FROM LORIAN ADHERR, 8. HE PRESENT ERSION 5.0 HAS
BEEN DEVELOPED BY ANIELD OEHLER, 3.

RIGINAL ERMAN OPIES OF >64 5.0 CAN BE OBTAINED BY SENDING 20 AND A
SELF ADDRESSED MAILER TO:
                         UDI USSMAN 5
                         TTO-ANN STR. 9,
                         8400 EGENSBURG.

                         CCOUNT 190786-859 OST IRO FFICE
                         UERNBERG
                          76010085

R AS USUAL TO:
                        ORCH OLLOW 3
                        NGERWEG 10
                        8201 U EI AD IBLING

                        CCOUNT 214822-806
                         700100800
                        OST FFICE IRO UENCHEN

RICES OF HARDWARE ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE ABOVE.

NCE AGAIN YOUR ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE  NOTICE AT THE BEGINNING OF
THIS MANUAL. HE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF WHICH WILL BE STRICTLY ADHERED TO AND
ANY VIOLATION OF THESE WILL BE PURSUED TO THE FULL EXTEND OF THE AW.

HE MODEM DESCRIBED FURTHER ON IN THIS MANUAL, CAN BE CONSTRUCTED ON VEROBOARD.
HE CIRCUITRY IS SUFFICIENTLY UNCRITICAL FOR THAT PURPOSE.  HERE IS A 
AVAILABLE AND FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE ADDRESSES ABOVE.


                      ANDBOOK >64 ERSION 5.0                 AGE 54


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