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. PTCT is a Terminal program for the PTC pactor controller from SCS.
On one hand it is a program wich make full use of function keys
F1 to F10 and combiations of keys to give all the commands to the
PTC as: AM ,PT ,L 1 a.s.o.
On the other hand you can use it as a dumb terminal program.
All the commands to the PTC are given then with the normal text keys
and the most of the function keys don't work.
This is the best way to learn the commands of the PTC.
The program is written in Turbo Pascal and many of the routines
of DL5FBD are used.
. When the program is running there are 2 windows on the screen
The upper window is the receive screen and the lower window is the
command and transmit screen.
. A status line gives information about the status of the PTC.
. If you have the Firmware version lower than 2.0 set local echo on
with "ECHO 1".
Description of the function keys F1 .. F10.
===========================================
Esc Before typing a command, use yhe ESC key.
F1 Help
Here all the function keys and the combinations keys are shown.
F2 Switch to Pactor standby. When connected in pactor to a station
this key disconnects. F2 also stops calling a station.
F3 Switch to Amtor standby.When connected in amtor to a station
this key disconnects. F3 also stops calling a station.
F4 Switch to RTTY Baudot.
F5 Call a station in Pactor or Amtor.
There is a extra window on the screen for the call of the station
you want to connect to.
F6 Toggles listen mode for pactor and amtor.
F7 Toggles Unproto(100 Baud) for pactor
and Fec for amtor and Transmit in rtty.
F8 Calling CQ in pactor, amtor or rtty.
F9 Shows all the parameters of the ptc. The SHOW command.
F10 Switch to dumb terminal.
Use it if you want to change parameters of the PTC or
when you want to read from or to write to your mini-
mailbox of the PTC.
Description of Combination keys.
================================
ALT-F1 Toggle a help line between Rx and Tx screen.
ALT-F2 Shows the pactor commands of the ptc (When on pactor STB).
ALT-F3 Shows the amtor commands of the ptc (When on amtor STB).
CTRL-F2 Hard disconnect for PACTOR. If you loose the link
with your QSO partner you can force to go to STB
PACTOR with this combination. Don't use it if the
link is good for your QSO partner sends REQ's
till his 'timeout' time.
(F2 is the normal disconnect key for PACTOR)
CTRL-F3 Hard disconnect for AMTOR. If you loose the link
with your QSO partner you can force to go to STB
AMTOR with this combination. Don't use it if the
link is good for your QSO partner sends REQ's
till his 'timeout' time.
(F3 is the normal disconnect key for AMTOR)
ALT-F5 Call a station in Pactor or Amtor from a list.
There is an extra window on the screen with the calls that are
in the file PTCT.CAL. The maximum number of calls in this file
is 10. If there are more the rest is ignored.
You must restart the program if you create a new list.
Don't forget the return after the last call in the list.
ALT-F7 Toggles Unproto with 200 Baud.
ALT-A Use a text editor. The editor must first be installed
with ALT-C and the 'k' option.
ALT-B Show the scrollback buffer. All received data from
and transmitted data to the ptc is stored (in memory) here.
ALT-E Ending of reading the scrollback buffer. (Also does Esc)
ALT-C Configuration.
Description follows.
ALT-F Write all received data in a file.
ALT-I To write additional information (i.e Name and QTH) in the
disklog when disklog is ON and when you are connected.
ALT-K Make the call of your QSO partner known to the program.
This is ONLY necessary if the QSO partner DID CONNECT YOU.
If you connected, the call is already known to the program.
You need this callsign if you want to use CTRL-END. and
for the disklog.
ALT-L Write the PACTOR logbook of the PTC on the screen.
ALT-O Goto DOS and back to PTCT with EXIT.
ALT-P Print a file.
ALT-R Clear the receive screen.
ALT-T Clear the transmit screen and the transmit buffer.
ALT-V View a diskfile.
ALT-W Toggles Wordout. With 'Wordout on' you can correct a typing
error before the word is transmitted. The backspace Char is
not transmitted when Wordout is ON.
ALT-X Ending the program.
ALT-Y Clears the Scrollback buffer.
The start screen.
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╔═════ 26.02.1993 ═══ 17:57 ══════ Receive ══════════════ PA0NC ════════════╗
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║== Pactor V.2.0 == ║
║(C) SCS-GmbH 1992 ║
║ ║
║32768 Bytes good RAM / 20750 Bytes free ║
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║<System-Level: 1> ROM-Call: PA0NC ║
║ ║
║*** PACTOR ACTIVE >>> ║
║ ║
║*** STBY >> ║
║ ║
║ ║
║cmd: ║
║ ║
╠════════════════════════════ Commands & Transmit ═══════════════════════════╣
║ ║
║ ║
║ ║
║ ║
║ ║
╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
F1=Help PACTOR STB IGNOR WO Off 9600Bd│COM2│PTCT V2.60
The lower line on the screen is the status line. It gives important
information of the status of the PTC. The status line is devided in
10 fields.
Field 1: This is a hint to use the F1 key.
Field 2: The mode pactor, amtor or rtty is displayed here.
Field 3: STB, LISTEN, UNPROTO, FEC, CALLING or CONNECT or baudrate in Rtty.
Field 4: The call of the calling or connected station(only when YOU called).
Field 5: PHASE, IDLE, ERROR,TRAF,DATA or REQ.
Field 6: TRANSM. or RECEIV.
Field 7: WO On or WO Off (the ALT-W key)
Field 8,9,10: information about serial parameters and program.
The statusline when calling a station in pactor.
================================================
F1=Help PACTOR CALLING DF0THW PHASE TRANSM. WO On 9600Bd│COM1│PTCT V2.4
The statusline when connected to a station in pactor.
=====================================================
F1=Help PACTOR CONNECT DF0THW IDLE RECEIV. WO On 9600Bd│COM1│PTCT V2.4
The statusline when transmitting FEC in amtor.
==============================================
F1=Help AMTOR FEC IDLE TRANSM. WO On 9600Bd│COM1│PTCT V2.4
The statusline when transmitting UNPROTO in pactor.
===================================================
F1=Help PACTOR UNPROTO TRANSM. WO On 9600Bd│COM1│PTCT V2.4
The installation of new parameters( the ALT-C key).
===================================================
If yoy want the standard build-in parameters to become active then
delete or rename the file PTCT.INI
Below is the window as it appears when ALT-C is pressed.
╔╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗╗
║║ PTCT V2.6 Installation of new parameters ║║
║║ ║║
║║ COMx-Hardware Serial parameters Screen Delay times ║║
║║ ║║
║║ COM Adr IRQ * Baudrate :9600 Change Display/ms:1000 ║║
║║ * Wordlength:8 COLORS Char /ms :10 ║║
║║ * 1 $3F8 4 * Parity :n BIOS/RAM:r Lines /ms :25 ║║
║║ * 2 $2F8 3 * Stopbits :1 CGAWrite:n Blank /min:10 ║║
║║ * 3 $3E8 4 Line len:67 ║║
║║ * 4 $2E8 3 ScrollBackbuffer TxWindow:5 Warning Signals ║║
║║ * V24-COMx: 1 Bytes :8192 VgaMode :n Bell/Morse:m ║║
║║ Frequency :500 ║║
║║ DiskLog Editor ║║
║║ ON Q.EXE Save Station calls ║║
║║ PTCT.INI Call :PA0NC ║║
║║ AAB Selcall :PANC ║║
╠║ OFF ║╣
║║ * = change in PTCT.INI ║║
║║ Choose one of the blinking characters. ║║
║║ Stop with ESC. ║║
║║ Your choice : ║║
║╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
F1=Help PACTOR STB IGNOR WO Off 9600Bd│COM3│ PTCT V2.6
D is for installing the disklog feature. See below.
E is for installing an editor. See below.
A is for Automatic Answer Back (AAB) in Amtor.See Below.
O is for user defined colors. Try it. WARNING! THE COLORS FOR RX AND
TX SCREEN MUST BE DIFFERENT.
R is for video output via BIOS or RAM.
G is for older CGA screens.
I is wraplength.
W is height of TX window.
V is for VGA mode.
S is for saving the new parameter file.
Y is for the displaytime of error windows.
H,N is for delay time for each character and for linefeeds.If the
program works fine,leave them unchanged.
K is the Blank time.
B the reserved bytes of the Scroll back buffer.
M When switching to different modes with the F keys you can hear
a morse sign, a single beep or nothing.
F is for choosing the frequency of the warning signals.
c is your Callsign.
L is your SelCall.
End or
DEL Change the transmit direction of the PTC.
In PACTOR the program sends a CTRL-Y and in AMTOR a +?
CTRL+END Transmits the sentence ' yourcall de mycall '
Changing the com port.
======================
1. The very first character in the PTCT.INI file is the com. port.
You can change it to 2 or 3 if you want to use com port 2 or 3 with
your own editor. The IRQ and Adress are changed automaticaly if you
use standards.
Calling CQ
==========
When calling CQ with FEC or Unproto you can transmit a CQ text with
the F8 key. There must be 3 CQ files in the same directory as
PTCT.EXE, named PTCT.CQA for Amtor, PTCT.CQP for Pactor and
PTCT.CQB for Baudot rtty.
Sample files are in this package. Always start this files with a blank
line.
CHANGE THE CALLSIGN TO YOUR OWN CALLSIGN !
Using The personal Mailbox of the PTC.
=====================================
If you want to use the mailbox system of the PTC switch to 'Dumb
terminal' with F10. You can use now the commands Dir, Read, Write
Send and Delete. All with the restrictions decribed in the manual
of the PTC.
If you change the mode from pactor to amtor a.s.o when in 'dumb
terminal' the newmode is not known to the program. When back in
the full terminal mode use the F2 key then.
If you want to write a file in the memory of the mailbox do as follows:
First write a textfile with your own editor( ALT-A).
Strike F10 (dumb terminal).
After the prompt cmd: type:
W test (the filename you want to write in the MB memory).
type: ALT-S (Give the name of the diskfile).
The textfile now goes from disk to the MB memory.
If you want to write on disk a file wich is in the MB memory do as follows:
Strike F10.
After the prompt Cmd: Type: R test (name of the MB memory file).
After the reading strike F10 again.
Strike ALT-B (scroll back buffer).
Strike ALT-F (save the scroll back buffer on disk).
Strike ALT-B for going back to the program.
Now you can edit the diskfile with ALT-A.
The editor.
===========
With ALT-A you can use your favourable texteditor.
The name of the editor must be installed with the ALT-C command
and then k. The editor must be in the same directory as PTCT.EXE is,
or the full path and filename must be given with the ALT-C and then k,
or the path to the editor must be given in the autoexec.bat file.
If you don't want to use an editor answer NONE at the k
option in the ALT-C screen.The first character of the editorname
must not be a N !
The helpline.
=============
When on pactor STB or amtor STB you can toggle a helpline with the
most important function keys at the place where normaly the separating
line between the RX en TX screen is. This can be usefull if you are
using the program for the first time.
The command for this feature is ALT-F1.
Another time ALT-F1 and the helpline disappears. This also happens
when the dumb terminal (F10) is switched on.
The AAB feature.
================
There is a automatic AAB function in this software.
If PTCT receives a $ (dollar sign) then it sends
QRA mycall myselcall. Both your call and selcall come from
the PTC. Some stations and most aplink stations send
a dollar sign as a 'Who Are You' sign (WRU).
Your PTC then answers with your call and selcall.
If you don't need this feature switch it OFF with ALT-C and
the l option.
WARNING ! SWITCH AAB to OFF WHEN RECEIVING 7PLUS FILES !
WARNING ! SWITCH REMOTE OFF WHEN RECEIVING 7PLUS FILES !
The WORDOUT and LINEWRAP features.
==================================
On PACTOR the wordout is automaticaly switched off while most pactor
stations do accept the backspace character. So if you typed a mistake,
type the backspace key and then the right key.
On AMTOR , UNPROTO,FEC and RTTY the wordout is automaticaly switched
to on. In all modes you can change wordout with ALT-W.
If you are typing on the keyboard it is not neccessary to type a hard
return at the end of a line. After X characters there is an automatic
return and linefeed at the end of a word. A return is still always
possible at a shorter line. (X=installed wraplength)
The logbook possibility.
========================
The PTC has the posibility of a short logbook for the last 16 PACTOR
contacts. This program has the possibility to write on disk the
contacts you made even in PACTOR and in AMTOR. If disklog in
the ALT-C screen is set to OFF the PTC's logbook is used.
If you set the disklog to ON the logbook for the contacts is
automaticaly saved on disk.
There is no end of the logfile (perhaps your diskcapacity ?).
So it is better to rename after some time the file PTCT.LOG and
to start with a new one.
Only when you have a link with another station you can give some
additional information (name and QTH) to the logfile PTCT.LOG. Use ALT-I.
Use it when you are receiving. There is no lost of information of
receiving text during the time you are using ALT-I.
The maximum number of characters you can add is 35. Don't pass the End of
the ALT-I window.
If you use ALT-A you can even edit the log file.
I hope you enjoy this program.
Best 73 from Roel, PA0NC @ PI8DAZ.