The NTS formatting tool was designed to allow newcomers to traffic handling a tool to enter NTS traffic messages using a series of prompts and having the system format the message for packet use The software interfaces with the G8BPQ packet switch version 4.05 or later The current version (1.00) is a limited transition version and is out for beta testing. This version will only work with the BPQ switch configured to use software interrupt 7Fh, and currently only supports one connected user at a time