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- ***PREAMBLE
- WinPack-TF uses a Virtual TNC - what appears to the user as
- the TNC responding to TNC2-style commands is, in fact, part
- of the software. The available Virtual TNC commands are:-
-
- ***POSTAMBLE
-
- Availability of some commands depends on whether you are
- using TF firmware, WA8DED firmware or TFEMU.
- Most commands can be abbreviated. The minimum abbreviation is
- shown in upper case.
- For help on a command use ?<command>. Example: ?DISPLAY
-
- ***AUTOSSID
- Usage:-
- AUtoSSID ON or AUtoSSID OFF
- Default:-
- AUtoSSID OFF
- Purpose:-
- If AUtoSSID is on then an SSID is added to your callsign if you make
- an outgoing connect from a channel on the Terminal. The SSID is the
- same as the channel number, so if you make a connection from channel
- '2' your callsign will have an SSID of '2', etc. Outgoing connects
- from the main WinPack screen will not have an SSID.
-
- ***BEACON
- Usage:-
- Beacon Every n
- Beacon After n
- n is a number between 0 and 250.
- Example:-
- Beacon Every 90
- Default:-
- Beacon Every 0 (disabled)
- Purpose:-
- Controls how frequently the beacon text (BText) is transmitted.
- "Beacon Every" sends BText every n*10 seconds, "Beacon After" sends
- BText only after n*10 seconds have passed with no packet activity on
- the frequency.
-
- ***BTEXT
- Usage:-
- BText <text>
- <text> is from 1 to 80 characters and can contain Winpack tokens.
- Examples:-
- BText $MYCALL running $VERSION
- BText % (this clears BText)
- Default:-
- No BText set.
- Purpose:-
- Specifies the text to be sent at the interval specified by Beacon. It
- is sent as an unproto frame to the address specified by the Unproto
- parameter.
-
- ***CHancall
- Usage:-
- CHancall <callsign>
- Example:-
- Chancall G8MZX
- Purpose:-
- To temporarily change the callsign used on a channel. The callsign
- will be used until a connection and disconnection has occurred on that
- channel, at which point the channel callsign will revert to MYCALL.
-
- ***CONNECT
- Usage:-
- Connect <call> [<call2> <call3>...]
- <call2>, <call3> etc. are optional digipeaters.
- Examples:-
- Connect G4IDE
- Connect G8MZX G4GZL
- Purpose:-
- Initiates a connect request. The result will be either a succesful
- connection being obtained, or a LINK FAILURE message.
-
- ***CONSTAMP
- Usage:-
- CONStamp ON or CONStamp OFF
- Default:-
- CONStamp OFF
- Purpose:-
- Enables or disables time stamping of the connected and disconnected
- messages from the TNC. Please note - this command is not available
- with WA8DED firmware.
-
- ***CONVERSE
- Usage:-
- CONVerse
- Purpose:-
- Put the Virtual TNC back into converse mode if you have used Ctrl_C
- to put it into command mode whilst you are connected. CONVerse is
- ignored if you aren't connected.
-
- ***CTEXT
- Usage:-
- CText <text>
- <text> is from 1 to 80 characters and can contain Winpack tokens.
- Examples:-
- CText You are connected to a channel on a WinPack terminal.
- CText % (this clears CText)
- Default:-
- CText Welcome to $VERSION. Sorry, no PMS facilities on this channel.
- Purpose:-
- Specifies the text that will be sent to stations connecting to a
- channel on the terminal screen, not to the the main WinPack system.
- See also WCText.
-
- ***DIGIPEAT
- Usage:-
- DIGipeat ON or DIGipeat OFF
- Default:-
- DIGipeat ON
- Purpose:-
- Controls whether your station will act as a digipeater for traffic
- between other packet stations. Please note - this command is not
- available when using TFEMU.
-
- ***DISCONNECT
- Usage:-
- Disconnect
- Purpose:-
- To disconnect a channel on which a connection exists.If there is no
- connection on the channel, the command is ignored. The TNC must first
- be put in command mode - you can put it in command mode by pressing
- Ctrl_C. You can also make a disconnect by using the Disconnect button,
- or by selection "Action", "Disconnect" on the main WinPack screen.
-
- ***DISPLAY
- Usage:-
- DISPlay
- Purpose:-
- Generates a list of all control parameters and their values.
-
- ***DWAIT
- Usage:-
- DWait n
- n is a number from 0 to 127.
- Example and Default:-
- DWait 16
- Purpose:-
- Specifies the length of time, in units of 10 milliseconds, that the
- TNC will wait before transmitting, to avoid collisions with digipeated
- packets. Please note - this command is not available with TF
- firmware or with TFEMU.
-
- ***FRACK
- Usage:-
- FRack n
- n is a number between 1 and 15.
- Example and Default:-
- FRack 5
- Purpose:-
- To specify, in seconds, how long the TNC should wait for an
- acknowledgement of a frame before it sends the fram again. Please
- note - this command is not available when using TFEMU.
-
- ***HELP
- Usage:-
- Help
- Purpose:-
- To show a list of the available Virtual TNC commands.
-
- ***MAXFRAME
- Usage:-
- MAXframe n
- n is a number from 1 to 7.
- Example and Default:-
- MAXframe 2
- Purpose:-
- Sets a limit on the number of unacknowledged frames that will be
- allowed to be outstanding on a channel at any one time, and also the
- maximum number of frames that will ever be sent in one transmission on
- a channel.
-
- ***MCOM
- Usage:-
- MCOM ON or MCOM OFF
- Default:-
- MCOM OFF
- Purpose:-
- Controls whether supervisory frames will be displayed in monitored
- traffic.
-
- ***MHCLEAR
- Usage:-
- MHClear
- Purpose:-
- Clear the MHeard list - see also MHeard.
-
- ***MHEARD
- Usage:-
- MHeard
- Purpose:-
- Display a list of stations heard by the TNC. Up to 16 stations will be
- displayed. The list shows callsigns and the date and time at which
- each station was last heard.
-
- ***MONITOR
- Usage:-
- MONitor ON or MONitor OFF
- Default:-
- MONitor ON
- Purpose:-
- Controls whether monitoring of other traffic is enabled or disabled.
-
- ***MSTAMP
- Usage:-
- MStamp ON or MStamp OFF
- Purpose:-
- Controls whether monitored frames are time and date stamp when they
- are displayed. Please note - this command is not available with
- WA8DED firmware.
-
- ***MYCALL
- Usage:-
- MYcall <callsign>
- Example:-
- MYcall G4IDE
- Purpose:-
- To specify the callsign used by the TNC. If MYcall is changed whilst
- connections on other channels are in progess, the callsign being used
- on those channels is not affected.
-
- ***PACLEN
- Usage:-
- Paclen n
- n is a number from 1 to 256.
- Example and Default:-
- Paclen 128
- Purpose:-
- To specify the maximum length of the data portion of any frame sent
- by the TNC.
-
- ***PERSIST
- Usage:-
- PErsist n
- n is a number from 0 to 255.
- Example and Default:-
- PErsist 64
- Purpose:-
- Sets the probability that the TNC will send a queued frame if it finds
- the channel is clear. A value of 255 means it will definitely
- transmit, a value of 0 means it will never transmit. It is one of the
- two persistance timing parameters, the other is SLottime. Please note-
- this command is not available with WA8DED firmware or with TFEMU.
-
- ***RAW
- Usage:-
- RAW <command>
- RAW <channel><command>
- Example:-
- RAW L
- RAW 0F7
- Purpose:-
- To send a raw command to the TNC. If the first character of the
- command is numeric then it is assumed to be a channel number, if it
- is a letter or '@' then the stream you are using is used for the
- channel number. DO NOT USE THIS COMMAND UNLESS YOU ARE SURE THAT YOU
- KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND YOU HAVE A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF THE WA8DED
- AND TF2.7b COMMAND SET!!! The command may sometimes result in the
- response from the TNC appearing twice on the screen - this is
- unavoidable.
-
- ***RESPTIME
- Usage:-
- RESPtime n
- n is a number from 0 to 255.
- Example and default:-
- RESPtime 150
- Purpose:-
- To specify the delay, in units of 10 milliseconds, between a frame
- being received and the acknowledgement being sent. The idea is to
- prevent collisions between the acknowledgement and another frame from
- the sending station. Please note - this command is not available when
- using TFEMU.
-
- ***RPS
- Usage:-
- RPS
- Purpose:-
- Returns the number of times that the TNC goes round its internal cycle
- in one second.(Rounds Per Second). It is a comparitive measure of TNC
- performance. Please note - this command is not available with WA8DED
- firmware or with TFEMU.
-
- ***SETTIME
- Usage:-
- SETtime
- Purpose:-
- Sets the TNC's internal time and date to the PC's time and date. The
- TNC uses the time and date for time stamping connections and monitored
- frames. SETtime is called automatically during TNC initialisation. See
- also CONStamp and MStamp. Please note - this command is not available
- with WA8DED firmware.
-
- ***SLOTTIME
- Usage:-
- SLottime n
- n is a number from 0 to 255.
- Example and Default:-
- SLottime 100
- Purpose:-
- To set the frequency, in units of 1 millisecond, at which random
- numbers will be generated to determine if a queued frame will be
- transmitted if the channel is clear. It is one of the two persistance
- timing parameters, the other is PErsist. Please note - this command
- is not available with WA8DED firmware or with TFEMU.
-
- ***TRIES
- Usage:-
- TRIes n
- n is a number from 0 to 15.
- Example and Default:-
- TRIes 10
- Purpose:-
- Specifies how many times the TNC will retry to send a frame before it
- gives up. Please note - this command is not available when using
- TFEMU.
-
- ***TXDELAY
- Usage:-
- TXDelay n
- n is a number from 1 to 500.
- Example and Default:-
- TXDelay 30
- Purpose:-
- Specifies the delay, in units of 10 milliseconds (but see NOTE),
- between the push-to-talk being keyed and data being sent, to allow
- the rig to stabilise on transmit.
- I have been told that the SYMEK TNC3S TNC, which supports a version of
- TF, uses a unit of one millisecond for the TXDelay setting, which is
- why the upper limit of 500 is so high! The normal versions of TF and
- WA8DED will not accept a value above 127.
- Please note - this command is not available when using TFEMU.
-
- ***UNPROTO
- Usage:-
- Unproto <call> [<call2> <call3>...]
- <call2>, <call3> etc. are optional digipeaters.
- Examples:-
- Unproto GB7IDE
- Unproto GB7OPC G8MZX
- Default:-
- Unproto CQ
- Purpose:-
- Specifies the address and optional digipeater callsigns to which
- unproto transmissions will be sent.
-
- ***USERS
- Usage:-
- USers n
- n is a number from 0 to the maximum number of channels available on
- the TNC.
- Example:-
- USers 2
- Default:-
- The maximum number of channels available.
- Purpose:-
- To set the maximum number of simultaneous incoming connections allowed
- by the TNC. It does not restrict the number of outgoing connections
- that you can make.
-
- ***VERSION
- Usage:-
- Version
- Purpose:-
- Returns the version of the firmware being used. Please note - this
- command is not available with WA8DED firmware, and some versions of TF
- may return the AX25 version being used (2) not the the firmware
- version.
-
- ***WCTEXT
- Usage:-
- WCText <text>
- <text> is from 1 to 80 characters and can contain Winpack tokens.
- Examples:-
- WCText You are connected to a WinPack system.
- WCText % (this clears WCText)
- Default:-
- Welcome to $VERSION. Send /h for help...
- Purpose:-
- Specifies the text that will be sent to stations connecting to the
- main WinPack system (channel 1 on the TNC). See also CText.
-
- ***XMITOK
- Usage:-
- XMitok ON or XMitok OFF
- Purpose:-
- Specifies whether the TNC is allowed to transmit. Please note - this
- command is not available when using TFEMU.
-
-