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Paket version 5.1 is an update to the previous 5.0 release and contains
fixes for the known problems reported by users of that release. In many
cases these bugs were insignificant because they did not show up at all on
some systems or were easily avoided. However they did cause difficulties
to several users so I have decided to attend to these problems in this new
release.
There are no new features in this release, just the bug fixes. The Manual
is unchanged too, so if you have a copy of the 5.0 Manual, there is no
need to print this one.
One of the problems reported was related to paKet's failure to recognise
the "Connection" to another station. The symptoms were it did not change
the callsign in the Header Line, it did not ring the Connect Bells, and
maybe did not activate the AUTO log file.
This has been found to relate to the DCD option and I have now found that
several TNCs either cannot switch the DCD line when a Connection is
established or are rather slow in switching it on. I have provided a
longer delay in version 5.1 to cater for the slow TNCs but for those that
do not support the DCD switching the only solution is to turn OFF paKet's
DCD option in the Serial Port Configuration Window.
So, if you are having problems in this area, try turning off paKet's DCD
option then try it again to see if this is the cause of the problem. In
the Manual I recommended you turn this option ON and it would be better if
you can have it on and use that feature, but paKet will still run quite
well without it, so no big deal!
Tony, VK2DHU