Specifications

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Connect call1 [VIA call2[,call3...,call9]] Immediate Command
Mode: Packet and PACTOR Host: CO
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call1 - Call sign of the distant station to which you wish to be connected.
call2 - Optional call sign(s) of up to eight digipeaters via which you'll be
-call9 repeated to reach the distant station.
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Use the CONNECT command to send a Packet connect request to station "call1,"
directly or via one or more digipeaters (call2 through call9). Each call sign
can include an optional SSID "-n" immediately after the call sign.
The CONNECT command works on either Radio Port when the PK-900 is in the
Packet mode. Make sure that the correct Radio Port has been selected with the
CHSWITCH character as described in Chapter 4 of this manual.
The part of the command line shown in brackets below is optional, and is used
only when connecting through one or more digipeaters. Type the digipeater
fields in the exact sequence you wish to use to route your packets to
destination station "call1." (Don't type the brackets or quotation marks)
VIA call2[, call3...,call9]
You can type the command CONNECT at any time to check the status.
If you are trying to connect to another station, you will see the message:
Link state is: CONNECT in progress
If the distant station doesn't "ack" your connect request after the number of
tries in RETRY, the CONNECT attempt is canceled. Your monitor displays:
cmd:*** Retry count exceeded
*** DISCONNECTED: (call sign)
In PACTOR, the CONNECT command will return the callsign of the staton you are
presently linked with. Use the PTCONN command to issue a PACTOR connect.
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CONPerm ON|OFF Default: OFF
Mode: Packet Host: CY
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ON - The connection on the current channel is maintained.
OFF - The current channel can be disconnected from the other stations.
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When ON, CONPERM forces the PK-900 to maintain the current connection, even
when frames to the other station exceed RETRY attempts for an acknowledgment.
Should power to the PK-900 fail, the unit will attempt to re-establish
the connection if CONPERM is ON and the battery backup in the PK-900 is
enabled.
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