Specifications
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WX1AAA _________/ \__________ WX3CCC
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WX2DDD . . . . . . . . WX2EEE
This time, type the connect command like this:
CONNECT WX3CCC VIA WX2DDD,WX2EEE
Type the digipeaters' call signs in the exact order of the intended
path from your station to the station with which you wish to connect.
You can specify a routing list of up to eight intermediate stations.
In practice this does not work very well, and Networking Switches
such as NET/ROM have replaced digipeating for the most part. Still,
it is sometimes necessary to digipeat through one or two stations.
4.4.4.1 Are You a Digipeater?
Your packet station can be a digipeater for other stations. You don't
have to "do" anything - your PK-900 will digipeat other stations -
unless you tell it not to! with the DFROM command.
If your transmitter is keyed when you're not using it, or during lulls
in your own conversations, you're being used as a digipeater by some
other stations. This won't bother your chat with your partner.
If you wish to monitor the other stations that are using you as a
digipeater then set the command MDIGI ON.
4.4.5 Monitoring Other Stations
Use the MONITOR command to determine what kinds of packets you will
see when you are NOT connected to another station. "MONITOR" takes a
numerical value between "0" and "6." Each higher number adds more
detail to your monitoring. The meanings of the MONITOR numbers are:
0 Monitoring is disabled.
1 Only unnumbered, "unconnected" frames are displayed. This
setting will display Beacons, but not display connected stations.
2 Numbered (I) frames are also displayed. Use this setting to
monitor connected conversations in progress on the channel.
3 Connect request ("C") frames and disconnect ("D") request packets
in addition to the above are displayed.
4 This is your PK-900's default value. Unnumbered acknowledgment
(UA) of connect and disconnect frames are also displayed.
5 Receiver Ready (RR), Receiver Not Ready (RN), Reject (RJ), and
Frame Reject (FR) supervisory frames are also displayed.
6 Poll/Final bit and sequence numbers of monitored frames are shown.
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