Instruction Manual

OPERATIONS 4-12
MCC-545C PACKET DATA RADIO
12/2000
Messages are first entered and edited in the TEXT EDIT BUFFER. They are then transferred to
one or more TX QUEUE buffers for transmission to the designated destinations. The diagram
below depicts the general flow of messages within the MCC-545C software and the various
commands associated with each step in the process.
MESSAGE FLOW AND ASSOCIATED COMMANDS
FIGURE 4.3
The following operations are explained in this section:
SECTION
OPERATIONS
4.3.1 Entering and Deleting Messages
4.3.2 Editing Messages
4.3.3 Sending Messages
4.3.4 Sending Commands
4.3.5 Sending Canned Messages
4.3.6 Receiving Messages
4.3.7 Examining Message Status
4.3.8 Examining and Revising Message Queues
4.3.1 Entering and Deleting Messages
All messages are composed and edited in the TEXT EDIT BUFFER. Messages may be 3,570
characters in length. When composing the message press [CR] at the end of each 80 character
line.
TX QUEUE
PRINT
RX QUEUE
[SHOW]
[FLUSH]
[DEL]
[SMS]
[SHOW]
[FLUSH]
[DEL]
[SMS]
TEXT EDIT
BUFFER
[MESSAGE]
[CMD]
[CANMSG]
EDIT COMMANDS
[ESC]
[DEL]
[ESC]
TO/FROM
NEIGHBORING
STATIONS
ACK
END-TO-END