Instruction Manual

OPERATIONS 4-14
MCC-545C PACKET DATA RADIO
12/2000
2. To Revise A Previously Entered Message
To revise a previously entered message press [CTRL]T after the ENTER TEXT prompt
to revise a previously entered message or to recover from an aborted session. The
previous message will be displayed with the cursor placed at the end of the message.
You may now resume editing the message.
3. To Delete a Message
To delete a message after it has been placed in the Tx Queue, type
DELMSG, ID: sss
where: ID is the numerical station ID
sss is the message serial number
The operator terminal will print the date and time, followed by MESSAGE DELETED.
4.3.2 Editing Messages
The following editing functions may be used while the message is in the TEXT EDIT BUFFER.
KEY FUNCTION
[DEL] Deletes the last character entered.
[CTRL]R Prints the current line of text on the next line down.
[CTRL]I Performs a fixed tab function
\ Removes the current line from the edit buffer.
[CR] Performs a carriage return and line feed.
[LF] Performs a carriage return and line feed.
[CTRL]X Removes the current line from the edit buffer and places the
cursor at the end of the previous line.
[CTRL]T Prints the contents of the edit buffer.
[CTRL]D Erases the entire contents of the edit buffer.
[CTRK]A Aborts the edit mode and returns to the command mode.
A “+” indicates the command mode.
ESC Leaves text edit mode and queues the message for transmission.
4.3.3 Sending Messages
Messages are automatically transmitted with the [ESC] command. Each message will be placed
in the Tx Queue in accordance with its assigned priority. Messages of equal priority are placed
in the Tx Queue in the order received from the TEXT EDIT BUFFER.
The following display will appear on the operator terminal as the MCC-545C begins to transmit
a message: