User's Manual

545C Operations Manual

02/10/2012 Prerelease DCN 00001789-A

hh:mm:ss ROUTING name :sss TXT sss/nn TO: name

Messages are transmitted in packets and are routed to their destination in a

Store-and-Forward manner, using the most efficient routing within the

packet switched network. The originating station receives an

acknowledgement (ACK) if the message has been received successfully by

the first routing station.

mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss TXTMSG ACK name:sss, xxxx CHARS FROM name

When the entire message has been delivered to its final destination, the

operator terminal displays an end-to-end acknowledgement:

hh:mm:ss END-TO-END ACK OF name:sss FROM name

If the end-to-end ACK is not received within the specified time-to-live

limit, the MCC-545C purges the message from the Tx Queue and displays

the following message:

hh:mm:ss MESSAGE TIME-TO-LIVE EXPIRED, MSG.NO:sss, DESTN: name

You must then re-enter the message. Continued failure to successfully

transmit a message indicates that something may be wrong with the

equipment or the link (e.g., excessive noise interference).

5.3.4 Sending Commands

Commands may be sent to any station within the network. The entry of a

command is similar to the MESSAGE command described in Section 4.3.1.

REMCMD,R,dest1,dest2,...destn

where: R = priority level

dest = numerical ID of destination station(s)

The operator is then prompted to enter the text of the command using the

message editor. Once the command is entered, press the [ESC] key to send

the command. The operator terminal will display: