Operations Manual

OPERATIONS 4-13
O&M of the MCC-545B PACKET DATA RADIO
12/2000
where "p" is any letter from A to Z (A is top priority, and Z is the lowest priority).
When you enter the message destinations as command parameters ("dest1", "dest2", etc.),
the message is automatically routed to those Stations when you enter the message and
press [ESC]. Destination is the Station numerical ID.
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NOTE
If you also want to send a copy of the message to your default destination, you must enter its
Station numerical ID as one of the command parameters ("dest1", "dest2", etc.) as specified
above.
b. Enter a message up to 3,570 characters in length, pressing [CR] at the end of each 80
character line. To correct mistakes made upon entering the message, see Section 4.3.3.
c. After entering the message, press the [ESC] key. The [ESC] key queues the message for
transmission.
The computer prints the following message:
hh:mm:ss Message No: name:sss, nnnn chars, nnn segments
hh:mm:ss ROUTING name :sss TXT sss/nn TO: name
Special Features
1. Retransmit a Previously Entered Message.
You can resend the previous message by simply pressing [ESC] before any other key
when the terminal prints ENTER TEXT. The message is sent to any destination(s) you
entered when you typed MESSAGE, or to the default destination if you did not enter any
destinations.
2. Revise a Previously Entered Message.
You can add to the previous message or recover an abort by typing a [CTRL]T as the first
character after the ENTER TEXT: prompt. The previous message prints, and leaves the
cursor at the end of the message. You can now resume editing; press [ESC] to send the
message, or [CTRL]D to erase the message.
Deleting Messages
To delete a message once you have placed it on-the-air (maintenance terminal only), type:
DEL MSG,id:sss