Operations Manual

OPERATIONS 4-15
O&M of the MCC-545B PACKET DATA RADIO
12/2000
[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.
[CTRL]A Aborts the edit mode and returns to the command mode.
A + indicates the command mode.
[ESC]B Leaves text edit mode and queues message for transmission.
4.3.4 Transmitting Messages
You automatically transmit messages by entering messages with the MESSAGE command. Each
message is placed in the transmit queue in order by assigned priority - messages of equal priority
are placed in the queue in the order that you enter it. As the originating 545B begins to transmit
the message, it prints the following message on the maintenance terminal:
hh:mm:ss Message No: name:sss, nnnn chars, nnn segments
hh:mm:ss ROUTING name :sss TXT sss/nn TO: name
Messages are transmitted in units called packets. Packets can be independently routed to the
destination Station. When the next Station receives a message packet, you see an
acknowledgement text line formatted as:
mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss TXTMSG ACK name:sss, xxxx CHARS FROM name
When the message has been delivered to its destination, you will see an end-to-end
acknowledgement:
hh:mm:ss END-TO-END ACK OF name:sss FROM name