User's Manual

PAC Configuration Manual
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4 TPAC Network Drivers and Settings
The TPAC network driver is type “RIM”. Display the network settings by typing “SHOW
NET”. This section contains detailed information to configure the network driver.
NET
TYpe RIM – Type "NET TYPE" to list all the available drivers in the PAC. Only
the “RIM” network driver is relevant to the TPAC.
DEbug <on | off> – Turn on this level of debug to view network-level application
messages. The messages can help with troubleshooting.
WAN <DataTAC | Mobitex> – Specify the wireless network. The default is
DataTAC.
DTR <0 | 1> – Specify the active state of the DTR connection. The default is 0.
COMM
POrt <COM1 | COM2 | COM4> – COM1 must be used for the TPAC.
BAud <1200 | 2400 | 4800 | 9600 | 14400 | 19200 | 28800 | 38400>
DAtabits <7 | 8>
PArity <None | Even | Odd>
STopbits <1 | 2>
PROtocol – The network protocol settings are shown below.
DEbug <on | off> – Turn on this level of debug to view network protocol
level application messages.
MOde <STP | FAD | APL> – The mode defines the protocol that the network
driver will use to communicate. The TPAC uses mode STP.
MAXRetries <0> – The maximum number of messages sent to network
before aborting the attempt. The default is 0.
RXTimeout <sec> – Incoming packet fragment timeout. The number of
seconds the PAC will wait before discarding a broken or incomplete message.
The default is 60.
TXTimeout <sec> – Packet Acknowledgement timeout. The number of
seconds that the PAC will wait for a message acknowledgement from the
GDN before re-sending the message.
MAXPacketsize <bytes> – The maximum number of bytes that the network
can support in a single packet.
PEERs – This setting allows Direct Connect and Remote Console Programming.
This setting does not apply to the TPAC.