Epson MFJ-1278B manual Blp On/Off, Conmode TRANS/CONV, Parity, Awlen, MON Onoff, Mydlcnum

MFJ-1278B MULTI-MODE OPERATIONAL COMMANDS

BLP ON/OFF Mode: Packet Default: OFF

Parameters:

ON Puts the MFJ-1278B into Host Mode

OFF Takes the MFJ-1278B out of Host Mode

Setting the BLP command to ON, puts the MFJ-1278B into Host Mode. After you turn BLP ON and enter transparent mode the host code will run. Once BLP is ON, subsequent RESTARTS and power up cycles will be directly and silently into transparent mode and it will continue to do so until you turn BLP back OFF or the bbRAM fails.

In order to run the Host Mode code the following commands must be set up as stated:

CONMODE TRANS/CONV

You MUST set CONMODE to TRANS else the first time you're connected you'll lose the DLC connection! This is actually putting the MFJ-1278B into Transparent mode.

PARITY 0

The Parity must be set to 0 for Host Mode operations.

AWLEN

Set the AWLEN command for 8 bits!

MON ONOFF

If you have BLP ON and MON ON, >ALL< packets-data, command, beacons, whatever - will be sent to the host on BLP channel 0x71. If you're being inundated with countless frames when debugging you might want to turn monitor off to avoid the mess.

MYDLCNUM

DEFLTDLC

Effective only when non-0 MYDLCNUM, this parm tells the TNC what the DLC address is of the host (ex, MTHOST). Default is 254.