Epson MFJ-1278B manual Cmd Disconne, Disconnected

MFJ-1278B MULTI-MODE BASIC OPERATION

The <ENTER> causes your message to be put into a packet, or "packetized," and transmitted. (We explain in the next chapter how you can use a different character to send packets.) The underlined text is a message that the MFJ-1278B received in a packet and displayed. Whenever you are in Converse Mode anything you type will be assembled into a packet addressed to the station you are talking to and transmitted. If there is not a QSO (connection) in progress, the packet will be sent to the address CQ.

In the example above, the MFJ-1278B entered Converse Mode automatically after the connect took place. You can also command the MFJ-1278B to move back and forth between Command Mode and Converse Mode.

To return to Command Mode, you must enter a special character, Control-C (abbreviated <CTRL-C>), or else send a BREAK signal. "Control" characters are usually entered by holding down a special control key and then typing another key without releasing the control key. If your keyboard does not have a key marked CTRL or something similar, consult the documentation for your computer or terminal program to see how to enter control characters. A BREAK signal is a special transmission (not an ASCII character) which your computer may be able to produce.

NOTE: If <CTRL-C> will cause your computer to do something to interfere with packet operations, such as halting the terminal program, and you can't send BREAK signals, you will have to change the character that returns you to Command Mode. See the section on "Special Input Characters," below.

Now type a <CTRL-C>. The MFJ-1278B does not echo the <CTRL- C>, but you should immediately see a Command Mode prompt. To return to Converse Mode, enter the command CONVERS:

<CTRL-C> cmd: CONVERS

Whatever I type in Converse Mode is transmitted. Whatever I type in Converse Mode is transmitted.

<CTRL-C> cmd:

To terminate the QSO, you must end the connect by giving the DISCONNE command. The MFJ-1278B will transmit packets terminating the conversation and notify you when the disconnect is complete:

cmd: DISCONNE

*** DISCONNECTED

An actual QSO might be terminated by the other station, of course. In that case, you would see the *** DISCONNECTED message without having issued the command.