31.Press [Enter] to open the start window.

32.Press [Enter] to transmit the message to the message buffer. (To escape, select No and press [Enter].) The message “Message is entered in sending Buffer.” appears and the message prepared is printed.

Note: The message buffer can only hold one message. However a second message may be sent to the buffer by assigning a Send Delay to it.

When the message buffer is full, “Cannot enter this mes- sage to sending Buffer.” appears to alert you.

33. Press any key to return to the standby display.

The message(s) will be transmitted according to Send Delay setting. “Current State: SENDING” appears at the bottom of the screen dur- ing transmission.

If the message was transmitted successfully “Successful Sending mes- sage” appears and its particulars are sent to the Display Log.

TRANSMIT MESSAGE STATUS

The terminal unit displays transmit message status as follows:

“Message Send failed.” This appears if the message could not be transmitted because of technical reasons such as satellite malfunction, signal degradation, or no reply from LES. Try to transmit the message again.

“Message Send rejected.” This appears when the LES rejects the message because of non-technical reasons such as unpaid subscriber’s fee.

“Message Send pending.” This appears when the circuits at the LES are busy. Your message will be transmitted when a circuit becomes clear.

Transmitting message stored on floppy disk (multiple address)

1.Close any open files.

2.Insert floppy disk containing file to be sent. (Be sure to insert the floppy disk completely in the drive. Otherwise, “FD not inserted in drive.” appears.)

3.Press [F3] to display the Transmit menu.

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RC-1500-1T specifications

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