PC PAKRATT/PK-232 PARAMETER SETTINGS 09 APR 95
PC-PAKRATT AND AA4RE COMPATIBILITY PROBLEM
1. MANY MDS/RDS USERS WHO ENTER TRAFFIC USE THE PCPAKRATT PROGRAM
ALONG WITH THEIR PK-232/PK-900/DSP-1232/2232. BECAUSE OF A BUG IN THE
PCPAKRATT PROGRAM, STATIONS ENTERING TRAFFIC IN PACTOR APPEAR TO
CAUSE THE AA4RE MBO/BBS TO LOCK UP. THE BUG IS THAT PCPAKRATT SENDS
ALL THE DATA IN THE FILE INCLUDING THE ASCII END OF FILE CHARACTER,
CTRL-Z. UNFORTUNATELY, IN PACTOR, THE CTRL-Z IS ALSO THE PK-232
DEFAULT CHARACTER USED TO CHANGE THE LINK FROM ISS TO IRS JUST LIKE
THE PLUS-QUESTION MARK IN AMTOR.
2. USERS ENTERING TRAFFIC USING THE PCPAKRATT PROGRAM NEED TO MAKE
THE FOLLOWING TWO CHANGES:
   A. CHANGE THE PACTOR CHANGE-OVER CHARACTER TO SOMETHING OTHER THAN
CTRL-Z. THIS IS DONE USING THE FOLLOWING COMMAND:
      'PTOVER 25' OR 'PTO 25'
THIS COMMAND CHANGES THE PACTOR CHANGE-OVER CHARACTER TO CTRL-Y.
   B. WHEN SENDING TRAFFIC TO AN AA4RE MBO/BBS, DO NOT ENTER THE
'ZZZZ' INTO THE FILE TO BE SENT. LET THE PCPAKRATT PROGRAM SEND THE
FILE UP TO AND INCLUDING THE 'NNNN' AT THE END OF THE MESSAGE AND
THEN TYPE IN 'ZZZZ' MANUALLY ON A LINE BY ITSELF AND HIT ENTER.
3. IF THE USER FORGETS TO MAKE THE ABOVE CHANGES AND SENDS A MESSAGE
WHICH CAUSES THE AA4RE MBO/BBS TO APPEAR TO LOCK UP, THEY SHOULD
SEIZE THE LINK USING THE 'ACHG' COMMAND (F9) AND SEND THE PROPER END
OF FILE SEQUENCE, 'ZZZZ'. AA4RE OPERATION SHOULD THEN RETURN TO
NORMAL.
DECREASING TIMEOUTS IN PACTOR
GO INTO TERMINAL MODE AND TYPE 'UCMD 3' IF YOU GET A RESPONSE OF
'EXPERT?' THEN TYPE 'EXPERT ON'. THEN TYPE 'UCMD 3 30'. THIS WILL
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE PACTOR OPERATION.
CORRECT CODE SETTING
THE PK-232 CODE SHOULD BE SET TO CODE 1. THIS IS MANDATORY. THIS
ALLOWS THE USE OF THE CHARACTERS SPECIFIED IN NTP 8. THE WRU
CHARACTER '=' IS LOST WITH THE CODE 1 SETTING.