***PREAMBLE WinPack-AGW uses a Virtual TNC - what appears to the user as the TNC responding to TNC2-style commands is, in fact, part of the software. The available Virtual TNC commands are:- ***POSTAMBLE Most commands can be abbreviated. The minimum abbreviation is shown in upper case. For help on a command use ?. Example: ?DISPLAY ***AUTOSSID Usage:- AUtossid ON or AUtoSSID OFF Default:- AUtossid OFF Purpose:- If AUtossid is on then an SSID is added to your callsign if you make an outgoing connect from a channel on the Terminal. The SSID is the same as the channel number, so if you make a connection from channel '2' your callsign will have an SSID of '2', etc. Outgoing connects from the main WinPack screen will not have an SSID. ***BADDRESS Usage:- BAddress [ ...] , etc. are optional digipeaters. Examples:- BAddress CQ BAddress BEACON G8MZX Default:- BAddress defaults to the same as UNPROTO until you specifically set it to something different. Purpose:- Specifies the address and optional digipeater callsigns to which BTEXT will be sent. This will normally be the UNPROTO address. However, users of FBB BBS may need to set their UNPROTO to the BBS callsign in order to collect the FBB message headers, and so BADDR allows them to send their beacon to a more conventional address, such as CQ or BEACON, if they should so wish. ***BEACON Usage:- Beacon Every n Beacon After n n is a number between 0 and 250. Example:- Beacon Every 90 Default:- Beacon Every 0 (disabled) Purpose:- Controls how frequently the beacon text (BText) is transmitted. "Beacon Every" sends BText every n*10 seconds, "Beacon After" sends BText only after n*10 seconds have passed with no packet activity on the frequency. ***BPORT Usage:- BPort port [port] [port]... or BPort ALL the ports should be valid Packet Engine ports. Example:- BPort 1 2 Default:- BPort ALL Purpose:- Specifies the port(s) on which BTEXT should be sent, at the interval specified by BEACON. See also UPORT. ***BTEXT Usage:- BText is from 1 to 80 characters and can contain Winpack tokens. Examples:- BText $MYCALL running $VERSION BText % (this clears BText) Default:- No BText set. Purpose:- Specifies the text to be sent at the interval specified by Beacon. It is sent as an unproto frame to the address specified by the Unproto parameter. BTEXT can be made multiline as follows - Edit PACKET.INI, look for the BTEXT entry in the [WINPAGW] section, and put in the line breaks by using "^M" (two characters). Multiline BTEXT can be up to 250 characters in length. ***CHancall Usage:- CHancall Example:- Chancall G8MZX Purpose:- To temporarily change the callsign used on a channel. The callsign will be used until a connection and disconnection has occurred on that channel, at which point the channel callsign will revert to MYCALL. ***CONNECT Usage:- Connect [] [ ...] is optional. It is the AGWPE port, and defaults to 1. , etc. are optional digipeaters. Examples:- Connect G4IDE Connect 2 G8MZX G4GZL Purpose:- Initiates a connect request. The result will be either a succesful connection being obtained, or a LINK FAILURE message. ***CONVERSE Usage:- CONVerse Purpose:- Put the Virtual TNC back into converse mode if you have used Ctrl_C to put it into command mode whilst you are connected. CONVerse is ignored if you aren't connected. ***CTEXT Usage:- CText is from 1 to 80 characters and can contain Winpack tokens. Examples:- CText You are connected to a channel on a WinPack terminal. CText % (this clears CText) Default:- CText Welcome to $VERSION. Sorry, no PMS facilities on this channel. Purpose:- Specifies the text that will be sent to stations connecting to a channel on the terminal screen, not to the the main WinPack system. CTEXT can be made multiline as follows - Edit PACKET.INI, look for the CTEXT entry in the [WINPAGW] section, and put in the line breaks by using "^M" (two characters). Multiline CTEXT can be up to 250 characters in length. See also WCText. ***DISCONNECT Usage:- Disconnect Purpose:- To disconnect a channel on which a connection exists.If there is no connection on the channel, the command is ignored. The TNC must first be put in command mode - you can put it in command mode by pressing Ctrl_C. You can also make a disconnect by using the Disconnect button, or by selection "Action", "Disconnect" on the main WinPack screen. ***DISPLAY Usage:- DISPlay Purpose:- Generates a list of all control parameters and their values. ***HELP Usage:- Help Purpose:- To show a list of the available Virtual TNC commands. ***MCOM Usage:- MCOM ON or MCOM OFF Default:- MCOM ON Purpose:- Controls whether supervisory frames will be displayed as monitored traffic. ***MHEARD Usage:- MHeard Purpose:- Display a list of stations heard by the Packet Engine. Up to 16 stations will be displayed. The list shows callsigns and the date and time at which each station was last heard. ***MMASK Usage:- MMask port [port] [port]... or MMask ALL the ports should be valid Packet Engine ports. Example:- MMask 1 2 Default:- MMask ALL Purpose:- Specifies the port(s) from which monitored traffic will be displayed. If you specify ALL, then all the Packet Engine ports are included. ***MONITOR Usage:- MONitor ON or MONitor OFF Default:- MONitor ON Purpose:- Controls whether monitoring of other traffic is enabled or disabled. ***MTX Usage:- MTX ON or MTX OFF Default:- MTX ON Purpose:- Controls whether your own transmitted frames will be displayed as monitored traffic. ***MYCALL Usage and example:- MYcall Purpose:- Tells you what callsign is currently configured in WinPack. PLEASE NOTE - you cannot change the callsign with MYcall, you must use "Personal/BBS Info" on the Options menu. You can temporarily change the callsign on a channel by using CHancall. ***PACLEN Usage:- Paclen n n is a number from 1 to 256. Example and Default:- Paclen 128 Purpose:- To specify the maximum length of the data portion of any frame sent by WinPack to the Packet Engine. ***PORTS Usage:- POrts Purpose:- To display a list of the available ports. ***UNPROTO Usage:- Unproto [ ...] , etc. are optional digipeaters. Examples:- Unproto GB7IDE Unproto GB7OPC G8MZX Default:- Unproto CQ Purpose:- Specifies the address and optional digipeater callsigns to which unproto transmissions will be sent. ***UPORT Usage:- UPort port the port should be a valid Packet Engine port. Example and Default:- UPort 1 Purpose:- Specifies the port on which FBB-style unproto sync requests should be sent. The port(s) for beacons are configured using BPORT. ***WCTEXT Usage:- WCText is from 1 to 80 characters and can contain Winpack tokens. Examples:- WCText You are connected to a WinPack system. WCText % (this clears WCText) Default:- Welcome to $VERSION. Send /h for help... Purpose:- Specifies the text that will be sent to stations connecting to the main WinPack system. WCTEXT can be made multiline as follows - Edit PACKET.INI, look for the WCTEXT entry in the [WINPAGW] section, and put in the line breaks by using "^M" (two characters). Multiline WCTEXT can be up to 250 characters in length. See also CText.