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Help Date:
21 June 2004
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Editing a Port's Properties: TNCs
and Modems
To edit
the properties of a PE Pro
radio port, use the
the list on the Radio Port Manager
screen
to first
select (or highlight) the port to edit. Then,
from one of the menus, select
Edit: Properties or
use the
Edit Port Icon
. The Properties for Port#
window
will then appear. Slightly different screens are used for:
TNC and Modems (below)
Sound Cards
TNC and Modem Properties
The radio port properties for a TNC or modem are initially made when you run
the New Port Setup wizard. The first time you call up
the properties screen for a TNC (as shown below), you are seeing the settings
that were made when you ran the wizard. (The properties screen for modems looks
nearly the same as that for TNCs.)
Additional information about editing each setting can be found below the
picture.
Note that there is second tab in this window labeled TNC Commands.
Selecting this tab brings up a screen with more TNC settings, such as the 'on
air' baud rate, number of reties, TXDelay, etc. These settings are discussed on
a separate TNC Commands Help page.

Top left:
- Select Port
- use the drop-down list to select the RS-232 serial or parallel port
where the TNC or modem is attached to the computer.
- Serial Port
Baud Rate: specify the baud rate to be used for
computer-to-TNC communications on the RS-232 port, i.e. ABAUD or
TBAUD in
some TNCs. (Note: this is
not
the 'on air'/packet transmission baud rate used by the TNC/radio to send packets,
i.e. HBAUD in
some TNCs.)
The serial port baud rate
must match the rate already set in the TNC. If you see unreadable characters
from the TNC, then you probably have chosen an incorrect serial
port baud rate on this screen.
External Modems - for a Baycom
use 1200; for YAM set it to
9600.
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Middle:
- TNC Type
- use the drop-down list to select your TNC or modem. If your TNC or
modem is not listed,
select a similar model or a generic type, such as TNC2.
- TNC Sub-Type - PE Pro will suggest a
special KISS mode
based on its knowledge of known TNCs. For others, if you are not sure
what to do, select "KISS
Simple".
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Right side:
- TNC Control Commands:
IniKiss1,
IniKiss2
IniKiss3
- PE Pro works with all TNCs by placing
them in KISS mode. For known TNCs, PE Pro will suggest
the KISS commands as shown in the
IniKiss1,
IniKiss2, and
IniKiss3 fields.
You can override/change these commands by entering your
command in place of the suggested command.
Commands are executed in the order shown, i.e. InitKiss1 is
first. Delete any command that is not needed. To restore
the default commands, re-select the TNC Type.
Exit
KISS on exit - check-mark
this if box if you would like PE Pro to take the TNC out of KISS
mode when PE Pro shuts down. It knows the command (s) to do this. Left unchecked, the
TNC will remain in KISS mode when PE Pro
shuts down.
-
Number of Ports - some TNCs have multiple ports
to connect to multiple radios. PE Pro will select the right
number of radioports for known TNC types. . For dual
or quadruple port TNCs, PE Pro creates additional radio ports.
- TNCs only: Auto
Settings and Default
- click these switches to automatically set or return to the known KISS
commands, i.e.
IniKiss1,
IniKiss2, and
IniKiss3.
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Bottom left:
-
Radio Port Friendly Name - enter a descriptive
name of your choice to help
identify each radioport available. You might enter the band or frequency, baud rate, and/or radio,
e.g.: VHF 1200 Kenwood V7A.
PE Pro will append your Friendly Name
to the TNC device name and the PTT control port when creating a radio port
description, e.g. KPC3+ on COM1: VHF 1200 Kenwood V7A
- Ports KISS ID
- these fields are automatically assigned by PE Pro
and normally should be left at the default settings. Change them only if you understand KISS port
assignments and have a need to change them.
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Copyright 2004 SV2AGW George Rossopoulos
. All rights reserved.
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