General Information
Introduction
Features
Supported TNCs
User Interface
Registration
Copyright
Program Setup
Radio Port Mgr
. Edit TNC/modem Port
. Edit Sound Card Port
- Tuning Aid
- Volume Settings
. Edit Parameters
New Port Setup
Network TCP/IP Settings
Radioport Sharing
Auto Start Clients
Other Settings
Views
Program Status
Port Activity Status
Shared Radio Ports
AX.25 Status (Stations)
Connected Programs
Heard Stations List
Monitor
Other Features
TCP/IP Over Radio
. Driver Install
. PE Pro Settings
. Windows Settings
Registration
HTTP Interface
Live Update
Launch IE Browser
Go to AGWsoft web site
Send Error Report
Tips, Tricks, & Trouble
Tips and Tricks
Problems?
Sound Card Use
. Sound Card Interface
. HF Operations
. 9600 Operations
. Receive Problems
. Transmit
Problems
Help Date:
21 June 2004
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Tips and Tricks
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For some of the AGWsoft client programs, such as
AGWTerm or AGWDXCluster, the callsign and SSID you use
in the program will be noted by Packet Engine Pro. If you
use different SSIDs in each program, then PE Pro can route packets to
the proper program. As an example, let's say that you are running a BBS program with
a callsign of SV2AGW-1 and a DX Cluster program with a callsign
of SV2AGW-12. PE Pro will know that packets
to SV2AGW-1 must be directed to the BBS program and
packets to SV2AGW-12 must be directed to the DX Cluster program.
Neither program gets packets intended for the other.
Use PE Pro's auto start feature
to automatically load application programs or utilities as soon
as PE Pro is finished loading. For example, if you mostly use
UI-View with PE Pro, you could add UI-View as an auto
start client. Then when you start PE Pro, UI-View will
launch immediately, too.
Note that PE Pro automatically monitors frequency
traffic and can adjust TNC timing parameters to match
that traffic level. You can override this from the
TNC
parameters screen, but generally it would be to your
advantage to use this very useful feature. It relieves
you of determining and implementing the best timing
parameters.
If you minimize Packet Engine Pro to an icon in the system tray,
you can click on the icon to either
Open (Maximize PE Pro) or
Exit (close the program).
If you exit from the minimized icon, PE Pro will open the next
time in the same minimized condition.
In many of the View windows, you can sort entries by
clicking on one of the field titles -- once for ascending,
twice for descending, and a third time to return to the
original order. You can also change the order of columns by
dragging the column's title cell to a new location;, and you
change the width of a column by clicking and dragging the
right separator bar in the column's title cell.
Use the Monitor view to see what PE Pro is actually
transmitting. (Monitor view performs most of the functions
of the separate AGWsoft program AGWMonitor.)
For off air testing of two programs, create a Loopback
port via the New Port Wizard. For
instance, you could run two instances of AGWTerminal and use the Loopback
port to "connect" one to the other.
Copyright 2004 SV2AGW George Rossopoulos
. All rights reserved.
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