The Terminal; Using The Mfj-464 With A Terminal Program; Setup Commands - MFJ -464 Instruction Manual

MFJ-464 Instruction Manual

Using the MFJ-464 with a Terminal Program

The Keyer Terminal mode allows a computer to talk to your MFJ-464. All code sent from the
paddle and keyboard is echoed to the Keyer Terminal. All commands are accessible through the
Keyer Terminal.
Your computer will need a terminal program to talk to the keyer. The program should be
capable of uploading and downloading ASCII text files. Any good commercial or freeware
terminal program should be satisfactory for use with this keyer.
After you have connected the MFJ-464 to the serial port of your computer with the correct cable,
turn on your computer and load your terminal program. Set the baud rate to 9600, data bits to 8,
parity to none, and stop bits to 1. Also, set the flow control to Xon/Xoff. Now turn on your
MFJ-464. You should type something on the computer. Whatever you type should appear on
the LCD display, which shows that everything is working properly between the computer and
keyer. If you do not, recheck your terminal program and serial port cable connection.
You are ready to send with the keyer. To make a special prosign with the keyer terminal, begin
the prosign with "<" and end the prosign with ">". For example, to make the prosign
<SN>. This will remove the inter-character spaces between the characters making it a prosign.
Any prosign can be made this way, even special local prosigns. Another method is to enclose
the prosign with backslashes such as \SN\.
Note: The open angle bracket "<" enables prosign mode and the close angle bracket ">"
disables prosign mode; while the backslash "\" toggles the prosign mode on and off. A
word space also disables prosign mode.
Tip: All keystrokes and commands from the Keyer Terminal can also be used via the
Keyboard.

Setup Commands

Press the tilde "~" key to enter command mode and the keyer responds with "CO" (dah-di-dah-
dit dah-dah-dah). Enter a setup command. If the command is invalid then the keyer will send an
error character (di-di-di-di-di-di-di-dit) and return the keyer to normal mode. If the user wishes
to re-attempt modifying features using command mode, he must re-enter command mode by
pressing "~" key again. If you enter the command mode accidentally, press ESC key at any time
to exit. At any time, press ENTER to accept or ESC to cancel. Refer to the appendix "Setup
Commands" on page 46 for a table of these commands.

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