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The following commands set special characters which are active in Converse Mode.  Refer to 
the discussions of these commands for details on the operation of the characters in Converse 
Mode. 
 
CANLINE 

 

Cancel current line 

CANPAC 

 

Cancel current packet 

COMMAND 

 

Command Mode entry 

DELETE 

 

Character deletion 

MFILTER 

 

Characters to be filtered in monitored packets 

PASS 

 

 

Insert following special character 

REDISPLA 

 

Re-display current line 

SENDPAC 

 

Send current packet 

START, STOP   

User's flow control characters (sent to MFJ-1278B) 

XOFF, XON 

 

MFJ-1278B flow control characters (sent to to terminal) 

 
The following commands enable display features which are active in Converse Mode.  Refer 
to the discussions of these commands for details on the operation of these characters in 
Converse Mode. 
 
8BITCONV 

Retain high-order bit from serial port in converse mode 

AUTOLF 

Add <LF> after <CR> 

BKONDEL 

Echo after character deletion 

ECHO   

Automatic echo of serial input 

ESCAPE 

<ESCAPE> translation 

FLOW   

Type-in flow control 

LCOK   

Lower case translation 

NUCR   

Null characters after <CR> 

NULF   

Null characters after <LF> 

NULLS  

Null count 

SCREENLN 

Automatic <CR> insertion 

Packet radio is very well suited to the transfer of data between computers.  In some cases 
Converse Mode will work well for computer data transfer.  However, files such as a .CMD 
file on a CP/M system, a BASIC program, or even a word-processor text file, may contain 
characters that conflict with special characters in Converse Mode.  Some of these files may 
utilize all eight bits of each byte rather than the seven bits required by ASCII codes.  If you 
transfer such files you will have to use Transparent Mode. 
 
Transparent Mode is a data-transfer mode like Converse Mode.  In this mode there are no 
special characters...everything you type and everything your computer sends to the MFJ-
1278B, is sent over the radio exactly as it was received by the MFJ-1278B.  There are no