[TRLog] Aborting RTTY messages

[K4RO Kirk Pickering]

On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 01:55:25PM -0800, Tree wrote:
> The problem here is that TR is sending the string to be sent to
> the TNC - and "it has left the station".  To stop the message by
> pressing ESCAPE - TR would need to know that the TNC is still 
> sending a message (otherwise, ESCAPE has a different meaning).  
> 
> I hadn't found a way to tell if the TNC was still transmiting 
> or not - or if three was a way to abort a message in progress.
> 
> If someone knows how to do this - then perhaps we can improve
> the operation.


That makes sense.  After SS, I'll see if there is a command which
can be sent to the PK-232 to tell it to "STOP TX'ing immediately."
Perhaps there is a way for Esc to send this command when in RTTY mode.
I'm fairly certain that WF1B RTTY is able to abort a message once 
it has started, so there must be a way to do it.  Hopefully it's
not a matter of DUMB vs. HOST mode (or whatever they call it)
as that would probably dictate a more complicated solution.
I think that being able to abort a message in mid-stream quickly 
is an important feature for RTTY contesting, so hopefully we can
find a solution.  Thanks for the info.

-Kirk  K4RO