TX-Delay -------- Time since begin of data transmission. The TX-Delay depends on the time the own transceiver needs since his PLL locks and a clean signal is transmitted, plus the time the opposite station (digipeater) needs, since the signal is detected and decoded. The value has to be given in millisecons (10ms steps), different from e.g. terminal programms like SP or WinGT. The T-value of the TNC is given in 1/100 seconds (T20 = 200ms). Typical Values: --------------- normal tranceivers (for speech) (1k2): 150-250ms modified and fast transceivers (9k6): 100-150ms special data transceivers (T7F, K-Net) (9k6): 20-50ms HighSpeed data transceivers (>9k6): 10-20ms Persistance ----------- Probability of transmission, normally between 0 (0%) 255 (<100%). Will be calculated at random every thime the modem should transmit. To give other users on a non-DAMA-digipeater a chance the persistance should be between 50 and 200 (better lower!). Slot-Time --------- Waiting time the channel has to be unused. Has to be given in milliseconds (10ms steps) and should be at a high value in order to give other users a chance to transmit. Is the channel unsused vor the specified amount of time and data wait for transmission, the modem will transmit. Typical Values: --------------- 1k2: 50-150ms 9k6: 10-50ms >9k6: 10ms Paclen ------ Maximum lenght of a single packet in bytes. To get a low overhead of control data this value should be at 256. In the case of bad connections or temporary interference/jamming it may result in a better data transmission to reduce the value to 128 or even 64 bytes, if the shorter packets will be received correct and uninterrupted. MaxFrame -------- Maximum number of packets transmitted in one sequence. This value should be high to get a low overhead by the TX-Delay. This requires a collission and interference free connection. In case of a bad or interferred/jammed connection it may be an advantage to reduce MaxFrame to a value of 1 or 2 in order to reduce the number of retries. IP -- IP-Number of the modem or device. Since kernel 2.2.x it must be given to administrate the network device at all. The IP should be applied for at the local IP administrator. If you have no valid IP and no TCP/IP is needed for the device you can use one of the free IPs of the segment 192.168.x.x. Remember that these IPs are not usable for TCP/IP over amateur radio!