181 lines
4.9 KiB
Groff
181 lines
4.9 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)bcd.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd May 31, 1993
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.Dt "BCD" 6
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm bcd ,
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.Nm ppt ,
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.Nm morse
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.Nd "reformat input as punch cards, paper tape or morse code"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Ar string ...
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.Nm ppt
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.Op Ar string ...
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.Nm morse
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.Op Fl p
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.Op Fl d Ar device
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.Op Fl e
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.Op Fl w Ar speed
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.Op Fl f Ar frequency
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.Op Fl s
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.Op Ar string ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The commands
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.Nm ,
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.Nm ppt
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and
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.Nm morse
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read the given input and reformat it in the form of punched cards,
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paper tape or morse code respectively.
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Acceptable input are command line arguments or the standard input.
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.Pp
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Available options for program
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.Nm morse :
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.Bl -tag -width flag
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.It Fl s
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The
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.Fl s
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option produces dots and dashes rather than words.
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.It Fl p
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Send morse the real way. This only works if your system has
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.Xr speaker 4
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support.
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.It Fl w Ar speed
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Set the sending speed in words per minute. If not specified the default
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speed of 20 WPM is used.
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.It Fl f Ar frequency
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Set the sidetone frequency to something other than the default 600 Hz.
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.It Fl d Ar device
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Similar to
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.Fl p ,
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but use the RTS line of
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.Ar device
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.Pq which must by a tty device
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in order to emit the morse code.
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.It Fl e
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echo each character before it is sent, used together with either
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.Fl p
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or
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.Fl d .
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Fl w
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and
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.Fl f
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flags only work in conjunction with either the
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.Fl p
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or the
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.Fl d
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flag.
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.Pp
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Not all prosigns have corresponding characters. Use
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.Ql #
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for
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.Em AS ,
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.Ql @
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for
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.Em SK ,
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.Ql *
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for
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.Em VE
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and
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.Ql %
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for
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.Em BK .
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The more common prosigns are
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.Ql =
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for
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.Em BT ,
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.Ql (
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for
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.Em KN
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and
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.Ql +
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for
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.Em AR .
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.Pp
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Using flag
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.Fl d Ar device
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it is possible to key an external device, like a sidetone generator with
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a headset for training purposes, or even your ham radio transceiver. For
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the latter, simply connect an NPN transistor to the serial port
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.Ar device ,
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emitter connected to ground, base connected through a resistor
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(few kiloohms) to RTS, collector to the key line of your transceiver
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(assuming the transceiver has a positive key supply voltage and is keyed
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by grounding the key input line). A capacitor (some nanofarads) between
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base and ground is advisable to keep stray RF away, and to supress the
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minor glitch that is generated during program startup.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /dev/speaker -compact
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.It Pa /dev/speaker
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speaker device file
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.El
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
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.Bl -tag -width LC_CTYPE
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.Pp
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For
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.Nm morse
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only:
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.It Ev LC_CTYPE
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.It Ev LC_ALL
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.It Ev LANG
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If one of these variables (in this priority) is set to a locale ending in
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.Ql KOI8-R ,
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characters with the high-order bit set are being interpreted as
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Cyrillic characters. In all other cases, they are being interpreted
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as belonging to the
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.Ql ISO_8859-1
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character set.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr speaker 4
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.Sh HISTORY
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Sound support for
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.Nm morse
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added by Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TCP/VE6BBM) <lyndon@orthanc.com>.
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.Pp
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Ability to key an external device added by
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.An J\(:org Wunsch
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(DL8DTL).
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.Sh BUGS
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Does only understand a few European characters (namely German and
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French), but neither Asian ones, or the continental landline code.
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.Pp
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Sends a bit slower than it should due to system overhead. Some people
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would call this a feature.
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