PK232.25 THIS BUG APPARENTLY DOES NOT PRESENT A PROBLEM TO THE VAST MAJORITY OF PK-232 USERS. IT NEED NOT CONCERN YOU IF: . YOU HAVE NOT CONNECTED THE SQUELCH SIGNAL LINE BETWEEN YOUR TRANSCEIVER AND THE PK-232 (PIN 3 OF THE RADIO 1 AND RADIO 2 INTERFACE CONNECTORS), OR IF YOU HAVE MADE THE CONNECTION, LUCKY ENOUGH TO OWN A TRANSCEIVER THAT PROVIDES THE CORRECT SIGNAL SENSE TO THE PK-232 FOR THE PROPER OPERATION OF RF-CARRIER CSMA WITH THE PROGRAM DEFAULT VALUE OF NEG FOR THE SQUELCH PARAMETER. . THE BUG IS EXHIBITED WHEN THE PROGRAM INCORRECTLY ATTEMPTS TO SEND THE COMMAND SQUELCH POS TO THE PK-232. WITH RELEASE 25 JUNE 1987 FIRMWARE, ALLOWED VALUES FOR THE SQUELCH PARAMETER ARE ON, OFF, OR NEG. THE VALUE POS CAUSES THE PK-232 TO RETURN AN ERROR CODE TO THE PROGRAM, WHICH THEN ABRUPTLY CRASHES. . FORTUNATELY, THE FIX FOR THIS BUG IS SIMPLE. IT IS ONLY NECESSARY TO CHANGE THE PROGRAM TO SEND THE ALLOWABLE VALUES FOR THE SQUELCH PARAMETER TO THE PK-232. THE PATCH BELOW WILL REPLACE THE PROGRAM VALUES OF NEG AND POS WITH OFF AND ON RESPECTIVELY. CONTINUED IN FILE PK232.16