>From cp1!wb6rqn!irs3!dolqci!rlgvax!uunet!sdcsvax!bellcore!wb6rqn!brian  Fri Jan 29 15:14:43 1988 remote from sarin
To: tcp-group
Subject: AEA KISS/HOST mode
From: dolqci!sdcsvax!wb6rqn!brian@uunet (Brian Lloyd)

You need several commands to get KISS to turn on.  Here is the exact command
sequence that will get an AEA PK-232 or PK-87 into KISS mode:

AWLEN 8		-- ensure it can speak 8 bit data
PARITY 0	-- no parity
RESTART		-- warm reset; make the previous commands take effect
PACKET		-- PK-232 or Heath only
TONE 3		-- PK-87 only
START 0		-- start, stop, xon, xoff, xflow to disable software 
STOP 0		   flow cont
XON 0
XOFF 0
XFLOW off
CONMODE trans	-- pass through all characters
HPOLL off	-- disable host polling
KISS on		-- enable KISS version of host mode
RAWHDLC on	-- turn off AX25L2 (the protocol is now handled by the PC)
PPERSIST on	-- turn off DWAIT and enable p-persistence
HOST on		-- start KISS running

I hope this answers the questions.

73 de Brian, WB6RQN


>From cp1!wb6rqn!irs3!dolqci!rlgvax!uunet!sdcsvax!thumper.bellcore.com!karn  Fri Jan 29 15:14:24 1988 remote from sarin
From: dolqci!sdcsvax!thumper.bellcore.com!karn@uunet (Phil R. Karn)
To: goldstein%delni.DEC@decwrl.dec.com, tcp-group@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu
Subject: Re:  KISS mode I know, but HOST mode?

KISS is distinct from the PK232 "host" mode, despite the seeming confusion.
It's just the way Steve Stuart decided to do the commands. If you have
"kiss on" when you say "host on", you get a KISS TNC. If you have "kiss off"
(!) when you say "host on", you get AEA's proprietary host mode.

Phil