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completion of the communications. Perform the following procedure for service
teardown:
(1) At end of using a DAMA service, press CALL key on KDU.
(2) Use up/down arrow keys to scroll to TEARDOWN. Press ENT to begin
teardown.
(3) Use the up/down arrow keys to select the desired service to teardown. Press
the circular arrow keys to view the second screen of the service state.
(4) Press ENT to teardown this service.
cc. Terminate call (5-kHz dedicated call only). If time is remaining, dedicated calls
should be terminated. Perform the following procedure to terminate a dedicated call:
(1) At the end of using DASA dedicated service, press CALL button on KDU.
(2) Use up/down arrow keys to scroll to TERMINATE CALL.
(3) Press ENT to terminate call.
(4) Service state goes to IDLE after reacquiring the network home channel.
dd. Send a message using 5-kHz DAMA message service. DATA messages of less
than 14 kilobytes are uploaded to radio and the packet is sent to the destination
address. The terminal prompts a message upload to the radio. Perform the following
procedure to send a message:
(1) Ensure the DATA device is connected to the J1 ADF connector or J3 data
connector and is ready for operation with a message to be transmitted.
(2) Select a DAMA port configuration preset that properly interfaces the data
device to the radio using KG-84C encryption.
(3) Press the circular arrow keys to move display screens to service state screen
to place radio in MSG mode. If radio is in CKT mode, use the left/right arrow keys to
scroll to MODE and change to MSG mode with the up/down arrow keys, then press
ENT.
(4) Press CALL key to bring up display for SELECT REQUEST TYPE. See
Figure C-12.
(5) Select SEND A MESSAGE and press ENT.
(6) Select DAMA destination preset to which the message is sent and press ENT.
TBAs associated with this preset are shown across the bottom line of the display.
(7) The next display is SELECT PRECEDENCE. The display shows the
precedence last used to call the selected destination. Press ENT to keep that precedence,
or scroll and select an alternate message precedence.
(8) After a brief configuring screen, the terminal prompts the user to ENTER
MESSAGE to the radio. Send the message on the data device to upload it into the
radio. Press CLR to abort.
(9) When uploading is complete, the service state indicates IDLE with a message
status of one (1) for outgoing. After the message is transmitted, the outgoing message
indicator number decreases.
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