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850 Beacon Operation
Enabling FEATURE_BEACON and grounding left paddle at boot up will cause the keyer to go into a beacon mode, where it repeats memory 1 continually.
Once the keyer is in this mode it can only be stopped by resetting the processor. The code for this continuous playing of memory 1 does not look at the paddle states nor any of the buttons (command or memory).
Enabling FEATURE_BEACON_SETTING will cause the keyer to go into beacon mode at boot up if an EEPROM setting is enabled ( \_ CLI Command).
Enabling OPTION_BEACON_MODE_MEMORY_REPEAT_TIME provides a delay between each play out of memory 1 when in beacon mode. The delay time is adjusted by command mode Y, or PS2 (Y#### change memory repeat delay to #### mS) or CLI commands (\|#### set memory repeat (milliseconds) (backslash and pipe)).
Enabling OPTION_BEACON_MODE_PTT_TAIL_TIME provides PTT tail time after each time the message is played when in beacon mode. PTT tail time can be set in the file keyer_settings.h or by using the CLI command \:pt tx tail_time.
A beacon can also be implemented using an SD card shield. Enable FEATURE_SD_CARD_SUPPORT and on the SD card create a directory in the root directory called keyer. Place a text file called beacon.txt with your intended beacon text. This file will be sent in CW continuously at boot up. A paddle or button tap will stop the beacon sending.