Next, break message into 16 byte chunks. all words <=255 count as one byte, words > 255 count as 2 bytes. phrase commands count one byte for the phrase command and one byte for each additional field. The following list shows the byte counts for various phrase commands:
| [CT] x | 2 bytes |
| [CW] x y | 3 bytes |
| [DAY] | 1 byte |
| [ID] | 1 byte |
| [OUT] x y | 3 bytes |
| [POZ] | 1 byte |
| [SPI] x y | 3 bytes |
| [SPI] S | 2 bytes |
| [SP] | 1 byte |
| [S] | 1 byte |
| [TC] x | 2 bytes |
| [TF] x | 2 bytes |
| [T] | 1 byte |
| [LEV] x | 2 bytes |
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Next, pick a message number to start. For each 16 byt block, you will need another clear message so be sure that you have enough clear messages after the start message before you begin. Enter each message in sequence until the last one is entered. NOTE: do not edit the "mega message" after it is entered, if you do, the FF-800 will break up the message -- the only way to edit the "mega message" is to re-enter it from the start.
The following example illustrates:
>MES 95 THIS IS THE [S] FTHE FTIME FIS PLEASE WAIT JULIET , THIS IS THE N XTRA THIS IS THE [S] FTHE FTIME FIS PLEAS WAIT JULIE , THIS IS THE N N >MES 96 4 [S] JULIET , PLEASE WAIT 4 THEE I D , THIS IS N 4 XTRA 4 [S] JULIE , PLEAS WAIT 4 THEE I D , THIS IS N 4 4 >MES 97 N F [T] [CT] 7 , I HAVE FULL FREEDOM , , THIS IS [ID] , THEE CENTER OF REPEATER SERVICE XTRA N F [T] [CT] 7 , I HAVE FULL FREED , , THIS IS [ID] , THEE CENTE OF REPEA SERVI >MES 95 THIS IS THE [S] FTHE FTIME FIS PLEAS WAIT JULIE , THIS IS THE N 4 [S] JULIE , PLEAS WAIT 4 THEE I D , THIS IS N 4 N F [T] [CT] 7 , I HAVE FULL FREED , , THIS IS [ID] , THEE CENTE OF REPEA SERVI >Be sure to check for long words (ie., > 255 word number), this is the easiest way to make mistakes. As you may well see, this scheme is best performed via the serial port -- however, there it also works from the DTMF text editor.
The following list shows the entry of the previous example without the FF-800 responses (provided for clarity):
MES 95 THIS IS THE [S] FTHE FTIME FIS PLEASE WAIT JULIET , THIS IS THE N XTRA MES 96 4 [S] JULIET , PLEASE WAIT 4 THEE I D , THIS IS N 4 XTRA MES 97 N F [T] [CT] 7 , I HAVE FULL FREEDOM , , THIS IS [ID] , THEE CENTER OF REPEATER SERVICE XTRA