Improve description of -t command option and w command and provided

command line invocation example.



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tests/rigctl.1

@@ -89,11 +89,14 @@ NB: the \fIid\fP is in decimal notation, unless prefixed by
 \fI0x\fP, in which case it is hexadecimal.
 .TP
 .B \-t, --send-cmd-term=char
-Change the termination \fIchar\fP for text protocol when using the \fIsend_cmd\fP command.
-The default value is <CR>. Non ASCII printable characters can be specified as an
-ASCII number, in hexadecimal format, prepended with 0x. You may pass an empty string
-for no termination char. The string -1 tells rigctl to switch to binary protocol.
-See the \fIsend_cmd\fP command for further explanation.
+Change the termination \fIchar\fP for text protocol when using the \fIsend_cmd\fP
+command.  The default value is <CR> (0x0d). Non ASCII printable characters can be
+specified as an ASCII number, in hexadecimal format, prepended with 0x. You may
+pass an empty string for no termination char. The string '-1' tells rigctl to
+switch to binary protocol. See the \fIsend_cmd\fP command for further explanation.
+.sp
+For example, to specify a command terminator for Kenwood style text commands
+pass "-t ';'" to rigctl.  See EXAMPLES below.
 .TP
 .B \-L, --show-conf
 List all config parameters for the radio defined with -m above.
@@ -411,10 +414,16 @@ be provided as output power may vary according to these values.
 VFO parameter not used in 'VFO mode'.
 .TP
 .B w, send_cmd 'Cmd'
-Send raw command string to rig.
+Send raw command string to rig.  This is useful for testing and troubleshooting
+rig commands and responses when developing a backend.
 .sp
 For binary protocols enter values as \\0xAA\\0xBB.    Expect a 'Reply' from the
-rig which will likely be a binary block or an ASCII string.
+rig which will likely be a binary block or an ASCII string depending on the rig's
+protocol (see your radio's computer control documentation).
+.sp
+The command terminator, set by the \fIsend-cmd-term\fP option above, will terminate
+each command string sent to the radio.  This character should not be a part of
+the input string.
 .SH EXAMPLES
 Start \fBrigctl\fP for a Yaesu FT-920 using a USB to serial adapter in
 interactive mode:
@@ -431,6 +440,11 @@ setting baud rate and stop bits:
 .sp
 $ rigctl -m 114 -r /dev/ttyUSB1 -s 4800 -C stop_bits=2
 .sp
+Start \fBrigctl\fP for an Elecraft K3 using a USB to serial adapter while
+specifying a command terminator for the 'w' command:
+.sp
+$ rigctl -m 229 -r /dev/ttyUSB0 -t';'
+.sp
 Start \fBrigctl\fP using \fBrpc.rigd\fP and setting the frequency and mode:
 .sp
 $ rigctl -m 1901 -r localhost F 7253500 M LSB 0
@@ -438,7 +452,7 @@ $ rigctl -m 1901 -r localhost F 7253500 M LSB 0
 Connect to a running \fBrigctld\fP with rig model 2 ("NET rigctl") on the
 local host and specifying the TCP port:
 .sp
-$ rotctl -m 2 -r localhost:4532
+$ rigctl -m 2 -r localhost:4532
 .SH DIAGNOSTICS
 The \fB-v\fP, \fB--verbose\fP option allows different levels of diagnostics
 to be output to \fBstderr\fP and correspond to -v for BUG, -vv for ERR,