Microtel Series 1000 - Manual (Page 53)

MICROTEL Series 1000 Dialer
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Advanced Operations
z Configuring the Dialer from a Local Computer In addition to its interactive
touch-tone/voice interface, the Series 1000 may also be configured from a local
computer. In this case, Microtel suggest you use Microtel’s state of the art
MicroWIN 2000 software. You may also use Microtel’s term8 software to configur
the dialer, witch is downloadable off the Microtel web sight (www.microtel-
inc.com). Menu navigation and data entry is accomplished from the computer
keyboard. If you wish to create custom text FAX report messages from the dialer,
you must use a local computer interface to enter them. The following two (2)
commands pertaining to operating the dialer’s local testset are listed here for
reference:
**054 Enable test set
**055 Disable test set
The enable command will allow for a local computer interface through the printer
(RS232) serial port on the dialer to talk to either COM 1 or COM 2 on you computer.
The printer must be Disabled for this action to work (See Printer Operations in
Chapter 3 for more information).
Example- Command:
**054
Response: Enabled.
Example- Command: **055
Response: Disabled.
z Connecting to the Dialer via Modem With MicroWIN 2000 software, the Series
1000 allows the operator to configure the dialer as a modem. By changing the
Answer Mode with the following command, the dialer will answer an incoming call
in either data or voice mode. The normal mode of operation is voice mode. When the
answer mode is set to Voice Mode (n=0 - **0580), the dialer will answer a call with
voice prompts and operate in the normal manner. When the dialer is configured to
Data Mode (n=1 - **0581), the dialer will answer the telephone as a modem by
emitting a carrier tone. If the dialer doesn’t connect within ~15 seconds, it will
switch to voice mode for this call to allow users to still make call-ins while the
answer mode is in Data Mode. Once the dialer connects, the dialer will respond to
ASCII commands sent to the dialer. Each command should start on a new line and
followed by a carriage return. The following is a list of ASCII commands which can
be sent to the dialer.
Command Response
SETUP
Reports the current setup for the Dialer
STATUS Reports current readings of the I/O Points on the Dialer
ACK Will acknowledge the current alarms on the Dialer
HANGUP The Dialer will drop carrier and hangup.