Initialization-string guidelines – IBM Partner Pavilion Remote Supervisor Adapter User Manual
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Table 22. Port 1 settings
Field
What you enter
Initialization string
Type the initialization string that will be used for the specified modem. A default string is
provided (ATE0). Do not change this string unless your dial-out functions are not working
properly.
Caller ID string
Type the initialization string that will be used to get caller ID information from the modem.
Factory settings string Type the initialization string that returns the modem to its factory settings when the modem is
initialized. The default is AT&F0.
Escape guard (1 -
250 10ms Intervals)
Type the length of time before and after the escape string is issued to the modem. This value
is measured in 10 millisecond intervals. The default value is 1 second.
Escape string
Type the initialization string that returns the modem to command mode when it is currently
talking to another modem. The default is +++.
Dial prefix string
Type the initialization string that is used before the number to be dialed. The default is ATDT.
Dial postfix string
Type the initialization string that is used after the number is dialed to tell the modem to stop
dialing. The default is ^M.
Auto answer
Type the initialization string that is used to tell the modem to answer the phone when it rings.
The default is to answer after two rings or ATS0=1.
Auto answer stop
Type the initialization string that is used to tell the modem to stop answering the phone
automatically when it rings. The default is ATS0=0.
Modem query
Type the initialization string that is used to find out if the modem is attached. The default is
AT.
Hangup string
Type the initialization string that will be used to instruct the modem to disconnect. A default
string is provided (ATH0). Do not change this string unless your dial out functions are not
working properly.
10. For an xSeries 330 server: To configure the second serial port, press F3 to
return to the Settings window. Select Serial Port 2 and complete the
information as described for serial port 1.
Initialization-string guidelines
If you need to provide a new initialization string, refer to the documentation that
came with your modem. Your initialization string must contain commands that
configure your modem as follows:
v
Command echoing OFF
v
Online character echoing OFF
v
Result codes ENABLED
v
Verbal result codes ENABLED
v
All codes and connect messages with BUSY and DT detection
v
Protocol identifiers added — LAPM/MNP/NONE V42bis/MNP5
v
Normal CD operations
v
DTR ON-OFF hang-up, disable AA and return to command mode
v
CTS hardware flow control
v
RTS control of receive data to computer
v
Queued and nondestructive break, no escape state
Note: The abbreviations in these commands have the following meanings:
AA
auto answer
CD
carrier detect
CTS
clear to send
DT
data transfer
DTR
data terminal ready
LAPM link access protocol for modems
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