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will accept the entry, and the following prompt
appears:

Enter up to 45 characters, including spaces and
punctuation. Special rules apply when entering the

characters shown in Table 11-4 into the broadcast
message. After the message is finished, press .

If you enter a message that is too long, you will get
the following error message:

** ILLEGAL INPUT **

Once the message has been broadcast, the
Command Facility Main Menu appears.

D

IALOG

M

ESSAGES

Dialog messages are configurable messages and
prompts displayed to users when operating in the
Multiserver network. Each dialog message has a
default message. These can be changed by accessing
the Dialog Messages Menu.

Each dialog message is discussed in Table 11-5. Note
the following regarding the dialog messages:

ENTER MESSAGE (45 CHARACTERS

MAX, ^X TO ABORT):

Table 11-4. Special Message Characters

Desired What

Character

to

in Message

Input

Notes

^X

^x

Without the key,
^X

will abort the

process

To include an escape in

(escape)

the text, it must be
preceded by an .

;

;

To include a semicolon
in the text, it must be
preceded by an

.

carriage return,

;

The semicolon inserts a

line feed

carriage return and line
feed. This counts as
two characters.

COMMAND FACILITY MAIN MENU [node id]

CONFIGURE LOCAL NODES

3

CONFIGURE LOCAL NODES [node id]

DIALOG MESSAGES

10

DIALOG MESSAGES

1. CHANNEL PASSWORD

2. WELCOME

3. CLASS REQUEST

4. CLASS PASSWORD

5. CONNECTED

6. QUEUE

7. BUSY

8. DISCONNECTED

9. NO ANSWER

10. UNAVAILABLE

11. UNASSIGNED

12. INCOMPATIBLE

13. CALL IN PROGRESS

CR - ACCEPT ENTRY

M - MAIN MENU

ENTRY: