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About modem connection scripts
If you use a modem and require a special connection script to connect to a server, you can create a connection script file, then choose this file at "Script" when you configure connection information.
A connection script executes automatically when a modem initiates or answers a call. You may need such a script, for example, if you are connecting through an X.25 network.
To create a connection script file:
1 Use a text editor to type the appropriate connection script commands.
2 Save the script as a plain text file with an extension of .fcl.
3 Move the file into FirstClass' Scripts folder.
Connection script commands
Use the following commands as required to build your connection script.
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DELAY time |
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DELAY tells the server to wait for a specified time. The value time is the time you want the server to wait, in 60ths of a second. |
DELAY 600 tells the server to wait 10 seconds |
DISPLAY text -D or DISPLAY "text string" -D |
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DISPLAY sends text to the modem for display purposes only. The value text is the text you want to send to the modem. If this text contains spaces, enclose the whole text string in single or double quotation marks. |
DISPLAY "X.25 login sequence starting" -D displays this: X.25 login sequence starting |
SEND text or SEND "text string" Escape sequences You can add the following escape sequences to this command: • \r - adds a carriage return after the text • \n - starts the text on a new line. |
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SEND sends text to the modem. The value text is the text you want to send to the modem. If this text contains spaces, enclose the whole text string in single or double quotation marks. |
SEND an63z\r sends the password an63z, followed by a carriage return, to the modem |
WAITFOR string1 string2 ... stringn -T timeout or WAITFOR "string1" "string2" ... "stringn" -T timeout |
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WAITFOR tells the server to wait a specified time for any of the strings included in this command to be returned from the remote modem. If none of these strings are received during this time, the server terminates the connection attempt and reports a 1083 error (timeout in script). The string values are the strings you want the server to wait for. If a string contains spaces, enclose it in single or double quotation marks. You can list as many strings as you want. The timeout value is the time you want the server to wait, in 60ths of a second. |
WAITFOR service disconnect "no carrier" -T1200 tells the server to wait 20 seconds for any of these strings: service, disconnect, or no carrier |
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