User`s manual

CHAPTER 3
PROGRAMMING ESTEEM FEATURES
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Factory default for RECONN = Off, RECONR = 10, and
RECONT = 1.
ALTERNATE ROUTING
The Alternate Routing feature allows the user to define
up to four communication routes for the ESTeem. The
communication routes or paths are changed when the
ESTeem is unable to perform a CONNECT or the
DESTINATION CONNECTED TO ANOTHER NODE
message is encountered. The ALTERETRY variable
defines the number of connect attempts before switching
to the next route. The ESTeem will start with the route
defined in ROUTE 1 or the last route used in its table.
To enable this feature perform the following from the
COMMAND MODE:
ALTERO (on/off) = On. Alternate Routing is enabled.
When this feature is enabled the user will be prompted to
enter Route 1, Route 2, Route 3, and Route 4. If all four
routes are not needed for your application then enter a
<cr> for the last route entered.
Remember
, the Route can include up to three repeaters
in its connect string. Factory default = OFF.
ROUTE 1: r1,r2,r3,da r1 = Repeater 1.
ROUTE 2: r1,r2,r3,da r2 = Repeater 2.
ROUTE 3: r1,r2,r3,da r3 = Repeater 3.
ROUTE 4: r1,r2,r3,da da = Destination address.
ALTERE (1-255) One unit number equals the
number of retries before the
ESTeem switches to the next
route. ALTERE stands for
Alternate route retry. Factory
default = 2.
SETCON (r1,r2,r3,da) The Setconnect command
should be defined the same as
Route 1.
To use this feature with Auto Connect all you have to do
is turn Bit 8 = ON (RS-232C Setup Switch) and RESET
the ESTeem.
The ESTeem RETRY variable determines the number of
times that you will go through the ALTERNATE
ROUTE table before a "LINK IS DOWN" message will
appear.
CALL WAITING
The Call Waiting feature will tell the addresses of the
first five ESTeems that attempted to connect to you when
you were connected to another node. If a connect attempt
has been made from another ESTeem the following
message will be displayed when you return to the
COMMAND MODE from the CONVERSE MODE.
* NODE CONNECT ATTEMPTS WERE
The NODES command will display the addresses of the
first five callers.
Example:
CMD:NODES <cr>
The ESTeem will output the addresses in the following
format:
NODES = [address 1], [address 2], [address 3],
[address 4 ], [address 5]
If a "*" precedes the address then one or more repeaters
were used to reach you. To determine the repeater
routing path the NODES PATH command must be used.
To use this command type NODES PATH(x) where x =
the number of the caller (x can be 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5).
The NODES CLEAR command is used to clear the nodes
buffer. The nodes buffer is automatically cleared when a
connect is made.
When you are connected to another node you can
momentarily return to the COMMAND MODE to check
the nodes buffer and return back to the CONVERSE
MODE with out breaking your communications link.
MULTI-CONNECT
The Multi-Connect feature when enabled allows an
ESTeem to perform a direct connect to more than one
ESTeem at a time. The maximum number is 255. This
feature changes the usual ESTeem point to point protocol
to a point to multi-point protocol. The main use of this
feature is in a polled or contention applications where