Keyboard Dialing From The Asim Data Station - Nortel Meridian 1 Manual

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Keyboard dialing from the ASIM data station

553-2731-300 Standard 4.00 April 2000
Keyboard dialing is only applicable to ASCII, asynchronous start-stop
character mode, and interactive terminals equipped with EIA RS-232-C
interface. It is not available for synchronous or block mode terminals.
The ASIM and KBD provide the following capabilities:
• Call origination to local and remote hosts
• Ring Again
• Autodial data calling to local hosts
• Speed Call
• Auto-answer (Note 6 in Procedure 13)
• Manual answering of incoming calls (Note 10 in Procedure 13)
• Asynchronous mode autobauding. On initial power up, a default speed,
as selected by the SYNC speed switch setting, of 1200, 2400, 4800,
9600, or 19200 bps is used. If the switch is not set to any of the five speed
settings, the ASIM defaults to 9600 bps. After autobauding once, the
ASIM remembers the current speed, and if not again autobauded,
continues to use that speed.
• Asynchronous Mode Autoparity. The ASIM detects the speed on the
carriage return (CR) character. If the parity of the terminal matches the
default (8 bits, no parity), the ASIM echoes a legible prompt on the
screen. If the parity does not match, an illegible prompt appears on the
screen. When this happens, the user should enter a period and a (CR) to
force the ASIM to detect the parity and to echo a legible prompt on the
screen.
The ASIM returns to the default mode when
— The terminal is powered off and on.
— After Control + Z, Break, Release, DTR off, and call disconnections.
• Asynchronous data baud rate of 110, 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800,
9600, or 19200 bps