Message Services - Cabletron Systems Netlink FRX8000 User Manual

Message Services

Placing a Call
On-line Operations
4. If the connection to the remote node is established before the DCE Incoming Call
Timeout (configured in Network Defaults, described in
will be displayed:
Answer the following question.
Y = Remote control from PAD with ANSI terminal.
N = Remote control from 999999nnn7. (where nnn is your node's number)
Are you a PAD user?
If you are at an INM/NMP, type
nected to the INM or NMP node via an async PAD port, type
5. When prompted, enter the appropriate password:
FRX8000 –
Other device – Login password configured at the remote device
The Main Menu of the controlled node will be displayed on the local screen, with
displayed at the upper right. If the controlled node is a non-FRX8000
RMTID=nnn
device, will be the
nnn
FRX8000, will be
nnn
A message on the controlled node's screen will say:
" ." The Main Menu at the controlling node will now act as the Main
blocked by id = n
Menu of the controlled node.
To return control to the remote node, press
1. To place a call to a subscriber, press
(or from the Main Menu) and enter the subscriber ID.
[B], [H], [A]
To place a call to another INM/NMP, press
enter the node ID (the NMP's node if you are calling an NMP).
2. Once the call has been placed, a message will be displayed at the top of the screen:
Placed call to "n" (or Node "n") - Awaiting reply
Once the call is connected, the subscriber or node number and name are displayed
at the top of the screen.
3. Enter your message. The maximum length for a single line is 70 printable char-
acters, including blanks (no control characters). At the end of each line,
. This sends the line to the subscriber/INM/NMP.
press [Enter]
When the subscriber/INM/NMP responds, the message is displayed in reverse
video. The messages you send and receive scroll upward on the screen as the dia-
logue continues.
4. To end the call, press
is displayed.
of call message
[N] [Enter]
NETLINK
of the controlled node. If the node is an
Remote Control ID
, where
999999xxx7 xxx
[F9]
at the Message Services Menu
[A]
. When the subscriber/INM/NMP ends the call, an
[F3]
Chapter 4), the following
. If you are at an async terminal con-
[Y] [Enter]
is the node number.
Under remote control. Keyboard
.
at the Message Services Menu and
[B]
.
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