Elements Of Dial String And Alert String - Compaq AlphaServer 160 User Manual

Table 8–3 Elements of Dial String and Alert String
Dial String
The dial string is case sensitive. The SCM automatically
converts all alphabetic characters to uppercase.
ATDT AT = Attention.
D = Dial
T = Tone (for touch-tone)
9, The number for an outside line (in this example, 9). Enter the
number for an outside line if your system requires it.
,= Pause for two seconds.
15551212 Phone number of the paging service.
Alert String
,,,,, Each comma (,) provides a 2-second delay. In this example, a
delay of 8 seconds is set to allow the paging service to answer.
5085551234# A call-back number for the paging service. The alert string
must be terminated by the pound (#) character.
; A semicolon must be used to terminate the entire string.
8-28 AlphaServer GS80/160/320 User's Guide