Broadcast - Digital Equipment MUXserver 100 Reference Manual

Normal Response:
Local -012-
METDATA
sess;on 3 resumed
Local -102- No other sess;on(s) act;ve
Error Response:
Local -712- No connect;on establ;shed
Local -2nn- Connect;on to
METDATA
term;nated
term;nat;on reason text
5.2 BROADCAST
Use this command to send a message to other MUXserver 100 terminal users.
You can specify that a particular terminal receive the message, or you can
transmit to all terminals. The message appears on a destination terminal even
if the terminal has a currently active service session. The message does not
appear if the destination terminal is logged out, or if BROADCAST is disabled
for the terminal.
Syntax:
BROADCAST {PORT number} message-text
where
PORT
number
ALL
rnessage-text
{ALL }
specifies the ternlinal that receives your mess-
age. The port nUlmber can be in the range
1
to
17.
The
message appears only at a terminal if that port has
BROADCAST ENABLED as a port characteristic.
specifies that the! message is to be sent to all terminals
on the server. This is privileged.
is the text of the message. If you enclose the text in quo-
tation marks, it i.s broadcast exactly as entered. If you
omit the quotation marks, the message is broadcast en-
tirely in uppercase characters. The length of the text is
limited to 125 characters.
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