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MDS Series User’s Guide
6.1.2.
Defining Hunt Groups
A Hunt Group creates a situation where the MDS will scan a
group of Any-to-Any Mode Ports, and connect to the first
available port in the group. Hunt Groups are created by
assigning identical or similar port names to two or more Any-to-
Any Mode Ports.
Port Names are case sensitive. When invoking the /C
command, note the case of each letter of the Port
Name.
1. Access the MDS Command Mode.
2. Invoke the /P command to access the Port Configuration
Menu for the desired Port(s). For example, to configure
Port 4, type /P 4 [Enter].
3. From the Port Configuration Menu, select item 1. to define
the Port Name.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 above to assign similar or identical
names to the other Any-to-Any Mode Port(s) you wish to
include in the Hunt Group. For example, a series of ports
in a Hunt Group could be named "PRINTER1",
"PRINTER2", "PRINTER3", and etc., or all ports in the
group could be assigned the same name (e.g. "PRINTER").
5. To connect to the next available port in the hunt group,
invoke the /C (Connect) command using the port name to
specify the desired group of ports. For example,
/C PRINTER [Enter].
6. The MDS will connect to the first available port in the
Hunt Group. If all ports in the specified Hunt Group are
already connected, the MDS will respond with "BUSY".
Note that it is only necessary to enter enough letters of the port
name to differentiate the ports in the Hunt Group from other
MDS ports. For example, to connect your resident port to the
first available port in a group of ports named "SALES1",
"SALES2", "SALES3", and etc., the connect command can be
invoked as /C S [Enter], providing no other port names begin
with the letter "S".
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