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MAX Administration Guide
Machine Interface Format (MIF)
Using full and partial addresses
After the MIF interface replaces the configuration menus, start entering MIF commands
interactively, or download an ASCII file containing a series of MIF commands by using the
appropriate transfer command (such as Send Text) in your VT100 emulation program.
The second way to start MIF from any location in the configuration menus by typing the
following four-key sequence in rapid succession (press each key in the sequence shown, one
after the other, as quickly as possible):
ESC [ ESC !
The third way to start MIF by using the appropriate transfer command (such as Send Text) in
your VT100 emulation program, but that the first line in the emulation program must contain
the MIF escape sequence
ESC [ ESC !
.
Using full and partial addresses
Each profile, parameter, DO menu item, or status window is called an addressable entity. Each
of these entities has a unique address.
A full address specifies a specific entity and consists of the full syntax shown below. A partial
address does not include the
name
attribute.
Addresses have the following syntax:
slot and port.type.entry.name
For example:
103.DIAL.1.Data Svc
Table C-1 summarizes the elements of the address.
Table C-1. Syntax element descriptions
Syntax
element
Description
slot
One-digit slot number of the addressed entity (
1
in the preceding exam-
ple). For most addresses, the slot number of the addressed entity is identi-
cal to the first digit of the menu number in the standard user interface.
port
Two-digit port number of the addressed entity (
03
in the preceding exam-
ple). For most addresses, the port number of the addressed entity is identi-
cal to the second and third digits of the menu number of the standard user
interface.