Invoke the
/C
command to connect the desired ports.
Resident Connect: To connect your resident port to another port, type
/C xx
[Enter]. Where
xx
is the number or name of the port you want to connect. The
CMS will display the numbers of the connected ports, along with the command
sequence that will be required in order to disconnect the two ports.
Example: To connect your resident port to Port 8, type
/C 8
[Enter].
.
Third Party Connect: (Supervisor Mode Only) To connect any two ports (other
than your resident port), type
/C xx XX
[Enter]. Where xx and
XX
are two port
names or numbers. The CMS will display the numbers of the two connected ports.
Example: To connect Port 5 to Port 6, invoke the following command at a port with
Supervisor Level command capability:
/C 5 6
[Enter].
b.
2.
Note:
Resident Connections: RS232 Ports are not allowed to initiate a Resident
Connection to the Network Port.
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Third Party Connections: RS232 Ports are not allowed to connect another
port to the network port. For example, Port 1 is not allowed to connect Port 3
to the Network Port.
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When the /C command specifies the port name, it is only necessary to enter enough letters to
differentiate the desired port from other ports. Type an asterisk (*) to represent the remaining
characters in the port name. For example, to connect your resident port to a port named
"SALES", the connect command can be invoked as
/C S*
, providing no other port names begin
with the letter "S".
7.1.1.2. Disconnecting Ports
There are three different methods for disconnecting ports, the Resident Disconnect, the Third
Party Disconnect, and the No Activity Timeout. Providing the Timeout feature is enabled, a No
Activity Timeout will disconnect resident ports or third party ports.
Note:
Option 74 in the Port Parameters Menu determines how the DTR signal will
react when the port disconnects. The DTR signal can either be held low, held high,
or pulsed and then held high.
Resident Disconnect: Disconnects your resident port from another port. For example, if
you are communicating via Port 3, and Port 3 is connected to Port 4, a Resident
Disconnect would be used to disassociate the two ports. The CMS offers two different
Resident Disconnect command formats; the Three Character Format and the One
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