Received Data Flow Control 11-3

Received Data Flow Flow control settings are controlled by the AT&Rn and AT&In commands.

ControlThe default settings are &R2&I0. Use the following table for more information about setting the flow control.

For your modem to

Command

 

 

Pause before sending CTS signal after receiving the

AT&R0

Request to Send (RTS).

 

 

 

Ignore the RTS signal.

AT&R1

&R1 is required if your computer or software does not

 

support RTS

 

 

 

Enable hardware flow control.

AT&R2

The Business Modem sends data to your computer only

 

upon receipt of the RTS signal.

 

 

 

Disable software (XON/XOFF) flow control.

AT&I0 (Default)

Recommended for non-ARQ (Normal mode) calls (see

 

AT&I5). While the Business Modem is online, the only

 

characters it recognizes are +++, the escape code.

 

 

 

Enable software (XON/XOFF) flow control. Use in ARQ

AT&I1

mode only.

 

Keep in mind that the XON/XOFF characters sent to the

 

remote computer may interfere with XON/XOFF signaling

 

between the remote computer and remote device (see

 

AT&I2).

 

 

 

Force the Business Modem to act on your XON/XOFF

AT&I2

commands, but remove them from the data stream

 

instead of passing them to the remote computer.

 

This ensures that the remote computer does not confuse

 

your XON/XOFF characters with those from its attached

 

device. This is the recommended setting for ARQ mode.

 

When using the AT&I2 command, if the call is not in ARQ mode, there is no flow control on the link. If you send an XOFF to your modem and it stops passing data, it has no way to tell the remote computer and modem to stop sending for a while, and the local’s buffer may overflow. For more reliable control in non ARQ mode, see AT&I5.

Enable Hewlett Packard-Host mode. Applies only to

AT&I3

devices attached to an HP mainframe that uses the

 

ENQ/ACK protocol. Use in ARQ mode only.

 

If you want to use software flow control to transfer

 

non-text (binary) files, set serial port and connection rates

 

equal using &B0 and & N0. See Chapter 9, Controlling

 

Data Rates for more information about these commands.

 

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