Compaq GS80, GS160, GS320 manual Elements of Dial String and Alert String

Table 8–3 Elements of Dial String and Alert String

Dial String

ATDT

9,

15551212

Alert String

,,,,,

5085551234#

;

The dial string is case sensitive. The SCM automatically converts all alphabetic characters to uppercase.

AT = Attention.

D = Dial

T = Tone (for touch-tone)

The number for an outside line (in this example, 9). Enter the number for an outside line if your system requires it.

,= Pause for two seconds.

Phone number of the paging service.

Each comma (,) provides a 2-second delay. In this example, a delay of 8 seconds is set to allow the paging service to answer.

A call-back number for the paging service. The alert string must be terminated by the pound (#) character.

A semicolon must be used to terminate the entire string.

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