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6.2.3.3. Defining Hunt Groups

A Hunt Group creates a situation where the CMS will scan a group of ports and connect to the first available port in the group. Hunt Groups are created by assigning identical or similar names to two or more ports. Hunt Groups can be defined using Any-to-Any, Passive, Buffer, or Modem Mode Ports. Note that the Network Port cannot be included in Hunt Groups.

1.Access the Command Mode as described in Section 5.2. Make certain to use a password and port that permit access to Supervisor Level commands.

2.Access the Port Configuration Menu for the desired Port as described in Section 5.5.3.

3.Use the Port Configuration Menu to define a Port Name for the first port in the group.

4.Repeat steps 2 and 3 above to assign identical names to the other ports in the Hunt Group. For example, a series of ports in a group could all be named "SERVER".

5.To connect to the next available port in the hunt group, invoke the /C command using the port name to specify the desired group. For example,

/C SERVER [Enter].

6.Your port will be connected to the first available port in the group. If all ports are presently connected, the CMS-6R4 will respond with the "BUSY" message.

7.It is only necessary to enter enough letters of the port name to differentiate the Hunt Group ports from other ports. Type an asterisk (*) to represent the remaining characters in the port name. For example, to connect your resident port to the first available port in a group of ports named "SALES1", "SALES2", and "SALES3", the connect command can be invoked as /C S* [Enter], providing no other port names begin with the letter "S".

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