Chapter 6 – S-Registers

Chapter 6 – S-Registers

Certain modem values, or parameters, are stored in memory locations called S-Rregisters. Use the S command to read or alter the contents of the S-Registers.

S-Registers

S-Reg

Unit

Range

Default

Description

S0

1 ring

0,1–255

country dep.

Number of Rings to Auto-Answer:Sets the number of rings required before the

 

 

 

 

modem automatically answers a call. ATS0=0 disables autoanswer completely.

S1

1 ring

0–255

0

Ring Counter: Counts the rings that have occurred.

S2

decimal

0–127

43 (+)

Escape Character: Sets ASCII code for the escape sequence128–255

 

 

 

 

character. Values greater than 127 disable escape.

S3

decimal

0–127

13 (^M)

Carriage Return Character: Sets the ASCII code for the carriage return character.

S4

decimal

0–127

10 (^J)

Line Feed Character: Sets the ASCII code for the line feed character.

S5

decimal

0–32

8 (^H)

Backspace Character: Sets the ASCII code for the backspace33–127

 

 

 

 

character. Values greater than 32 disable backspace.

S6

seconds

2–255

country dep.

Wait Time Before Blind Dialing or for Dial Tone: Sets the time the modem

 

 

 

 

waits after it goes off-hook before it begins to dial the phone number.

S7

seconds

1–255

country dep.

Wait Time for Carrier, Silence, or Dial Tone: Sets the time the modem waits for a

 

 

 

 

carrier signal before aborting a call. Sets the wait for silence time for the @ dial

 

 

 

 

modifier. Sets the time the modem waits for a dial tone after encountering W in the

 

 

 

 

dial string.

S8

seconds

0–255

2

Pause Time for Dial Delay: Sets the length of the pause caused by a comma

 

 

 

 

character in a dialing command.

S9

100 ms

1–255

6

Carrier Detect Response Time: Sets the time, in tenths of a second that the

 

 

 

 

carrier must be present before the modem considers it valid.

S10

100 ms

1–255

14

Lost Carrier to Hang Up Delay: Sets how long a carrier signal must be lost before

 

 

 

 

the modem disconnects.

S11

1 ms

50–255

country dep.

DTMF Tone Duration: Sets spacing and duration of dialing tones.

S12

20 ms

0–255

50

Escape Prompt Delay (EPD): Defines the maximum period, in fiftieths of second,

 

 

 

 

allowed between receipt of the last character of the three escape character

 

 

 

 

sequences from the computer and the sending of the OK result code to the

 

 

 

 

computer (escape code guard time).

S13

decimal

0, 1–127

42 (*)

Remote Configuration Escape Character: Sets the ASCII code for the remote

 

 

 

 

configuration escape character. ATS13=0&W disables remote configuration. For

 

 

 

 

use with the MT5600BA and MT5600BR only.

S15

minutes

0, 10–255

30

Dialup Backup: Sets the length of time the modem waits after making a dial-up

 

 

 

 

connection before it checks for a restored lease line. Zero disables dial backup. For

 

 

 

 

use with the MT5600BA and MT5600BR only.

S17

minutes

0–255

1

Dialup Connection: Sets the length of time the modem waits after a lease line fails

 

 

 

 

before it attempts a dial-up connection. For use with the MT5600BA and

 

 

 

 

MT5600BR only.

S24

seconds

0–255

0

Sleep Inactivity Timer: Sets the number of seconds that the modem operates in

 

 

 

 

normal mode with no detected telephone or serial port activity before it enters low-

 

 

 

 

power sleep mode. The timer is reset upon any serial port or telephone line activity.

S25

10 ms (async) 0–255

5

Delay to DTR OFF: Sets the length of time that the modem1 ms

 

 

 

 

(sync) ignores DTR while taking the action specified by &D .

S26

10 ms

0–255

1

RTS to CTS Delay: When &R0 is commanded, sets the time after detecting an

 

 

 

 

OFF-to-ON transition on RTS before the modem turns CTSON. Applies to

 

 

 

 

synchronous operation only.

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