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b) 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 APS 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: /C56[Enter].
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.
1. 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 APS offers two different
Resident Disconnect command formats; the One Character Format and the Three
Character Format (for more information, please refer to Section 5.5.3.):
a) One Character (Default): When the One Character Disconnect Sequence is selected,
simply enter the selected Logoff Character once (Default = ^X ([Ctrl] plus [X])).
Note that it is not necessary to enter a carriage return before or after the Logoff
Character.
b) Three Characters: Uses the format “[Enter]LLL[Enter]”, where L is the selected
Logoff Character. For example, if the Logoff Character is defined as "+", then the
three character disconnect sequence would be [Enter]+++[Enter].
c) If the default Resident Disconnect Sequence is not compatible with your application,
both the command format and Logoff Character can be redefined via the Port
Configuration menus, as described in Section 5.5.
2. Third Party Disconnect: (Supervisor Mode Only) The /D command is issued from your
resident port to disconnect two third party ports. For example, if your Resident Port is
Port 1, a Third Party Disconnect would be used to disconnect Port 3 from Port 4.
a) The /D command uses the format: /D xx XX [Enter], where xx and XX are the
numbers of the ports that you wish to disconnect.
b) The /D (Disconnect) command can only be invoked by a port with access to
Supervisor Level commands.
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