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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc,comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Looking for Alphanumeric script file on OpenVMS
Date: 6 Oct 1995 14:30:28 GMT
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In article <44v9fq$b0b@wanda.pond.com>,
Joseph B. Gill <gilljb@gmis.com> wrote:
>"Joseph B. Gill" <gilljb@gmis.com> wrote:
>>My manager is replacing my display pager with an alphanumeric one.
>>I've been using KERMIT to send numeric codes but I thought I
>>remember seeing an example of an alphanumeric pager script. Does
>>anyone have it or know where an example would be?
>
>I guess it would have been nice if I included the platform!
>
> OpenVMS
>
In the magazine, DEC Professional, columnist Kevin G. Barkes printed
a C-Kermit script for OpenVMS to dial an alphanumeric pager. It was
in the February 1995 issue, pages 43-46. You can make it as fancy as you
want, but basically there's nothing to it:
1. Set up the call.
2. Make sure that DIAL succeeds (Alpha pagers, unlike numeric pagers,
will send carrier back).
3. Send the text. Use OUTPUT or TRANSMIT for this.
4. Hang up.
Some alpha pagers use a protocol with framing, checksums, message numbers,
etc. One such protocol is called TAP. You can do this sort of thing in
Kermit script language too, using INPUT and OUTPUT together with Kermit's
built-in string, logical, and arithmetic functions. Just obtain the protocol
specification from your pager service provider and start coding. Post
examples here for others to see.
For calling numeric pagers, see the item in the Kermit FAQ:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/faq.html
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/faq.txt
- Frank