SPECIFICATIONS
3. DATA TRANSMISSION PROTOCOL
Table 5-2
shows the transmission control codes used for the data exchange between the PBX and the VMS.
CODE
SA
UA
STX
ETX
EI
3.1 General Message Format
Figure 5-1
shows the MCI general message format:
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Table 5-2 Data Transmission Protocol
System Address: ASCII code 31
Unit Address: ASCII code 21
Indication of the start of message text: ASCII code 02
Indication of the end of message text: ASCII code 03
Entry Index – Describes the type of message being sent (A)
S
S
U
E
T
A
A
I
X
Key:
STX
SA
UA
EI
ETX
Figure 5-1 MCI General Message Format
ND-45895 (E)
DESCRIPTION
(digit "1") or 30
(digit "0")
16
16
(exclamation point "!")
16
16
(
16
Message Text
Start of Text
System Address
Unit Address
Entry Index
End of Text
(
)
)
E
T
X