Phone numbers – Sierra Wireless RJ-11 User Manual

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Rev 3.0 B 2/15/08

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The device server monitors its DCD signal in order to detect 
changes in the deviceʹs DTR signal. The following behaviors 
occur on loss of DCD only. .

Phone Numbers

The “phone number” used in an outgoing connection for an 
“ATD” command may be a real phone number that is trans‐
lated to an IP/port pair (see Phone Number Translation) or it 
consists of an IP address and optional port number. All leading 
non‐numeric characters (such as the T or P dial modifiers) are 
ignored. A number of formats are accepted for the “IP” phone 
number.

Mode

Modem DCD Settings

Behavior

Command/Data

Always on (&C0)

DTR is asserted

Command/Data

Follow connection (&C1)

DTR is asserted only when TCP/IP
connection is present and has been accepted
via ATA or auto-answer. DTR is de-asserted
when connection is lost

Mode

Modem DTR Settings

Response to loss of DCD

Offline

AT&D0

Ignore

Offline

AT&D1

Ignore

Offline

AT&D2

Ignore

Online

AT&D0

Ignore

Online

AT&D1

Drop to command mode, preserving connection

Online

AT&D2

Drop to command mode, terminating any
connection

Format

Example

Notes

Dotted decimal

a.b.c.d or 192.168.1.1

Numbers are from 0 to 255

Comma decimal

a,b,c,d or 192,168,1,1

For programs that don't allow dots in phone
numbers

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