5-24 The Modem-Initialization File
MX2 Reference Guide Revision A MX2A137REFGD
The Modem-Initialization File
The modem-initialization file (MODEM.INI) contains keyword-and-
value pairs, with each pair on a separate line. Each keyword is separated
from its value by one or more spaces; tabs and other white-space
characters are not valid. Keywords can be in any order within the file.
Lines beginning with a # character or with a space character are treated
as comment lines and are ignored. The # character can also be used to
embed comments within a line. Any characters after a # character in a
line are ignored for that line.
Note: Individual lines cannot exceed 128 characters in length,
including comments, or errors in parsing may occur.
Keywords
ACCESS_DELAY
This keyword specifies the number of milliseconds for XFER to wait for
a response from the local modem when sending a command to the local
modem. The default is 2000 ms (2 seconds).
CARRIER_TIMEOUT
This keyword specifies the number of seconds for XFER to wait for a
carrier signal from the remote end before timing out. The default is 60
seconds.
COMPRESSION_STRINGS
This keyword specifies a list of response strings (expected responses
from the modem) that indicate that a connection was made using data
compression. Because modems often support various types of data
compression, they may have more than one string indicating that
compression is taking place. You can use the COMPRESSION_
STRING keyword as many times as necessary to create the desired list.
However, the combined length of all the values assigned to
COMPRESSION_STRING cannot exceed 115 characters.
