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032: Send Serial Message out the Main Serial Port

This command allows you to send a custom message out the controller's serial port. If the message

is entered with DTMF the serial message will only contain DTMF digits. If the message is entered

using the RS-232 port, then the message will contain whatever characters you enter. This

command is used to display serial error messages (they are sent from macros 200..219 using this

command), among other things. The message will only be sent if you cause this command to be

executed from the serial port or if you turn suppressed serial off with command 060, to minimize

the amount of stuff being sent out of the serial port. If you want a message to be sent no matter

what, use command 162.

<032> s..s

Parameters:

- 032 is the default command name.

- s..s is the data to be sent over the RS-232 port

-- The message length is limited to the maximum command length (about

200 characters) or if used in a macro, by the space left in a macro (less than

100 characters). If you need a longer message, split it up between several

macros and use one macro to call the next macro in the sequence.

Voice response:

There is no voice response for this command

Notes:

To change the baud rate, see command 024.

Serial output is normally queued (buffered) so that controller operation does not wait for

the message to be sent before continuing. Queueing can be controlled with command 060.

Spaces are automatically stripped when the controller processes commands, including

commands that send serial messages. This allows upload files to contain spaces without

affecting the format of the input data. If a user wishes to have a 'space like character' sent

the '_' (underscore) data can be used.

162: Always Send Serial Message out the Main Serial Port

This command is identical to Command 032 except that it always sends its message, regardless of

whether command 060 is set to suppress serial sending or not.