3-86 
 
3.12.3    File Polling by Using S&F Message Transfer 
Land user can access to the MES’s file on IME/DTE’s memory by S&F message transfer. When the 
following text is included in the received message, JUE-87 checks the land ID, then transmit the contents 
of file or its list to the land user in the text if the user’s number is registered. 
 
 
Command for position polling
 
/FILEXXX...XXX/XXX:XXX.....XXX/X..X/ 
 
 
Network type [TELEX, PSDN or Vxx (for PSTN)] 
Subscriber’s number (up to 11-digit) 
Destination code (3-digit) 
File name (8-digit, and extension 3-digit) 
Port number of DTE connected (1-digit) 
0: Data port main 
2: Data port #2 (Option) 
 
 
Example of position polling
 
MES receives the following message: 
/FILE0QBF.TLX/072:02822351/TELEX/ 
NNNN 
 
Then, MES transmits the following message to the land user, destination code: 072, subscriber’s 
number: 02822351 via Telex: 
FILE  0:QBF.TLX 
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG.