Matrix ETERNITY NE System Manual 775
The ETERNITY will try to send the message for a maximum of 2 tries and if still the message is not
transmitted successfully, it will drop the message and proceed for the transmission of the next message. It will
also print a System Fault event and the message.
Case 3: No Response from the CAS
The ETERNITY will wait for 5 seconds and if no response is received from the CAS, it will drop the message
and proceed to transmit the next message.
Link Control Characters
6. Comm One, Call-Inn
No handshaking is required when any of the above protocols is selected.
7. RSI-CMS
ETERNITY sends call detail record in the following format to the RSI-CMS call accounting interface.
STX-Message-EXT
Call accounting interface will not send any response, ACK/NAK, for the messages received.
Call Detail Record Formats
The Call Detail Record formats for various protocols are given below.
HOLIDEX:
ETERNITY CAS
Text plus Carriage Return > (Wait for 5 seconds)
No Response
Control Character Meaning Character value
ACK Positive Acknowledgement by the CAS
(Indicates successful reception of data by the CAS)
HEX 06
NAK Negative Acknowledgement by the CAS
(Unsuccessful reception of data by the CAS)
HEX 15
Parameter
Start
Column
Number
Field
Length
Alignment
Filler/
Character
Remarks
Serial Number 01 03 RA Zero Every 6 hours it is cleared to 001.
(Starting from mid-night 00:00:00)
Increment
Counter
04 01 NA NA Every 6 hours it is cleared to A.
(Starting from mid-night 00:00:00)
Property Code 06 03 NA NA As per the Programmed String
Date 10 05 NA Zero MM/DD