Modem Control/Dial-up Connections
FP Modem-EU Technical Manual
3.8 ASCII-Fax Function
Important Features
• Easy generation and delivery of a text based fax page
• For example, a PLC can send out an alarm text to a fax machine with up to 8 text lines
and up to 80 characters per line
• The FPWIN Pro Library "Modem" provides programming support for FPWIN Pro PLC
software development
1 Store recipient fax machine
telephone number:
AT&Z20=0123456789
2 ASCII text entry (up to ctr-Z):
ATK
This is a fax message from your
FP0
<ctr-Z>
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3 Automatically, the fax page is
generated, sent out to the
receiving fax machine and a status
message is returned
Using the ASCII-Fax Function
1. Set the RS232C interface of the connected device (i.e. PLC or computer) to 8
data bits.
2. When using the fax function for the first time, please enter your own
answer-back ID code with the AT+FLID="xxxxxx" command
xxxxxx is the sender telephone number. Save the answer-back ID code for the next
power up with AT&W. The code is also stored in NVROM.
3. Enter the fax number into short-code dialing memory 20 with the
AT&Z20=yyyyyy command.
yyyyyy is the telephone number of the receiver. The short-code dialing memory is a
constant memory. If no number is stored in Z20, the ATK command responds with
an ERROR signal.
4. With the ATK command you can start the text entry.
You receive the response message "ASC-FAX TEXT:"
5. You can enter the ASCII text here now.
With <CR> you give the command for a wordwrap, with CTR-Z you end the text.
Due to no constant character spacing the number of characters in a line depends
on the characters themselves. When the end of a line is reached, the text is not
echoed anymore until you start a new line with <CR>.
6. If you end the input with CTR-Z, data are transformed into a fax and the
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