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     DIAL(ADM)		      XENIX System V		     DIAL(ADM)

     Name
	  dial, uuchat - Dials a modem.

     Syntax
	  /usr/lib/uucp/dialX ttyname telno speed
	  /usr/lib/uucp/dialX -h ttyname speed
	  /usr/lib/uucp/uuchat ttyname speed chat-script

     Description
	  /usr/lib/uucp/dialX dials a modem attached to ttyname.  (X
	  is a dialer name, such as HA1200.)  The -h option is used to
	  hang up the modem.

	  uucico(ADM), ct(C), and cu(C) use /usr/lib/uucp/dialX.  A
	  number of dialer binaries are distributed (there may be
	  differences between -286 and -386 distributions):
	      ___________________________________________________
	     | Binary File   Modem				|
	     |__________________________________________________|
	     | dialHA12	     Hayes Smartmodem 1200 or compatible|
	     | dialHA24	     Hayes Smartmodem 2400 or compatible|
	     | dialHA96V     Hayes Smartmodem 9600 or compatible|
	     | dialMUL	     Multitech Multimodem 224 EH	|
	     | dialVA3450    Racal Vadic 3451 modem		|
	     | dialVA96	     Racal Vadic 9600 modem		|
	     | dialTBIT	     Telebit Trailblazer Modem		|
	     |__________________________________________________|
	  Source for these is provided in their respective .c files.

	  uucico(ADM) invokes dial, with a ttyname, telno (phone
	  number), and speed.  dial attempts to dial the phone number
	  on the specified line at the given speed.  When using
	  dialHA12 or dialHA24, speed can be a range of baud rates.
	  The range is specified with the form:

		      lowrate - highrate

	  where lowrate is the minimum acceptable connection baud rate
	  and highrate is the maximum.	The dial program returns the
	  status of the attempt through the following dial return
	  codes:

	  bit 0x80 = 1
		   The connection attempt failed.

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	  bits 0x0f =
		   If bit 0x80 is a 1, then these bits are the dialer
		   error code:

		   0	   general or unknown error code.

		   1	   line is being used.

		   2	   a signal has aborted the dialer.

		   3	   dialer arguments are invalid.

		   4	   the phone number is invalid.

		   5	   the baud rate is invalid or the dialer
			   could not connect at the requested baud
			   rate.

		   6	   can't open the line.

		   7	   ioctl error on the line.

		   8	   timeout waiting for connection.

		   9	   no dialtone was detected.

		   10	   unused.

		   11	   unused.

		   12	   unused.

		   13	   phone is busy.

		   14	   no carrier is detected.

		   15	   remote system did not answer.

	       Error codes 12-15 are used to indicate that the problem
	       is at the remote end.

	  If bit 0x80 is a 0, then these bits are used to indicate the
	  actual connection baud rate. If 0, the baud rate is the same
	  as the baud rate used to dial the phone number or the
	  highest baud rate if a range was specified.  Otherwise,
	  these four bits are the CBAUD bits in the struct termio
	  c_flag and the struct sgttyb sg_ispeed and sg_ospeed tty
	  ioctl structures.

	  You can copy and modify one of the files
	  /usr/lib/uucp/dialHA12.c etc., to use a different modem.
	  There is a makefile in /usr/lib/uucp which should be

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	  modified for the new dialer, and can be used to compile the
	  new program.

	  If you create a dial program for another modem, send us the
	  source.  User generated dial programs will be considered for
	  inclusion in future releases.

	  The dial program to be used on a particular line is
	  specified in the fifth field of the entry for that line in
	  /usr/lib/uucp/Devices.  If there is no dial program of that
	  name, then uucico, ct, and cu use a built-in dialer,
	  together with the chat-script of that name in
	  /usr/lib/uucp/Dialers.

	  dial -h is executed by getty when it is respawned on a line
	  shared between dial-in and dial-out.	If there is no dial
	  program, then getty uses /usr/lib/uucp/uuchat, passing it
	  the & chat-script from /usr/lib/uucp/Dialers.

     Files
	  /usr/lib/uucp/Devices
	  /usr/lib/uucp/dial/*	    Location of dialer binaries and
	  source
	  /usr/lib/uucp/dialHA12    Hayes Smartmodem 1200/1200B dialer
	  /usr/lib/uucp/dialHA24    Hayes Smartmodem 2400 dialer
	  /usr/lib/uucp/makefile    Makefile to compile new dialer
	  /usr/lib/uucp/dialTBIT    Telebit Trailblazer dialer
	  /usr/lib/uucp/uuchat

     See Also
	  ct(C), cu(C), uucico(ADM), dialers(F), getty(M)

     Notes
	  You must have the Development System installed in order to
	  compile and install a new dial program.

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