Dial Parameters

The Citect.ini file contains the following dial parameters:

• [Dial]CacheRefresh - Enables or disables automatic cache refresh on connection to a remote I/O device.

• [Dial]CallerIDTimeout - The maximum time the I/O Server will wait for a valid caller ID during dial in.

• [Dial]ConnectionRetries - For PSTN connected devices - the number of times the I/O Server will try to dial a dial-up I/O device before declaring that it is OFFLINE. For non-PSTN connected Devices - the number of times the I/O Server will try to bring a device online before declaring that it is offline.

• [Dial]Debug - Enables/disables scheduled I/O device debugging.

• [Dial]DebugLevel - Specifies the level of dial debug traces.

• [Dial]DefaultCallerID - Specifies the caller id to use when taking dial in calls where [Dial]CallerIDTimeout has expired.

• [Dial]MaxConnectionTime - The maximum time a dial-up I/O device will stay connected (not including persistent connections).

• [Dial]MaxQueueTime - The maximum time a dial-up I/O device will remain in the dial queue.

• [Dial]MaxTimeAfterDisconnect - The maximum number of seconds to wait following a disconnect request to allow the dial system time to finish servicing requests.

• [Dial]MissedScheduleTolerance - Specifies how many consecutive scheduled dial attempts can be missed.

• [Dial]ModemRetryDelay - The minimum time to wait (in seconds) between disconnecting from a modem and attempting to use the modem again.

• [Dial]PersistCache - Prevents the cache for remote IO devices being persisted to disk after disconnection and at shutdown.

• [Dial]ReadThroughCache - Determines whether the I/O server will read through the data cache while it is connected to a remote I/O device.

• [Dial]RingCount - The number of rings the I/O Server will wait before it answers a call from a dialing I/O device.

• [Dial]WatchTime - The period at which the I/O Server checks for I/O devices to contact and checks for incoming calls from dialing I/O devices.

See Also

Parameter Categories