Int 14/AH=04h/DX=FFFFh

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Connection Manager - OPEN COMMUNICATION

AH = 04h
DX = FFFFh
ES:DI -> Connection Request protocol vector (see #00311)

Return:
AH = return code 00h successful AL = connection ID BH = connection type 00h direct connection or no dialing 01h Connection Server dialed phone 01h no response from Connection Server 03h invalid request

Program: Connection Manager by Softwarehouse Corp. permits the sharing of serial ports over an IPX or NetBIOS-based network

Desc: Initiate a connection to the Connection Server listed in the current Client parameter set

Notes: If DX is 0-3 on entry, Connection Manager emulates the standard BIOS function, but redirects the port over the network; if DX is any other value, the call is chained. All subvectors of the Connection Request vector are optional; if missing, default values are provided by the default connection parameter set

See Also: AH=00h/DX=FFFFh - AH=05h/DX=FFFFh - AH=06h/DX=FFFFh - See Also: AH=0Ah/DX=FFFFh - AH=0Ch/DX=FFFFh

Format of Connection Manager protocol command vector: Offset Size Description (Table 00311) 00h WORD (big-endian) total length of command (including this word) 02h WORD (big-endian) command code EF01h Connection Request EF06h Modify Connection Parameters 04h N BYTEs list of subvectors (see #00313) allowable subvector types are 01h-04h,17h,18h for command code EF01h; 03h,04h for command code EF06h (see #00312)

(Table 00312) Values for Connection Manager subvector type code: 01h Connection ID 02h Destination ID 03h Asynchronous line parameters 04h Data transfer parameters 09h Line speed 0Ah Serial coding 0Bh Packet size 0Ch Timers 0Dh Special characters 0Eh Target ID 0Fh Telephone number 10h ASCII destination ID 11h Parity 12h Bits per character 13h Number of stop bits 14h Packet timer 15h Intercharacter timer 17h Flags 18h Parameter ranges 19h Flow control

Format of Connection Manager subvector: Offset Size Description (Table 00313) 00h BYTE length of subvector 01h BYTE type code (see #00312) 02h N-2 BYTEs data, which may include subvectors

See Also: #00314 - #00315 - #00316 - #00317 - #00318 - #00319 - #00320 - #00321 - #00322 - #00323 - #00324

See Also: #00325 - #00326 - #00328 - #00329 - #00330 - #00331 - #00332 - #00333 - #00311

Format of Connection ID subvector: Offset Size Description (Table 00314) 00h BYTE 03h (length) 01h BYTE 01h (subvector "Connection ID") 02h BYTE connection ID

See Also: #00313

Format of Destination ID subvector: Offset Size Description (Table 00315) 00h BYTE length 01h BYTE 02h (subvector "Destination ID") 02h N BYTEs subvector(s) of type 0Eh, 0Fh, or 10h

See Also: #00313

Format of Asynchronous line parameters subvector: Offset Size Description (Table 00316) 00h BYTE length 01h BYTE 03h (subvector "Asynchronous line parameters") 02h N BYTEs subvector(s) of type 09h, 0Ah, or 19h

See Also: #00313

Format of Data transfer parameters subvector: Offset Size Description (Table 00317) 00h BYTE length 01h BYTE 04h (subvector "Data transfer parameters") 02h N BYTEs subvector(s) of type 0Bh, 0Ch, or 0Dh

See Also: #00313

Format of Line speed subvector: Offset Size Description (Table 00318) 00h BYTE 04h (length) 01h BYTE 09h (subvector "Line speed") 02h WORD bit map, highest set bit selects speed

bit 0:
2400

bits 1-7:
1800, 1200, 600, 300, 115200, 150, 110 bps

bits 8-15:
57600, 38400, 19200, 14400, 9600, 7200, 4800, 3600

See Also: #00313

Format of Serial coding subvector: Offset Size Description (Table 00319) 00h BYTE length 01h BYTE 0Ah (subvector "Serial coding") 02h N BYTEs subvector(s) of type 11h, 12h, or 13h

See Also: #00313

Format of Packet size subvector: Offset Size Description (Table 00320) 00h BYTE 04h (length) 01h BYTE 0Bh (subvector "Packet size") 02h WORD (big-endian) packet size, 1 to 1024

See Also: #00313

Format of Timers subvector: Offset Size Description (Table 00321) 00h BYTE length 01h BYTE 0Ch (subvector "Timers") 02h 8 BYTEs subvector of type 14h or 15h

See Also: #00313

Format of Special characters subvector: Offset Size Description (Table 00322) 00h BYTE length 01h BYTE 0Dh (subvector "Special characters") 02h N BYTEs list of ASCII characters to be used as EOM or EOB

See Also: #00313

Format of Target ID: Offset Size Description (Table 00323) 00h BYTE length 01h BYTE 0Eh (subvector "Target ID") 02h N BYTEs target ID, 1-16 bytes

See Also: #00313

Format of Telephone number subvector: Offset Size Description (Table 00324) 00h BYTE length 01h BYTE 0Fh (subvector "Telephone number") 02h N BYTEs telephone number

See Also: #00313

Format of ASCII destination ID subvector: Offset Size Description (Table 00325) 00h BYTE length 01h BYTE 10h (subvector "ASCII destination ID") 02h N BYTEs destination ID

See Also: #00313

Format of Parity subvector: Offset Size Description (Table 00326) 00h BYTE 03h (length) 01h BYTE 11h (subvector "Parity") 02h BYTE parity type (see #00327)

See Also: #00313

Bitfields for Connection Manager parity type: Bit(s) Description (Table 00327) 7 odd 6 even 5 mark 4 space 3 none

See Also: #00326

Format of Bits per character subvector: Offset Size Description (Table 00328) 00h BYTE 03h (length) 01h BYTE 12h (subvector "Bits per character") 02h BYTE bits per character

bit 7:
Seven

bit 6:
Eight

See Also: #00313

Format of Number of stop bits subvector: Offset Size Description (Table 00329) 00h BYTE 03h (length) 01h BYTE 13h (subvector "Number of stop bits") 02h BYTE stop bits

bit 7:
One

bit 6:
1.5

bit 5:
Two

See Also: #00313

Format of Packet timer and Intercharacter timer subvectors: Offset Size Description (Table 00330) 00h BYTE 04h (length) 01h BYTE subvector type 14h Packet timer 15h Intercharacter timer 02h WORD (big-endian) unit of value representing 20ms

See Also: #00313

Format of Flags subvector: Offset Size Description (Table 00331) 00h BYTE 03h (length) 01h BYTE 17h (subvector "Flags") 02h BYTE flags

bit 7:
Queueing requested

See Also: #00313

Format of Parameter ranges subvector: Offset Size Description (Table 00332) 00h BYTE length 01h BYTE 18h (subvector "Parameter ranges") 02h N BYTEs subvector(s) of type 09h, 11h, 12h, or 13h

See Also: #00313

Format of Flow control subvector: Offset Size Description (Table 00333) 00h BYTE length (02h-04h) 01h BYTE 19h (subvector "Flow control") 02h BYTE XOFF character 03h BYTE XON character

Note: If length is 02h, flow control is disabled; if length is 03h, any character will be accepted as XON after an XOFF

See Also: #00313

Category: Network - Int 14h - C

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