AS 2749—1985

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INFORMATION PROCESSING—
BASIC MODE CONTROL
PROCEDURES FOR DATA
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
 This Australian standard was prepared by Committee IS/1, Information Processing
Systems. It was approved on behalf of the Council of the Standards Association of
Australia on 25 September 1984 and published on 31 January 1985.

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 AS 2749—1985

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INFORMATION PROCESSING—
BASIC MODE CONTROL
PROCEDURES FOR DATA
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

First published (AS 1484, Part 1) . . . . . . . . . 1973

AS 2749 fir st published . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7262 3559 8
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PREFACE
This standard was prepared by the Association’s Committee on Information
Processing Systems to supersede AS 1484, Digital Data Transmission,
Part 1 — 1973, Basic Mode Control Procedures for Data Communication
Systems. It is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO 1745 — 1975,
drawn up by ISO/TC 97, Information Processing Systems.
The purpose of this standard is to specify the implementation of the Australian
standard 7-bit coded character set* for information interchange on data
transmission channels. It also defines the formats of the transmitted messages
and the supervisory sequences which are part of the transmission control
procedures.
For the purpose of this Australian standard, the text of the ISO standard used
herein should be modified as follows:
(a) Terminology: The words ‘Australian Standard’ should replace the words
International Standard’ wherever they appear.
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(b) Cross-references: The references to International Standards should be

replaced by references to Australian standards as follows:

Reference to International standard Appropriate Australian standard

ISO 646, Information processing—
ISO 7-bit coded character set for
information processing interchange
ISO 1177, Information processing—
Character structure for start/stop and
synchronous transmission
ISO 1155, Information processing,
Use of longitudinal parity to detect
errors in information messages
ISO 2111, Basic mode control
procedures—Code independent
information transfer
ISO 2628, Basic mode control
procedures—Complements
ISO 2629, Basic mode control
procedures—Conversational infor-
mation message transfer
AS 1776, Information processing—
7-bit coded character set for
information interchange
AS ----, Information processing—
Character structure for start/stop and
synchronous transmission†
AS 2742, Information processing—
Use of longitudinal parity to detect
errors in information messages
AS 1484.5, Digital data transmis-
sion—Extensions to basic mode con-
trol procedures

* See AS 1776—1980, Information Processing—7-bit Coded Character Set for Information Interchange.
† In course of preparati on.

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CONTENTS Page

0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

0.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

0.2 Communication phases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1 Scope and field of application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1.2 Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Definitions of the transmission control characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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3 Message formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3.1 General rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3.2 Information messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3.3 Forward supervisory sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3.4 Backward supervisory sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

4 Description of phases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

4.1 Phase linkage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

4.2 Phase diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4.3 Recovery procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

5 Description of use of the transmission control characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Annexes (not part of the Standard)

A Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

B Extensions of transmission control functions using DLE sequences . . . . . . . . . 23

C Alternate positive acknowledgement option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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 AUSTRALIAN STANDARD
Information processing — Basic mode control procedures for
data communication systems
0 INTRODU CTION
0.1 General
A data communication system may be considered as
the ensemble of the terminal installations and the
interconnecting network that permits information to be
exchanged.
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A data link concept is identifiable when considering
terminal installations connected to the same network,
operating at the same speed, in the same code.
Whenever actions on the respective transmission
control characters take place, a separation of data links
is constituted. Typical examples where this applies are:
store and forward switching centres, concentrators,
intermediate reformatting and speed-change devices.
The information transfer in a data link is monitored by
data link control procedures where some characters,
selected within a code set, are given particular
meanings according to the transmission phase and are
used for various purposes such as to delineate
information, to reverse the direction of transmission, to
ask questions, to answer, etc.
The data link control procedures are categorized in
classes which are referred to as modes of operation.
The present considerations relate to one class called
“basic mode”, which is defined as follows:
In the basic mode all the necessary transmission
control information (for example, message framing
and supervisory instructions) passing from one
station to another is carried over the link by
discrete control characters selected from the ten
transmission control characters which are defined
in the ISO /CCITT 7-bit code (ISO 646). The
information exchanges are carried out in the
alternate mode on standard communication
facilities. The control of the data link is not
affected by any characters other than the ten
transmission control characters. Other codes than
the ISO /CCITT code may therefore be transmitted
provided that they do not contain any of the ten
transmission control characters in either heading
or text. Sequences of transmission control
character combinations such as DLE.XXX are not
permitted, with the one exception DLE.EO T which
is defined as “Disconnect”.
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Extensions to the basic mode are contained in the
following International Standards:
ISO 2111, Basic mode control procedures — Code
independent information transfer;
ISO 2628, Basic mode control procedures —
Complements;
ISO 2629, Basic mode control procedures —
Conversational information message transfer;
and also in annexes B and C of this International
Standard.
The following considerations have been taken into
account in developing the rules for the basic mode:
The rules are based on the assumption that one of the
stations in each connection would be either a computer
or a device capable of handling automatically an
exchange of information. The rules are designed to
allow the complexity of operation to be increased from
a basic level by adding options. These options are
designed so that any number of stations can still
communicate even though they normally operate at
different levels of complexity.
It is desirable to reduce optional features in this
International Standard to a minimum, but still retain a
balance between an economic solution for the “low cost
systems” and extendability for encompassing more
complex systems. The rules may be difficult to
implement in very simple systems involving low cost
devices and human control. On the other hand, in
complex high speed computer links, the rules may
seriously restrict the throughput of information. These
two cases are regarded as the upper and lower fringes
of the present International Standard and may be the
subject of future International Standards.
With the above considerations, typical limitations of
basic mode control procedures are:
— restriction of efficiency by the time delay which
is due to the alternate mode of operation;
— single link operation only.
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0.2 Communication phases
1 SC OP E AND FIELD OF AP PLICA TION
The table below shows the various possible phases and
sub-phases of a data communication. 1.1 General

Phases 1 and 5, which relate to the establishment and
clearing of connections over the general switched
network, are under the responsibility of the CCITT and
are therefore not covered by this International
Standard.
In each phase, one of the stations directs the operation
and is responsible for the continuity of the
communication. The other station or stations only react
to the actions of the responsible station.
The transmission control characters which are shown
alongside the various sub-phases are those which are
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This International Standard specifies the method of
implementation of the ISO /CCITT 7-bit coded character
set 1) for information interchange on data transmission
channels. It also defines the formats of the transmitted
messages and the supervisory sequences which are
part of the transmission control procedures. It covers
the majority of existing data transmission systems and
data link configurations used in conjunction with data
processing systems.
These control procedures deal with transmission over
one link at a time and do not describe the operation of
data links in “tandem”. They relate to the class of

involved in the basic mode of operation.
EO T is shown in parentheses in Phases 2 and 3
because its use within the phases initiates a
changeover to Phase 4.
control procedures which is known as the basic mode
and apply at the interface between data communication
equipment and data terminal equipment.

Table of phases

Transmission control
Function Station’s name characters Notes
Phase used in basic mode
Action Responsible Forward
Reaction Responsive Backward
1 Establishment
of connection a) Switching CCITT
over general Responsibility
network b) Identification
2 Establishment a) Switching Call Calling Not covered
of data link Answer Called at present
b) Polling Poll Control (EOT), ENQ
Reply Tributary (EOT)
c) Selecting Select Master (EOT), ENQ
Reply Slave ACK, NAK
3 Information transfer Transfer Master SOH, STX
Slave ETB, ETX,
Supervision (EOT) ACK, NAK
(EOT)
4 Termination a) Return to Terminate Master EOT
neutral state Interrupt Slave EOT
b) Return to EOT
control station Terminate Master EOT
Interrupt Slave
c) Disconnect Disconnect Master DLE, EOT
Disconnect Slave DLE, EOT
5 Clearing of connection CCITT
Responsibility

1)
See ISO 646. CCITT: Alphabet No.5.

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