ATE commands and subcommands

This is a list of the ATE commands and subcommands with a brief description of what they do.

See ATE file formats for additional reference information.

Item	Description
ate	Starts the ATE program. For the definitions of its subcommands, which follow, refer to the ate command: break Inputs current activity on a remote system. connect Connects to a remote computer. directory Displays the ATE dialing directory and lets you choose an entry from the directory to connect to a remote system. help Provides help for the ATE subcommands. perform Lets you issue workstation operating system commands while using ATE. quit Exits the ATE program. receive Receives a file from a remote system. send Sends a file to a remote file system. terminate Terminates an ATE connection to a remote system.

Item

Description

ate

Starts the ATE program. For the definitions of its subcommands, which follow, refer to the ate command:

break: Inputs current activity on a remote system.
connect: Connects to a remote computer.
directory: Displays the ATE dialing directory and lets you choose an entry from the directory to connect to a remote system.
help: Provides help for the ATE subcommands.
perform: Lets you issue workstation operating system commands while using ATE.
quit: Exits the ATE program.
receive: Receives a file from a remote system.
send: Sends a file to a remote file system.
terminate: Terminates an ATE connection to a remote system.

In addition, the xmodem command is useful for transferring files with the xmodem protocol, which detects data transmission errors during asynchronous transmission.