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Alessio · **Joined:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:09 am **Posts:** 7

Hello Again!

Due to my damn curiosity i've upgraded TTerm to the latest version.
Unfortunately now the script i managed to get running are not working anymore.
There's always this message "Link Macro First"...
Anyone got suggestions?Is there any documentation for this? Any help would be appreciated!

thanks in advance

Alessio

IshmaelCallMe · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:20 am

"Link Macro First" means the script is trying to perform some command that needs communication with a serial, telnet, or ssh port such as sendln or recvln, and that such an open connection is not there.

It would help if you posted your script.

Alessio · **Joined:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:09 am **Posts:** 7

Ishmael first of all thank you so much for your time and efforts!
Below you'll find my script, please feel free to comment and to point me where i'm doing wrong
any comments on how to improve are appreciated!
thank you again!

Alessio

P.S. is your nick remotely connected with a David Gerrold Book?

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;°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Conf Parameters °°°°°°°°°°°°°
 
username='XXXXX' ; username for connection
password='YYYYYY' ; password for connection
ip_address='IP_TEST.txt'; file with ip addresses of the routers to analyze
timeout=5; timeout
Sedi='indirizzi.txt'; file containing results
 
 
;°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° APERTURA FILE CONTENENTE IP °°°°°°°°°
; Opening file with addresses
 
    fileopen fhandle Ip_address 0 
    filecreate fh Sedi
    
;°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° INIZIO LOOP °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
; Initial Loop
 
    :loop
        filereadln fhandle ip_address 
        if result goto fine
        flushrecv
 
;°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° CONNESSIONE °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
; TT connects to one of the addresses in the list specified above
    
     connect ip_address
 
;°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° INVIO USERNAME °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
; Routine for sending username to host
 
    wait 'Username:'
       if result=0 then 
        space = '_'
        strconcat Ip_address space
        strconcat Ip_address 'non connessa'
        filewriteln fh ip_address
            goto prossimo
       endif
        sendln username
 
;°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° INVIO PASSWORD °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
; Routine for sending password to host
 
    wait 'Password:'
       if result=0 then 
        space = '_'
        strconcat Ip_address space
        strconcat Ip_address 'Tacacs non funzionante'
        filewriteln fh ip_address
        goto prossimo
       endif
       setsync 1
    sendln password
       setsync 0
    
;°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° CONTROLLO LINEA BGP °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
; TT sends commands for checking BGP links
;°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
 
 
       flushrecv                       ;ensure nothing is in the buffer
       sendln 'terminal length 0'   
       sendln 'sh bgp a s'
            for i 1 16
            recvln           ;skip past technobabble
               next
               recvln
               filewriteln fh inputstr  ;now save two relevant lines in a file
               recvln
               filewriteln fh inputstr
        goto prox
 
;°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° DISCONNESSIONE  con HOST °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
; Disconnect from the host
 
    sendln 'exit' 
 
;°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°     LOOP     °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
;Loop Procedure
 
    :prox
        pause 1
        disconnect
        closett 
        goto loop 
 
;°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° FINE PROGRAMMA °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
; Close TT after ll IP have been processed
 
    :end
        fileclose fhandle 
        end
 

boris · **Posted:** Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:16 am

Alessio et al:

Please use "Code" option in your posts to improve macro readability.

Alessio · **Joined:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:09 am **Posts:** 7

Boris,

Sorry for that, i'll use the Code option from now on;)
Thanks!

Alessio

IshmaelCallMe · **Posted:** Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:49 am

I would put in a testlink after your connect to make sure the connect worked. I think you might be having another issue related to perhaps your hardware or network setup that is not allowing you to connect.

As a suggestion, do a minor rewrite to get rid of all GOTO statements. They were unavoidable in TeraTERM 2.3, but the latest version has more than enough types of flow control statements to avoid them completely. This will save you much grief in the long run, trust me. Also, it would be easier to read if you only indented loops and if statement bodys.

Think Herman Melville instead of David Gerrold. Rather pretentious literary reference from my younger days that has somehow stuck.

Alessio · **Joined:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:09 am **Posts:** 7

Hello!

Ishmael Thank you for your help, i've been thinking about where the "Link Macro First" error could have been generated.
Finally i got the answer.
In the initial part of the code i pretended to use a list of addresses to connect to for getting info concerning the BGP link.
I've done some testing and it appears that if i just use a single IP address everything works.
Now i have to find a way to connect to multiple addresses sequentially in a loop;)
Thanks again for your precious help!

Regards Alessio

P.S. Melville, yep now i recall it, very well hidden and almost forgotten in a black box somewhere in my mind :wink:

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