# Help For Email and FTP Settings

## Related topics on this page

- Dial-up Networking Auto-Logon

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Eyes-N-Ears is designed to automatically transport audio and video events to remote locations via either SMTP (e-mail) or FTP transport mechanisms. To configure these settings, select F ile from the menu bar and then E m ail Settings from the drop-down menu. The settings in this dialog box are discussed below.

Internet access requires dial-up connection | Check this radio button if you need a modem to access your ISP (Internet Service Provider). You should already have a phonebook entry for this connection. Refer to your operating system manual regarding Dial-up Networking or Remote Access Services if you have questions about this setup.
Use local network for Internet Access | Check this radio button if you access the Internet through your local network connection.
Phonebook entry | If you use a modem to access the Internet, select the dial-up entry from the drop-down list box that you use to call your ISP. The entries in the dial-up list box are retrieved from the RAS or Dialup Networking settings of Window® NT, 95 and/or 98.
Dial-up Logon Name | Enter the logon name you use for your dialup ISP.
Dial-up Password | Enter your password for your dialup ISP. This entry is encrypted and stored by Eyes-N-Ears.
Transmit events as soon as possible | Check this radio button if you want audio and video events transmitted as soon as they happen. Note, that if you use a dialup connection, this will cause Eyes-N-Ears to dial and connect to your ISP as soon as you start a video or audio capture session. The connection will remain open as long as the session is active.
Transmit events in batches every N minutes | Check this radio button if you want the audio and video events transmitted in batches at regular intervals. If you are using a dialup connection, Eyes-N-Ears will dial and connect to your ISP at the start of each batch transmission.
FTP Directory | Indicate the path on the remote FTP server where your audio and video capture event files are to be stored.
FTP Logon | Enter your logon name for the FTP server.
FTP Password | Enter your password for the FTP server. This entry is stored and encrypted by Eyes-N-Ears.
SMTP Server | Enter the address of your SMTP server (i.e. smtp.ix.netcom.com).
SMTP Logon | Reserved for future use
SMTP Password | Reserved for future use

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Dial-up Networking - Auto-Logon

If you are using Eyes-N-Ears to forward capture events via FTP or SMTP over a dial-up connection, it will be necessary to configure your Dial-up Networking operation for auto-logon capabilites. Most likely, you have already configured your computer to be able to dial into your Internet Service Provider (ISP) facility. But, to be able to have Eyes-N-Ears run unattended, you must customize a phonebook/dial-up networking entry that can perform an auto-logon sequence. Since many ISPs have different requirements for logging onto their system, we cannot guide you through the exact steps for each ISP. To try to make the job easier, we have included sample dial-up scripts that will auto-logon to Netcom for both Win98 and WinNT. These scripts can be found in the main Eyes-N-Ears directory under the names of ISP_NT.SCP for (WinNT) and ISP_98.SCP for Win95/98. Hopefully, by using these scripts as an example and by reading the help included with each operating system, you will be able to configure your auto-logon scripts without too much trouble. We will try to make more scripts available on our webpage at www.intech2.com/autologon as we put them together.

On Windows® 95 and 98, you can bring up the Dial-up Networking dialog box by selecting Start/Programs/Accessories/Communications and Dial-up Networking. This will bring up a window that will have an icon representing each of your dial-up accounts. Locate the correct icon for your ISP, right-click the mouse pointer over that icon and then select Properties from the pop-up menu. This will bring up a tabbed dialog box. Next select Scripting from the tab properties at the top of the dialog. A window will appear that will allow you to "browse'" for a script file. Normally the scripts are located in c:\Program_ Files\Accessories. If you copy the samples scripts included with the software to that directory, they will automatically show in the list of script files when you click the Browse button.

Once you have selected a script, you can click the Edit button to make modifications. This will cause the script to be loaded into the Notepad editor and you can scroll around the file making the required changes. Once you have made your changes, you can save and then test it by checking the Step through script checkbox. You will probably also want to check the Start terminal screen minimized checkbox regardless of whether you are testing or not. Now click the OK button and double-click the ISP icon. Once a connection is made, a window will pop-up that will allow you to interactively step through the login process and you will be able to view the prompt strings coming from your ISP's system as well as the data being returned by your computer for each prompt. After you have successfully configured the auto-logon script be sure to turn off the Step through script checkbox.

Accessing the scripts on Windows NT is a little different. You gain access to script editing by selecting Start/Programs/Accessories/Dial-up Networking. Next, locate your ISP's phonebook entry by using the drop-down list box located in the Dial-up Networking dialog box. Then, left-click the More button and select Edit entry and modem properties. Next, from the tabbed dialog box, select the Script tab. Now you are ready to begin creating, modifying and/or testing your script. It should be noted that WinNT may store its dial-up scripts in the c:\Winnt\System32\Ras (remote access service) directory. So you can copy the sample NT script there to have it automatically included in the list of available scripts on your system.

One final note on auto-logon scripts. Windows® NT and 95/98 handle logon authorization differently. 95/98 will allow you to entry a login name and password for each ISP that is different then the name and password you used to login to your computer. However, WinNT, will attempt to login to your ISP using the login name and password you used to login to your Windows® NT machine. So, if the login and password you use at your ISP doesn't match your locally login and password, you will have to "hard-code" the login and password you use for the ISP into your login script. Alternately, you could create a login on your NT machine that matches the ISP, but that has additional ramification to large to discuss.

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