ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º º º º º º º ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ º º ³ ³ º º ³ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ± ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ± ÛÛÛÛÛ± ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ± ³ º º ³ ÛÛ± ÛÛ± ÛÛ± ÛÛ± ÛÛÛ± ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ± ³ º º ³ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ± ÛÛ± ÛÛ± ÛÛÛ± ÛÛ ÛÛÛ±ÛÛ± ³ º º ³ ÛÛ± ÛÛ± ÛÛ± ÛÛ± ÛÛÛ± ÛÛ Û± ÛÛ± ³ º º ³ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ± ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ± ÛÛÛÛÛ± ÛÛ Û± ÛÛ± ³ º º ³ (tm) ³ º º ³ ³ º º ³ FOR ³ º º ³ ³ º º ³ ³ º º ³ W I N D O W S ³ º º ³ ³ º º ³ ³ º º ³ ³ º º ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ BCOM WINDOWS VERSION 2.2 READ.ME Copyright 1989-1993 BCOM COMPUTER Update: 01/08/93 - Version 2.3 now has .WAV support Update: 01/04/93 - Version 2.2. Update: 05/28/90 - Add addition of QueFile (r) TM. + rel 1.12 Update: 04/9/90 - Brought current to release 1.11 Update: 01/21/90 - Release version 1.0. Origin: 08/12/89 - Beta Release D, first Doc release Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent any commitments on the part of BCOM COMPUTER. This document is copyrighted and is protected by law. It is against the law to copy the software onto any medium except as allowed under a purchased license version or under a nondisclosure agreement. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means including, photocopying, electronic scan, mechanical, or video for any purpose without the express written permission of BCOM COMPUTER. ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º NOTICE: º º * IBM is a registered trademark of International º º Business Machines Corporation. º º * Hayes is a registered trademark of Hayes º º Microcomputer Products Inc. º º * MNP is a registered trademark of Microcom Inc. º º * Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation º º º º º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º A word about copy protection. º º BCOM does not implement any form copy protection. º º This is a convenience that is provided FOR YOU, so please, º º DO NOT give any copies to others. º º The time spent developing this product is enormous, º º so remember, your purchase dollars provide for more º º research and enhancements for future releases of BCOM. º º º º º º Thank you, º º Brent Jamerson º º º º BCOM President º º º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ TABLE OF CONTENTS: BCOM WINDOWS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 BCOM WINDOWS MAIN WINDOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 BCOM WINDOWS General Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - DIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - CONFIGURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - SESSION ( this is the main pull-down ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 - TERMINAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 - QUEFILES (r)egistered trademark.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 - DEBUG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Running Multiple Instances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 BCOM WINDOWS Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 General Pulldown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Exit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 About BCOM... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Dial Directory Pulldown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Dial Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 BBS Dialer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Notify Beeps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Configure Pulldown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Com Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Flow Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Type Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 DTR or +++ Reset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Set Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 - Modem Initialization String. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 - Modem Reset String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 - Modem Connect String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 - Host Initialization String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 - Host Password String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 - Host Password for DOS cmds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 - Host/Download Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 - Supplement Dial String 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 - Supplement Dial String 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 - Security Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 - Reserved 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 - Xfer Char MaxWait Timeout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Quick View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Bells/Whistles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Host Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Save Config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Session Pulldown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Modem Init String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Modem Reset String. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Send File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Receive File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Capture File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Host Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Auto Ans String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 A FAST 19200:N,8,1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 B FAST 19200:E,7,1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 C FAST 9600:N,8,1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 D FAST 9600:E,7,1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Offline + ResetModem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Terminal Pulldown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Option Emulators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Echo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 CRLF/LF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Parse ANSI info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Clear Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 QueFiles Pulldown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Enable/Disable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Debug Pulldown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Debug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Clear Queue(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 List Queue(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Error Correcting Modems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º º º Copyright NOTICE: º º BCOM, BCOM logo, BCOM WINDOWS and QueFile are registered º º Trademarks. º º º º This manual is copyrighted by BCOM COMPUTER with all rights º º reserved! Under copyright laws, this manual cannot be º º reproduced in any form without prior written permission from º º BCOM COMPUTER or Brent Jamerson. º º º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ BCOM COMPUTER , as well as BCOM WINDOWS will be represented in this document as BCOM. BCOM WINDOWS, This is a demo version available to BBS users. This readme.doc should help new users get started. If you enjoy BCOM WINDOWS please tell all your friends. If you don't, write me: BCOM COMPUTER c/o Brent Jamerson 2241 Jackson Circle Carrollton, Texas 75006 BCOM Computer was established in 1988 and is commited to excellence. I would be happy to receive any comments you have about any BCOM product. Thanks, Brent Jamerson. President BCOM WINDOWS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS BCOM WINDOWS requires a HAYES compatible modem. BCOM WINDOWS version 1.13: Requires 120k bytes of memory under the Microsoft Windows operating system. BCOM WINDOWS currently runs on all versions of Microsoft Windows but when running on version 3.0, you must currently run Windows in real mode. BCOM WINDOWS version 2.20 or better: Requires 240k bytes and runs only in enhanced mode. BCOM for windows version 2.20 or better will run on WINDOWS version 3.0. ÚÄÄ Window Control, Minimize, Maximize window ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄ Title Bar ³ ³ ³ ³ Ú Pulldowns ³ ³ ³ ÉÍVÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍVÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍØÍÍÍÍÍÍÑÍÍÍÑÍÍÍ» º - ³ BCOM [0] COM1:2400,N,8,1 ³ ³ ³ º ÇÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂVÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÂÄÄÁÄÄĶ ºGeneral ³Dial Dir ³Configure³Session ³Terminal³QueFiles³Debug º ÇÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄĶ º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º Canvas º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ BCOM WINDOWS MAIN WINDOW BCOM WINDOWS General Features Categorized by pull-down menu! BCOM WINDOWS currently has the following list of features: - GENERAL - Exit Quits BCOM back to WINDOWS. - About BCOM... Displays program information about BCOM WINDOWS, like version etc. - DIAL - Dial Directory Allows user to enter, update, store, and dial other users automatically. - BBS Dialer Selected dial directory users may be grouped into a BBS user class, where BCOM can rotary dial until a connect string is found. BCOM will then terminate BBS Dialer and stay on-line. - Notify Beeps Allows user to select if terminal should beep every 2 seconds once a modem connect has been established. - CONFIGURE - Com Ports Lets user setup communication port information like baud rate, parity, port, and more. - Flow Control (toggle) Hardware or Software flow control to/from modem. This is important for MNP users, HARDWARE FLOW MUST USUALLY BE ON. (This is the default! ) - Type Connection (toggle) Modem or NULL-Modem. Modem connection is normal but null- modem helpful when using two computers connected with only null-modem connecter. - DTR or +++RESET OFF-LINE (toggle) Select either DTR transistion ( your modem must support this option, typically "&D2", to move your modem off-line when in session.You may select the slower "+++" option if your modem does not support DTR. - Set Strings Allows the user to configure most string configured items in BCOM WINDOWS. Like modem reset string, host password, etc. - Quick View Allows the user to quickly display various setup options that are not viewable except by toggling them. They are displayed to canvas. - Bells and Whistles and .Wav support(toggle) Configure sound, beeps, etc. - Host Options Not available to BBS shareware version of BCOM. Extended install facility for Host Mode. - Security Not available to BBS Shareware users. Extended BCOM security for file(s) and BCOM itself. - Save Config Saves entire BCOM configuration to disk. - SESSION ( this is the main pull-down ) - Modem Init String Quick way to send the modem init string to modem. String is set under CONFIGURE, set strings. - Modem Reset String Quick way to send the modem reset string to modem. String is set under CONFIGURE, set strings. - Send File Contains all windows and dialog boxes to transmit a file to remote user. This also includes protocol and file options. - Receive File Contains all windows and dialog boxes to receive a file from a remote user. This also includes protocol and file options. - Capture File Capture ascii file from main canvas. - Host Mode Allows remote users to dial into your computer and access DOS commands and file transfer. Menus are displayed to remote user and Host Mode is secured with password protection. - Auto Ans String Quick way to send the host initialization string to the modem. - A FAST 19200:N:8:1 Quick way to reinstall BCOM to new configuration settings. - B FAST 19200:E:7:1 Quick way to reinstall BCOM to new configuration settings. - C FAST 9600:N:8:1 Quick way to reinstall BCOM to new configuration settings. - D FAST 9600:E:7:1 Quick way to reinstall BCOM to new configuration settings. - Offline + Reset Modem Quick way to send DTR/+++ (offline) and the modem reset string to modem. - TERMINAL - Option Emulators Not available to BBS shareware users. Terminal emulation setup. - Echo Allows user to see characters typed even when remote host does not echo back. - CRLF/CR Carriage return Line feed/ Carriage return translations. If CRLF/CR option is set to CRLF a CR from remote user is translated into a New Line and a Carriage return. - Parse ANSI info This is helpful to clean-up un-wanted ANSI escape character sequences from trashing the canvas. - Clear Screen Clears the canvas. - QUEFILES (r)egistered trademark. - Schedule Allows user to send/receive files between BCOM NODES ONLY, on a scheduled basis. Queued files on a configurable date and time, can execute file transfer to remote BCOM node left in HostMode automatically. A Filespec is tagged to a dial directory entry, send/receive mode, and to the remote users host password. The number is auto-dialed until connected and file transfer is initiated. - Enable/Disable Allow remote BCOM users to use your host mode for their initiated QueFiles. - DEBUG - Not available to BBS shareware users. Allows user to monitor incoming hex printed characters ( line scope ). And more.. - Clear Queue(s) Clear out queued events before they happen. All BCOM WINDOW events ( like host mode, dial, etc. ) are queued. This means it possible to stack events. QueFile and Dial directory it is mandatory but other items it may not be. Clear queue(s) will kill outstanding events. - List Queue(s) List queued events. Once BCOM is up and running, it's title bar reflects the communication port values in use. It's setup like the mode command. There is a number in brackets [] after BCOM that shows which instance of BCOM this is. Running Multiple Instances It is possible to have multiple copies of BCOM running. You may each BCOM to have its own configuration (.CFG) and (.DAT) file. The instance is reflected from the command line argument invoked, example: win bcomwin.exe 2 would result in the following status line: BCOM [2] COMx:XXXX:N,8,1 You may enter command line parameters using program manager. Just select the Icon and under FILE properties: Program name / command line enter \DIR\BCOMWIN.EXE 2 This is important for configuration file and dial directory information only. You CAN have them all share the same .CFG/.DAT/.HST files but is not advised. The file BCOMWIN0.CFG reflects instance 0 of a BCOM WINDOWS configuration file. You may have up to 10 ( 0-9 ) instances of config files. Remember, if two instances of BCOM attempt to share the same config file you will receive port open errors upon BCOM start up. Simply setup the next instance on a differnt port. File conventions for BCOM WINDOWS are: .CFG configuration flat files .DAT dial directory flat files .HST host banner flat files BCOM WINDOWS Getting Started Quick Start - Please take time to read this guide, it will help you to understand concepts for file transfer. - If you know Windows and communications packages fairly well, this should be a breeze, else read this entire document. - BCOM generates internal messages that are useful for the user to track. For example, if the terminal is beeping and you don't know why, view the screen for "BCOM MESSAGE: ". - BCOM WINDOWS can be run without a mouse, but a couple of features may not be easily accessed or accessed at all. We have every attempt to make all panels accessable. It is strongly recommended to use a mouse. - All BCOM products make their own configuration/data files. - WIN.INI Parameters [BCOM] dir=c:\windows\bcomwin BCOM expects the the home directory for BCOM WINDOWS to be placed in \WINDOWS\WIN.INI file under the "[BCOM]" catagory and use the "dir" option. All BCOM executables and configuration files should be saved there. BCOM expects to read them from this start-up directory. BCOM will return to this directory and drive when ever it writes configuration data back to disk. - BCOM is distributed without .DAT/.CFG files so when BCOM first comes up it will not find the .CFG file. This makes BCOM initially ask user for Configuration under the BCOM INIT window. This only happens when BCOM cannot find the .CFG file. By saving the .CFG file( under CONFIGURATION pull-down ), BCOM will not ask for initialization parameters unless requested to under the CONFIGURATION pull-down. BCOM does distribute a sample host welcome file ( .HST ). This will be displayed to HostMode users if placed in the Host\Download directory. ( see Configure/Set Strings ) - BCOM will never save the .CFG file unless explicitly told to do so under configure pull-down. Start BCOM. Fill in the COM PORT configuration information. ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º Use the Session pull-down and attempt to reset the modem º º using the Modem Reset String. If your modem responds with º º an "OK", this indicates your modem and BCOM will probably º º work with minimum functionality AS IS. º º º º If OK, attempt the default modem init string under the º º Session pull-down. If yet another "OK" is returned your º º looking good. º º º º º º ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ º º ³ IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE AN "OK": ³ º º ³ - Using your modem manual, configure BCOM strings ³ º º ³ - CONFIGURE pulldown ³ º º ³ - Set Strings ³ º º ³ ³ º º ³ - Your modem must be HAYES ( AT ) compatible! ³ º º ³ ³ º º ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ º º º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Now lets take a look at all the pull-downs under BCOM WINDOWS main title bar: Section arrangement is: ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄline delimiterÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Title Bar Pulldown Functions SubFunctions ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ General Pulldown Exit The exit option allows the user to quit BCOM WINDOWS and go back to WINDOWS. About BCOM... Program information about BCOM WINDOWS, including version number. Shows ICON BCOM WINDOWS will assume when minimized. ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Dial Directory Pulldown ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º BCOM DIAL & EDIT ENTRY º ÇÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄĶ º ³ º º Dial Directory Selections ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ º º ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄ¿ ³ ³ dial name ³ º º ³ ÃÄÄ´ ³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ º º ³ Dialname ³ ³ ³ ³ dial number ³ º º ³ ListBox ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ º º ³ ³ ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ º º ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ data bits ³ º º ³ ³ ³ ³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ º º ³ ÃÄÄ´ ³ ³ parity ³ º º ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÙ ³ ³ ³ º º ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ º º ³ ³ baud rate ³ º º ³ ³ ³ º º ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ º º ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ º º ³ DIAL ³ ³ ³<- UPDATE ³ Dsup BBS ³ QUIT ³ º º ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ DIAL DIALOG BOX GENERAL LAYOUT Dial Directory You will probably find that next to file transfer, the dial directory is the most used feature of BCOM WINDOWS. The screen is split into two parts, left and right. The left side is the dial directory list box and has one push-buttons "dial". By selecting a dial entry ( either by mouse or keystroke ), you may then click the dial button to dial that entry. BCOM will then exit this dialog box back to main canvas and proceed to auto-dial( over and over ) until a connection is established. You may hit a keystroke at any time before connect and BCOM will abort the auto-dial. The dial dialog box: The right side of the box is the edit dial entry panel. By clicking on a dial entry listbox on the left side BCOM will automatically load the entry side with its related information ( baud, parity, etc. ). You may edit these values and click on the UPDATE button to make changes valid for this entry. By clicking on QUIT or DIAL without clicking on UPDATE, BCOM will not save these edited entry values. The VALIDATE button actually tells BCOM to update the BCOMWINx.DAT file on disk when dial dialog box is closed either by dial or quit. 'x' is the instance of BCOM specified from the properties or the command line. The number entered in the edit section is prefixed by an "AT" generated from BCOM. This is a HAYES stanard string for ATtention. Also prefixing the dial number is either the DialSuppStr 1 or 2( see Configure/Set Strings ). The DialSuppStr2 radio button allows user to choose between the Supplement Dial String 1 & 2 under the Configure pull-down Set Strings option. This is necessary for MNP and NON-MNP user init strings etc. Of course, DialSuppStr1 is set to "DT" and is the default. Either DialSupp 1 or 2 are inserted after the "AT" and before the dial number. If some calls require additional MNP AT commands or central office switch call waiting disable/progress (*#9, etc ) keys they may be entered here as well. The BBS radio button is selected to tell BCOM that this dial entry is a BBS and can be included in the BBS rotary dial pool when the Dial pull-down BBS Dialer option is invoked. BBS Dialer The BCOM BBS Dialer is a great utility for trying to connect with your favorite BBS computer nodes. By selecting/tagging the BBS radio button in the dial directory dialog box for a dial entry, that entry is now available for rotary dialing from BBS Dialer. BCOM starts with the first entry available from the tagged entries, dials and waits for a connect string. If BUSY or NO CONNECTION is available, BCOM simply goes to the next BBS entry. This process continues and wraps back to the beginning entry until a connect is received. Once a connect is received, BCOM automatically drops the BBS Dialer and stays connected. If you have terminal connect beeps option turned ON, BCOM will continue to beep notifying you of the connect. Simply hit any key to kill the beeps. You may kill the BBS Dialer at any time by hitting the keyboard. Notify Beeps If you have terminal connect beeps option turned ON, once a Dial Directory or BBS Dialer connection has been established, BCOM will continue to beep notifying you of the connect. Simply hit any key to kill the beeps. ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Configure Pulldown Com Ports ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º BCOM INIT º ÇÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄĶ º º º ÚÄÄ COM PORT ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ º º ³ ³ º º ³ radio buttons ³ º º ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ º º ÚÄDATA BITS ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄPARITY ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ º º ³ ³ ³ ³ º º ³ radio buttons ³ ³ radio buttons ³ º º ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ º º ÚÄÄÄSTOP BITS ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ º º BAUD RATE ³ ³ º º ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄ¿ ³ radio buttons ³ º º ³ ÃÄÄ´ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ º º ³ ³ ³ º º ³ LISTBOX ³ ³ º º ³ ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ º º ³ ÃÄÄ´ ³ OK ³ ³ CANCEL ³ º º ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Initialize Box General Layout The COM PORTS dialog box supplies the user the ability to configure the com port in order to talk to your modem properly. Once configured, use the SAVE option under the configure pull-down. This saves this configuration to disk and BCOM WINDOWS will use this upon session start-up. Remember, Dial directory configurations that are selected and dialed override the start-up configuration. The CANCEL push-button will not re-configure BCOM. Flow Control Flow control option is necessary for BCOM users with error correcting modems (MNP/V.32). Flow control must be set to hardware (CTS/RTS) handshaking in order for proper operation of buffering binary data with high line speeds. See Appendix on ERROR CORRECTING MODEMS. Software flow control works fine for most canvas oriented operations. Type Connection A NULL-MODEM connection is helpful for users not requiring a modem. When using this and various BCOM functions, BCOM will bypass waiting on modem resets and certain other input. MODEM connection should be used for most typical uses of BCOM WINDOWS. DTR or +++ Reset This option toggles between DTR transistion and "+++" strings before reset. Most new modems support "&D2" for DTR transistion to move the user offline required before reset. The DTR transistion is faster than "+++" strings which must be sent during a timing window. If you cannot use the DTR transistion use "+++". Set Strings A dialog box will appear containing a set of BCOM strings. Though individual edit boxes only show 24 characters, they often contain up to 80. Use your left and right arrow keys to edit. - Modem Initialization String This string is responsible for initializing your modem. BCOM actually only invokes this string in hostmode. Most modems allow you to store init strings in the modems CMOS memory. A simple modem reset normally restores the modem to saved initialized values. This is the method BCOM WINDOWS prefers you do. BCOM does however, allow you to manually invoke this string from the SESSION pulldown. - Modem Reset String Most modems use the "ATZ" string to reset. Some have multiple setup profiles that allow a "ATZ0" or "ATZ1" to make that profile current. This string once sent to modem, actually does a hardware reset of the modem. BCOM allows this string to be sent manually under the SESSION pull-down and hostmode also uses it. - Modem Connect String Once dialed to another user, BCOM waits for the modems to connect. This string is what BCOM expects to receive from the modem a valid connection. Reserved invalid connections are BUSY, ERROR, and NO_ cause BCOM to hang-up and retry. The connect string default is "CONNECT", which is available on most every modem with extended verbose codes of X1 or greater. Other than the above invalid strings, the connect string only need be located somewhere in a carriage line terminated line. For example, with a configured connect string of "CONNECT" , and with received data from modem of: CONNECT 9600 or 9600 CONNECT is OK, valid connect but NO CONNECT or just CONNECT with no is NOT OK. - Host Initialization String This should be used to invoke your modem into auto-answer mode. When using BCOM HostMode, BCOM sends this string after modem resets so host may again go into auto-answer mode. The Host Initialization String is really used as auto-answer string and can be manually sent to the modem under the SESSION pull-down. - Host Password String This string is used in BCOM HostMode. When remote users or BCOM QueFiles are attempting login to your HostMode, BCOM HostMode verifies this string to allow access to top level HostMode only. This only allows remote users access to the following HostMode commands: 1. Chat 2. Dir ( host/download directory only ) 3. Transfer protocol 4. Send file ( from host/download directory only ) 5. Receive file ( from host/download directory only ) The user may not access DOS, change directories, or delete files. Remote QueFile users must have your Host Password String in order for their QueFile request to be valid. - Host Password for DOS cmds This string if properly entered by remote user, allows access to sensitive DOS commands: 1. Change directory! 2. Delete files! 3. All other HostMode DOS commands. BE CAREFUL WHO YOU GIVE THIS PASSWORD. You may need to change it periodically. - Host/Download Directory When BCOM enters HostMode or Receives files from other computers, BCOM places files/transactions into this directory. Remote users using HostMode are only allowed to view/send/receive to this directory without having the Host Password for DOS. - Supplement Dial String 1 This is the default string inserted before dial number out of the BCOM dial directory. It is intended to supplement the dial number as to GROUP types of numbers with a common string like: AT cmd Group ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 9, ³ to dial outside from PBX DP ³ dial using pulse &Q5 ³ use Error Correcting Dial string etc. Here is how the dial string is built: "AT"..................... provided by BCOM "Dial supp 1 or 2"....... provided by DialSupp 1|2 string "DialNumber"............. provided by dial directory number AT + DialSuppStr 1 or 2 + DialNumber > modem It is up to you to configure groups as you see fit. - Supplement Dial String 2 Additional supplement string. See Supplement Dial String 1. - Security Password BCOM WINDOWS security password. ( not available to shareware BBS users ). Provides login security for BCOM. - Reserved 1 Character format for reserved BCOM functions DO NOT ATTEMPT to change this string. BCOM changes this while updating toggle features within the package. - Xfer Char MaxWait Timeout This is the MAX time in seconds that BCOM will wait for a character during file transfer. On very slow computers with slow connections and multi-tasking operating systems such as WINDOWS, it is sometimes possible to actually timeout waiting for characters during file transfer. By raising this number, you can fix this problem. Quick View Allows the user to see all toggle features of BCOM. Toggle features are such as Flow Control. This is very helpful since toggle features are spread out over pulldown menus and must be toggled to see what state their in. Select this option and BCOM places a printout information onto the canvas. Bells/Whistles Allow/DIS-allow the terminal to beep at all times. Now BCOM has .WAV support. Files located in the WIN.INI [BCOM] group, dir= option directory are played instead of the standard windows blah sounds. Currently a header BCOMISUP.WAV plays a greeting and BCOMBEEP.WAV is the multi-media beep. Record your own if you dont like these. Host Options Not currently installed. Security Not Currently installed. Save Config Save ALL BCOM WINDOWS configuration information to disk in the BCOMWINx.CFG file. ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Session Pulldown Modem Init String Send the modem initialization string to the modem. This string is set in Set Strings under configuration pull-down. Modem Reset String Send the modem reset string to the modem. This string is set in Set Strings under configuration pull-down. Send File Send Files to another user. Select from the first dialog box the transfer protocol. Choose from: 1. Xmodem ( old but widely used, 128 byte packets ) 2. Ymodem/Batch ( 128/1024 mixed packets, widely used ) 3. Ymodem-G ( 128-1024 mixed great for file xfer with error correcting modem, BETTER than Zmodem ) T 4. Ascii ( straight file send, No protocol ) 5. Zmodem is listed but has been pulled due to Ymodem and Ymodem-G are more complete and available solutions. Now select the file or ( filespec using *.*, *.exe, etc. ) in the get file info dialog box. A pathspec edit box is supplied for changing drive/directories quickly. The file must appear in the filespec box before BCOM can continue by clicking "OK". If at this point you wish to cancel file transfer, just click "QUIT". Now the last WINDOW comes up, the BCOM FILE TRANSPORT WINDOW. BCOM is ready to transfer the file. BCOM has a BCOM TALK edit box ( Copyright 1989,1993 BCOM COMPUTER ). This allows all BCOM (DOS/WINDOWS/OS-2/UNIX) users ( in all file transfer protocols but ascii) to chat with other BCOM users while send/rec files are in progress. Simply type message into the talk edit box and hit enter or press the START/SEND MESSAGE button while transfer is underway. When the remote user receives your message, the edit box will empty, allowing you to generate more messages. When the remote user sends a message, it will be placed on the bottom section under "BCOM REMOTE:". To quit file transfer once underway, either hit the 'esc' key or close the transport window. Please be patient if file transfer is aborted, BCOM will try to close down the session orderly. It may appear that file transfer is complete except it's waiting for acknowledgement from remote user. Receive File Is essentially the same as Send File with these exceptions. It receives files! Ymodem and Ymodem-G do not require filename input. The filename is automatically handled by BCOM and files will NEVER be overwritten. BCOM uses an automatic naming convention for files that exist by placing a '$' in each character position in the name until a truly unique name can be resolved. Example: You have a file called "JUNK.TXT" and BCOM is receiving a file called "JUNK.TXT" BCOM will: call this new file "$UNK.TXT" ...and so on. When using ASCII and XMODEM, a filename will be requested. If BCOM is on the remote side it will however, do automatic naming. To quit file transfer once underway, either hit the 'esc' key or close the transport window. Please be patient if file transfer is aborted, BCOM will try to close down the session orderly. It may appear that file transfer is complete except it's waiting for acknowledgement from remote user. Capture File Once invoked, BCOM will allow you to enter a logfile name where you can capture all sent/received characters. This is terminated when this feature is selected again, and the file is closed. Doing a file transfer or leaving the package will also result in logfile being closed automatically. Host Mode Provides unattended remote access to your computer. Remote users may either dial up your HostMode and use the menus provided or use their BCOM WINDOWS to QueFiles to your HostMode. Select HostMode which will queue a Hostmode event. As soon as BCOM can free up other events it will reset modem and say "BCOM hostmode reset and ready!". At this point other users may dial into your system. In order for them to use your system they must have your Host Password String but NOT your Host Password for DOS. The remote user will be presented a menu to choose from: ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º c) hat º º g) oodbye! º º s) end file < filespec > º º l) eave file < filespec > º º x) fer protocol º º D0S commands: dir º º cd, rd, md, del, type º º º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ For example, a remote user can elect to have your HostMode send them a file. Simply select the xfer protocol "x" and type the appropriate letter (ymodem default). Then, type "s filespec". If BCOM can find the file, it will say "GET READY FOR FILE XFER". If not it will report a problem. The remote user of HostMode can ALLWAYS type "dir", and BCOM HostMode will show the Host/Download directory. If the user has successfully answered the DOS password, the user may select a new directory other than the Host/Download Directory by using the "cd" command, like "cd .." NOTE: By design, this limits users without the DOS shell password to only the Host/Download directory for security. Passwords are the only case sensitive strings in HostMode. All input in HostMode is carriage return terminated. If the line becomes idle for over 2 minutes, BCOM HostMode will clear the user and reset the line stating "IDLE TIMEOUT EXCEEDED". To display a custom banner to users after they have logged in, place a ascii file called BCOMWINx.HST in your host/download directory. Of course the x in BCOMWINx stands for the instance of BCOM in use (see top of DOC). This file can be as long as you want but place a 'ctrl-l' character in the first column of any place you would like the banner to pause and make the user hit a key to continue. A 'ctrl-l' any other place than column 1 results in a form feed to the remote user. Maximum line length allowed in .HST file is 255 characters. Host mode may be entered automatically upon WINDOWS startup if you do the following: 1. Place a copy of BCOM WINDOWS in the PROGRAM MANAGER STARTUP GROUP, this is like the DOS autoexec.bat file. 2. Using the FILE option of Program Manager, select Prefrences. Add to the command line option: \WINDOWS\BCOMDIR\BCOMWIN.EXE 0 /h The '0' zero is the instance and the '/h' tells bcom to enter host mode upon execution. This also means if you place "WIN"in your autoexec.bat file you can make BCOM WINDOWS always enter host mode if your computer is powered on. Auto Ans String Send the Host Initialization string to the modem. This string should be configured to place you modem into auto-answer. A FAST 19200:N,8,1 Fast configure option for Baud rate of 19200, No parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit on the current port in use. If your computer is not using a 16550 high perforance port WINDOWS may be unstable. B FAST 19200:E,7,1 Fast configure option for Baud rate of 19200, Even parity, 7 data bits and 1 stop bit on the current port in use. If your computer is not using a 16550 high perforance port WINDOWS may be unstable. C FAST 9600:N,8,1 Fast configure option for Baud rate of 9600, No parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit on the current port in use. D FAST 9600:E,7,1 Fast configure option for Baud rate of 9600, Even parity, 7 data bits and 1 stop bit on the current port in use. Offline + ResetModem A DTR transistion or "+++" offline and reset string followed by the Modem Initialization String are sent to the modem. An "OK" is expected back for both strings to get a BCOM MESSAGE: BCOM reset successful. Else, unsuccessful. ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Terminal Pulldown Option Emulators This option is not currently installed. Echo Default is no, which indicates the remote computer must echo back characters you type in order for you to see them. Most host computer's do this, but when chatting with friends from computer to computer you will want to turn ECHO on, so you can see what your typing! CRLF/LF Carriage return/Line Feed expansion On or OFF. When OFF (default), Carriage returns received from a remote user do not scroll your screen. This is because when attached to remote computer Hosts, they offer Line Feeds with Carriage returns that do scroll your screen. Like ECHO, turn this on when talking to someone's computer that is not in a Host mode. When talking to a Host type computer turn off else you'll get double line feeds. Parse ANSI info BCOM WINDOWS doesn't intend to peruse ANSI emulation in the windows environment. It actually becomes obsolete since windows can be as small as 1 line by 40 columns wide, or smaller. Some BBS's and others do not fully turn off ANSI escape sequences even when asked to switch graphics mode off. This can garbage up a screen quick if not emulating ANSI. This feature parses these escape character sequences automatically for you when turned on. So though screens may not be perfect, they are quite readable. Clear Screen Clears the screen ( canvas ). ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ QueFiles Pulldown Schedule ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ BCOM QUEFILE SCHEDULEÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» ºÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ º º³QUEUE DialDirEntry Direction Filename TimeÃÄ´ ³DELETE ³ º º³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ º º³ ³ ³ º º³ QueFile Listbox ³ ³ º º³ ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ º º³ ÃÄ´ ³RELEASE ³ º ºÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ º ÇÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄĶ º ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ º º File Section ³ Dial Directory/Time ³Date ³ º º ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄ¿ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ º ºÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄ¿ ³ ³ ÃÄ´ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ º º³ ÃÄ´ DIR name ³ ³Dial Directory³ ³ ³Time ³ º º³ DIR ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ º º³ Listbox ³ ³ ³ ³ Listbox ³ ³ º ºÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄ´ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ º º³ File ³ ³ ³Filename³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³Password ³ º º³ Listbox ÃÄ´ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ³ ÃÄ´ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ º ºÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÙ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÙ º º ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿º º ³SEND/REC ³ SEND/REC ³ ³ QUEUE ³³ QUIT ³º º ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙº ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ QueueFile Allows Send and Receive files to/from other BCOM WINDOWS nodes in the any time day or night 365 days a year completely automated. This is great for sending files to unattended BCOM PC's or your friends BCOM HostMode in the middle of the night ( when long distance rates are low ). This allows unattended PC to unattended PC operations to be performed. Most com packages make you use lengthy or hard to use scripts. This is a snap. The only problem is your friend needs BCOM also. Start by clicking on an entry in QueFile listbox ( on the top half of the screen ). This is where new QueFile information will go. Now go to the "File Section". If you want to send a file, click on an available file in the listbox or enter a filename in the filename edit box. if you would like to receive a file, you'll have to use the edit box because BCOM doesn't have a list of the files from the remote node. Wildcards may be used in the filename edit box. If you desire to change the directory, simply enter a new path name in the top edit box and click on the refresh button. The home directory is the BCOM host/download directory. Select/Tag the filespec to a dial directory name/entry from the dial directory listbox to the immediate bottom right. These dial directory entries ( remote PC's ) must have BCOM WINDOWS running in HostMode to allow this QueFile request to be successful. Now click on the "QUEUE" push-button. The file should now go to the upper listbox, the QueFile listbox. This file is now Queued. The Standard state of all entries is QUEUE. This means BCOM is checking for valid Time/Day stamp to launch this operation. All QueFile entries have the date BCOM WINDOWS started up. BCOM WINDOWS matches the real date with the QUEUE date. If they are the same and the time matches or the time has already occured for this DATE BCOM will launch the process. The process is on a thirty second queue so you will have approximately thirty seconds to hit delete and purge the process. By clicking on the "RELEASE" push-button, you will effectively bring this QueFile entry current to time and date, thus BCOM will try to execute once leaving this dialog box using the "QUIT" push-button. This is convienient when a date has changed or you want an immediate launch. BCOM will never execute a QueFile while this dialog box is up, giving you a chance to change your mind and "DELETE" it. You may manually edit the date/time on the lower right side of the screen to specify any other EXACT match format: BCOM must have an exact MM:DD( month:day ) match for the date from your computer. NOTE: Thus it is possible to MISS a match around midnight BE CAREFUL on staggering queued files. Once a date is matched however, BCOM can determine if the file time has expired for that DAY and execute any expired times for that day. For example, if the day/time was: Jun 10 15:33 and your QueFile was day/time stamped: Jun 10 11:22 BCOM would immediately start this operation. HOWEVER, if the QueFile was day/time stamped: Jun 09 15:35 you would have 2 minutes before the operation would launch. Valid Recognized Months ( 3 char, CAP first letter ): Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. Valid Recognized Days ( Zero Padded 01-09 ): 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10-31. Valid Recognized Time is Military ( 5 character colon zero padded, colon separator HH:MM ) where HH is hours 00-23 and MM is minutes 00-59 1:00pm in the afternoon would be 13:00. Once a QueFile is in progress, it will attempt to auto-dial ( over and over ) the tagged dial entry until a "CONNECT" is established. If other QueFiles should be queued for execute, they must wait, FIFO( first in(match) first out ) for the first one to finish ( ABORT or DONE! states) but will execute after the QueFile in progress is terminated. Once connected, BCOM WINDOWS will send an encrypted start command and your Send/Receive operation will be processed. If at this point your password is correct, BCOM will do file transfer else it will abort your session and this will be indicated in your QueFile Dialog listbox. States for QueFiles are: QUEUE - valid, being checked. ABORT - Either invalid ( NON-BCOM ) node at other end or BCOM aborted transfer due to bad password. DIAL DONE! - operation completed. The "DELETE" push-button cancels the highlighted QueFile entry and deletes it from the dialog box. It clears out queue position and returns state to QUEUE. BCOM currently keeps all QueFile information in memory only. Future implementations will allow users to send QueFile request files from node to node, and request BCOM to work load list from disk. Enable/Disable You may want to disable remote users from using BCOM QueFile on your PC for security reasons. When Disabled, remote users attempting to QueFile onto your PC results in an ABORT state on their PC QueFile entry. This provides an addition level of security for you. Remember, they must still have your password in order to get files from your disk. As well, they only have acess to your Host/download directory. ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Debug Pulldown Debug Not available to shareware BBS users. Line scope allows debug image of line during file transfer and nor canvas send/receive operations. Clear Queue(s) Clear events that have not occurred yet, but not in execution. List Queue(s) List the next available 15 events. EVENT# is the current event of 200 possible in queue. PTR# is where the next event will be placed. Event........ The event queued, INACTIVE, DIALING, HOST MODE, HOST ABORT, QUEUE FILE, TRANSFER, BANNER State........ State of event, 0 idle, -1 execute, else ret code. Description.. Of the event, additional information. ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Error Correcting Modems - When using MNP modems, it is necessary to set the line speed between the computer ( via BCOM ) higher than your modem carrier can connect with. For example, a 2400 baud MNP style modem can usually have a line speed up to 9600 bps. This usually results in return codes of CARRIER 2400 with a CONNECT 9600. A 9600 MNP modem can run at 19.2Kbps or even 36Kbps. This is due to the fact that the modem can compress and buffer data. This often results in bursts of data to and from the PC. It is necessary to monitor and raise/lower hardware signals to prevent data overrun or even loss. Set your modem to monitor CTS/RTS signals for HARDWARE FLOW CONTROL. When using Error Correcting Modems, do the following: 1. Physically set up modem according to the modems owners manual. 2. Use the DialSuppStr2 option in the dial directory for MNP users. This way, NON-MNP users default to DialSuppStr1. Place the setup string for your modem that places it into Error Correct mode in: a. CONFIGURE Pulldown 1. Set Strings a. DialSuppStr2 3. Set the baud rate as high as the modem/BCOM can handle. 4. Under CONFIGURE pulldown, set flow control to HARDWARE. BCOM's H/W flow implements CTS/RTS. Buffers are 10k. 5. Use the Ymodem-G protocol for MNP transfers. This protocol does minimal error checking and has high performance. ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Glossary ANSI - American National Standards Institute. ANSI escape sequences make screen formatting and multi color screens possible. Application - A program such as BCOM WINDOWS, CLOCK, CONTROL PANEL. ASCII file - usually files that contain only text. Background - The area behind an active window. Baud Rate - The rate in which bits of data travel from modem to modem. BPS - Bytes Per Second. Also refered to as CPS Characters Per Second. Refering to how fast data can travel. A 2400 baud line divided by 8 bits per second results in a max of 300 characters per second. Binary files - Files like (.exe and .com) files or text files with control characters from ctrl-a - ctrl-z. Canvas - The main screen of a window. Carrier - A tone from the modem which data is carried on. Click - When you quickly press and release a mouse button. Comm Port - see Serial Port. CPS - See BPS. Dialog Box - A special type of window that serves a particular purpose. ECM - Error Correcting Modem. A modem such as an MNP modem that is capable of detecting errors and retransmission of frames independently of the communication software package. Filespec - A filename or specification like "file.txt", "*.exe" or "*.*". Flat file - see ASCII file. Icon - A graphical representation of an available resource, file, drive, application, etc. Loop - See loop. Modem - A device that allows communications from one computer to another over phone lines. MNP - An error correcting, compression protocol that allows the application such as BCOM WINDOWS to have a more reliable transfer layer. OffLine - When BCOM makes isolates communications between computer and modem. OnLine - when BCOM makes communication available between computer and modem. Path: DIR Pathspec - A pathname and or drive. Like "c:\dos", "a:" or "\windows". Protocol - X/Y/Zmodem, A predefined set of rules that computers communicate with. Scroll - To move text up, down, left or right. Select - Click to highlight a entry. Serial Port - A 8250x or 16550 communications port that usually has a rs232 9 or 25 pin connector available for modem. Internal modems have a serial port built onto the PC modem/board. Title Bar - the horizontal bar at the top of a window. It usually has text that describes the window. Queue - A list of events waiting for execution. V.32 - A set of rules governing modem characteristics for error free communications. V.42 - A software specification for data compression LAP-M. Xfer - Short for file transfer.