Warp Six Troubleshooting This file is intended to help you overcome typical problems, as they occur. If you encounter a problem not documented here, just remember that there is a logical explanation for every problem, if you can only find it. I have spent a lot of time debugging Warp Six software over the years, and most of the time I found bugs by thinking, rather than doing things like tracing and inserting break points. Symptom Probable cause/solution Blank screen on startup Modem not connected or turned on, wrong cable or card settings, or card in wrong slot. (Default is 2, set in beginning of LOGON.) Modem not fully Hayes compatible. System doesn't answer Modem not providing '2' result code (RING). Wrong driver installed (must support the fastest baud rate of the modem.) Is a "live" driver installed? Is your hardware supported? System answers, but never connects Modem not providing connect result code, or data carrier detect not being seen by the driver because you don't have a custom cable (see Modem.Doc). Similar symptoms occur with DataLink 1200 if you use the wrong driver. Remote user gets garbage Usually this indicates the wrong modem driver instead of valid data has been installed. System times out too fast Is your CPU accelerated? Warp Six timeout values are set for a 1 Mhz machine. Read Warp6.Doc "modifying the driver" for info on how to change timeout values. A system error has occurred Use the Sysop Utilities to read your error logs, and get a listing of Applesoft and ProDOS error codes. Modem lights flash a lot This is normal. Every 20 seconds or so, the system checks to see the modem is still ready. If not, it tries to reset it. The frequency of these checks is adjustable. See Warp6.Doc "modifying the driver". When I logoff, the system See the Modem.Doc file; your modem must be set doesn't hang up - I have to. to hangup and return to cmd state when DTR drops sysop commands ignored Sysop commands are only active when there is no caller online, or when the caller is idle at a prompt. You can abort the TYPE command in progress with the spacebar. After leaving the system, You must use Control-Q to quit Warp Six I get a PRODOS ERROR 01 so the interrupt handler is deallocated. RESTART message. The system crashes on my Is your computer a IIe, IIe Enhanced, or IIgs computer. with a Super Serial Card? Warp Six won't run on the Apple IIc because it doesn't fully support serial port interrupts. With mods, Warp Six could run on a II Plus. I don't have 80 columns Warp Six was written for 80 columns, but can run without it if you make some mods to line 30 of LOGON and the title page and online status information. Load LOGON and EXEC the SET.TO.40COL file. I don't have lower case Use the UCASE program. See UCASE.DOC. I called but the system The system does not count Sysop calls in call count didn't go up. its call total for the system, nor does it count calls from unvalidated users. My name never appears in Warp Six only logs your calls in the Detail the L)ast few callers, or log. The L)ast few callers command is only there appears to be one intended for end-users. Note that unvalidated name missing there. users are not logged there either so that if one of them logged on with an obscene name, only the sysop would see it. Every time I edit my own After saving changes to your own record, hit user record, the changes Control-Reset and restart the system with go away after I logoff. "-LOGON". I can't stop the program Always use Control-Reset. Control-C will just with Control-C. generate an Error 255. To recover after a Control-Reset, ensure you are in the right directory and "-LOGON". (Don't hit control- Reset in the midst of disk access!) A user is online, but This is a new user who just signed on, you there is no status display will see the status display after all his/her information has been entered. I keep getting END OF DATA Check your SYS.DATA file. Chances are it has errors. (Error code 5.) been corrupted. Remove any commas or colons and check the fields against Warp6.Doc. I keep getting DISK FULL This is usually the result of the system errors even though the disk running out of memory. Rarely will you see an is nowhere near full. "out of memory" error. If the system runs out of memory it is usually because you made some modifications. Undo them. I get an error 6 or 7 (Path The User purge function trys to delete an mail Not Found) in the User Purge users that are being deleted have been sent. If function. you manually deleted the mail first, this error will occur. Just edit the user record causing the problem so the mail count is zero. I get error 3 (Device not This error is generated by the GS, SSC and connected) all the time DataLink 1200 drivers when the modem does not respond to a driver command, eg. it is turned off or gone into space. I can't go online with If you have alread enabled your local keyboard Control-O with Control-A, you must disable it by hitting Control-A once more before Control-O to go online is valid. My GS loses characters Check the Control Panel settings for your or echos everything twice GS modem port. See Modem.Doc for details.