Qinstall v1.13 - (C) The Forbin Project Foreground Color: This is the color of the text displayed when Qmodem is in terminal mode. This should NOT be the same color as the Background or text will NOT appear. Select a color between 0 and 15. Background Color: This is the color of the background in terminal mode. Select a color between 0 and 7. Border Color: This is the color that surrounds the screen area when Qmodemis in terminal mode. Note: If you are using an EGA card, this may appear as a thin line and you will still have a black border. Select a color between 0 and 15. Primary Window Color: This is the color of the window border and any Hi-lighted text inside the window. This color should NOT be the same asthe Window Background or text will NOT appear. Select a color between 0 and 15. Secondary Window Color: This is a color that should complement the Primary color andis used to show non Hi-lighted text. This color should NOT be the same as the Window Background or text will NOT appear. Select a color between 0 and 15. Window Background Color: This is the color of the background in all of Qmodem's windows. Select a color between 0 and 7. Window Moving: Enter the Window number (1 - 12) to move and press F2. The screen will clear and draw a Box for you to move. Use the Arrow keys to move the Box around on the screen. When you come to the edge of the screen, a beep will sound and you cannot go any further in that direction. Press Esc when you are satisfied with the placement of the Window. Select a Window between 1 and 12. Baud Rate: This is the rate (speed) in bits/second that you want Qmodemto start at. You can re-adjust this while in Qmodem by pressing Alt-P. Valid Baud Rates are : 300, 1200, 2400, 4800 or 9600. Data Bits: This is the number of bits (8 bits = 1 byte) which contains data. If 7 Data bits is selected, the 8th bit is used as the Parity bit. 8 Data bits is the most common and is required to do binary file transfers using the XMODEM protocol. Valid Data Bits are : 7 or 8. Parity: Qmodem supports 3 types of Parity; Even, Odd and None. Even ('E') and Odd ('O') uses 7 Data bits and None (or 'N') uses 8 Data bits. Again, XMODEM protocol requires a Parity of None ('N'). Valid Paritys are : E, O or N. Stop Bits: Communications use either 1 or 2 Stop Bits. Check with the service you will be communicating with for the correct setting. Note: 99.9% will use only 1 Stop bit. Valid Stop Bits are : 1 or 2. Change Baud Rate String: This is where you define to Qmodem the string to be sent outafter switching baud rates. Most modems, compatible with the Hayes, do not need to use this feature. If your modem DOES need to sync with your computer after a baud rate change (like the InfoMate 212a), enter the string of characters needed to do the job. Special Characters : The tilde ~ generates a ½ second delay. The carat ^ followed by A thru Z generates the Control character. IE: ^A = hex 01. The left curly brace { = the RETURN key. Maximum of 14 characters. Redial Delay: This is the number of seconds between Redial attempts. Valid range : 0 to 32767. (seconds) Cancel Delay: This is the number of seconds Qmodem will wait looking for a CONNECTion before it cancels the dial attempt. Valid range : 0 to 9999. (seconds) Modem Dial Pacing: This is the number of milliseconds Qmodem should pause between each character while sending a DIAL or other commandto the modem. Most modems do not need to be paced, but if it looks like digits are being dropped, this should be increased until no digits are missed. Valid range : 0 - 32767 (milliseconds) Com Port: Qmodem supports both Com1 and Com2 on the PC. Select the one which your modem is connected to. Valid Com Ports : 1 or 2. Connect Message: Enter the message (or numeric code) your modem returns when a connection has been established. Examples: CONNECT, ON-LINE Note: This field is case sensitive (Upper and Lower) Maximum of 14 characters. No Connect Message: Enter 1 of 4 messages (or numeric codes) your modem returns when it has failed to make a connection. Examples: NO CONNECT, NO CARRIER, BUSY, NO DIAL TONE, etc.. Note: This field is case sensitive (Upper and Lower) Maximum of 14 characters each. Cancel Dial Characters: This is the string sent to your modem to Cancel the dial attempt while in Redial mode. Most modems only need to sendone character while a few need to send more than one. Usually, any character will do. (Refer to your modem manual for exact specifications). If you would like to toggle the DTR signal, enter 'DTR' (in capitals). Special Characters : The tilde ~ generates a ½ second delay. The carat ^ followed by A thru Z generates the Control character. IE: ^A = hex 01. The left curly brace { = the RETURN key. Maximum of 14 characters. Modem Initialization String: Enter the string of modem commands to be sent to your modem when Qmodem is first started. All valid modem commands can be entered. Special Characters : The tilde ~ generates a ½ second delay. The carat ^ followed by A thru Z generates the Control character. IE: ^A = hex 01. The left curly brace { = the RETURN key. Maximum of 40 characters. Dial Prefix: This is the character string at the beginning of a modem dial command. Example: ATDT, ^N D, *ODT, etc.. Special Characters : The tilde ~ generates a ½ second delay. The carat ^ followed by A thru Z generates the Control character. IE: ^A = hex 01. The left curly brace { = the RETURN key. Maximum of 14 characters. Dial Postfix: This is the character string at the end of a modem dial command. Normally this would be the RETURN key, but some modems need a single quote followed by RETURN and others need an 'X' without the RETURN. Special Characters : The tilde ~ generates a ½ second delay. The carat ^ followed by A thru Z generates the Control character. IE: ^A = hex 01. The left curly brace { = the RETURN key. Maximum of 14 characters. Modem HangUp String: This is the character string sent to the modem to cancel theconnection and hang up the phone. If the DTR signal is to be toggled, enter 'DTR' (in capitals). Example: DTR, ~~~+++~~~ATH{, etc... Special Characters : The tilde ~ generates a ½ second delay. The carat ^ followed by A thru Z generates the Control character. IE: ^A = hex 01. The left curly brace { = the RETURN key. Maximum of 14 characters. Xmodem Transfer Character: Some modems, like the PCjr internal 300, are always looking at the data going out to see if there is a command characterpresent. If it sees one, it thinks the next group of characters are commands that should be executed. This is fine until you try an Xmodem Transfer. When sending a blockof data in Xmodem, the PCjr modem will edit out the command characters and try to do dumb things (Boo!). The manual says to send out a command character, send out 2 of them in a row and the modem will send out only 1. If your modem is just like this, enter the character your modem needs to sendout twice (and will look alright in the Xmodem block). Special Character : The carat ^ followed by A thru Z generates the Control character. IE: ^A = hex 01. Maximum of 2 characters. Screen Dump Filename: Qmodem can, at the press of a key combo, take a picture of your screen and save it to disk. This is a Screen Dump. Enter the name of the file you would like to store your screen dumps in. This MUST be a valid DOS filename using Drive:\Path\Filename. Example: Q:\QMODEM\SCREEN.DMP Maximum of 64 characters. Session Capture Filename: Qmodem has the capability to capture your communication session while online and save it to disk. Enter the name of the file you would like to store your session in. This MUST be a valid DOS filename using Drive:\Path\Filename. Example: Q:\QMODEM\SESSION.CAP Maximum of 64 characters. Add Linefeeds: This tells Qmodem wether or not to add a Linefeed to every carriage return that comes in (in terminal mode). Normally this would be set to N (no). Valid answers : Y or N. ANSI Graphics: Some of the nicer BBS's encode ANSI escape codes in their welcome screens that enable cursor positioning, color changing, and even music. This tells Qmodem wether or not to honor the escape codes. (The reason there is a toggle for this is because ANSI codes require the file ANSI.SYS to be included in the CONFIG.SYS. For more information on ANSI, refer to the DOS manual). Valid answers : Y or N. Music Decoding: This tells Qmodem wether or not to generate the music that can be encoded in escape sequences found on some BBS's. If this is set to N (no), Qmodem will capture the Music sequences, but not play the music. Valid answers : Y or N. Window MVI: Qmodem has 2 methods of displaying a window; 1) By making the window Grow into place (from a little box into a full sized window) 2) By making the window just appear (eye blink speed) Setting this to Y (yes) makes the window GROW into place while entering a N (no) makes the window just appear. Valid answers : Y or N. Use CTS: Qmodem has a new protocol called IMP. (For more info on IMP, refer to the Qmodem Documentation) The CTS signal plays an important roll in the IMP protocol. Before you set this parameter to Y (yes), be SURE you understand how CTS signals works. Valid answers : Y or N. Download Directory: This is where you can specify an optional download directory. If this field holds a valid DOS Path in the standard Drive:\Path format, Qmodem will save all downloadedfiles in this subdirectory. Example: Q:\QMODEM\DOWNLOAD\ Maximum of 64 characters. Xon / Xoff : This tells Qmodem whether ot not to enable the Xon/Xoff protocol on startup. The Alt-Z key combination will toggle this from Qmodem. Xon/Xoff protocol is a method of pacing transmissions from one computer to another. If one computercannot accept more data, it will usually send a ^S (Xoff) totell the other computer to stop. When the first computer can accept more data, it will send a ^Q (Xon) to the other computer to tell it to start sending again. Check with the service you will be communicating with to see if Xof/Xoff issupported. Valid answers are : Y or N. Qmodem Noise : Qmodem can generate all sorts of beeps and bells to notify you of a change in operations. Like at the end of a download or upload, split screen toggle, and when Redial makes a connection. To make Qmodem silent, set this to 'N'. Valid answers are : Y or N. Redial sets Baud rate : When Qmodem is in Redial mode, it has the capability to change the Baud rate based on the connect message. If the message was CONNECT 1200 and you had dialed at 2400, Qmodem would change the speed to 1200. This only affects the Baud rate, not the parity or stop bits. If your modem can be setin a constant rate mode, ie: stays at 2400 and the modem does the stepping up or down to the phone line, you would want to leave this set 'N'. The ARK 24K and the Prometheus ProModem both can do this. Valid answers are : Y or N. Stack/Heap memory : Qmodem uses dynamic memory allocation for the Scroll-Back buffer. This will let you decide just how much of your computers memory should be used for Scroll-Back and the DOS Shell. Qmodem requires a minimum of 0800 hex paragraphs (32K) for internal use. The DOS Shell will use the memory above the Scroll-Back area. Example: Your computer has 384K. Qmodem will take up 19(approximately), DOS is another 32K, and assorted drivers at10K for a total of 234K. This leaves 150K of Heap/Stack area (2580 Hex paragraphs). 2580 would be the maximum number that could be entered. Any greater, and DOS will notbe able to load Qmodem. 2580 paragraphs will allow Qmodem tostore 1800+ lines of Scroll-Back data. To use the DOS Shell, subtract at least 32K (800 paragraphs). That would place the maximum at 1780 paragraphs. Scroll-Back would thenbe 1150+ lines.
