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README.DOC - Fax Software for OS/2 Copyright (c) 1992, 1993 by Keller Group Inc. All rights reserved. September 7, 1993 Topics contained in this README.DOC file: MODEM CONFIGURATION SETTINGS MULTI-LINE NOTES SUPPORT FOR GAMMALINK'S GAMMAFAX PRODUCTS (revised 8/17/93) NOTE ON DIAL STRING LENGTH NEW FEATURES MODEM CONFIGURATION SETTINGS ---------------------------- Tested modems are listed below. Unless the manufacturer has changed the product since the time of our testing, you should use the following information to determine correct Options/Configure values for your fax hardware. (Many other modems will also work, but the vendors have not provided us with evaluation units for testing.) MANUFACTURER MODEL CONFIGURATION Adtech Micro Externally Yours! (ROM v2.2) Class-2, might need 'No DLE esc' AT&T Paradyne DataPort Fax Modem Class-1 BIT Blitzer XM124S/RFAX Class-2 Brooktrout TR112 (with OS/2 BTLIB 1.04+) uses FaxBT.adp as Fax.adp Complete PC Complete Modem Plus Class-1 CompuCom Speedmodem Combo (ROM v2.77) Class-2 CPI VIVA 14.4k internal Class-1,9600bps,Spec cmd &C1&D3 Dataplex DPX-223-55 2400/9600 rom5.42 Class-2 Dataplex DPX-225-01 14,400 (ROM 1.00) Class-2 Digicom (DSI) Scout Plus, Spirit II Class-1 Dove DoveFax (ROM v4.2) Class-1 Dr. Neuhaus FURY 9600, 9600 TI, 14.4 TI Class-2 Dr. Neuhaus FURY 2400 POCKET/FAX, PC/FAX Class-2 Dr. Neuhaus FURY 2400 PC JUNIOR SendFax Dr. Neuhaus FURY 2402 TI/FAX SendFax Elsa MicroLink 14.4T (ROM 2.01) Class-2, Spec cmd $K1&R7 Everex EverFax 24/96 (COM1/2 only) Cls2,Alt bit order,Xon recv start GVC FAXMODEM 9624Vbis Class-1 or Class-2 Hayes Optima 24/96 Class-1 Hayes Optima 96/96 Class-1 Hayes Optima 14.4/14.4 Class-1 IBM L40SX laptop modem Class-1, No BPS s/d,Skip TCF read IBM ThinkPad Fax Modem Class-1 Image Comm TWINCOM 24/96 Class-2 Image Comm TWINCOM Commuter 24/96 Class-1 Intel SatisFAXtion classic uses FaxIS.adp as Fax.adp Intel SatisFAXtion/200 uses FaxIS.adp as Fax.adp Intel SatisFAXtion/400 (internal) uses FaxIS.adp as Fax.adp Intel SatisFAXtion/400e (external) Class-1 Intel SatisFAXtion/100 Class-1 Megahertz 96/96 FAX/Modem (P296FMV) Class-1, Special cmd \J0\Q1 MICC 9642 Class-2 MultiTech MultiFaxPC MT932 Class-2, Alt bit order MultiTech Multi Modem MT932EAF Class-2, Alt bit order MultiTech Multi Modem II Class-2, Alt bit order MultiTech Multi Modem V.32 Fax Class-2, Alt bit order NetComm M4F or M7F (ROM rev K) Cls-2, Special cmd +FDCC=,3,0,2,0 Practical 2400FX96 Class-2 Practical 2400 SendFAX SendFax Practical 14400FXSA V.32bis Class-1, Check TCF signal Practical 14400FXMT V.32bis Class-1 or Class-2 Prodigy Eagle Class-1 QuickCom Spirit II Class-1 Supra SupraFAXmodem V.32bis Class-1 or Class-2 TwinCom TwinCom v1.13C Class-2 UDS FasTalk Fax32 Class-1 USRobotics Courier HST Dual Std w/Fax Cls-1,Spec cmd &H2,Recv EOP delay USRobotics Sportster 14,400 Cls-1,Spec cmd &H2,Recv EOP delay USRobotics Worldport 2496 V.42bis SendFax USRobotics Worldport 9696 MNP5 FAX SendFax USRobotics Worldport 9696 V.42 w/Fax Class-1, Special cmd &H2 USRobotics Worldport 14400 V.42 w/Fax Class-1, Special cmd &H2 ZyXEL U-1496 (ROM 5.05 & 6.01 good) Class-2 (ROM 6.00 is bad) Zoltrix ZX1896 or Zofax 96/24 SendFax Zoltrix 9624 Class 2 (regular) Class-2 Zoltrix Class 2 with V.42 MNP Class-2, might need 'No DLE esc' Zoom FaxModem FC 9624 (internal) Class-2 Zoom FaxModem FX 9624 (external) Class-2 Zoom V32bis (ROMs 1.56D,2.0 tested) Class-1, 9600bps, Spec cmd &C1&D3 (or Class-2) Class 1 modem note: For most Class 1 modems, using the 'Check TCF signal' on the Options/Configure screen will provide enhanced speed downgrading. This may improve the quality of received faxes. The Everex EverFax 24/96 internal is supported, but because the board does not allow IRQ selection, it must generally be used as COM1 or COM2. Some users have reported that the following modems work best when used in Class-1 mode, 9600bps, Special cmd of &C1&D3. Boca Bocamodem 14.4Kbps (ROM v1.27) ROM update was requested Modems that failed our compatibility testing: Calculus EZ-FAX Proprietary fax commands Complete PC certain models Proprietary fax commands DSI digicom 9624LE SendFax non-spec Formosa MoFax MF-96P SendFax train failure Frecom Fax96 Non-standard chip set Intel Connection CoProcessor Proprietary fax commands Omnitel 9624+S/R SendFax recv failures Omnitel Omnitel v1.10 Class-2 recv failures MULTI-LINE NOTES ---------------- If you have purchased a multi-line version of the program, you can install multiple fax hardware devices and fax telephone lines, and then do simultaneous fax sending and/or receiving on these lines. Different versions of the fax software are available to support a maximum of 2, 4, 8, 16 or 32 lines, but the practical limit may be determined by your type of fax hardware. On a given CPU, the multiple fax hardware devices must be of the same type. A single Options/Configure screen controls the configuration for all the fax hardware devices. The Options/Ports screen is used to configure the individual fax lines for sending, receiving or both. The selected lines are automatically used for simultaneous sending/receiving. Fax modems - It is reasonable to use two Class-1 fax modems or up to four Class-2 fax modems. Either internal or external fax modems can be used, and while the modems do not need to be identical, they must all use exactly the same values on the Options/Configure screen. Each fax modem must be on a separate COM port in your system, and the COM ports must be standard hardware ports (although the ports need not be at the conventional COM port address and IRQ settings since you can specify these settings on the FMD.SYS line in your CONFIG.SYS file). Serial boards that provide simulated ports using a special COM.SYS device driver are not supported (e.g., ARTIC or Digiboard). Serial boards that provide direct hardware ports should work fine (e.g., the STB 4-COM card, or other serial port cards that provide multiple 8250-compatible or 16550A-compatible UARTs). SatisFAXtion/200 or SatisFAXtion/400 boards - You can use up to eight internal boards. Be sure to read about SatisFAXtion boards in the appendix of the User's Manual before proceeding. All of the SatisFAXtion boards must be of the same type (all /200, or all /400) since the same DOWNLOAD.* and LOADER.* file is used for all boards. Each board must be set to a unique I/O Port Address. As described in the appendix, you use either Intel's SETUP.EXE program (on an ISA bus machine) or a Reference Disk (on a MCA bus machine) to change the I/O Port Address. Since Intel's SatisFAXtion board installation procedures only work with one board at a time, you must insert one board, power up your machine and do the necessary board I/O Port Address changes to place the board at a unique address, power down your machine and remove the board, then repeat this procedure for the next board. After all boards have been separately configured for unique I/O Port Addresses, you can then insert all the boards in your system. Brooktrout boards - If you have properly installed the OS/2 runtime software from Brooktrout, the Brooktrout ports will appear in the Options/Ports list. It is theoretically possible to run up to 32 lines using Brooktrout fax hardware. At this time, Brooktrout ships OS/2 software only for their TR112 fax board (two-line board), but we will be working with Brooktrout to support their TR114 (four-line) and other boards. GammaLink boards - The GammaFax ports will appear in the Options/Ports list. The fax program interfaces with the GammaFax boards via the GammaFax Dispatcher, so it can operate simultaneously with many other GammaFax software products which also use the GammaFax Dispatcher. See the separate installation notes for GammaLink hardware (below). SUPPORT FOR GAMMALINK'S GAMMAFAX PRODUCTS (revised 8/17/93) ----------------------------------------- The GammaFax adapter allows the operation of intelligent GammaFax boards, such as the CPi, CP, CP MC, XPi, XP and XP MC. Since it interfaces with the board via the GammaFax Dispatcher, it will operate simultaneously with many other GammaFax software products which also use the GammaFax Dispatcher. The GammaFax adapter disables reception on the fax channels which it uses when it is not waiting for a fax. Therefore, if an application assumes that incoming faxes will be automatically answered by the Dispatcher, it may not function correctly on a line that is enabled for use by the adapter. Otherwise, applications should operate normally when sending or when assigned separate lines. Install the GammaFax OS/2 software as directed in GammaLink's instructions. It is recommended that the GammaFax software be installed in a directory different than the fax program. For our examples that follow, we are assuming that the GammaFax software is installed in the directory "C:\GAMMA", while our fax software is installed in the directory "C:\FAXWORKS". Be sure to modify the pathnames if you use different directories. Verify that the command script files \GAMMA\DISPATCH.CMD and \GAMMA\FAXMENUS.CMD correctly reflect the GammaFax software's installation directory. For example, if the GammaFax OS/2 software is installed in C:\GAMMA, the first line of both the C:\GAMMA\DISPATCH.CMD and C:\GAMMA\FAXMENUS.CMD files should be "set GFAX=C:\GAMMA". Edit your CONFIG.SYS file to include the line "set GFAX=C:\GAMMA". (You will need to reboot your system so that the changes to your CONFIG.SYS file will take effect.) If necessary, edit the configuration file, \GAMMA\GFAX.$DC, to include the lines below, in addition to, or replacing, the lines provided by the GammaFax installation program. The last 4 lines should be repeated for each logical and physical channel which will be controlled by the fax adapter. The first 3 lines specify time out values in seconds which may be adjusted, as desired. For lower disk usage, increase these values. For quicker response, decrease them. controlt 10 queuet 15 statust 30 channel <1> <0> <GFAX1.01> *see note a below gfxshutdown <1> 2 *see note b below gfxform <1> 3 *see note b below gfxwait <1> 15 *see note b below Notes: a. The value <1> should be replaced with the desired logical channel number, such as 1. The value <0> should be replaced with the corresponding physical channel number. The name GFAX1.01 should reflect the current chassis number (the first "1"), and the logical line number (the "01"). b. The value <1> should be replaced with the desired logical channel number. c. Refer to chapter 17, "Queue Manager Configuration" of the "GammaFax Reference Manual" for more information about the configuration file. Additional examples of complete configuration files are included at the end of this section. Refer to the second example if you wish to use DTMF routing with the LAN fax software. Start \GAMMA\DISPATCH.CMD in an OS/2 window. If desired, you can add \GAMMA\DISPATCH.CMD to your STARTUP.CMD or create a program object with the Path and File Name set to C:\GAMMA\DISPATCH.CMD and place the object in your startup folder. Start the fax program and set the ports to be controlled using the Options/Ports screen. Using the Options/Configure screen, set the adapter for the proper phone line type (recognizable dial tone or not) and dialing style (tone or pulse). Set the Q Poll Time variable on the Options/Configure screen as desired. This is generally set to the same value as the "queuet" configuration value. ---------- Example 1 - Here is a example of a complete configuration file for a single line GammaFax installation. chassis 1 buffers 2 numchan 1 controlt 10 queuet 15 updatet 300 channel 1 0 GFAX1.01 country 1 1 init 1 boardtype 1 0x80 load 1 C:\GAMMA\GFXCP.BIN csid 1-612-555-5555 modemctrl 1 1024 1 gfxshutdown 1 2 gfxform 1 3 gfxwait 1 15 statust 30 Example 2 - This is an example of a multiline configuration file, and also demonstrates the use of DTMF input for routing incoming faxes. This configuration is for a 3-line system, with line 1 being a CP board, and lines 2 and 3 being CPi boards. (From what we understand, the CPi and XPi boards are like the CP and XP, but with built-in DTMF reception - the CP board requires an optional daughter board for DTMF input). To enable DTMF input, lines like the following must be added to the GFAX.$CD file: gfxdtmftimeout 2 6 15 gfxdigits 2 10 0 gfxdtmftone 2 440 500 These lines are added as part of each card's configuration. The "2" in each of these lines refers to the line number, so it changes for each card. The first line specifies an interdigit timeout (6 seconds) and a total timeout (15 seconds). The second line specifies the maximum number of DTMF digits to be entered (10 digits) and the terminating digits (0 for none). The third line specifies the tone that will be used to promt the caller for entering the DTMF digits (440Hz for 500ms). See the GammaFax release notes for a complete description of the values for DTMF input. chassis 1 buffers 2 numchan 3 controlt 10 queuet 15 updatet 300 statust 30 channel 1 0 GFAX1.01 country 1 1 init 1 boardtype 1 0x8O load 1 C:\GAMMA\GFXCP.BIN csid 1 612-555-5555 modemctrl 1 1039 0 gfxshutdown 1 0 gfxform 1 3 gfxwait 1 15 gfxspeaker 1 3 gfxtwod 1 0 channel 2 1 GFAX1.02 country 2 1 init 2 boardtype 2 0x283 load 2 C:\GAMMA\GFXCX.BIN csid 2 612-555-5555 gfxshutdown 2 0 gfxform 2 3 gfxwait 2 15 modemctrl 2 1039 0 gfxspeaker 2 3 gfxtwod 2 0 gfxdtmftimeout 2 6 15 gfxdigits 2 10 0 gfxdtmftone 2 440 500 channel 3 2 GFAX1.03 country 3 1 init 3 boardtype 3 0x283 load 3 C:\GAMMA\GFXCX.BIN csid 3 612-555-5555 gfxshutdown 3 0 gfxform 3 3 gfxwait 3 15 modemctrl 3 1039 0 gfxspeaker 3 3 gfxtwod 3 0 gfxdtmftimeout 3 6 15 gfxdigits 3 10 0 gfxdtmftone 3 440 500 NOTE ON DIAL STRING LENGTH -------------------------- Most fax modems support a telephone dialing string with a maximum length of 40 characters. (This is the total length of the ATDT dialing string that is sent to the modem... AFTER the software has expanded any dial macros that you may be using in your fax number.) If you have unusually complex dialing strings for accessing special telephone long distance vendors, and if you find that you need to add delays within the dialing string using the ',' (comma) character, you might exceed this limit. In this case, a good trick is to change the duration for the pause (',') option so that you can use fewer comma characters. This is done by setting your modem's S8 register. For example, if you put the characters "S8=10" (without the quotes) in the Special cmd field on the Options Configure screen, each comma will pause for 10 seconds rather than the default 2 seconds. NEW FEATURES ------------ The following is a partial summary of new features that are included in this release. The number indicates the program version that first included the feature. 1.16 - When a received fax terminates in an error status, pages that were received before the error are retained. 1.16 - Text line spacing is now 120% of the current font point size. Previously, line spacing was derived from the font, so the number of lines per inch in a given point size could vary based on the font. 1.16 - Added a "No BPS stepdown" check box on the Options/Configure screen for the L40SX modem. This fax modem is still unable to send to fax machines that require stepping down to slower baud rates, but if this check box is used, the program will retry without stepping down, which may allow the machines to communicate in some circumstances. 1.16 - Enhanced capturing with the Utilities/Capture to clipboard command. Colored icons, including OS/2 buttons such as minimize/maximize, now map to a pattern rather than turning black. 1.16 - Added support for the Intel Hand Scanner with SatisFAXtion boards (see the section in this README.DOC file for details). 1.22 - For the Printer Driver Configuration screen: The program now sets the fax directory for the printer driver, so the "Fax directory" field has been removed. The "No log entry" action has been removed. A "Tones" field has been added to enable/disable the beeping tones during printer driver operation. 1.22 - The Send Fax screen now includes a "To" field that shows a list of all selected destinations. You can remove a destination by double-clicking on its line. 1.22 - The "Cover bitmap" pull-down list on the Fax Send screen now includes BMP files from your fax directory and your working directory. 1.22 - Current call sending is now started by pushing the "Send current" button on the Send Fax screen. If you select multiple destinations, the Send button changes to indicate the number of destinations. 1.22 - The "Fax local id" field on the Options Settings screen now supports alphanumeric characters. This allows you to send text as your fax id. (This only works if your fax hardware allows it... some fax hardware will only accept numerics.) 1.22 - The field widths in the log display have been adjusted to compensate for OS/2 system font changes in the OS/2 2.0 Service Pack update (and OS/2 2.1). 1.22 - For the IBM L40SX laptop and other machines with a "suspend" mode, the program can now receive a fax when the machine is "resumed". This did not work in previous releases because the L40SX fax modem is reset by the suspend/resume procedure. If the program is left in receive mode, it will now reinitialize the modem and be able to answer fax calls when the machine resumes. Since a suspended machine is automatically resumed by an incoming call, this means that a suspended machine can receive faxes. After the fax has been received, the L40SX can automatically suspend itself again after a time delay (which is set on the L40SX by the L40's "PS2 SET POwer off minutes" command). 1.22 - Also of interest to L40SX users, the "No BPS Stepdown" check box on the Options/Configure screen now applies only to sending. The L40SX fax modem can correctly receive at slower baud rates, but does not correctly support sending at speeds slower than 9600 baud. 1.23 - Tab and cursor key support is improved in the INSTALL program. 1.23 - Alt-F4 now works as a short-cut key for closing the application. 1.23 - Cover sheets now use proportional fonts for enhanced appearance. The order of preference (using the first one that is available on your system) is Helvetica, Times Roman, then Courier. 1.23 - A "Utilities/Edit phone books" command has been added to permit phone book editing without having to use the Fax/Send command. 1.23 - The application now shuts down fax modems upon program exit, thereby leaving the modem reset for use by data comm programs even if you were in fax receive mode. 1.23 - Current call sending has been enhanced. If a cover sheet is enabled, you will be prompted for the name and company so that this information can be included on the cover sheet. The application will then construct the fax document and provide a pop-up dialog box when it is ready for you to dial the call. This allows the application to immediately begin sending upon your request. 1.23 - For LAN workstation use, the workstation slave adapter is now called the workstation adapter and is significantly modified as a result of improvements for the enhanced LAN version of the product. 1.23 - Enhanced printer support for DOS and Windows printing is included. The printer object's job properties can now be either normal or fine resolution when printing from DOS or Windows (rather than requiring fine resolution), so you can create either normal or fine resolution fax documents from DOS and Windows applications. For DOS printing, the IBM Proprinter X24 emulation is improved to support underlining and fine-tune the character spacing. (WordPerfect 5.1 DOS users... When printing to the fax printer device from WordPerfect using WordPerfect's IBM Proprinter X24 printer driver, you can now generate very high-quality output. Try printing WordPerfect's printer test file for an example. If you need even more font support for printing fax documents from WordPerfect DOS, you might want to consider the PrimeType product as discussed in the User's Manual.) 1.26 - Phone book displays now show the fax number on the main selection list and on the Utilities/Edit phone books list. 1.26 - For DOS printing, the Proprinter X24 emulation now shows emphasized and double-strike characters in Bold. Note that the Proprinter X24 printer does not provide italic. 1.26 - Enhanced Class-1 support, including support for new Practical Peripherals 14400FXSA v1.21 ROMs, Megahertz and new USR Worldports. Improvements for USR HST receiving, ZyXEL sending, and more... 1.26 - The "Recv EOP delay" check box (for Class-1 only) is added to the Fax modem Options/Configure screen. Use this option for USRobotics Courier and Sportster Class-1 modems to correct a USR quirk when receiving from certain fax machines and modems. 1.26 - The "Check TCF signal" check box (for Class-1 only) is added to the Fax modem Options/Configure screen. Use this option for enabling interpretation of TCF data for enhanced negotiation of automatic speed downgrading. This helps overcome problems with receiving noisy faxes if you telephone company uses a line concentrator (which may require speed downgrading to 7200bps). 1.27 - Revised INSTALL program. 1.27 - Support for 16550 UARTs. The 'Use HW FIFO' setting on the fax modem Options/Configure screen allows the FMD.SYS driver to take advantage of the high-performance buffering features of UART (serial I/O chips, used for your COM port) that are compatible with the NS16550A chips. 1.28 - For LAN version, added support for DTMF/Touch-Tone automatic routing (in addition to DID automatic routing) with Brooktrout boards. 1.28 - Fixed current call sending for SatisFAXtion boards. 1.28 - The printer driver now supports the FAX.GGS file for providing printer driver commands to the next print job. Applications can place the >> printer driver commands in this file rather than directly in the printer data stream. This can be used to provide fax sending and/or fax merge features from other applications that cannot otherwise insert the printer driver commands directly into the printer data stream. 1.28 - The printer driver now supports a configuration item for selecting the number of gray levels. For applications that send a color image to the printer, the printer driver can convert the colors to "gray" patterns. Using gray areas will increase fax transmission time, but can provide very nice looking graphics. Experiment with various settings on the printer driver configuration screen to see what works best for your images. 1.28 - A program (FxRcv.EXE) is now provided on the distribution diskette as a alternative way of turning receive mode on and off. See the section above called "CONTROLLING RECEIVE MODE FROM COMMAND LINE/COMMAND FILE". This can be used in command files for temporarily taking the fax program out of receive mode so that you can make a data communications call with a fax modem. 1.29 - (LAN version) - Private mode, which provides LAN support for user privacy and routing, now supports up to 5000 workstations per server. This was unintentionally limited to only 200 workstations in previous beta test releases. 1.29 - Paste from Clipboard now provides color metafile support. 1.29 - "Color filled area" printing is further enhanced in the printer driver. You can now configure the printer driver for either "Black & white", "Fax 8-level" or "System dithered" processing. "Black & white" forces all colors to black. "Fax 8-level" maps colors to patterns that are custom-designed to allow efficient fax transmission and support resizing and printing without aliasing. "System dithered" uses standard system color dithering which can produce nice looking images, but the images are less efficient for fax transmission and the gray areas may alias (distort) when resized or printed. Experiment with various settings on the printer driver configuration screen to see what works best for your images. 1.29 - For some strange reason, the OS/2 Enhanced Editor opens and closes the printer driver when you select the printer. This formerly caused an "empty" print job. The printer driver now ignores print jobs that don't actually print anything. 1.30 - Proprinter emulation in the printer driver is improved to avoid "jaggy" vertical lines and characters when printing from Windows applications through the Proprinter WIN-OS/2 printer driver. This was caused by the WIN-OS/2 printer driver using "mixed resolution" positioning commands, such as moving the print head with 120dpi commands while printing in 180dpi graphics mode. 1.30b - For fax modems, the FMD.SYS device driver now checks the port interrupt. This allows the program to display only the useable ports in the Options/Ports list. In special cases where this might be a problem, the port checking can be turned off by adding the 'N' parameter to the CONFIG.SYS line which installs FMD.SYS. 1.30b - Fixed Fax/Export/DCX to always write fine mode (square aspect ratio), and to write smaller DCX headers. 1.30b - Added Intel SatisFAXtion DTMF support (for SatisFAXtion/200 and SatisFAXtion/400), which can be used in the LAN version (private mode) for automatic routing of incoming fax documents. (We already support both DTMF and DID automatic routing with Brooktrout TR112 fax boards). 1.30b - Event logging to the VOUT file when the -v parameter is used. 1.30b - Added a "Skip TCF read" check box on the Options/Configure screen for the L40SX modem. 1.30b - SVGA displays - Due to problems in the SVGA drivers, the algorithm for the Utilities/Capture to clipboard commands is changed. Previously, snapshots on SVGA displays may have appeared "dark". 1.30b - 8514A displays - Problems in the OS/2 2.1 32-bit 8514A driver impact the Utilities/Capture to clipboard command. To work around this problem, you can add the line "SET FXSNAP=BW" to your config.sys file. This environment variable setting will force the fax program to do black-and-white screen/window capture rather than color mapping. 1.31 - The Options menu now has a separate "Ports" command to configure ports for sending/receiving. The port selection was previously part of the Options/Configure screen. 1.31 - First beta release of multi-line versions. If you have a multi-line version of the program, the Options/Ports screen allows you to select multiple ports for simultaneous use, and to specify each port as send, receive or send/receive. 1.31 - For Brooktrout fax hardware, implemented support for the "Kill" feature on the status window. (This already worked for all other fax hardware... select a line in the status window and press the "Kill" button to abort the activity.) 1.32 - Initial test support for the GammaLink fax boards. 1.34 - Enhanced the phone book handling in the printer driver pop-up and the fax program. Any individual phone book can now have up to 2000 entries (which is a size limit imposed by OS/2 list box issues), and of course, you can have multiple phone books. 1.34 - An "All" button is added to the phone book. This makes it easier to use a phone book as a distribution list since you can easily select all members of the current phone book without using a Group name. 1.35 - Installation (and updating) is now simplified. The INSTALL program copies the files, helps you modify your CONFIG.SYS file (if you want it to do so), and instructs you to reboot your system when necessary. But you no longer need to run the INSTALL program a second time to select your ports and set your modem configuration. The fax program now "knows" when you've run INSTALL and automatically gives you the option of setting ports/configuration the next time that you run it. 1.35 - A separate "Fax data directory" is now supported by the INSTALL program. If desired, you can specify separate directories as the "Install to" directory for the program files, "Fax data directory" for the program's data files (FAX.LOG, FAX.IDX, *.FAX fax document files, *.PBK phone book files, and *.BMP bitmap files), and "Working directory" as the starting working directory for your import/export/paste file operations. The separate data directory makes it easier for you to backup your work or keep your fax documents on a different drive. (If you change your fax data directory after initial installation and want to retain your past fax activity, you must manually move your FAX.LOG, FAX.IDX, *.FAX, *.PBK and *.BMP files to the new fax data directory.) 1.35 - The INSTALL program now remembers the locations of your fax program directory, fax data directory and working directory. This makes it easier to update your software. 1.36 - The fax program now supports a new "-L newdir" command line parameter for specifying the fax data directory. The "newdir" parameter is the pathname of the drive and directory that contains the FAX.LOG file and other fax data files (FAX.IDX, *.FAX, *.PBK). If you move your fax directory, you can use this parameter to tell the program where to find the fax data files (the program remembers the location, so the parameter is only needed the first time that you run the program after moving your fax data directory). If you have multiple fax data directories you can use this parameter in the "optional parameter" field of your program object to force the program to use the correct fax data directory for various situations. 1.37 - The fax printer driver includes modifications to eliminate clipping the edge of the output from certain OS/2 applications that print all the way to the very edge of the page. 1.37 - Disk space monitoring is added. To ensure proper logging of activity, sending/receiving is disabled if there is less than 10 kbytes of available disk space. To prevent answering the phone and attempting to receive when the disk is full, sending/receiving is also disabled if a receive operation fails due to a disk-related error (syserror). A pop-up dialog box will notify you when this occurs. Sending/receiving is enabled again when you use Fax/Receive to turn receive mode back on or when you visit the Fax/Send dialog box. 1.37 - Fixed a problem with fax modems that do not support the S7=100 S register setting (such as for USRobotics modems in the UK). These modems will use their default setting for the S7 register value rather than produce an error. 1.37b - Upon starting the fax program, if the fax log contains faxes that have been "received" (or, for the LAN version, "routed") but not yet read, the status window will be displayed and will indicate the number of received faxes. 1.37b - The OS/2 LAN workstation program now includes a status window (like the stand-alone version). When you start the program, the status window will show a count of received fax documents (if any). The status window also shows background printing activity and allows you to kill print jobs by selecting the print line and pressing the Kill button. If you are using the LAN Private mode with the workstation's notification method set to "OS/2 mailslot", the status window's receive count will be dynamically updated as faxes are received. 1.37e - The "Busy retries" setting on the Options/Settings screen can now be a maximum of 99 (previously the maximum was 9). 1.39 - Based on user suggestions about the Import, Export and Paste file commands, we've made the following changes to command names: <old name> <new name> Fax Import --> Fax Open file Fax Export --> Fax Save file Edit Paste file --> Edit Import Utilities Save clipboard --> Utilities Export from clipboard 1.39 - A new "Edit Export" is command is added. It saves a marked region directly to a file. This provides a faster way of creating cover sheet bitmap files and other bitmap or PCX files. Previously you would need to mark a region, use Edit Copy to place it in the Clipboard, and then use Utilities Save clipboard to save the Clipboard contents to a bitmap file. 1.39 - Much faster processing when you select multiple documents for deletion from the fax log. 1.39 - The Options/Settings screen includes a new printer "Idle priority" check box. When printing fax documents to paper, this causes the print thread to run at "idle" priority to avoid slowing system performance. WARNING - DOS command windows and DOS applications run at normal priority even when they are idle, and this prevents any "idle" priority activity from running, so fax printing will pause when any DOS processes are running. IBM intends to correct this problem in a future OS/2 release, but for now, DO NOT SET THE "IDLE PRIORITY" CHECK BOX IF YOU WANT TO PRINT FAXES WHILE DOS PROCESSES ARE ACTIVE. 1.39b - The "Sent via" line is no longer generated on the cover sheet. The default cover bitmap file includes a "sent via" line, but since you can change the cover sheet bitmap, you can remove this if desired. 1.39c/d - Improved GammaFax support, install program network path improvements, FxRte LAN routing fix, improved logging to VOUT file. 1.39e - Fixes "current page" OCR processing (if you have purchased the OCR option) to correctly process the current page rather than the first page of the document. 1.39f - Fixes a problem with the optional PCL printer driver which could sometimes produce messy output files when printing from AmiPro/Windows using the WIN-OS/2 LaserJet III printer driver with the "Print ATM fonts as graphics" option (and perhaps in certain other situations). A new OS/2-based version of the PCL conversion engine is also being used. 1.39f - Improves page-oriented OCR processing of normal resolution fax documents. (But for best OCR results, you should still use fine resolution fax documents whenever possible.) 1.39g - Improves support for Windows and DOS applications printing through the Proprinter emulation which use line feeds rather than page ejects for moving to the next page. 1.39h - Adds support for the new version of the SatisFAXtion/400 card (the new version that provides 16550 emulation on it data modem port changed an ID value that we check to identify the SatisFAXtion card).