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- WINPACK - WINDOWS 95 - BPQ & BAYCOMMODEM
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- Requirements:
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- BPQ ver 4.08a
- BPQAX25.EXE
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- At first, decide wich comport you want to use.
- Disable that comport from windows, becuase when
- starting up Win, windows wants to take the
- control over all devices on the computer.
- We don't want that to happen, becuase the
- BPQ-node has to be run from DOS before
- we start up Windows.
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- If you're running your computer with
- plug'n play (plug'n fail...) config
- from your BIOS-setup, you can forget
- to read anymore....it won't (probably) work.
- (anyway, it's maybe worth a try...)
-
- How to disable your comport from Windows:
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- 1 - Start up in windows
- 2 - Go to controlpanel -> system -> devicemanager.
- 3 - Mark the comport (i.e Com1)
- 4 - Delete (disable the device)
- Ok...
- Next time you start up your computer in
- windows-mode, It would (i hope) dont
- know anything about the Com1...
- If so, then everything is OK so far.
-
-
- There is 2 files in the BPQ-package that we
- have to put in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM-dir.
- That is: BPQCODE.386 & BPQDLL.DLL
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- Take the BPQAX25.EXE and put it in the
- BPQ-dir.
-
- (It's not distributed together)
- If you don't have the BPQAX25.EXE then
- check with your local packet-bbs or on
- Internet at: ftp.funet.fi/pub/ham/packet/baycom
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- You'll have to make a file called i.e U.bat
- and it have to contain following:
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- @echo off
- echo.
- echo ──── Running Winpack PMS with (%1) ────
- if "%1"=="" goto missing
- if "%1"=="." cd c:\bpq
- if "%1"=="." bpqcfg
- if "%1"=="." LH C:\BPQ\bpqax25 -i60 -I4 -B3f8 -h500 -s150 -t8 -p128 -T0 -cd
- if "%1"=="." LH C:\BPQ\bpqcode
- if "%1"=="." cd c:\
- :missing
- echo.
- echo ──── Now, do what you have to do......
- echo.
- :end
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- Put this file in the root of C:\
- When loading this file you will have to type U . (note! U_.)
- at the dospromt or it will not load properly....
- (it won't work with typing: U.bat)
-
- Well, you have probably copied your BPQ-files to C:\BPQ ??
- In that Dir, there is a configurationfile named: BPQCFG.TXT.
- You'll have to edit in the AX25-ports-section.
- And it must look like this:
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- PORT
- ID=144.550 Mhz on BayCommodem
- TYPE=EXTERNAL
- PROTOCOL=KISS
- IOADDR=3F8H
- INTLEVEL=96
- SPEED=1200
- CHANNEL=A
- QUALITY=10
- MAXFRAME=2
- TXDELAY=500
- SLOTTIME=150
- PERSIST=128
- FULLDUP=0
- FRACK=7000
- RESPTIME=2000
- RETRIES=20
- PACLEN=250
- DIGIFLAG=1
- DIGIPORT=0
- ENDPORT
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- (Its important to have PERSIST at 128 and SLOTTIME at 150!)
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- Of course you'll have to fill in your CALLSIGN & "BBSCALL" (PMSCALL).....
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- All set so far?
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- Restart you computer to DOS (win95's and NOT the old one...)
- At the DOS-prompt, type: U .
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- If yo've got a stream like: "switch initialized ok" (or something)
- Then just type: WIN to startup Windows.
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- Start winpack, and check your "comms setup" in the Optionsmenu
- Check so the "Use BPQ" is marked!
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- If everything is ok so far, it would work....
-
- But please notice that the sound of your packets on the
- channel will sound a little bit strange.
- I don't know why, but it is probably something
- with the hardware......
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- Please have in mind that I'm certainly NOT a expert in
- this subject, but this is how I did it.....
- And it works for me....
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- PS. Parameters above is configured for use with com1
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- 73 de Stefan, SM7WEG@SK7OA.SKURUP.M.SWE.EU
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- *****EOF*****