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PPPPPP CCCC OOOO MM MM MM MM P P C O O M M M M M M M M PPPPPP C O O M M M M M M P C O O M M M M P CCCC OOOO M M M M Pcomm Reference Manual version 1.0 written by Emmet P. Gray ...!ihnp4!uiucuxc!fthood!egray Pcomm is a public domain telecommunications program for Unix that is designed to operate similar to the MSDOS program, ProComm. ProComm (TM) is copyrighted by Datastorm Technologies, Inc. This is a completely new program and contains no ProComm source code. This is not a Datastorm product. Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION .................... 3 1.1 Requirements ................... 3 1.2 Support files .................. 3 2. RUNNING PCOMM ................... 4 2.1 Hot key ........................ 4 2.2 Status line .................... 4 2.3 Help screen .................... 5 2.4 Exit pcomm ..................... 5 3. SETUP SCREENS ................... 6 3.1 Prompting ...................... 6 3.2 TTY setup ...................... 7 3.3 Modem setup .................... 8 3.4 Terminal setup ................. 9 3.5 General setup .................. 10 3.6 ASCII transfer setup ........... 11 4. MAJOR FUNCTIONS ................. 13 4.1 Dialing directory .............. 13 4.2 Redial ......................... 15 4.3 Keyboard macros ................ 15 4.4 Line settings .................. 15 4.5 Exit pcomm ..................... 16 4.6 Unix gateway ................... 16 5. UTILITY FUNCTIONS ............... 17 5.1 Program information ............ 17 5.2 Setup screen ................... 17 5.3 Change directory ............... 17 5.4 Clear screen ................... 17 5.5 Toggle duplex .................. 17 5.6 Hangup the phone ............... 17 5.7 Printer logging ................ 18 5.8 Toggle CR - CR/LF .............. 18 5.9 Break .......................... 18 6. FILE FUNCTIONS .................. 19 6.1 Send files ..................... 19 6.2 Receive files .................. 20 6.3 Directory ...................... 20 6.4 Screen dump .................... 21 6.5 Start data logging ............. 21 6.6 Toggle logging ................. 21 7. DIALING WINDOW .................. 22 1. INTRODUCTION Pcomm is a public domain, menu driven, telecommunication program designed to provide the same "ease of use" as similar programs available in MSDOS. Some of its features are: o+ Large dialing directory o+ Automatic redial feature o+ Supports several file transfer protocols o+ Data logging (log of the terminal session) o+ Printer logging o+ Screen dump o+ User customization Pcomm does not emulate any particular terminal. Whatever terminal you're on, is what the remote system "sees". 1.1 Requirements Pcomm will not run on terminals with a screen size of less than 80 columns by 24 lines or on terminals that lack cursor movement capabilities. For terminals without arrow keys, use the letter "U" in place of "up arrow" and the letter "N" in place of "down arrow". 1.2 Support files Pcomm uses three support files, namely: pcomm.dial_dir the dialing directory pcomm.modem the modem/tty database pcomm.param the start-up default parameters There is a default directory (typically "/usr/local/lib/pcomm") where the "standard" support files live. Since the average user would not have write permission on these files, it's assumed that you'll copy these standard files to your own directory and edit them to suit your needs. Pcomm can use the environmental variable "PCOMM" to search for these "private" support files. If used, the variable must contain the path to the directory containing the files. The following directories are searched to find the support files: o+ directory given with the "-d" option o+ directory in the PCOMM environmental variable o+ the current working directory o+ the global default directory 2. RUNNING PCOMM Pcomm has the following command line syntax. pcomm [-d directory] [-f index] The "-d" option allows you to specify an additional path to be used when searching for the pcomm support files. The "-f" option is used to specify automatic dialing of an entry in the dialing directory. The "index" field in the dialing directory (described later) is checked against the string given on the command line. If a match is found, that entry is automatically dialed. 2.1 Hot key Pcomm uses a "hot key" to precede each command. (The value of the hot key is a user tunable parameter, but for the purpose of this document we'll assume the hot key is defined as control-A). The hot key is used to put pcomm in the command mode. For example, to get the help screen, you'd type control-A (to get to the command mode) then the number 0 (to display the help screen). When a command is completed, pcomm returns to the terminal mode. NOTE: While in the command mode, the communications with the remote system is temporarily suspended. 2.2 Status line Whenever pcomm is in the command mode (or is not currently connected to a remote) a status line is displayed at the bottom of the screen. A typical status line might look like this: +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ^A-0 HELP | No TTY | FDX | 1200 E71 | LOG OFF | PTR OFF | CR | CR | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ The eight fields of the status line are: o+ help screen command (or a temporary message) o+ name of the tty device in use o+ duplex mode (FDX = full duplex, HDX = half duplex) o+ current line settings o+ status of data logging option o+ status of printer logging option o+ incoming CR translation o+ outgoing CR translation 2.3 Help screen The help screen gives a brief review of all the available commands. To access the help screen type ^A and '0' (zero). The typical help screen would look like this: +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | P C O M M H E L P | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | Major Functions Utility Functions File Functions | | | | Dialing Directory . ^A-D Program Info ..... ^A-I Send files .... ^A-up | | Auto Redial ....... ^A-R Setup Screen ..... ^A-S Receive files . ^A-dn | | Keyboard Macros ... ^A-M Change Directory . ^A-B Directory ..... ^A-F | | Line Settings ..... ^A-P Clear Screen ..... ^A-C Screen Dump ... ^A-G | | Exit Pcomm ........ ^A-X Toggle Duplex .... ^A-E Start Data Log. ^A-1 | | Unix Gateway ...... ^A-4 Hangup Phone ..... ^A-H Toggle Log .... ^A-2 | | Printer On/Off ... ^A-L | | Toggle CR/CR-LF .. ^A-3 | | Break Key ........ ^A-7 | | | +-------------------------- Press any key to continue ------------------------+ 2.4 Exit pcomm To exit pcomm, you'd type ^A and 'x' to access the exit window. +-- Exit -----------------------+ | | | Exit to Unix? (y/n): _ | | | +-------------------------------+ To exit, you'd press the letter 'y' (carriage return not required). 3. SETUP SCREENS Pcomm allows you to change many of the default parameters. The setup screen is accessed by typing ^A and 's'. The following screen is typical and shows the sub-menu choices: ----------------------- Setup Menu ---------------------------- 1) TTY Setup 2) Modem Setup 3) Terminal Setup 4) General Setup 5) ASCII Transfer Setup S) Save setup to disk --------------------------------------------------------------- OPTION ==> _ Press ESC to exit To select one of the sub-menu choices, you'd type the number (or letter) at the "OPTION ==>" prompt. To exit from a sub-menu and return to this setup menu screen, you'd press the escape key. Changes made affect the current pcomm session only. To make the changes become the default, you'd select the 's' option. 3.1 Prompting There are several different types of prompts used in the setup screens. The prompts use the bottom two lines on the display for user input and to give more information on what is being asked. Pcomm will beep at any illegal input. The escape key 'ESC' will abort any prompt. The prompt types are: o+ Character prompt. Asks you to input a single character. o+ String prompt. Asks you to input a word or group of characters. o+ Numeric prompt. Asks you for a number. o+ Menu prompt. Shows a selection and allows you to to choose the current selection by pressing the carriage return or change the selection by pressing the space bar. 3.2 TTY setup The TTY setup screen contains the list of devices (ports) that pcomm is allowed to use, and what is attached to each port. A typical TTY setup screen might look like this: ------------------------- TTY Setup --------------------------- TTY name Modem name Maximum baud 1) tty10 HAYES 1200 2) tty11 HAYES 2400 3) tty12 DIRECT 9600 4) 0 5) 0 6) 0 7) 0 8) 0 9) 0 10) 0 11) Add a TTY entry 12) Delete a TTY entry --------------------------------------------------------------- OPTION ==> _ Press ESC to return You may edit an entry by typing the entry number at the prompt. To add an entry, you'd type '11' at the prompt, etc. The tty setup fields are: 1) The tty name. This is the name of the serial port that pcomm will be allowed to use. Notice that the path component of the name, "/dev/" is not used. 2) The modem name. This a keyword that is used later to link the modem database with the tty database. The name could be any combination of letters or numbers (both upper and lower case). NOTE: All hard-wired ports (ports without modems attached) *must* use the word "DIRECT" for the modem name. 3) The maximum baud rate is highest rating of the modem (or the connected baud rate of hard-wired ports). The baud rate is selected from a "menu prompt". 3.3 Modem setup The modem setup contains the commands to make the modem dial, hangup the phone, etc. A typical modem setup screen might look like this: -------------------------- Modem Setup -------------------------- 1) Modem name ............. HAYES 2) Modem init string ...... ATS7=45S11=70! 3) Dialing command ........ ATDT 4) Dialing cmd suffix ..... ! 5) Hangup string .......... ~~+++~~ATH0! 6) 300 baud connect ....... CONNECT! 7) 1200 baud connect ...... CONNECT 1200 8) 2400 baud connect ...... CONNECT 2400 9) 4800 baud connect ...... 10) 9600 baud connect ..... 11) 19200 baud connect .... 12) No connect string 1 ... BUSY 13) No connect string 2 ... VOICE 14) No connect string 3 ... NO CARRIER 15) No connect string 4 ... --------------------------------------------------------------- OPTION ==> _ Press ESC to return The fields of the modem setup are: 1) Modem name. This is the keyword that links the modem database with the tty database. A menu prompt is used to select the modem name (and the remaining parameters that go with it). 2) Modem initialization string. This is sent to the modem whenever the port is selected. Consult your modem manual for the codes to be used. Notice the use of the "!" character, this is the "character synonym" for the carriage return. NOTE: See section 3.5 for the complete list of character synonyms. 3) Dialing command. The first part of the command to make the modem dial. It is assumed that the phone number will immediately follow. 4) Dialing command suffix. The last part of the command to make the modem dial. Typically this would be the carriage return "character synonym". 5) Hangup string. The command to make the modem hangup the phone. The character synonym for a 1 second pause is the tilde "~" character. 6-11) Connect strings. The return message when the modem is connected to the remote. If different messages are returned depending on which baud rate is selected, they should be specified. NOTE: If two connect strings are similar, (one is contained entirely in another) then it is possible that the return code from the modem will not match the correct connect string. To prevent this from happening, use the command synonym for the carriage return to terminate the shorter connect string. 12-15) No connect strings. The messages returned by the modem when no connection is made. 3.4 Terminal setup The terminal setup allows you to define the hot key and the mapping of the end-of-line characters. A typical terminal setup menu would look like this: ---------------------- Terminal Setup -------------------------- 1) Hot key ................ 1 2) ASCII version of hot ... ^A 3) Duplex ................. FULL 4) Flow control ........... XON/XOFF 5) CR translation (in) .... CR 6) CR translation (out) ... CR --------------------------------------------------------------- OPTION ==> _ Press ESC to return The fields in the terminal setup are: 1) Hot key. This is the decimal code for the user definable hot key. Consult an ASCII/decimal conversion chart for the decimal values of other characters. 2) ASCII version of hot key. This is the printable version of the hot key used by pcomm in the help screen and status line. 3) Duplex. A menu prompt is shown to select between FULL duplex and HALF duplex. In the half duplex mode, characters sent to the remote system are also sent to the the screen. (The duplex mode can also be change "on the fly" by the ^A-E command.) NOTE: Due to a technical limitation in pcomm, data logging and print logging will not work correctly in the half duplex mode. 4) Flow control. A menu prompt is shown to select between XON/XOFF flow control and NONE. The flow control selected here is only used during the terminal session, not during file transfers. 5-6) CR translations. The end-of-line characters for both incoming and outgoing carriage returns can be altered to suit the remote system's needs. A menu prompt provides the following choices: o+ CR (no translation) o+ CR/NL translate CR to CR/NL The incoming CR translation can also be changed "on the fly" with the ^A-3 command. 3.5 General setup The general setup allows you to define the character synonyms and the default files used by the screen dump and other features. A typical general setup screen might look like this: ------------------------ General Setup ----------------------- 1) Default log file ....... pcomm.log 2) Screen dump file ....... pcomm.dump 3) Strip high bit ........ YES 4) Pause character ........ ~ 5) CR character ........... ! 6) CTRL character ......... ^ 7) ESC character .......... | 8) Aborted downloads ...... KEEP 9) Connect delay time ..... 35 10) Pause between redials . 5 --------------------------------------------------------------- OPTION ==> _ Press ESC to return The general setup fields are: 1) Default log file. The file name to be used as the default when the data logging is actived (^A-1). You can override this default at run time. 2) Screen dump file. The file name to be used for the screen dump command (^A-G). 3) Strip high bit. Should pcomm strip the eighth bit on incoming and outgoing characters? A menu prompts allows you to select YES or NO. This feature is not used during file transfers. 4-7) Character synonyms. These are symbols that pcomm uses to translate special characters to the their real values prior to sending them to the modem. Synonyms are useful for terminals and editors that balk at special characters. 8) Aborted downloads. When a download aborts (fails), should the partially completed file be kept? The menu prompt allows "KEEP" or "DELETE". 9) Connect delay time. The number of seconds pcomm will wait for the modem to return a status code. 10) Pause between retries. The number of seconds to wait before pcomm tries to call the number again. 3.6 ASCII transfer setup This setup screen allows you to select options to be used for ASCII uploads and download. A typical ASCII transfer setup would look like this: ---------------------- ASCII Transfer Setup --------------------- ASCII UPLOAD 1) Echo locally ........... NO 2) Expand blank lines ..... NO 3) CR delay (ms) .......... 0 4) Pace the output ........ NO 5) CR translation ......... NONE 6) LF translation ......... NONE ASCII DOWNLOAD 7) Transfer timeout ....... 5 8) CR translation ......... STRIP 9) LF translation ......... NONE --------------------------------------------------------------- OPTION ==> _ Press ESC to return The fields are: 1) Echo locally. This is similar to the duplex option in that it copies outgoing characters to the screen. The options are YES and NO. 2) Expand blank lines. Should a blank line (NL alone) be expanded to a space and NL? Some BBS systems use a blank line to signal the end of a ASCII upload. The options are YES and NO. 3) CR delay. The delay in milliseconds to be used when sending a CR. The menu prompt limits the choice to 0, 100, or 150. 4) Pace output. Should each character sent be delayed? Very old BBS systems may require this. The choice is YES or NO. 5) CR translation. The menu prompt provides the following choices for upload translations: o+ NONE (no translation) o+ ADD NL translate CR to CR/NL. o+ STRIP remove the CR character 6) LF translation. Same as above except the choices are: o+ NONE (no translation) o+ ADD CR translate NL to CR/NL. o+ STRIP remove the NL character 7) Transfer timeout. The number of seconds to be used to determine the end of an ASCII download. You can halt the transfer before the timer goes off by hitting the ESC key. 8-9) Same as 5) and 6) above, except for downloading. 4. MAJOR FUNCTIONS When pcomm is invoked without the "-f" command line option, you are placed in the terminal mode with a blank screen and a status line. However, since pcomm hasn't yet selected a serial port to use, characters typed at the blank screen are ignored. Normally the first command you'd use is ^A-D to bring up the dialing directory menu. 4.1 Dialing directory To dial another system, you'd type ^A-D to access the dialing directory menu, then enter the entry number at the prompt. The entry number could be preceded by a special long distance dialing code such as "#5" in lieu of "5" alone. Long distance codes could contain access numbers such as those that MCI and Sprint require. A typical dialing directory would look like this: +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | D I A L I N G D I R E C T O R Y | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Name Number Baud P D S Dpx Index/tty | | 1- Abbey Road 1 (512) 590-6036 2400-N-8-1 F | | 2- Tel-Med-Com 526-8686 1200-E-7-1 F | | 3- C Board 1 (619) 722-8724 2400-N-8-1 F | | 4- Crest 1 (213) 471-2518 2400-N-8-1 F crest | | 5- Last Chance 1 (219) 762-8411 2400-E-7-1 F | | 6- Killer 1 (214) 827-1994 1200-E-7-1 F | | 7- System A (direct) 9600-N-8-1 F tty12 | | 8- 1200-E-7-1 F | | 9- 1200-E-7-1 F | | 10- 1200-E-7-1 F | | | | ==> _ R Revise M Manual Dialing Entry to Dial | | P LD Codes D Delete Entry <cr> Scroll Down | | up/dn Page L Print Entries ESC Exit | | | | LD Codes Active: @ # | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ The fields of the dialing directory are: o+ Name. The name of the remote system. o+ Number. The telephone number to the remote system. NOTE: The "(", ")", "-", and space character are for just for looks, they don't get sent to the modem. o+ Line settings. The communications settings to be used when dialing that entry. The range of values are: Baud Parity Data bits Stop bits 300 N - none 7 1 1200 E - even 8 2 2400 O - odd 4800 9600 19200 o+ Duplex. The duplex mode. Either "F" for full or "H" for half. o+ Index. The string to be used to select this entry with the "-f" command line option. This field is also used to specify a particular tty for the entry. NOTE: On all hard-wired ports, the index field must be set to the name of the port. For example, if tty12 is a hard-wired port to "System A", then the dialing directory entry for "System A" would have "tty12" in the index field. The commands at the dialing directory prompt are: R) Revise (or add) a dialing directory entry or long distance dialing code. Prompts you to save the changes to disk. P) Print (display) the long distance dialing codes. up/dn) Scroll the dialing directory up or down 10 lines. Use the up and down arrow keys to access this feature. M) Manual dial. Prompts you for a phone number rather than using a number already in the dialing directory. D) Delete an entry or a range of entries. Prompts you to save the changes to disk. L) Print. Send the dialing directory to the printer or a file of your choice. 1-100) Entry number. Dial the phone for that entry number. NOTE: To access the port directly without dialing (perhaps to send the dial codes yourself), select an empty entry or enter a single space character at the manual dial option. <cr> Carriage return. Scroll the dialing directory down one line. 4.2 Redial The redial feature is a misnomer, it really is a queuing system that allows pcomm to dial several numbers in a cycle until one of them answers. When you invoke the redial command with ^A-R, you are prompted for a list of dialing directory numbers. (You may also prepend a long distance code to the entry number). +-- Redial Queue --------------------------------------------------+ | | | Directory Entry Number(s): _ | | | | (CR for previous numbers) | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ To redial the previous number, press a carriage return alone at the prompt. 4.3 Keyboard macros. Keyboard macros are not supported at this time. 4.4 Line settings. The line settings menu is invoked by ^A-P. A typical line settings menu would look like this: +-----------------------------------------------+ | Line Settings | |-----------------------------------------------| | | | Current Settings: 1200,E,7,1 | | | | 1) 300,E,7,1 7) 300,N,8,1 | | 2) 1200,E,7,1 8) 1200,N,8,1 | | 3) 2400,E,7,1 9) 2400,N,8,1 | | 4) 4800,E,7,1 10) 4800,N,8,1 | | 5) 9600,E,7,1 11) 9600,N,8,1 | | 6) 19200,E,7,1 12) 19200,N,8,1 | | | | Parity Data Bits Stop Bits | | 13) Odd 14) 7 bits 16) 1 bit | | 15) 8 bits 17) 2 bits | | | | 18) Save Changes YOUR CHOICE: _ | | | +------------- Press ESC to return -------------+ After dialing a remote, the line settings in the dialing directory entry are automatically used. Therefore the line settings menu is used to adjust the values or to select the default parameters. You can make the current setting the default by selecting the "Save Changes" option. The current settings are also displayed in the status line. NOTE: During file transfers, certain parameters (namely the data bits and parity) will be temporarily promoted. 4.5 Exit pcomm To exit pcomm, you'd type ^A-X. 4.6 Unix gateway. To temporarily suspend pcomm and spawn a Unix shell, you'd type ^A-4. To return to pcomm, you'd exit the shell normally, typically with "^D" or "exit". 5. UTILITY FUNCTIONS The following commands perform secondary functions. 5.1 Program information To display the opening information screen, you'd type ^A-I. Press any key to return to the terminal mode. 5.2 Setup screen The setup screens are described in detail in section 3 of this manual. 5.3 Change directory To change the current working directory while still inside pcomm, you'd type ^A-B. A screen similar to the following would appear: +-- Change directory -------------------------------------------+ | | | Current directory: /usr/egray | | New directory: _ | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Abbrievations known to the shell are acceptable, for example the "~" character would be translated to the home directory in the csh or ksh shell. 5.4 Clear screen. To clear the local screen and home the cursor, you'd type ^A-C. NOTE: The remote system may not "know" the screen has been cleared, and may make assumptions about the screen that are incorrect. 5.5 Toggle Duplex. The ^A-E command changes the duplex mode from FULL to HALF, or from HALF to FULL. The status line shows the current settings. 5.6 Hangup the phone. To hangup the phone, you'd type ^A-H. The word "disconnecting" will briefly show in the status line. NOTE: The hangup string is sent to the modem and then the DTR is dropped on the line. 5.7 Printer logging. The ^A-L command toggles the printer logging on or off. The current settings are displayed in the status line. NOTE: Since all printing goes to the normal Unix print spool program, the characters will not print on the printer as they appear on the screen. The printing will actually begin when the printer logging is turned *off* and the complete print job is sent to the spool. 5.8 Toggle CR - CR/LF. The ^A-3 command toggles the incoming line termination characters between CR and CR/LF. The status line show the current settings (in the next to the last field). 5.9 Break. A ^A-7 sends a modem break to the remote system. The word "break" is (very) briefly displayed on the status line. NOTE: This not the same as the break key on the keyboard (we don't want to send a break to the local system, we want to sent it to the *remote*). 6. FILE FUNCTIONS One of the most important features of a telecommunication program is the ability to transfer files. The following file transfer protocols are implemented at this time: protocol packet error multiple name size detection files? --------- -------- ------------ ----- xmodem 128 checksum/CRC no xmodem-1k 128/1024 checksum/CRC no modem7 128 checksum yes*1 ymodem 128/1024 CRC yes*2 ymodem-g 128/1024 none*3 yes ASCII none none no Notes: 1 CP/M style file name 2 MSDOS style file name and file size 3 Not needed! 6.1 Send files. To send a file to the remote, you'd first instruct the remote system to receive the file, then type ^A-"up arrow". The following screen would appear: +----- Upload -----+ | | | 1) xmodem | | 2) xmodem-1k | | 3) modem7 | | 4) ymodem | | 5) ymodem-g | | 6) ASCII | | | | | | | | ESC to Abort | | | | Protocol: _ | +------------------+ You'd then select the type of protocol at the prompt, and another window similar to this would appear: +-- Send xmodem ------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | Enter filename: _ | | | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Now you'd type in the file name or names you'd like to send. Wildcards known to the shell are acceptable. Now the file transfer actually begins. A status screen similar to the following is displayed during the transfer: +-------------- Uploading --------------+ | | | Protocol: xmodem | | File name: main.c | | File size: 4420 | | Error check method: CRC | | Est transfer time: 0:00:50 | | Block count: 5 | | Percent complete: 11.2% | | Bytes transferred: 640 | | Errors this block: 0 | | Total error count: 0 | | Last message: NONE | | | +---------- Press ESC to abort ---------+ As the transfer progresses, the "block count", "percent complete", and "bytes transferred" fields will be continuously updated. If errors occur the "errors this block" and "total error count" fields will be updated and the "last message" field will contain a message about the error. At the end of the transfer, pcomm will beep and return to the terminal mode. If an error occurred and the transfer was aborted, you will be prompted to acknowledge the error by pressing a key before returning to the terminal mode. 6.2 Receive files To receive a file (or group of files) from a remote system, you'd instruct the remote system first, then type ^A-"down arrow". Receiving a file is basically the same as sending a file. NOTE: Some systems do not pad the end of the file with control-Z's and therefore files might grow in length when received. NOTE: Due to a technical limitation of pcomm, characters received during an ASCII download will not reappear on the screen when you return to the terminal mode. 6.3 Directory To obtain a listing of a directory on the local system while still running pcomm, you'd type ^A-F. The following screen would appear: +-- List Directory ---------------------------------------------+ | | | Current directory: /usr/egray | | File spec (wildcards allowed): _ | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Abbrievations know to the shell are valid. NOTE: Since we're really doing a popen() to the "ls" command, additional command line options are also valid. 6.4 Screen dump To dump the contents of the current screen (minus any windows showing) you'd type ^A-G. The contents of the screen are written to the file specified in the general setup for this purpose. If the file already exists, the screen contents are appended to the file. The message "screen dump" will briefly appear in the status line. 6.5 Start Data log To start the data logging, or change the file used for data logging, you'd type ^A-1. The following screen would appear: +-- Start Data Logging -----------------------------------------+ | | | Default log file: pcomm.log | | New log file: _ | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ To keep the default file, just press a carriage return at the prompt, otherwise, enter a new file name. The status of the logging is shown in the status line. 6.6 Toggle Logging To temporarily suspend data logging or to start it again without being prompted for the file name, you'd type ^A-2. The status lines shows the current settings. 7. DIALING WINDOW While pcomm is dialing another system, a screen similar to the following is shown: +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | D I A L I N G W I N D O W | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | System name: C Board | | Pass number: 1 | | Elapse time this try: 4 | | Time at start of dial: 14:53:36 | | Time at start of this try: 14:53:37 | | Connect delay time: 35 | | Pause between tries: 5 | | Index/tty: | | Result of last try: | | | | SPACE: Recycle DEL: Remove from queue E: Change delay times | | | +------------------------ Press ESC to abort ------------------------+ The options available during the dialing are: SPACE) Press the space bar to stop the dialing of the current entry and go on to the next entry in the queue. If there is only one entry in the queue, then that number is immediately redialed. DEL) Press the DEL key to remove the current number from the queue. E) Press the letter "E" to change the connect delay time, or the pause between retries. You will be prompted to save the changes to disk. echo shar: "36 control characters may be missing from 'Doc'"