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; KERMIT HELP FILE
;
; A few conventions:
; [1] Line Starting with ";" in column 1 (i.e. the character sequence
; '\n';) is considered a comment line.
; [2] This file may be "segmented" into the following groups:
; '^\' is a "File" separator. This is not currently support, but
; in the future, multiple message files will be maintained
; on a single file.
; '^]' is a "Group" separator. This is used to separate help
; levels. For instance, ROOT level help is separated from
; SET level help by this code.
; '^C' is a "Sub-section" separator. This code is used to sub-
; divide a group. A sub-section is selected interactively
; via the Enquire feature, where the operator enters a digit
; between 1 and n.
; '^_' is a "Unit" separator. This code is used to page the help.
; When this symbol is encountered, the help will pause until
; the RETURN key is struct.
; '^E' requests (numeric) input from the keyboard. This code is
; used to request a subsection, where each sub-section is
; separated by a '^C'.
;
;
; This help file was constructed using PMATE. This text editor has
; certain useful features, such as the ability to insert special char-
; acters, which facilitated the process. It is recommended that this
; editor be used for any future modifications. PMATE is available as
; part of the MS-DOS Programmer's Tool Kit, vol. 1.
;
KERMIT HELP
Select one of the following topics by entering the associated index:
1 Kermit Overview
2 File Transfer
3 Soft keys
Select topic:
KERMIT Overview HELP
Kermit provides three modes of operation:
[1] Terminal Emulation: This mode enables one to communicate with the host
as if we were a terminal. We are currently in this mode
[2] File Transfer: This mode enables one to transfer files to, or from the
host.
[3] Setup: This mode enables one to reset parameters of operation, such as
baud rate.
This version of Kermit differs in two ways from the standard version.
Firstly it 'Comes up' in terminal mode, rather than having to be explicitly
'Connected' and disconnected. Secondly, it uses softkeys.
KERMIT File Transfer HELP
In the file transfer mode of operation, KERMIT transfers source files to or
from the host system. Prior to sending or receiving files the user should
adjust any of the required communications parameters, such as baud rate.
During transmision if we are unable to transmit or receive from the host
KERMIT will continue looping waiting for a response. Every (about) 10 seconds
KERMIT will scan the keyboard and beep. All keys are ignored except for the
RETURN key, and the DEL key.
If the RETURN key was struck, KERMIT will retry the transmision. If the DEL
key was struck, the file transfer will be aborted.
KERMIT File Transfer HELP
During transmision the following screen will be displayed:
Transmision Statistics
Send Receive Accumulated Data
Message Type: Transmision State:
Message Number: Number of Messages:
Data Length: Number of Characters:
The information on the left is associated with each message transfered with
the information displayed under the Send or Receive colum, which ever is
appropriate. Information displayed under the Accumulated Data column
applied to the entire file transfer.
Message Type: Describes the type of message (see KERMIT manual)
Message Number: Modulo 64 message identifier
Data Length: Number of character of data in the package
Transmision State: R-receiving data; S-sending data; W-waiting for data
Number of Message: Number of messages processed
Number of Characters: Number of characters pf data processed
KERMIT Soft Keys HELP
The function keys have the following meanings:
pEXIT q Used to return control back to the local operating system
pSEND q Used to initiate a file transfer to the host.
pRECEIVEq Used to initiate a file transfer from the host
pSET q Used to reset parameters of operation
pSHOW q Used to display current settings of parameters
pTRACE q Used to display the last 256 message transactions
pHELP q This message
pEXEC q Used to execute a MS-DOS command - Not implemented
SET HELP
Set enables one to reset the parameters of operation of Kermit. The
procedure is to select the parameter to be reset via the appropriate softkey.
You will be prompted for more information as it is required. When all the
desired parameters have been reset, hit the p RETURN q softkey to return the
the main menu. The softkeys are:
pBAUD q This key is used to modify the baud rate.
pECHO q This key is used to turn on/off local echoing of keys
pWARNINGq This key is used to enable/disable file warnings. A file warning
is issued if the host sends a file with the same name as one locally.
pPARAMS.q This key enables one to modify certain parameters
pRETURN q This key returns control to the main menu
pHELP q This message
YES/NO HELP
This menu enables the operator to set an option/parameter ON (yes) or OFF (no).
pYES q This key is used to turn on or activate an option
pNO q This key is used to turn off or deactivate an option
ECHO HELP
If ECHO is turned on (i.e. YES) then all characters typed in at the keyboard
are echoed to the screen. If echo is off, then characters typed are not
echoed.
Generally, echo should be off, since the host computer will return the
characters sent to it (i.e. Full duplex).
pYES q This key is used to turn on or activate the echo option
pNO q This key is used to turn off or deactivate echoing
pRETURNq This key is used to return without changing the state
WARN HELP
If WARN is turned on (i.e.YES), then when a file is RECEIVED from the host a
check is made to ensure that no files exist locally with the same name. If
such a name is used locally, the operator is warned of this situation, and
thus has the option of renaming the incomming file, or overwritting the old
file.
pYES q This key is used to turn on or activate the warn option
pNO q This key is used to turn off or deactivate warnings
pRETURNq This key is used to return without changing the state
BAUD HELP
This allows one to select the baud rate ( the transmision speed of data ).
The baud rate is selected by stricking the appropriate softkey.
TRACE HELP
The trace buffer maintains a list of the last 255 transactions between the
local and the host systems. Two columns of data are displayed, titled local
and host. The column labled local list messages eminating from your Victor
while the column labeled host lists those messages sent from the connected
computer.
Transactions are listed starting with that one most resently dispatched end-
ing with that most historical one (upto 255 transactions ago).
The following softkeys are available:
pPAGE q This key is used to print the next 10 transactions
pNEXT q This key is used to print the next transaction
pPREV q This key is used to print the previous transaction
pRETURNq This key is used to return to the main menu
GET CHARACTER HELP
Enter the character to be subsistuted as the parameters. Some characters can
not be entered in there character form. In these cases striking the pNUMERICq
key allows one to enter the decimal representation of the character.
pENTER q This key is used to confirm/entre the character entered
pNUMERICq This key is used to enter the decimal representation of a char-
acter. This is especially useful for entering characters suchas ^C
or ^@.
pHELP q This key is used to display help (what you are currently reading)