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- Setup hints for BGFAX with US Robotics V.34 modem and Binkley/2 12-13-95
- B.J. Guillot
- FidoNet 1:106/400 InterNet: bjg90783@jetson.uh.edu
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- NOTE: THIS SETUP FILE IS FOR THE *OS/2* VERSION OF BINKLEY
-
- The following is the important parts of the BINKLEY.CFG file...
-
- Port 1
- Baud 115200 ; useless when used with SIO locked port
- AutoBaud ; useless when used with SIO locked port
- DtrHigh ; see notes
- Carrier 80 ; my guess is that this is not used in SIO
- PreInit |v``^``ATZ|~AT+FCLASS=2\.0|~
- Init AT+FAA=1;+FLI="713\ 555\ 1212";+FNR=1,1,1,1|
- PreDial `
- Prefix AT+FCLASS=0;DT
- Answer ATA|
- ;FaxInDir NOT_USED ; must be COMMENTED OUT for BGFAX to work!!!
- ;ModemFax NOT_USED ; comment out...useless when used with BGFAX
- ;FaxBaud NOT_USED ; comment out...useless when used with BGFAX
- ExtrnMail 123 +FCO
- Extern spawn
-
- Miscellaneous notes about BINKLEY.CFG...
-
- 1. I am NOT using any of those "ModemIgnore", "ModemFailure", etc.
- 2. I did NOT make any modifications to the BINKLEY.EVT file
- 3. The "123" number I choose in the "ExtrnMail" verb above is just a
- dummy number. Since we are spawning to EXTMAIL.CMD, the number
- itself does not make any difference
- 4. The "\" character used in the PreInit and Init strings allow
- Binkley to "escape" the following character, e.g., \. sends a
- period. If we did not put a "\.", Binkley would convert the
- period to a comma, and we do not want that.
- 5. The dial Prefix "AT+FCLASS=0;DT" instead of just "ATDT" is to make
- sure the modem is in data mode (+FCLASS=0) when making outgoing
- calls.
- 6. Regarding the "DtrHigh"... When I first put this file together, I
- could not get fax to work without this verb set. Bob Juge said
- it was not necessary, so I tried it again, and now it works without
- the verb being set. I do not know why I could not get it working
- without it originally.
- 7. It is recommended that you use SIO's PMLM (Poor Man Line Monitor)
- to verify that Binkley is correctly initializing the modem when
- it first starts. Binkley will NOT report modem initialization
- errors and this makes finding errors almost impossible.
-
- It is NORMAL to see the ARQ/FAX light blink when Binkley is running when
- using this configuration. If it does NOT blink, something is wrong.
-
- The other important file we must create is EXTMAIL.CMD, which will reside
- in the Binkley directory.
-
- EXTMAIL.CMD
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- @c:\bgfax\bgfax2 /fco:4 c:\bgfax h%3 z
- *** or ***
- @c:\bgfax\bgfax2 /fco:4 c:\faxworks h%3 f
-
- Miscellaneous notes about EXTMAIL.CMD...
-
- 1. This file contains just the one line.
- 2. The first one makes BGFAX save faxes in ZyXEL's ZFAX format ("z")
- 3. The second one makes BGFAX save faxes in Faxwork's format ("f")
- Faxworks is the fax utility that comes with OS/2 Warp's bonus pack.
- 4. The "h%3" just tells BGFAX to use the com port HANDLE as provided
- by Binkley during the spawn. DON'T CHANGE IT.
- 5. Since we are using a USR (Class 2.0) modem, we do not have to worry
- about all that port lock-unlock garbage. You should NOT need to use
- the SU utility for anything.
- 6. You might have to make changes to the "/fco:4" parameter depending upon
- how fast or slow your machine is. The /fco:4 requires a pretty fast
- machine (my 486dx4/100 seems to work okay with it). On slower machines,
- you might want to try a /fco:0 or /fco:2
-
- Just so that we are on the same wave length, I tested this using...
- BT32.EXE, 328512 bytes, dated 2-22-95
-
- If Binkley/2 is working correctly, your BINKLEY.LOG will show an entry
- like this...
-
- + 13 Dec 00:05:22 BINK begin, BinkleyTerm-OS/2 Ver. 2.59 -IBMC/2
- # 13 Dec 00:05:31 BINK Ring
- # 13 Dec 00:05:38 BINK +Fco
- : 13 Dec 00:05:39 BINK Spawning external mailer
- : 13 Dec 00:06:00 BINK Returned from external mailer
- * 13 Dec 00:06:04 BINK Seconds: 31 Tariff: 0 Fee: 0 System: FAX
- : 13 Dec 00:06:04 BINK Exit after receiving mail with errorlevel 20
- + 13 Dec 00:06:04 BINK end, BinkleyTerm-OS/2 Ver. 2.59 -IBMC/2
-
- Notice that after the fax is received, Binkley will go ahead and exit
- with the errorlevel defined by E2= in the BINKLEY.EVT file after BGFAX/2
- releases control back to Bink. Again, this happens AFTER the BGFAX
- transfer has already happened.
-
- And the BGFAX.LOG should look something like this...
-
- ──────── 12-13-95 150d/2 C:\BGFAX\BGFAX2.EXE /fco:4 c:\bgfax h3 z
- 00:05:40 Port H3, Initial DTE 115200
- 00:05:40 f=[+FTI:" 713 893 9124"]
- 00:05:40 Remote Identity [713 893 9124]
- 00:05:40 f=[+FCS:0,3,0,2,0,0,0,0]
- 00:05:40 c2dcsf [0,3,0,2,0,0,0,0] Low Res, 9600, 1D-MH, 0 ms/sl
- 00:05:40 f=[OK]
- 00:05:40 ->[AT+FDR]
- 00:05:40 Sending +FDR
- 00:05:40 f=[AT+FDR]
- 00:05:42 f=[+FCS:0,3,0,2,0,0,0,0]
- 00:05:42 c2dcsf [0,3,0,2,0,0,0,0] Low Res, 9600, 1D-MH, 0 ms/sl
- 00:05:44 f=[CONNECT]
- 00:05:51 page [#1] size [7815] cps [1200] lines [399]
- 00:05:51 Extra Bytes; BOP=0, EOP=85
- 00:05:51 f=[+FPS:1,404,0,0,0]
- 00:05:51 Page transfer status [+FPS:1,404,0,0,0]
- 00:05:52 f=[+FET:2]
- 00:05:52 f=[OK]
- 00:05:52 ->[AT+FDR]
- 00:05:52 Sending +FDR
- 00:05:52 f=[AT+FDR]
- 00:05:55 f=[+FHS:00]
- 00:05:55 call termination status code [00]
- 00:05:55 Successful fax reception
- 00:05:55 All pages received
- 00:05:55 Fax saved [C:\BGFAX\FAX1167.FAX]
- 00:05:55 size [7831] pages [1] lines [399] elapsed time [00:15]
- 00:05:55 Successful fax reception
- 00:05:58 a=[OK]
- 00:05:59 ->[ATH0]
- 00:05:59 i=[ATH0]
- 00:05:59 i=[OK]
- 00:05:59 ->[AT+FCLASS=0]
- 00:05:59 i=[AT+FCLASS=0]
- 00:05:59 i=[OK]
- 00:06:00 ->[ATZ]
- 00:06:00 i=[ATZ]
- 00:06:00 i=[OK]
- 00:06:00 Shutdown
-
- Regards,
- B.J. Guillot
- bgfax author
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