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- Interfacing Labtest with PCBoard 15.x
-
- PCBoard is among the simplest systems to interface Labtest with, due
- largely to the design of PCBoard. Included in the PCBOARD.ZIP file you
- will find a batch file called PCBTEST.BAT. This batch file will be
- executed by PCBoard when the user uploads a file. This batch file must be
- copied to the PCBoard system directory. (Be sure to edit the batch file
- and modify the path to Labtest to suite your system).
-
- To configure Labtest for use with PCBoard, you must select PCBoard 15.x as
- your system type in BBS Interface -> System Type. LTSetup will set some
- parameters for the file descriptions for you (specifically the description
- continuation character and description indent column). You must also
- specify the path to your DIR.LST file in BBS Interface -> File Cfg Path.
- Labtest uses this file to locate your DIRxxx file to perform an update.
-
- If you wish to have Labtest write messages to the user concerning the file,
- you must define a message conference number, path, and message base type.
- You will also define an area for the sysop messages as well.
-
- When you setup your message conferences in LTSetup, the message conference
- number is not used, however, it must be set to a non- zero value. If the
- conference number is zero, this will disable the writing of messages.
-
- When Labtest runs online, after a user's upload, it will do all normal
- processing, and report the results via the PCBTEST.BAT file.
-
- If the file contains a FILE_ID.DIZ or a DESC.SDI file, Labtest will write
- the contents to the file that PCBoard creates automatically when it
- executes the PCBTEST.BAT. PCBoard will automatically import this file into
- the file list if it has been changed. Additionally, Labtest will
- automatically update the DIR file.
-
- When Labtest is run, it first checks the DIR.LST file to match the path
- specified on the command line with one of the paths in the DIR.LST. This
- is the way Labtest determines which DIRxxx file to update, and where it
- resides. You must specify the PATH to your DIR.LST file in BBS Interface
- -> File Cfg path. If Labtest cannot find a matching directory in the
- DIR.LST, it will creat a DIR file in the same path as the processed file.
-
- Please forward your observations and recommendations on better support of
- PCBoard. Since the author does not run PCBoard, it is difficult to
- determine how best to serve your needs.
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