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Voice B.J. Guillot Data/Fax
+1 713.893.9320 2611 Rushwood Circle +1 713.893.9124
Houston Texas 77067-1941
United States of America
Copyright (C) 1993-1996 B.J. Guillot. All Rights Reserved.
FidoNet 1:106/400 E-mail: bjg90783@jetson.uh.edu
Echo "BGFAX" on Fido Backbone http://www.blkbox.com/~bgfax/
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BGFAX 1.60 SAT 22 JUNE 96
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"It wasn't a miracle... We just decided to go."
-- Tom Hanks, playing Jim Lovell in APOLLO 13,
referring to the Apollo 11 moon landing.
"...Humans and aliens wrapped in two million, five hundred
thousand tons of spinning metal, all alone in the night..."
-- Commander Sinclair. BABYLON 5.
"The Babylon project was our last, best hope for peace. IT FAILED.
In the year of the Shadow War, it became something greater.
Our last, best hope for victory."
-- Commander Susan Ivanova. BABYLON 5.
"Let's make sure history never forgets the name: ENTERPRISE."
-- Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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ABSTRACT/FEATURES
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* Can send faxes from the DOS (or OS/2) command line and return
status by errorlevel; fully configurable top of page headers
* Allows sysops to receives faxes on their BBS telephone line
without needing any additional hardware!
* Everything runs in the foreground, no TSR programs needed
* If you are already running a Fido mailer, you can configure
your mailer to exit and run BGFAX when the line is hot, thus
BGFAX does not necessarily have to answer the phone itself
* Comes with a small and quick fax viewing program that supports
CGA, EGA, VGA, and VESA SVGA display modes as well as options
for fax printing and FAX-to-PCX (and DCX) conversion; it even
can use XMS!
[ See VIEW.DOC for more information ]
* Multitasker aware; releases ticks to OS/2, Win95, and DesqView
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OBTAINING THE LATEST VERSION OF BGFAX:
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Where can I check to find out if I have the latest version?
(a) http://www.blkbox.com/~bgfax
(b) Calling my BBS in the United States, +1 713-893-9124
(c) FidoNet FREQ of the magic name "BGFAX" from 1:106/400
(Beta copies are available under magic name "BGBETA")
(d) FidoNet FREQ... The Netherlands... 2:512/39
The Owl's Nest is the Dutch Supra distributor and they
have three nodes:
+31 0.2155.10921 +31 0.2155.12571 +31 0.2155.28096
(e) FidoNet FREQ... Austraila... 3:632/552
Hamish Moffatt, Cloud Nine, +61 03.886.5195
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IF YOU ARE TRYING TO RECEIVE FAXES ON YOUR BBS.....
The *.TXT files provide step-by-step setup instructions for most
mailers and BBS software. You probably will NOT have to read the
rest of this documentation file!
If you spend more than 30 minutes trying to setup BGFAX then you
are doing something wrong. The *.TXT files will provide you with
the best info for many setups. The *.TXT files are designed so
that you can pick which one fits your configuration, print it out,
follow the instructions, and be set up in 10 minutes.
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#########################################################################
## RECEIVE FAX MODE ##
#########################################################################
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/HOST MODE In this mode, BGFAX answers the phone!
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If you want BGFAX to answer the phone, BGFAX is started up using
the /HOST command line parameter. Things to do.....
1. Make sure the BGFAX.CNF file is in the same directory as the
BGFAX.EXE file. If it is not, you will need to use the BGFAX
"environment variable" to point to the directory that the CNF
file stays in (i.e., "SET BGFAX=C:\BGFAX" in FBBS.BAT)
2. Open the BGFAX.CNF configuration file with a text editor
(such as QEdit, DOS's EDIT.EXE, PC Magazine's TED.COM), and
make any changes you see fit. The important thing to do is
make sure the right com port is set. For many people, this
is the only thing that needs to be changed. The BGFAX.CNF
file defaults to using a standard Class 2 adaptive answering
configuration. If you are using a US Robotics (Class 2.0)
or Hayes (Class 1) modem, you will need to "uncomment" the
lines for your modem, and then "comment out" the lines for
the default Class 2 configuration. My recommendation: PRINT
OUT A COPY OF THE BGFAX.CNF FILE AND STUDY IT FOR A FEW
MINUTES! THIS WILL HELP YOU IN THE LONG RUN!
3. BGFAX can exit with five possible errorlevels in /HOST mode
6 - /HOST:nn mode has been idle for more than nn minutes
4 - fax was received (completely or partially)
3 - local logon
2 - data call
1 - restart the FBBS.BAT batch file
If no errorlevel is encountered, it means the sysop aborted
BGFAX by pressing the [Esc] key or a serious error occurred.
Actually, BGFAX can exit with several errorlevels if you setup
events. Events are specified in the BGFAX.CNF file (see the
example file included). Example:
ev=07:00,192
ev=19:00,193
That would cause BGFAX to exit with errorlevel 192 at 7:00am
and errorlevel 193 at 7:00pm. BGFAX's event handling is very
crude, and I very much need to change it. The event handling
still has several bugs that need to be fixed. It works best if
you use a total of two events. One event doesn't work very
well, and if you use more (up to 20 are allowed), you can miss
an event or two if a caller to your BBS overstays their visit.
BGFAX will always execute the first event that is passed over,
but won't do any more. And, if you only have one event setup,
it will not execute that one if it is missed. But it will, if
you set up two events. You can probably tell I hate events.
If anyone has some ideas on how to keep track of events and
execute the ones that are missed, etc., I'd appreciate it.
4. When BGFAX is waiting for a call, pressing Ctrl-R will reset
the on screen counters. Ctrl-A will force BGFAX to send the
answer string to the modem. (Some customers need to have BGFAX
answer the phone as soon as i