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Setting the Parameters
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Menus
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There are basically 4 menus available to you before a
connection is made; 1) Communications Configuration Menu, 2)
Communications Selection Menu, 3) Communications Parameters
Menu, and 4) The Kermit Parameters Menu.
The first menu lets you set information about your system
and the modem. The second is a list of the phone numbers
you have available, while the third is information about
each of the phone number records in your database. The
fourth is attached to each phone number record, and contains
information about how the Kermit file transfer protocol will
work with that record.
Using BitCom menus is like filling in forms. You will be
shown a group of "blanks" called fields. You would then
select an option for a field, or type in a value. There are
basically four types of fields in BitCom menus. They are:
STRING In this field type, you may enter a string of
characters. The right and left arrow keys move
the cursor right and left. Also, the following
keys will function in a string field.
<INS> Turns ON/OFF the insert mode. Characters typed
will be inserted at the current position when
INSERT is turned on.
<--- The backspace key will delete one character to the
left of the cursor position, and shift the string
one position to the left.
<DEL> Will delete the character at the cursor position,
and shift the string one position to the left.
<HOME> Will move the cursor to the first position in the
current field.
<END> Will move the cursor to one position past the last
non-blank character position in the current field.
SELECT In this field type, the only valid keys to press
are the left and right arrow keys, which will
select the previous or next field value.
SELNUM This field type is similar to the SELECT field
type, except the only valid keys to press are "1"
to "9" and "0".
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KEY Here you would press <ESC>, and then press any
function keys, or combination of Control or
Alternate keys with number or letter keys. The
field will be assigned the value of the key that
is pressed. In other words, in this type of
field, you can reassign the key functions.
Communications Configuration Menu
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The Communication Configuration Menu tells BitCom about your
system, modem and information available to the entire
program all the time, rather than specific information about
a phone number or record.
From the BitCom Main Menu, choose 3) Change Configuration.
The BitCom Communications Configuration Menu will appear.
Keys Available
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To change any of the parameters on this menu, you will use
the following keys:
<F1> Show This Help Page
<F2> Return to Main Menu
Up Arrow Move Cursor to Previous Field
Down Arrow Move Cursor to Next Field
Right Arrow Move Cursor Right, or Select
Next Field Value
Left Arrow Move Cursor Left, or Select Previous
Field Value
Note that these keys are shown on the screen in the key
definition explanation in the lower left corner of the
screen.
Before you make any changes to the BitCom Communications
Configuration Menu, we suggest that you read your modem
manual to find out about various necessary commands and
parameters which need to be set. If you are using a Hayes
or compatible modem, the parameters on this screen will
already be set for you. You should, however, check to be
sure that the ports shown are the ones that you are using.
In the BitCom Communications Configuration Menu, the
following fields are shown.
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MNP Dial Command
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This is a STRING field type. This is the command sent to
the modem, before dialing the phone number, that will enable
the MNP protocol if it is available on your modem. Check
your modem manual for details on this.
The MNP Dial Command will be used instead of the Dial Prefix
(explained below) if you have an MNP modem and the phone
number is selected as MNP.
Dial Prefix
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This is a STRING field type. This is the string which will
be sent to the modem before the phone number. For example,
ATDT is the dialing command that will instruct the modem to
dial using touch tone commands. If your modem has the
capability to adjust the speaker volume by use of software,
you may want to enter:
ATE1V1L3DT to turn the volume to maximum
ATE1V1L0DT to turn off the volume
To change from touch tone dialing to pulse (rotary) dialing,
you would enter the string:
ATE1V1L3DP or simply ATE1V1DP
Note that E1 tells the modem to echo commands to the screen.
The V1 tells the modem to display result codes in a verbal
form. The default setting for BitCom is:
ATE1V1X2DT
Since not all modems support all commands, check your modem
manual to see which commands are supported by the modem you
are using. Make sure that these commands are given in upper
case letters. If you enter an invalid prefix (one that your
modem does not recognize), the modem will display "ERROR" on
the screen when you try to dial.
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Dial Suffix
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This field is also a STRING field type. You will enter a
string here which will be sent to the modem after the phone
number. Normally, you would want to send a Carriage Return
code (hex 0D) to the modem after dialing the number. To
enter a hex code, simply enter a dollar sign ($) followed by
xx, where xx is a hex digit. For example, enter: