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Brainex Door System
General Help
MOVING AROUND
=============
Use your mouse or arrow keys to move to the desired selection.
If you have selected DONE, hit ENTER to exit and save setup data.
Hit ESC for a quick exit from The Door Manager - no data saved!
MAIN MENU
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Configure Your BBS Node Settings
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Total Nodes:
Enter the total number of nodes for BBS. Single node
systems enter 1. You can use PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN keys
to view settings for other nodes.
System Serial Number:
Enter your Brainex Door Manager Registration number. Brainex doors
will work in DEMO mode if you have not registered the door manager.
BBS Name:
Enter the name of your BBS as you would like it to appear to callers.
Upper/Lower case sensitive.
BBS Type:
Use the spacebar or mouse buttons to toggle supported BBS types.
Notice: Use GAP BBS type only if you run GAP BBS.
If your BBS is not listed, but uses DOOR.SYS as its door data file,
select GENERIC.
Sysop:
Enter the sysop's name.
BBS Version:
Enter the version number of your BBS.
Data File:
Enter the name of your BBS door data file if different from the one
automatically selected.
Path to Data:
The is the complete DRIVE\DIRECTORY\FILENAME for the door data file
for the node listed.
Comport:
Toggle the comport for this node using mouse buttons or spacebar.
Comports 1-4 and FOSSIL ports 1-16 are supported.
Baud:
Toggle the baud rate for this node using mouse buttons or spacebar.
If you do not use a locked com port, select AUTO. Normally you would
set this to match your BBS's comport baud rate.
Locked Port:
Toggle the locked or unlocked baud for this node using mouse buttons or
spacebar. If you selected AUTO baud, then this setting should be NO LOCK.
If you use a high speed modem (9600 baud and above) you should set this
to LOCKED and you should also be sure your BBS is using a locked comport.
Base Address: (NOT USED when FOSSIL is ON.)
If you wish to use a non-standard com port, type the com port base
address for this node.
IRQ: (NOT USED when FOSSIL is ON.)
Toggle the IRQ for this node using mouse buttons or spacebar.
RIP/ANSI detect:
Set to YES and Brainex doors will automatically detect if the caller
is using ANSI or RIP graphics. If you use GAP BBS, set to NO. GAP
will detect RIP, and put a flag in the DOOR.SYS file. This let's
Brainex Doors know the caller is using RIP, and will save time when
a door runs.
FOSSIL
If this node uses a FOSSIL driver set this to YES. Brainex Doors DO NOT
require the use of a FOSSIL. FOSSIL drivers are used by some BBSes
that run with a DIGIBOARD or other non-standard comport device.
CTS/RTS
If you use a LOCKED comport setting, this should be set to YES.
CTS/RTS hardware flow control will prevent the remote modem's buffer
from overflowing, causing the caller to see garbage or partial screens.
Node Number:
Use spacebar or mouse buttons to toggle the node number. You may then
view or edit the information for the node.
Install or Modify a Brainex Door
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Use the arrow keys or mouse to the desired door. Hit enter, then
answer the setup questions for the door. Move to the DONE box when
you are finished.
Add or Edit External File Transfer Protocols
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Certain Brainex doors require the program DSZ.EXE, DSZ.COM, GSZ.EXE,
HSLINK.EXE, or other external file transfer programs. Enter the
DRIVE\DIRECTORY where the batch files for your external file
transfer program are located. Usually this is your BRAINEX default
directory. Enter a letter for each protocol. This letter will
be part of the options menu shown to the callers. Enter the protocol
name, and the batch file name. When finished, move to the DONE box,
then hit enter. Usually, you do not need to change these settings.
Add or Edit CDROM information
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For use with ROMBRAIN and REQUEST programs.
If you want to use more than one CDROM disk, you will need to enter
information for each disk. Place the first disk into your CDROM
drive.
CDROM Drive:
Enter the drive letter. Enter 0 only if this CDROM disk
will *never* be available as an online disk. The disk volume label
will appear in the Volume/Label box.
Disk Title:
Enter the name of the CDROM, this is what callers will see on the
Rombrain Main Menu.
Path to RomBrain Filebase:
Enter the DRIVE\DIRECTORY for the filebase base for this disk. This is
the location of the CDTYPE files. You can download them from the Brainex
BBS, or create them with the COMPILE program. Before you use COMPILE,
enter the information for each CDROM disk.
Disk Volume/Label:
Be sure the cd-rom disk is in the drive, then hit ENTER.
The label will be read. If the label can't be read or there is no
label, Brainex will create its own label.
Access Level to View Directory:
Enter the user level that may view the directory of the disk.
Access Level to Download Files:
Enter the user level that may download files from this disk.
CD Type Letter:
Use mouse buttons or plus/minus (+ -) keys to toggle CDROM types.
If you are unsure of the type, it's the letter included in the filebase's
filenames after the "_" character.
CDTYPE_D.1 would be type D, as the D follows the "_" character.
To add another CD, use mouse or arrow keys to move to the DISK NUMBER
box, then use mouse buttons or plus/minus (+ -) keys to select the
next disk number. The list of Disks will appear to the callers in the
order they appear in the setup.
If any information is left blank, the CD information will NOT be saved.
You may delete a CDROM disk record entry by selecting DELETE.
Move to the DONE box, then hit ENTER when you are finished.
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Brainset Startup Command line options:
SOUND OFF
SOUND ON
TITLE OFF
TITLE ON
COLOR OFF (Monochrome Mode - Not compatible with all video cards!)
COLOR ON ^^^
Example:
BRAINSET COLOR OFF SOUND OFF
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Files created and/or used by Brainex:
BRAINEX.INI
(created and updated by BRAINSET.EXE)
Setup information is saved to the BRAINEX.INI file. This is a
plain text file. All Brainex doors share this file. You may edit this
file with any ascii text editor if you wish.
BRAINEX.HLP
This file
BRAINEX.DAT
Script file for door setup information.
MONEY.DAT
Callers money data for Brainex Casino doors.
BRAINEX.KEY
If this file is present, the musical title sequence will not be shown.
Overide with TITLE ON command.
REQUEST.DAT
Offline file request information for RomBrain/Request doors.
COMMENT
(Sysop created)
Text file used to replace comments in ZIP files.
Used by File Brain, RomBrain, Request doors.
BXLIST.COM
Used to read this help file.
Other files may be created by Brainex doors, and will be written to
the Brainex default directory.
USING DSZ AND HS-LINK WITH NON-STANDARD COM PORTS
=================================================
All Brainex doors share the same DSZ batch files. Comport settings
(IRQ, PORT, BASE) are passed to the batch files by the doors when they
shell to DSZ. If you have a comport that uses a non-standard IRQ or
ADDRESS, Brainex Doors will pass the parameters as needed.
DESQVIEW TIPS
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If you get errors using Desqview, try these settings:
Set OPTMIZE COMMUNICATIONS to YES
If you use a 486:
Set USE MATH COPROCESSOR to YES
PROBLEMS
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Most problems occur when there is not enough RAM to run the door.
Make sure your BBS can SWAP to EMS or DISK, and not SHELL. SHELL will
leave a large portion of the BBS code in RAM, and usually not leave enough
for the door.
Make sure you use the correct drop file for your BBS (DOOR.SYS, DORINFO.DEF,
etc.). Example, do NOT use GAP BBS type for DOOR.SYS if you do not run
GAP BBS, select GEN as the BBS type for GENERIC DOOR.SYS.
If callers see garbage or incomplete screens, but everything looks fine on
local screen, this usually means you have not synchronized the comport
settings of your BBS and the door. If you have locked the BBS at 19,200
baud, be sure you do the same for the door. Select 19200 for the baud, and
LOCKED for the lock setting.
You can easily view or change door settings by editing the BRAINEX.INI
file with any ASCII text editor.
[end of help]