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Additional Information for adapting USRSTATS to Maximus:
Most of the information you need is in the USRSTATS.BAT and USRSTATS.MEC
files. You have to use the DisplayFile command in your MENUS.CTL to
call the compiled USRSTATS.MEC. It will take care of telling the caller
what is going on, and it will call USRSTATS.BAT via an [Extern_Dos].
The parameters for the USRSTAT.EXE program let you designate your port
(COM1=0, COM2=1, etc), and, very important, the character that will let
the program get the attention of the modem and return it to command mode
(the modem's S2 setting - 043 by default, but it would be wise to change
it to another character, like a Bell (007) for BBS operation). The last
parameter is optional; if omitted, the modem stats will be written in
USRSTAT.DAT; to use another name, include a file name after the other
two parameters (with a path if you wish).
Technical note: the program does not let you control the length of time
to wait after the Escape sequence has been sent to the modem. It is a
good idea not to set S12 to a value greater than about 60, or the
pogram may not give the modem enough time to go to command mode.
Also note that USRSTAT.EXE will *only* work if a Fossil with a Locked
Baud Rate is running.
The documentation that goes with the formatting program (USRSTAT2) and
the way to interface to PCBOARD are all in the original ZIP file. The
USRSTATS.BAT file calls USRSTAT2 in "command mode", so all the options
described in the USRSTATS.DOC file for "command mode operation" may be
used in USRSTATS.BAT. The file USRSTATS.PPE is not needed for interfacing
to Maximus.