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_____ ____ ___ ___ ___ ___ _ _ _ _ _______ ____ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _____ ____ _ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ _______ ____ _ ___ C O M M U N I Q U É Version 1.00 USER DOCUMENTATION FIRST DRAFT by adam blake and Intelware Software (c) Copyright 1992. All Rights Reserved. C O N T E N T S ─────────────── INTRODUCTION About Communiqué...............................................1 Features.......................................................2 Copyright and Licensing........................................3 International Support Sites....................................4 CHAPTER 1: Getting Started Computer Requirements..........................................5 Installing Communiqué..........................................5 Commandline Options............................................7 CHAPTER 2: The Status Bar and Main Menu Whats On The Status Bar........................................8 The Main Menu..................................................9 CHAPTER 3: The Communiqué Pull Down Menu About.........................................................10 License.......................................................10 Register......................................................10 CHAPTER 4: The File Pull Down Menu Download......................................................11 Upload........................................................12 Transfer protocols..........................................12 Selecting a protocol........................................14 Load Macros...................................................14 Save Macros...................................................14 Load Script...................................................14 DOS Shell.....................................................14 Quit..........................................................15 CHAPTER 5: The Modem Pull Down Menu BaudRate......................................................16 Data Bits.....................................................16 Stop Bits.....................................................16 Parity........................................................16 Com Port......................................................16 Word Wrap.....................................................17 Line Feeds....................................................17 Local Echo....................................................17 Emulation.....................................................17 Translation...................................................18 Auto Z-Modem..................................................18 Avatar........................................................18 IEMSI.........................................................18 IEMSI Profile.................................................18 CHAPTER 6: The Utilities Pull Down Menu Capture.......................................................19 Printer.......................................................19 Chat Mode.....................................................19 Dial..........................................................19 Disconnect....................................................21 Scroll Buffer.................................................21 Timers........................................................22 Clear Screen..................................................22 Send Break....................................................22 Type Ahead....................................................22 Status Bar....................................................22 Raw Mode......................................................22 CHAPTER 7: The Setup Pull Down Menu Screen and Colour.............................................23 Modem and Dialing.............................................23 Paths and Filenames...........................................25 Terminal Defaults.............................................26 IEMSI Profiles................................................27 External Protocols............................................29 Communication Ports...........................................29 Printer Setup.................................................30 General Options...............................................30 Keyboard Macros...............................................30 Translation Tables............................................31 Save Configuration............................................31 APPENDIX A: Communiqué Quick Command Reference...................33 APPENDIX B: Communiqué Trouble Shooting Guide....................34 APPENDIX C: IBM PC ASCII Character Set...........................35 APPENDIX D: Standard RS-232 Cable Wiring.........................37 GLOSSARY.........................................................38 INDEX............................................................39 Communiqué Reference Manual I N T R O D U C T I O N ─────────────────────── Communiqué started out in early 1991 as a little experiment, I never expected to become interested in writing a proper computer terminal package to compete with those already available on the market. But it happened, I fiddled and tried new tricks and then wrote a simple terminal package then kept adding features, showing my friends, and after a while I thought, well why not give it a go. At this time there was no stand alone terminal package that supported the new IEMSI standard and very little or none to support the new AVATAR level 0+ graphics standard that was appearing on BBS's at the time. It took me a long time to actually design the finished menu structure, a lot of coding and recoding to try different ideas, but eventually I got it right. I always knew from the beginning how the menu structure should look like, that it should have a pop up menu bar with pull down menus, something that was very friendly to the user, with help on each item, and something that was quite asthetic to look at. As time went on I changed and added many things, and in amoungst all this I left Perth, Australia to go on a round the world trip to visit friends, a bit of a holiday on the doctors orders. Well now I have ended up in Luxembourg where I am living and working full time on this programme and a few other smaller ones, I do not know what my future living plans are, but I think I will stay in Europe. As for Communiqué, I have big plans, this is the first release of many and there are many more features to come. As for now I would like to say thank you to the following people, all this would not have happened without the kind and unselfish help from these people (and this is in no particular order): Andrew Milner, Ezra van Dort, Fred Horner, Mick Howland, Steve Richardson, Franz Muller, Luc Engelmann, Terry Harvey, Barry Phillips, John Barton, Andrew Russell, Peter Janssens, Rudy Labordus, James Berry, Scott's Bar and Pub (Luxembourg) and everyone there, Portacom (Western Australia) and Sharp Corporation, my family, and lastly, but DEFINITELY NOT leastly, all my beta testers. Thanks a lot everyone. I would also like to thank Steve Richardson again for writing the majority of this manual, thanks once again Steve. I hope you enjoy using Communiqué as I have enjoyed designing and programming it. Best Regards Adam Blake Author - PAGE 1 - Communiqué Users Manual Features of Communiqué version 1.00 ─────────────────────────────────── The following is a small list detailing what you can expect from Communiqué. It is by no means comprehensive and complete but it will give you an idea of the sort of features that Communiqué packs. * Pop up and pull down menus - The main menu is not displayed until you press a command key, the main menu pops up with all other menus being pull down. * Infinite dialling directory size - The size of the telephone directory is unlimited, you can add as many entries as you want. * Full IEMSI support - Communiqué supports IEMSI, Interactive Electronic Interchange, for fast logons to computer systems supporting this protocol. * Full AVATAR 0+ support * ANSI/VT52/VT102 terminal support * Type Ahead Buffer * Supports speeds up to 115200 baud * Supports 4 fully configurable com ports * Fully multi-tasker aware * Auto-detects multi-tasker * Timer and 4 Alarms * Auto-detects screen write method required: DOS/Direct * Full mouse support throughout And lots more..... - PAGE 2 - Communiqué Users Manual Copyright and License ───────────────────── Communiqué is copyright by Adam Blake and Intelware, 1991.Communiqué is freely copyable and may be distributed in it'soriginal archive freely. Any attempts to change the contentsof any files within the archive will be considered a breech ofcopyright. Neither Adam Blake, nor Intelware or any of its distributors, may be held liable for any damage caused by the use of Communiqué. Although, the software has been thoroughly tested against such an occurrence, it is not guaranteed that damage will not be caused, for the variety of independent events which may effect any software guarantee. The following products and names mentioned in this manual are the copyrighted material and or trademarks of their creators and respective companies: Communiqué Adam Blake & Intelware Software RemoteAccess Andrew Milner & Continental Software QuickBBS The QuickBBS Group EMSI and IEMSI Joaquim Horighausen and Advanced Engineering MS-DOS MicroSoft Inc. PC-DOS IBM Inc. Z-Modem Chuck Forsberg and Omen Technology Doorway Marshall Dudley - PAGE 3 - Communiqué Users Manual International Support Sites ─────────────────────────── Communiqué has a network of international support sites for you to contact if you are having problems, this service is for registered and unregistered users alike, though our registered users will always get priority support as they are the people who have helped make this product. If you have not yet registered you may do so at one of these sites. USA and Canada: Steve Richardson TopSoft Software 3503 Trail Ridge Road Louisville, Ky 40241 BBS Support: (502) 425-9941 (9600/V32) (502) 425-9942 (14,400/HST/V32b) Australia : Terry Harvey The Eagles P.O. Box 593 Burwood, NSW 2134 BBS Support: +61-2-745-3190 (V32/PEP) +61-2-745-3057 (PEP) +61-2-745-3500 (RingDown 2400) FAX Support: +61-2-744-8555 Europe : Peter Janssens Patersstraat 48 5801 AV Venray The Netherlands BBS Support: +31-4780-12428 (HST/V32b) UK : Barry Phillips Compass!! BBS P.O. Box 21 ORMSKIRK Lancs L39 3QW BBS Support: +44-695-571117 (HST/V32b) +44-695-571118 (HST/V32) Asia : Andrew Russell D1-1-6 R.S.G.C. View Desa Pandan Jalan Kampong Pandan 55100 Kuala Lumpar Malaysa BBS Support: +60-3-242-3220 (PEP/V32) FAX Support: +60-3-985-8454 - PAGE 4 - Communiqué Users Manual CHAPTER ONE: Getting Started ──────────────────────────── Communiqué was designed with a user friendly interface for ease of use that both new computer users and professionals alike will enjoy to use. This philosophy has not discluded the installation procedure for Communiqué, which is a simple matter of running Communiqué and letting it do all the work. When you run Communiqué for the first time it will not find any of the setup data files it needs, so it will create new ones with the it's own preprogrammed default settings. So when you run Communiqué for the first time a little error window will pop up each time it cannot find the setup file it needs, telling you that it is creating a new setup file using it's default settings. Before you begin to install Communiqué you should know what your computer needs to run Communiqué. The requirements are very moderate and practically any IBM compatible computer can run Communiqué. Computer Requirements ───────────────────── * An IBM PC or 100% Compatible Computer * A Floppy Disk Drive (Hard Disk Drive Recommended) * Any Modem * 256kb of Random Access Memory (RAM) * Microsoft Compatible Mouse (Optional) * MS/PC-DOS 2.00 or Higher. Installing Communiqué ───────────────────── As we mentioned above, the installation process for Communiqué has been designed for complete simplicity, the process will take only a few seconds from beginning to end. If you are reading this document we can safely say that you have already unpacked the archive which this came in, so we will start from this point. Communiqué is best run from it's own directory, although you can safely run Communiqué from a directory containing other programmes. For simplicity we will install Communiqué in it's own directory. - PAGE 5 - Communiqué Users Manual - Step 1: Create a directory into which to place Communiqué, we will use the directory name "TERM". Type: MD \Term - Step 2: You now have to enter that directory. Type: CD \Term - Step 3: Now we can copy all the Communiqué files into this directory from wherever they are now. We will assume that you have this file and all others on the floppy disk drive A:. Type: COPY A:*.* - Step 4: Now all the files have been copied into this directory, you are almost ready. If you do a lot of uploading and downloading from other computer systems you may want to create separate upload/download directories. Type: MD Upload MD Download - Step 5: You are now ready to run Communiqué, to do so simply type: COMMUNIQ If you have a monochrome monitor (Black & White) you can add a parameter to tell Communiqué to use monochrome colours, type: COMMUNIQ - Step 6: Each time Communiqué cannot find a data file that it needs it will create a new one with it's own default settings. Files that it will look for when it starts up are: SETUP.CDF, IEMSI.CDF and PROTOCOL.CDF. Each time it creates one of these files it will display a window telling you what it is doing and when it has finished it will ask you to press a key to continue. - PAGE 6 - Communiqué Users Manual Commandline Options ─────────────────── Communiqué has a number of commandline options which can be added to the commandline when you run Communiqué, ie. "Communiq /M". To get a complete description of the commandline options type "Communiq ?". Listed below is each of the commandline parameters and a description of what each one does. /M....Force monochrome mode * /D+...Enable direct screen writes * /D-...Disable direct screen writes * /C+...Enable CGA screen snow checking * /C-...Disable CGA screen snow checking * * Options marked with this are all normally automatically detected and there should be no reason for you to have to use these. These options are provided for thoroughness which may be needed with slightly incompatible hardware. To run Communiqué in the fastest modes possible you should try "Communiq /D+ /C-". This enables direct screen writes which is the fastest method of writing to the screen and it disables any snow checking that may be performed on CGA type screens. - PAGE 7 - Communiqué Users Manual CHAPTER TWO: The Status Bar and Main Menu ───────────────────────────────────────── THE STATUS BAR ────────────── Communiqué has been designed to give you the maximum screen size for your communications but at the same time supply as much information as possible. Communiqué's status bar is located on the bottom of the screen, on the very last line of the screen. On the status bar you will find such important information as the current communications port, baud rate etc. Explained below is what each item that appears or may appear on the status line is: Alt-H for Help--Com1: 2400,8,N,1--ANSI--AVATAR--IEMSI--CAP--PRN--COM 1) The Alt-H for help is just a simple reminder telling you that help is available by hitting Alt-H, this will pop up the main menu. 2) "Com1" tells you what communications port you are currently using, connected to your modem or serial cable. The com ports that you can use range from Com1 to Com4. 3) Directly after that is your set modem speed, data bits, parity, and stop bits. For the average user who calls bulletin board systems, it will be 2400,8,N,1. The baud rate can be one of many settings, and is selected by pressing ALT-B. The data bit setting can be either 7 or 8, the parity setting can be either N for None, O for Odd or E for Even. The stop bits is either 0, 1, or 2. 4) After that your current terminal emulations are listed. In the above example, both ANSI and AVATAR are on. ANSI is the standard terminal emulation used by most bulletin board systems, but Avatar is currently picking up in its popularity as it is faster at lower speeds than ANSI (2400 on down). Many systems use a mixture of ANSI and AVATAR so Communiqué allows you to have AVATAR on with all other emulations. Other emulations are TTY, VT52, VT100 and AVATAR by itself. 5) The next part of the status line is used for displaying the status of certain features such as "IEMSI" for Interactive EMSI (See the section further on detailing this), "CAP" to tell you that capture is on and "PRN" to notify you that printer echo is currently turned on. One other bit of information may appear here, "RAW" tells you that Communiqué is in RAW keyboard mode which is switched on and off with the Scroll Lock key. RAW mode sends ALL keyboard codes to the modem, Communiqué does not bother checking the codes and therefore while in RAW mode you cannot enter the menu system. - PAGE 8 - Communiqué Users Manual 6) The last thing listed on the status line is your online status. If you are currently online to another system Communiqué will put a "COM" on the end of the status line telling you so. You can also see how long you have been online by pressing ALT-V this displays the Timer and Alarm window which has the Online Timer and Current Time plus Timer and Alarm times. THE MAIN MENU ───────────── After entering Communiqué, by pressing Alt-H, or a mouse button, for help the "main menu" will appear. From the main menu you can branch off into the following menus: 1) Communiqué menu 2) File menu 3) Modem menu 4) Utility menu 5) Setup menu From those menus, you can use and take advantage of many of Communiqué's powerful features. For additional information on each menu, please refer to the appropriate chapter on each menu. Each of the above menu items can be selected by moving the hilight bar with the cursor keys then pressing RETURN once the hilight is over the desired item or by pressing the hilighted character in the menu item name in this case "C" for Communiqué, "F" for File, "M" for Modem, "U" for Utility or "S" for Setup. Pressing ESC from here will return you to the main work screen and the menu will disappear. On top of this you may use the mouse to select these menu items, move the mouse cursor onto the item and press the left mouse button, or press the right button to return to the main work screen. - PAGE 9 - Communiqué Users Manual CHAPTER THREE: The Communiqué Pull Down Menu ──────────────────────────────────────────── This menu simply contains some basic information on Communiqué itself, information such as version and registration details. ABOUT ───── Communiqué's about screen explains a little bit about the current version of Communiqué you are using. It'll give you the version number, copyright notice, and if you have registered it will saythat it has been registered to "YOUR NAME". This window may alsocontain some special licensing information if your version of Communiqué is from a company which is a Communiqué license holder. LICENSE ─────── This screen explains your current license to use Communiqué, and includes a list of international support sites. Communiqué is distributed on a shareware basis, and registration is required after your evaluation period of 30 days (1 month). Your registration may be performed via any of the IntelWare international registration sites listed here, you can even use your credit cards. REGISTER ──────── This screen contains your registration name and Communiqué serial number. If you are using an unregistered version, you will not have a serial number, but will be required to purchase one after 30 days of usage. By registering you are supporting the shareware concept which allows the marketing of high-quality products such as Communiqué on an open market with lower costs. If you have registered and received you registration card it is here that you can type in the serial number on the registration card. Be careful to get all information exact, the name you type in must be your name as it is printed on the registration card. - PAGE 10 - Communiqué Users Manual CHAPTER FOUR: The File Pull Down Menu ───────────────────────────────────── The File menu contains the basic file operations of Communiqué. In here is: Download Upload Load Macros Save Macros Load Script DOS Shell Quit DOWNLOAD ──────── Downloading is the process which, with the machine that you have connected to, sends a file or files to your machine. When you download a file, you use something called a protocol which allows the two machines to talk or communicate in the same language and send/receive the file. An example of a protocol is X-Modem, which is available on most BBS's and computer systems. However, X-Modem is one of the slower protocols. The more modern and faster, more efficient protocol is Z-Modem. Communiqué contains the following comprehensive selection of internal protocols which are explained further on: X-Modem X-Modem 1k X-Modem 1k-G Y-Modem Y-Modem G Z-Modem In addition to your internal protocols, Communiqué has the ability to use external protocols at ease. For help in regards to installing external protocols, please refer to the section labled installing external protocols later on in this manual. To start a download, you must first be connected to a remote computer, or a bulletin board system. On the remote system you must first select what file or files you will be downloading and the transfer protocol. Any of the protocols mentioned above will work, but certain protocols have certain advantages. For help in selecting the transfer protocol, please see the section on transfer protocols. After selecting the files and transfer protocol, you must have the remote system start the transfer. After the remote system starts it's side of the transfer, you must then goto Communiqué's download selection, which can be brought up with an Alt-R, a page/down, or by hitting Alt-F to bring up the file menu, and then selecting the download option. After selecting the download option, you will then have to choose the transfer protocol. It is important that you choose the same protocol that you selected on the remote - PAGE 11 - Communiqué Users Manual computer, or otherwise the 2 machines will not communicate properly and will not exchange the file. After that Communiqué may or may not ask for the path and file name to be transfered. If your using a protocol that transfers the information automatically such as Y-Modem or Z-Modem, it won't be necessary. However, if your using a protocol such as X-Modem, you'll need to enter the information. After that, the file transfer should start and you'll start receiving your file(s). The time left for the transfer and other important information will pop up in an easy to read window for your convenience. After the transfer is completed, the downloaded file will be in the directory that you specified, and ready for use! UPLOAD ────── Uploading is the exact opposite process of downloading in which you send a file or files to the remote system. Uploading also uses transfer protocols and the process in which it works is very similar to downloading, but its going the other way. For your uploading, Communiqué also has the same protocols as listed above to do your transfer in addition to the ability to use external protocols. To start an upload, you must first be connected with your remote computer. After that, you will need to tell the remote computer that you will be uploading a file and select a transfer protocol. Depending on the type of system your connected to and protocol you are using, it may or may not ask for the filenames to upload. If it does ask, just simply supply it with the needed information. After that, you'll need to start the upload process on the remote computer. Once this is done all you have to do is select upload in Communiqué by using a Alt-T, page/up, or by choosing it from the file menu. After choosing upload, signify your transfer protocol, and the enter the full filenames of the files to be uploaded. After that, just hit enter and the file transfer should start. If you have problems with your uploading or downloading, refer to the section in the manual labled problems and solutions. Note when using some protocols for uploading, you will be allowed to use DOS wildcards, ie. "*.DOC" which will upload all xxxxxxxx.DOC files. TRANSFER PROTOCOLS ────────────────── Following is a detailed description of each of the internal protocols that Communiqué supports, use this to decide which protocol is best for your own purposes, this also depends of course on what protocols the remote computer system supports. - PAGE 12 - Communiqué Users Manual X-Modem - X-Modem is the one of the oldest protocols around, but is still commonly used today. X-Modem transfers files in blocks of 128 characters at a time. Error correction in X-Modem is done through a checksum, or a CRC depending on what your remote is using. In order for X-Modem to function properly, you will need a communications setup of 8,N,1, which means 8 data bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit. X-Modem 1k - This version of X-Modem works the same way as regular X-Modem, but the blocks are sent in 1024 byte blocks of data and therefore the transfer is faster because it does not have to send as many block headers and footers. X-Modem 1kG - This is yet another version of the original X-Modem, but was made for error-free connects such as those that you would get on a modem with error correction, or through a null modem cable. X-Modem 1kG has greater speed than regular X-Modem as it sends its blocks in 1024 byte blocks, but doesn't wait for the acknowledgment of each block. This protocol should only be used on error free connects, because if an error does come up, the transfer will automatically abort unlike regular X-Modem. To get an error correcting connection with your modem, you have to have MNP or V42(b) built into your modem, and be connected to another modem using the same error correction technique. Y-Modem - Y-Modem is very similar to X-Modem in many aspects, but is a "smarter" protocol. Unlike X-Modem, you can do batch transfers with Y-Modem which allows you to send multiple files in one session. Ymodem also keeps track of the file names, sizes, and dates, this means you do not have to tell the receiving computer the filename because it can find this information from the data sent be the transmitting computer. Depending on line conditions, Y-Modem may transfer in 128 or 1024 byte blocks. Y-Modem G - Y-Modem G is a variation of regular Ymodem, but it doesn't have error correction and operates like X-Modem 1kG. Because of its lack of error correction, higher transfer rates can be obtained on error-free connections, or through a null modem cable. As with X-Modem 1kG, if an error occurs in a Y-Modem G transfer, it likewise will abort. Z-Modem - Z-Modem is one of the most popular and advanced protocols that is widely used today. Like Y-Modem, it also allows for batch transfers where more than 1 file can be transfered at a time, and it is a "smart" protocol. As a "smart" protocol, it can detect the file names, file sizes, and dates without having to enter the information. Z-Modem is also excellent at correcting errors, and is great for use over packet switched networks. Communiqué also supports Auto-Zmodem, which allows automatic detection of a file transfer waiting to take place on the remote system, and automatically handles the transfer for you with no intervention. - PAGE 13 - Communiqué Users Manual SELECTING A PROTOCOL ──────────────────── As you can see, Communiqué has a nice selection of internal protocols for use, and the availability of external protocols. Because of this, the question of which one to use comes up. When the remote system has only one protocol available, you will obviously have to use that one. However, in most cases there are usually several available. As a general rule, Z-Modem is the best protocol to use in most circumstances, and when its available. If you have a clean telephone line with an error correcting connect, Y- Modem G would give you an even faster CPS (Characters Per Second) rate than Z-Modem. LOAD MACROS ─────────── The load macros command will allow you to load a previously created macro file containing macros that you have created and saved. If you are not familiar with macros, it is the ability to define certain keys as certain things or strings. For example, when you log onto bulletin board systems without IEMSI support, you may want to define a key to print your name on the screen. If you have previously saved macros, this command will allow you to bring them up. SAVE MACROS ─────────── If you define any macros in Communiqué in the setup area, you will more than likely want to save them for future use. The save macros command will allow you to do just that, and to bring them up in the future, all you have to do is use the load macros command. LOAD SCRIPT ─────────── This facility is not available for this version. DOS SHELL ───────── By using the DOS shell command, you can exit to dos and still leave the Communiqué program in memory. To return from a DOS shell, all you have to do is type EXIT, and you will be returned to Communiqué. By shelling to DOS, you can run programs and use other DOS commands at ease without leaving the actual Communiqué program. DOS shells can be done on-line or off-line, and can be very helpful at times. When in a dos shell, just make sure that you don't forget you are in the shell and go onto other things as your memory will be limited as long as Communiqué is still in memory. If you would like to have as much memory available as possible in a DOS shell then you can turn EMS support on in the SETUP/GENERAL menu. If you have no EMS memory Communiqué can swap itself to a disk file while you are in a shell, - PAGE 14 - Communiqué Users Manual when you return to Communiqué by typing "EXIT" then it will swap back into memory and delete the file, all settings will still remain, nothing will have changed while you are in the shell. QUIT ──── This command is very self-explanatory - it is here that you can exit Communiqué and return to DOS when you have finished. You canuse ALT- Q to do this without having to go to the pull down menu to quit. - PAGE 15 - Communiqué Users Manual CHAPTER FIVE: The Modem Pull Down Menu ────────────────────────────────────── BAUD RATE ───────── Here, in the easy to use modem pull-down menu, you can set the current baud rate of your modem. Communiqué will allow you to set the value at any valid rate between 300 baud to 115,200bps. For users of high-speed modems, the highest you'll most likely have it set at is 38,400. This command can also be brought up by using Alt-B. DATA BITS ───────── This selection lets you choose the number of data bits used in communicating with the remote modem. Data bits is the number of bits sent for a character, a byte, 8 bits means you can use the full 256 IBM ASCII characters, 7 bits is for normal keyboard ASCII characters, ie. the first 128. For all intents and purposes you would on al but 99% of the time use 8 data bits for the PC. STOP BITS ───────── This selection allows you to choose the number of stop bits used to signify the end of a data block. The term stop bit is misleading in that it actually represents a space of time in between each data block. Valid choices are 0, 1, or 2, the standard choice for todays hardware is 1 stop bit. PARITY ────── The parity selection on your menu will allow you to set your parity to none, even, or odd. Parity is a type of error checking for each data block, on computers and communications equipment today we generally do not use this at all but older equipment may use even or odd parity. COM PORT ──────── Here you can select the communications port that you will be using. Communiqué supports com ports 1-4. The communications port, of course, is the serial port that your modem or null modem type cable is connected to. This command can also be brought up by using an Alt-P. - PAGE 16 - Communiqué Users Manual WORD WRAP ───────── The word-wrap selection allows you to set whether you want word- wrapping in CHAT mode when the cursor reaches the right margin. Communiqué has a special chat mode built in that allows full screen or split screen chat mode for person to person conferencing whilst online. The IEMSI supported by Communiqué has the facility to drop you straight into chat mode if the remote end enters chat mode. LINE FEEDS ────────── This selection lets you turn your line feeds on or off. After you receive a line of characters from a remote system, there is usually a carriage return followed by a line feed character; However, if the line feed character is missing, which in with some software it is, the lines will overwrite each other, so if you find that lines are overwriting each other first try turning of Line Feeds. LOCAL ECHO ────────── Here you can turn your local echo on and off. When the local echo is on, all input is sent to the Com Port and Screen. However, when the local echo is off, all input will just go out the com port, and will not appear on your screen. Most remote systems that you will connect to are setup so that your local echo should be off, as they will take care of the echoing. But if you run into an incident where you are typing and can't see anything, try turning it on this will solve the problem. EMULATIONS ────────── Communiqué supports many of todays popular terminal emulations at their best. This selection will let you choose which emulation you would like to use. Communiqué supports TTY, ANSI, VT52, VT100, and AVATAR. As you can see, like the protocols, there are many to choose from. Below is a chart of the terminal emulations to help you with your choice: TTY - A TTY is basically a teletype terminal and displays all of the values that it receives, that is no translation is done on what is received as like other emulations, what the remote sends you get on your screen. ANSI - ANSI is an emulation that is defined by the American National Standards Institute, and is based on the ANSI.SYS driver that many MS-DOS systems use. ANSI is widely supported on MS-Dos Bulletin Board Systems, and is very colorful. VT52 - VT52 was developed by Digital Equipment Corporations (DEC), and is a very common terminal type very similar to ANSI with a few exceptions on keyboard control and a few more powerful screen commands. - PAGE 17 - Communiqué Users Manual VT100 - VT100, again developed by Digital Equipment, is a further enhancement on the VT-52 standard introduced by their VT-52 terminals. The VT-100/102 is still a very popular terminal used on many mainframe systems. AVATAR - Avatar is one of the newer terminal emulations, but is starting to gain a good deal of support and popularity now. Avatar is like ANSI in which it allows colorful graphics, but Avatar displays faster and is much more advanced, with more powerful screen control and manipulation commands. Communiqué is one of the few terminal programs that has proper support for the Avatar emulation. TRANSLATION ─────────── Here you can choose if you want to translate incoming/outgoing characters using the translation tables in Communiqué's setup. When this is turned on, you can have Communiqué change incoming or outgoing characters to other characters as you desire. AUTO-ZMODEM ─────────── This setting lets you enable or disable auto-zmodem downloads. As discussed earlier, auto-zmodem is the process in which Communiqué automatically detects and starts a zmodem download. In most cases, you will probably leave this value on, as its one of the easy to use, hands off features. AVATAR ────── Here you can select if you want Communiqué to translate avatar codes that may come in with other terminal emulation codes such as ANSI, as discussed above. IEMSI ───── This enables or disables IEMSI sessions. IEMSI is one of Communiqué's powerful features that allows users to automatically logon to bbs systems. IEMSI can be a very powerful tool, as its like a script file, but without the hassle and is easy to use. For a more complete description of IEMSI read the section Title IEMSI Profile in the Setup chapter. IEMSI Profile ───────────── Here you can select which IEMSI profile you will be using when you call an IEMSI system. The changing of profiles allows you to keep multiple profiles for different bbs systems and different needs. The profiles are setup in the Communiqué setup menu. - PAGE 18 - Communiqué Users Manual CHAPTER SIX: The Utilities Menu ─────────────────────────────── The Utilities menu is where some of Communiqué's more powerful features can be found, such things as the Dialling Directory, the Type Ahead Buffer, the Timers and Alarms, and the Scroll Back Buffer. CAPTURE ─────── The capture command allows you to copy all text that appears on the screen into a file for later use. Its like an ASCII download, as all information on the screen will be stored in the file. The capture command can be helpful in many ways from recording "chats" for later reference, to capturing important bits of information. When you turn Capture on you will be prompted for a filename, it will suggest the default filename which is setup in the SETUP/FILENAMES menu. PRINTER ─────── The printer command is like the capture command, but instead of being dumped to a file, everything that appears is printed to your printer. CHAT MODE ───────── When two users are connected with each other, or when Communiqué is engaged in an IEMSI session, Communiqué has a special chat mode for chatting. The chat mode allows full screen chat or regular split screen chat, and handles the necessary echoing for the chat mode to work. DIAL ──── When you hit Alt-D for dial, or enter the dialling directory, you will be presented with a colorful, easy to use, directory for storing and dialling your numbers. Already installed in the dialling directory are numbers to the various international Communiqué support sites. To dial a number that is listed in the dialling directory, just hit your enter or return key, and Communiqué will dial the number on your modem. In addition to just dialling numbers, you will also have the following choices: (M)anual (E)dit (V)iew (P)rint (A)dd (C)lear (G)oto (F)ind (N)ew - PAGE 19 - Communiqué Users Manual MANUAL ────── By selecting M for manual, you will be put into manual dial mode. From manual dial mode you can dial any number without having to list it in the dialling directory. When calling a manual number, Communiqué will use the general setup for operation. EDIT ──── The edit command will let you edit/add remote computer systems in your dialling directory. When you first go into Communiqué, there will be 120 dialling selections available. To add a computer or bbs number, just hit E and enter all of the information. It will ask you for a name, a telephone number, password (not required, but there as a reminder), and other essential modem and communications information as explained earlier in this manual. VIEW ──── The view command will let you view all of your information on one of the entries in your dialling directory. When you select view, an easy to read window will appear with that information. PRINT ───── This command is very similar to the VIEW command, but it will print your information to the printer opposed to the screen. ADD ─── After you run out of dialling directory choices to edit, this command will let you add another 60 entries. When you first start Communiqué, you are given 120 entries, which will be more than enough for most people. However, if its not enough, just use this command. You can add as many entries as you want, Communiqué can have an infinite number of entries. CLEAR ───── This command will let you delete or wipe out a specific entry. Suppose entry #15 is "Bills BBS", but they close down the BBS forever, which means you wouldn't be calling it again. If you need to wipe out an entry so it can be replaced with something else, just select C for clear. GOTO ──── The GOTO command is very helpful in large dialling directories. The command will allow you to goto a specific entry number. - PAGE 20 - Communiqué Users Manual FIND ──── The FIND command is also very helpful in a large directory. Just hit F for find, enter a keyword to search for, and Communiqué will search through its dialling directory for the entry that you are looking for. NEW ─── The new command is similar to the clear command, but it DELETES all of the entries in ALL of the directories. This command should be used with care. SPECIAL KEYS ──────────── As well as the normal Up/Down Arrows, PgUp/PgDn keys there are a few other keys that work as well. Of course as you know by now that all you have to dial is hit enter on the entry you want, but that is not all, you can tag delete and insert more entries. If you press the INS key you can insert and entry before the one where the hilight bar is, this means that all the entries after that are moved down one entry. Similarly the DEL key will delete the entry and the hilight bar and all entries after that one will come forward one to replace the deleted entry, it is slightly different in that aspect to the CLEAR command. Lastly you can tag entries with the SPACE BAR. The SPACE BAR toggles and entries tagging on or off, when you press return to dial Communiqué will dial all tagged entries in order. DISCONNECT ────────── When you are online, this command will force Communiqué to hang up. This command can easily be brought up with an Alt-X. To disconnect, depending on the setup in the MODEM setup menu, Communiqué will try lowering the DTR and if that fails it will send the disconnect string which again is in the MODEM setup menu for you to change if need be. SCROLL BUFFER ───────────── The Scroll Back buffer will let you go back and look at information that has already appeared and moved off of the screen. Depending on the size of the buffer you have specified in the GENERAL/SETUP menu you should have pages to go back through. If you see something that you would like to repeat just press RETURN and the text underneath the hilight bar will be send through the com port as if you typed it. - PAGE 21 - Communiqué Users Manual TIMERS ────── The TIMERS command is another one of Communiqué's unique features. It allows you to set up to 4 alarms and a timer to go off every x minutes. This can be helpful when your connected to a system and need to be notified that its a certain time and that a certain amount of time has passed (To watch those telephone bills!). CLEAR SCREEN ──────────── This command will let you clear and redraw the screen the screen, which can be helpful if some line noise has disrupted the whole screen. SEND BREAK ────────── This command will allow you to send a break code to the modem. The break code lasts a quarter of a second, just enough to let the remote modem know. TYPE AHEAD ────────── The type ahead command is yet another one of Communiqué's excellent, but unique features. Just as it suggests, it allows you to type ahead using Communiqué's advanced buffering. This can be very helpful on long distance connections, and can save you time and money. When you type ALT-A or select it from the menu, Communiqué will pop up a window in the middle of the screen, the window will spread all the way across. If you are chatting to someone else online and which to type while he is you can now do so. The window can be moved up and down in case the remote user starts typing under the window. STATUS BAR ────────── This command will toggle the status bar on and off. The status bar is the bar at the bottom of your screen that contains vital information as towards your current stats, sometimes however it is convenient to have the usage of the whole screen. RAW MODE ──────── This menu command will not actually do anything, but it is there to remind you that the Scroll-Lock key will toggle this on and off.This command will put you in and out of RAW mode. Raw mode is a special mode where all of the keys you press are sent to the modem as Communiqué see them, Communiqué does not attempt to trap these keys in RAW mode. RAW mode was developed for programmes such as DoorWay which allow you to use a remote computer as if it were right there in front of you. Please note that while you are in RAW mode you cannot enter the menu system as all that you type such as ALT-H is sent to the modem. - PAGE 22 - Communiqué Users Manual CHAPTER SEVEN: The Setup Pulldown Menu ────────────────────────────────────── Communiqué has a very comprehensive setup, it will not be nessersary for you to adjust very much of these settings, the most important would be the MODEM AND DIALLING setup and the PATHS AND FILENAMES setup, then maybe the SCREEN AND COLOUR setup for your own preference of the colour scheme and frames. SCREEN AND COLOUR ──────────────── From the screen and colour setup menu, you can change the colours of the screen to what ever you'd like, and change setting such as the screen size and framework. Here are the changeable colour items: Work screen Status bar Menu Menu border Menu hilight Menu characters Help bar Not only can you change colours, but you can also change the following: Screen size Default 25 lines 43 lines 50 lines Frame type As you can see, Communiqué's menus and colours are very configurable. MODEM AND DIALLING ────────────────── This section is another one of Communiqué's easy to use setup menus. Here you can edit and change your modem and dialling setup. If the default values for these selections do not work, you will need to refer to your modem manual for the necessary information and modem initialisation strings. Below is a list of choices/options that you may change: MODEM INIT STRING ───────────────── The modem Inititilisation string is the command that is first sent to your modem when entering Communiqué. The init string sets the values and options that you will be using in Communiqué. For the correct init string, please refer to your modem manual. - PAGE 23 - Communiqué Users Manual DIAL PREFIX ─────────── Communiqué gives you the option of using different dialling prefixes where you can send different dialling strings to your modem for different systems. If you have a dual modem such as the USR Dual Standard, this command will become very helpful. To dial HST systems you can have one dialling string, and for V32 systems, another sting. DIAL SUFFIX ─────────── The dialling suffix is similar to the prefix, but it's at the end of the dialling string. In most cases it'll just be a CR, which is just a "|" signifying a return carriage. DIAL CANCEL STRING ────────────────── This here is the string that Communiqué will send to the modem when you cancel in the middle of a dial. In most cases, it is also just a CR. DISCONNECT STRING ───────────────── This is the string that Communiqué will send to your modem when disconnecting. For the correct string, please refer to your modems documentation. LOWER DTR TO DISCONNECT ─────────────────────── This lets you toggle lower dtr to disconnect on/off. In most cases, this should be left on. TOGGLE DTR BEFORE DIALLING ───────────────────────── This selection will allow you to turn DTR on or off before dialling, this make sure that the modem is ready. HARDWARE FLOW CONTROL ───────────────────── Here you can turn hardware flow control on and off. The hardware flow control is CTS/RTS (Clear To Send/Ready To Send) flow control. This must be supported by your modem if you need flow control, this is available on most modems, especially those over 2400bps. Hardware flow control is preferable over software flow control. SOFTWARE FLOW CONTROL ───────────────────── If you do not use your hardware flow control, this will allow you to turn on software flow control. In most cases, all you will need is hardware flow control. DIALLING TIME ──────────── Here you can set the dialling time that Communiqué will allow before recycling. Please also make a note that there is an S - PAGE 24 - Communiqué Users Manual register in your modem that will also set a timeout time. If the S register is shorter, the modem will reset before that. So if you run into problems, you may want to make sure that the S register is set longer. PAUSE TIME BETWEEN DIALS ──────────────────────── If a system is busy or not answering when you first dial, Communiqué will keep redialling the number until you get through. After every dialling, Communiqué will pause for a set period of time. To set that time, just set it here. MAX REDIALS ─────────── The max redials selection will tell Communiqué how many times to re-dial a number before giving up. When a number is busy or not answering, Communiqué will attempt to redial it the number of times set here in an attempt to make a connection. If the value is set to zero Communiqué will continue redialling without a limit. INBOUND BUFFER ────────────── Here you can set the value of Communiqué's inbound buffer. The inbound buffer will buffer all data coming in over the modem for smooth communications. For slower modems it is advised to have this fairly high, for higher speed modems it is not so important. OUTBOUND BUFFER ─────────────── Here you can, likewise, set your outbound buffer. In most instances though, the outbound buffer will not be very big. AUTO DIAL ENTRY NUMBER ────────────────────── This unique option will let you set a directory entry to be automatically dialled upon starting Communiqué. If there is none just set this value to 0. Otherwise enter the entry number you would like to be dialled automatically. FILENAMES AND PATHS ─────────────────── Here you can set the filenames and paths you will be using in Communiqué. For it to function properly, it is important that this information is accurately set. SYSTEM PATH ─────────── This is the directory in which Communiqué is located. DOWNLOAD PATH ───────────── This is the path in which all downloaded files are automatically placed. - PAGE 25 - Communiqué Users Manual UPLOAD PATH ─────────── This is the path where Communiqué will search for the upload files by default. When you enter the filename to be uploaded this path is used as the default, but you can still edit it. DISK SWAP PATH ────────────── When Communiqué swaps out of memory to disk after failing to swap to EMS, this is where it will place the swap file. For best result set it to a RAM drive if you have one installed. DIALLING DIR FILENAME ──────────────────── This is where you can set the default filename of your dialling directory data file. If you need to use more than one dialling directory, you can set the different names here. DEFAULT CAPTURE FILENAME ──────────────────────── This is the default filename that Communiqué will use when you go into capture mode. All captured text will appear in this file. When you enter capture mode you have the option of changing this filename. AUTO LOADED MACRO FILENAME ────────────────────────── This is the filename of the macro file that will automatically be loaded when Communiqué starts up. AUTO LOADED SCRIPT FILENAME ─────────────────────────── Not available in this version. TERMINAL DEFAULTS ───────────────── Here you can set your terminal defaults that will be loaded when Communiqué loads. Over in the other menus there are options to change these selections, but they only stay valid while Communiqué is in memory. Here is where you can set the defaults and save them.Below is a list of terminal defaults that you can set: BAUD RATE (300-115,000) DATA BITS (7 or 8) STOP BITS (0,1 or 2) PARITY (Odd, Even, or None) COM PORT (1 thru 4) WORD WRAP (On/Off) LINE FEEDS (On/Off) LOCAL ECHO (On/Off) EMULATION (ANSI/TTY/VT52/VT100/AVATAR) PROTOCOL (Xmodem, Xmodem-1k, Xmodem-1k-G, Ymodem, Ymodem-G, or Zmodem) DESTRUCTIVE BACKSPACE (On/Off) TRANSLATION - PAGE 26 - Communiqué Users Manual TABLES (On/Off) AUTO ZMODEM (On/Off) AVATAR (On/Off) IEMSI (On/Off) PRINTER (On/Off) CAPTURE (On/Off) IEMSI PROFILES ────────────── Interactive EMSI, or Interactive Electronic Mail Standards Interchange as you may want to call it, is one of Communiqué's powerful and unique features. IEMSI gives you the ability to log onto IEMSI compatible BBS's at ease just like a script file, but quicker, better, and with much more flexibility. In this section, you can define your IEMSI profiles. An IEMSI profile is a set of information about your user account on a system that is automatically transfered through the IEMSI protocol when you log on. To use IEMSI, you must first define a profile. To define a profile, goto the menu labelled IEMSI profiles, hit enter, and then hit enter again on the profile that you would like to edit. When editing the profile, you must give the following information: PROFILE TITLE ───────────── This is just simply a title given to your profile, as many of them are available, this title is displayed when you are asked to select a profile, saves remember numbers. NAME ──── This is where you enter the name that you will be using as your account on the BBS. HANDLE ────── If the BBS supports handles, this is where you enter your handle. A handle is more or less a nickname that you may have for yourself, or a name by which you are more commonly known. PASSWORD ──────── This is where you enter your password for the specific profile. If you wish to use the password defined in the dialling directory for the entry of the bbs you are calling, leave this prompt blank. LOCATION ──────── This is where you enter the location that your calling from. For most systems, it's preferably the city and state your calling from. - PAGE 27 - Communiqué Users Manual VOICE TELEPHONE NUMBER ────────────────────── This voice telephone number or home telephone number for the records of the remote system. WORK TELEPHONE NUMBER ───────────────────── As with the voice telephone number, this is where you enter your work or modem telephone number for the remote systems records. HOTKEYS ─────── Here you can select if you want Hot-Keys enabled on the remote IEMSI compatible BBS system. However, some systems force Hot Keys, and if thats the case, your selection will be over-ridden. QUIET MODE ────────── Here you can toggle quiet mode on and off. Quiet mode prevents other users online from disturbing you with pages, messages, or chats. PAGE PAUSING ──────────── Here you indicate if you want page pausing. SCREEN CLEARING ─────────────── This option will let you toggle screen clearing on and off. DISPLAY NEWS ──────────── This is a option allows you to determine if you want to view the NEWS file on the remote BBS system. CHECK FOR NEW MAIL ────────────────── This options allows you request a mail check on logon to the remote BBS system. CHECK FOR NEW FILES ─────────────────── By enabling this option, the remote bbs will do a new files scan at logon for your convenience. This is a nice feature for cutting down connect time. FULL SCREEN EDITOR ────────────────── Here you can determine if you want to use the remote BBS's full screen message editor when entering a message on the remote system. - PAGE 28 - Communiqué Users Manual EXTERNAL PROTOCOLS ────────────────── This menu allows you to install external protocols, which are file transfer protocols developed by 3rd party authors. Some examples of external protocols would be Jmodem, Bimodem, Super-8k, and MPT. They are all protocols that are not supported on all systems, and to operate most of them, you must run the protocol program which in some cases is proprietary. To install an external protocol, you need to do the following: 1) First assign it a name where it asks for one 2) Set the status - Non-Active, Active, or Deleted 3) Set a selection key (the key that will bring it up) 4) Give the upload command line 5) Give the download common line The command lines for the different external protocols will vary from program to program, and you will need to refer to the documentation of the external protocol for a command line to use in the setup. Most of the time the command line consists of the file name, and then information such as the baud rate, comm port, whether its uploading or downloading, and a filepath. Communiqué offers the following parameters that may be entered on the commandline of the external protocol. These metacommands are replaced by the appropriate information at the time. External Protocol MetaCommands ────────────────────────────── *D - Full download path set in SETUP\PATHS AND FILENAMES. *U - Full upload path set in SETUP\PATHS AND FILENAMES. *S - Communiqué's system directory. *P - Serial port number (0..3). *C - Com port number (1..4). *B - Baudrate. *G - Prompt for a filename before shelling to the protocol. COMMUNICATIONS PORTS ──────────────────── If you are using a non-standard communications port, or one that has been changed from default, you may need to change some settings in this section. In most circumstances, you won't need to make any changes, unless you make equipment changes to your com port because of an equipment conflict. For each Com Port, you can change the following items: I/O Address Bios Vector Interrupt # The I/O Address is the hex IBM PC I/O address for the device, the BIOS Vector is the BIOS interrupt vector for the device and the Interrupt Number is the hardware generated interrupt number. - PAGE 29 - Communiqué Users Manual PRINTER SETUP ───────────── In the printer setup section, you can change several items to customise Communiqué to your printer. The following are selections that you can change: Printer Port (LPT1-4) Printer Init String (If any) Page Length Page Header Size Page Footer Size Please note that for the Printer Init String that Communiqué sends and ESC (ASCII character 27) to the printer before the initialisation string. GENERAL OPTIONS ─────────────── Communiqué also has several general options that can be changed or modified to give you a powerful customised setup. Below are the following general options that can be changed: Default Status Bar Alarm Bells Warning Bells Confirm Disconnects Delete Aborted Xfers Wait After File Xfer Ask for Com Port on startup Auto Capture in Chat Mode Use EMS Swapping for Shells Use Disk Swapping for Shells Capture - Strip Ansi Codes (On/Off) Capture - Strip Avatar Codes (On/Off) Scroll Buffer Size Each of these items has help on the help bar on the bottom of the screen, all are fairly self explanatory. KEYBOARD MACROS ─────────────── This section allows you to define macros to the SHIFT - Function Keys and the CONTROL - Function Keys in Communiqué. To edit one of these keys just press the key, ie. SHIFT - F1 to edit the SHIFT - F1 macro. The hilight bar on the bottom of the window lets you LOAD, SAVE or CLEAR the macros and QUIT to exit from this menu. The LOAD and SAVE commands are exactly the same as those in the FILE MENU, SAVE will save the contents of the macros above into a filename of your choice, load will allow you to load a previously defined macro set. CLEAR will clear all macros above so that you may start again. - PAGE 30 - Communiqué Users Manual There are a few other uses to the macro keys apart from the obvious like putting your name and password into them. Communiqué has a powerful feature where by pressing a macro key it can shell to DOS and run or perform some other task. To do this place a "@" at the beginning of the definition followed by the filename of the file you want to run, ie. "@C:\TOOLS\NU.EXE". Other special characters that have a special function in these macros are the "!" and "|". The "|" is a RETURN just like pressing carriage return, this is used throughout Communiqué as a return. The "!" will substitute itself for the currently defined password which is set in the dialling directory. If you have just called a BBS system with the dialling directory and in the BBS record in the dialling directory you have a password defined, Communiqué will take this password and substitute it here for the "!". If you genuinely need to use one of the characters in the text of the macro, simply type two of them, ie. "HELLO!!" will read "HELLO!" when printed out on the screen when used. TRANSLATION TABLES ────────────────── Here you can change your ingoing and outgoing translation tables. This chart contains every character in the ASCII set, and what its value is. If you need to re-define one of the values, just enter this menu and choose/edit the value you would like to change. SAVE CONFIGURATION ────────────────── This, the last option in the SETUP menu is one of the most important, this command will save the entire Communiqué setup apart from things such as IEMSI Profiles and Keyboard Macros. If you have made any changes to the setup you should immediately go to SAVE CONFIGURATION and save the new setup, Communiqué will not warn you if the setup has been changed on exit. - PAGE 31 - Communiqué Users Manual A P P E N D I X E S ─────────────────── - PAGE 32 - Communiqué Users Manual APPENDIX A: Communiqué Quick Command Reference ────────────────────────────────────────────── Standard ALT-Key Commands: ───────────────────────── ALT H.....Help ALT C.....Communiqué About Menu ALT F.....File Functions Menu ALT M.....Modem Menu ALT U.....Utilities Menu ALT S.....Setup Menu ALT G.....AVATAR Toggle ALT E.....Emulation ALT B.....Baudrate Select ALT I.....IEMSI Toggle ALT K.....Capture Toggle ALT Y.....Printer Toggle ALT O.....Chat Mode ALT =.....Scroll Back Buffer ALT L.....Clear Screen ALT Z.....Send Break Signal ALT C.....Com Port Select ALT -.....Status Bar Toggle ALT D.....Dialing Directory ALT V.....Timer and Alarms ALT X.....Disconnect ALT A.....Type Ahead Buffer ALT J.....DOS Shell ALT T.....Upload File ALT R.....Download File ALT Q.....Quit Useful ALT-Key-Key (Two Key) Commands: ───────────────────────────────────── ALT FL....Load Macros ALT FS....Save Macros ALT MD....Data Bits Select ALT MM....IEMSI Profile Select ALT MP....Parity Select ALT MS....Stop Bits Select - PAGE 33 - Communiqué Users Manual APPENDIX B: Troubleshooting ─────────────────────────── This section is to be completed by examples problems found during the GAMMA test phase. Problem: Communiqué doesn't work with a certain modem. Solution: Communiqué is set by default to use the Hayes 'AT' modem command set standard. There are some modems that are not Hayes compatible however, Communiqué allows you to change all strings sent to the modem, such as commands to dial, hang up, and to initialise the modem. To change all of these select MODEM AND DIALLING from the SETUP menu. Problem: Communiqué is losing characters at high speed. Solution: Try playing with things such as Snow Checking and Direct Screen Writes. Sometimes snow checking plays havoc with high speed emulations, you can make sure it is disabled by typing "/C-" run you run Communiqué. - PAGE 34 - Communiqué Users Manual APPENDIX C: IBM PC ASCII Character Set ────────────────────────────────────── The tables below list the complete ASCII character set for the IBM PC family of computers. The tables included the standard ASCII characters 0 to 127 and the extended ASCII characters 128 to 255. ┌────────────────────────┬────────────────────────┐ │ DEC HEX CTL CODE │ DEC HEX CTL CODE │ ├────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┤ │ 000 00 @ NUL │ 016 10 P DLE │ │ 001 01 A SOH │ 017 11 Q DC1 │ │ 002 02 B STX │ 018 12 R DC2 │ │ 003 03 C ETX │ 019 13 S DC3 │ │ 004 04 D EOT │ 020 14 T DC4 │ │ 005 05 E ENQ │ 021 15 U NAK │ │ 006 06 F ACK │ 022 16 V SYN │ │ 007 07 G BEL │ 023 17 W ETB │ │ 008 08 H BS │ 024 18 X CAN │ │ 009 09 I HT │ 025 19 Y EM │ │ 010 0A J LF │ 026 1A Z SUB │ │ 011 0B K VT │ 027 1B [ ESC │ │ 012 0C L FF │ 028 1C \ FS │ │ 013 0D M CR │ 029 1D ] GS │ │ 014 0E N SO │ 030 1E ^ RS │ │ 015 0F O SI │ 031 1F _ US │ └────────────────────────┴────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────────┬──────────────────┬──────────────────┐ │ DEC HEX CHAR │ DEC HEX CHAR │ DEC HEX CHAR │ ├──────────────────┼──────────────────┼──────────────────┤ │ 032 20 │ 055 37 7 │ 078 4E N │ │ 033 21 ! │ 056 38 8 │ 079 4F O │ │ 034 22 " │ 057 39 9 │ 080 50 P │ │ 035 23 # │ 058 3A : │ 081 51 Q │ │ 036 24 $ │ 059 3B ; │ 082 52 R │ │ 037 25 % │ 060 3C < │ 083 53 S │ │ 038 26 & │ 061 3D = │ 084 54 T │ │ 039 27 ' │ 062 3E > │ 085 55 U │ │ 040 28 ( │ 063 3F ? │ 086 56 V │ │ 041 29 ) │ 064 40 @ │ 087 57 W │ │ 042 2A * │ 065 41 A │ 088 58 X │ │ 043 2B + │ 066 42 B │ 089 59 Y │ │ 044 2C , │ 067 43 C │ 090 5A Z │ │ 045 2D - │ 068 44 D │ 091 5B [ │ │ 046 2E . │ 069 45 E │ 092 5C \ │ │ 047 2F / │ 070 46 F │ 093 5D ] │ │ 048 30 0 │ 071 47 G │ 094 5E ^ │ │ 049 31 1 │ 072 48 H │ 095 5F _ │ │ 050 32 2 │ 073 49 I │ 096 60 ` │ │ 051 33 3 │ 074 4A J │ 097 61 a │ │ 052 34 4 │ 075 4B K │ 098 62 b │ │ 053 35 5 │ 076 4C L │ 099 63 c │ │ 054 36 6 │ 077 4D M │ 100 64 d │ └──────────────────┴──────────────────┴──────────────────┘ - PAGE 35 - Communiqué Users Manual ┌──────────────────┬──────────────────┬──────────────────┐ │ DEC HEX CHAR │ DEC HEX CHAR │ DEC HEX CHAR │ ├──────────────────┼──────────────────┼──────────────────┤ │ 101 65 e │ 153 99 Ö │ 205 CD ═ │ │ 102 66 f │ 154 9A Ü │ 206 CE ╬ │ │ 103 67 g │ 155 9B ¢ │ 207 CF ╧ │ │ 104 68 h │ 156 9C £ │ 208 D0 ╨ │ │ 105 69 i │ 157 9D ¥ │ 209 D1 ╤ │ │ 106 6A j │ 158 9E ₧ │ 210 D2 ╥ │ │ 107 6B k │ 159 9F ƒ │ 211 D3 ╙ │ │ 108 6C l │ 160 A0 á │ 212 D4 ╘ │ │ 109 6D m │ 161 A1 ù │ 213 D5 ╒ │ │ 110 6E n │ 162 A2 ó │ 214 D6 ╓ │ │ 111 6F o │ 163 A3 ú │ 215 D7 ╫ │ │ 112 70 p │ 164 A4 ñ │ 216 D8 ╪ │ │ 113 71 q │ 165 A5 Ñ │ 217 D9 ┘ │ │ 114 72 r │ 166 A6 ª │ 218 DA ┌ │ │ 115 73 s │ 167 A7 º │ 219 DB █ │ │ 116 74 t │ 168 A8 ¿ │ 220 DC ▄ │ │ 117 75 u │ 169 A9 ⌐ │ 221 DD ▌ │ │ 118 76 v │ 170 AA ¬ │ 222 DE ▐ │ │ 119 77 w │ 171 AB ½ │ 223 DF ▀ │ │ 120 78 x │ 172 AC ¼ │ 224 E0 α │ │ 121 79 y │ 173 AD ¡ │ 225 E1 ß │ │ 122 7A z │ 174 AE « │ 226 E2 Γ │ │ 123 7B { │ 175 AF » │ 227 E3 π │ │ 124 7C | │ 176 B0 ░ │ 228 E4 Σ │ │ 125 7D } │ 177 B1 ▒ │ 229 E5 σ │ │ 126 7E ~ │ 178 B2 ▓ │ 230 E6 µ │ │ 127 7F │ 179 B3 │ │ 231 E7 τ │ │ 128 80 Ç │ 180 B4 ┤ │ 232 E8 Φ │ │ 129 81 ü │ 181 B5 ╡ │ 233 E9 Θ │ │ 130 82 é │ 182 B6 ╢ │ 234 EA Ω │ │ 131 83 â │ 183 B7 ╖ │ 235 EB δ │ │ 132 84 ä │ 184 B8 ╕ │ 236 EC ∞ │ │ 133 85 à │ 185 B9 ╣ │ 237 ED Φ │ │ 134 86 å │ 186 BA ║ │ 238 EE ε │ │ 135 87 ç │ 187 BB ╗ │ 239 EF ∩ │ │ 136 88 ê │ 188 BC ╝ │ 240 F0 │ │ 137 89 ë │ 189 BD ╜ │ 241 F1 ± │ │ 138 8A è │ 190 BE ╛ │ 242 F2 ≥ │ │ 139 8B ï │ 191 BF ┐ │ 243 F3 ≤ │ │ 140 8C î │ 192 C0 └ │ 244 F4 ⌠ │ │ 141 8D ì │ 193 C1 ┴ │ 245 F5 ⌡ │ │ 142 8E Ä │ 194 C2 ┬ │ 246 F6 ÷ │ │ 143 8F Å │ 195 C3 ├ │ 247 F7 ≈ │ │ 144 90 É │ 196 C4 ─ │ 248 F8 ° │ │ 145 91 æ │ 197 C5 ┼ │ 249 F9 · │ │ 146 92 Æ │ 198 C6 ╞ │ 250 FA │ │ 147 93 ô │ 199 C7 ╟ │ 251 FB √ │ │ 148 94 ö │ 200 C8 ╚ │ 252 FC ⁿ │ │ 149 95 ò │ 201 C9 ╔ │ 253 FD ² │ │ 150 96 û │ 202 CA ╩ │ 254 FE ■ │ │ 151 97 ù │ 203 CB ╦ │ 255 FF │ │ 152 98 │ 204 CC ╠ │ │ └──────────────────┴──────────────────┴──────────────────┘ - PAGE 36 - Communiqué Users Manual APPENDIX D: Standard RS-232 Cable Wiring ──────────────────────────────────────── The two most popular types of RS-232 (Modem) cables are the DB-25 and DB-9, some hardware configurations may require you to have a DB-9 on one end and a DB-25 on the other. Below is a wiring diagram for a DB-25 to DB-9 serial cable. DB-25 Pin # Signal DB-9 Pin # 2 ------------ Transmit Data (TX) ------------ 3 3 ------------ Receive Data (RX) ------------ 2 4 ---------- Request To Send (RTS) ---------- 7 5 ----------- Clear To Send (CTS) ----------- 8 6 ---------- Data Set Ready (DSR) ---------- 6 7 ----------- Signal Ground (GND) ----------- 5 8 -------- Data Carrier Detect (DCD) -------- 1 20 -------- Data Terminal Ready (DTR) -------- 4 22 ----------- Ring Indicator (RI) ----------- 9 - PAGE 37 - Communiqué Users Manual GLOSSARY ──────── (List of terms and their definitions) - PAGE 38 - Communiqué Users Manual INDEX ───── - PAGE 39 -