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C O M M U N I Q U É
Version 2.00
July 1993
- USER DOCUMENTATION -
by Wandoo Valley Software and Adam Blake
(c) Copyright 1993. All Rights Reserved.
Dedicated to the memories of Fred Horner
Rest In Peace my friend
Wandoo Valley Software Communiqué User Documentation
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C O N T E N T S
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INTRODUCTION
About Communiqué...............................................7
Features List..................................................8
Copyright and Licensing.......................................11
International Support Sites...................................13
CHAPTER 1: Getting Started
Computer Requirements.........................................19
Multitasker Support...........................................19
Installing Communiqué.........................................19
Commandline Options...........................................21
DOS Environment Variables.....................................22
The Modem Utility.............................................23
CHAPTER 2: The Work Screen and Main Menu
The Work Screen...............................................24
Using the Mouse...............................................25
Whats on the Status Bar.......................................26
Selecting a Status Bar........................................27
The ALTERNATE Status Bar......................................27
Help........................................................28
Memo........................................................28
IEMSI.......................................................28
Editor......................................................28
Host........................................................28
File Manager................................................28
The Main Menu.................................................29
CHAPTER 3: The Communiqué Pull Down Menu
About.........................................................29
License.......................................................29
Register......................................................30
CHAPTER 4: The File Pull Down Menu
Upload........................................................31
Download......................................................32
Transfer protocols..........................................33
Selecting a protocol........................................35
External protocols..........................................35
Load Macros...................................................35
Save Macros...................................................35
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Load Script...................................................36
DOS Shell.....................................................36
Quit..........................................................36
CHAPTER 5: The Modem Pull Down Menu
BaudRate......................................................38
Data Bits.....................................................38
Stop Bits.....................................................38
Parity........................................................38
Com Port......................................................39
Emulation.....................................................39
Lock BaudRate.................................................40
Word Wrap.....................................................40
Line Feeds....................................................40
Local Echo....................................................40
Translation...................................................41
Auto ZModem...................................................41
Avatar........................................................41
IEMSI.........................................................41
IEMSI Profile.................................................42
CHAPTER 6: The Utilities Pull Down Menu
Capture.......................................................44
Printer.......................................................44
Dial..........................................................44
Disconnect....................................................45
Chat Mode.....................................................45
Scroll Buffer.................................................45
Clear Screen..................................................46
Usage Log.....................................................46
Timers........................................................46
Send Break....................................................46
Type Ahead....................................................47
Status Bar....................................................47
Keyboard Lock.................................................47
Image Dump....................................................47
Raw Mode......................................................48
CHAPTER 7: The Setup Pull Down Menu
Paths and Filenames...........................................50
Modem and Dialling............................................52
Advanced Settings...........................................54
Facsimile Settings..........................................55
Screen and Colour.............................................56
Default Settings..............................................57
General Options...............................................59
Printer Options...............................................63
IEMSI Profiles................................................63
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Users Security................................................66
File Protocols................................................66
Internal Protocols..........................................66
External Protocols..........................................67
External Protocol Metacommands............................67
Keyboard Macros...............................................68
Translation Tables............................................69
Communication Ports...........................................70
Save Configuration............................................70
CHAPTER 8: The Dialling Directory
Manual........................................................71
Edit..........................................................72
View..........................................................73
Print.........................................................73
Add...........................................................74
Clear.........................................................74
Goto..........................................................74
Find..........................................................74
New...........................................................74
Tag Page......................................................75
Untag Page....................................................75
Dial Tagged Entries...........................................75
Load New Directory............................................75
History.......................................................75
Import Directory..............................................75
Request Files.................................................75
Voice Calls...................................................75
APPENDIX A: Communiqué Quick Command Reference...................78
APPENDIX B: Communiqué Trouble Shooting Guide....................80
APPENDIX C: IBM PC ASCII Character Set...........................81
APPENDIX D: Standard RS-232 Cable Wiring.........................85
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I N T R O D U C T I O N
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Communiqué was first released onto the market in January 1992. It was
the first terminal package to support two of the newest standards,
AVATAR and IEMSI. And even now Communiqué continues to be a leader,
supporting even newer standards and helping develop more standards to
make the world of computer communications more accessible to every
person.
Communiqué is the product a lot of work, a culmination of a lot of
ideas and ideals, and just plain simple, old-fashioned, hard work. It
took me a long time to actually design the finished menu structure, a
lot of coding and re-coding 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 aesthetic to look at.
Communiqué is currently being developed in Luxembourg where I am
living and working full time on this program and others. I have set
up Wandoo Valley Software in Europe as well as Australia and will be
developing and supporting Communiqué from Europe, with the help of my
support and sales site around the world.
As for now I would like to say thank you to the following people, all
of this would not have happened without the kind and unselfish help
from these people (and this is in no particular order):
Anne Thogersen, Andrew Milner, Fred Horner, Ezra van Dort, Steve
Richardson, Franz Muller, Gerard van der Land, Terry Harvey, Barry
Phillips, Adrian Pop, Nick Parker, John Barton, Andrew Russell, Peter
Janssens, Frank Altenburg, Teo Chee Kian, John Ellin, Mark Kerr, Leo
Habers, Luc Engelmann, John Richardson, Gary Smith, Joaquim Hernberg,
Rudy Labordus, Mick Howland, Paul Fournel, Scott's Bar and Pub
(Luxembourg) and everyone there, BrainStart Bv. Netherlands, Portacom
(Western Australia), my family, and lastly, but DEFINITELY NOT least,
all my beta testers and support sites. Thanks a lot everyone.
I hope you enjoy using Communiqué as it has been designed as a
professional yet easy to use and aesthetic terminal package.
Best Regards
Adam Blake
Wandoo Valley Software
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Features of Communiqué version 2.00
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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, there
are a lot more and we hope you will enjoy using Communiqué.
o 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
o Infinite dialling directory size - The size of the telephone
directory is unlimited, you can add as many entries as you wish
o Built in Dialling Directory import from other terminal packages
Dialling Directories, including Procomm, Procomm Plus, Qmodem,
Telix and Telemate.
o Full IEMSI support - Communiqué supports IEMSI, Interactive
Electronic Mail Standards Identification, for fast, automatic,
logons to computer systems supporting this protocol
o Define up to 10 IEMSI profiles for use with logging-on,
selectable in each dialling directory entry
o A comprehensive File Manager, including such features as copy,
delete, edit, view, tag, archive list, uploads, GIF information
etc...
o Fully multitasker aware with time-slicing for DesqView, TopView,
PC-Mos, TopView, MS Windows, OS/2 and DoubleDOS
o FidoNet Nodelist support allowing the importing of information
from the FidoNet Nodelist into the Dialling Directory
o IEMSI File Requests for fully auto file transfers with BBS
systems using the IEMSI standard (suitable systems only)
o Full mouse support throughout with ONLINE mouse support
o Full AVATAR 0+ terminal specification support
o TTY/ANSI/VT52/VT102/AVATAR terminal support
o Support for the de-facto ANSI-Music standard
o XModem/XModem 1k/Xmodem 1kG/YModem/YModem G/ZModem protocols
supported
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o Zmodem auto-download and auto-upload supported
o Zmodem 8k block transfers available when connected to suitable
systems (RemoteAccess)
o Online help context sensitive help available in more complex
areas by pressing F1, different language help files are also
available
o Built Memo Function - A mini editor that can optionally be
displayed automatically on startup
o Support for fax modems - When a fax connects to your modem
Communiqué will automatically run your fax software
o Modem install program to install over 50 different brands and
models of modems
o Overlays - Communiqué is now completely overlaid, supporting XMS
and EMS memory, variable overlay buffer size and the overlay
probation reprieval system
o Type Ahead Buffer - Type ahead whilst still receiving data from
the remote system
o DOS Shell with full screen or in windows with EMS/Disk shell
swapping options
o Pick lists for all prompts asking for a filename to load or
send, ie. for file transfers or load keyboard macros
o Support for reading CompuServe GIF format graphics files
o Large Scroll Back Buffer with cut and paste facilities
o Built-in keyboard macros with shell and execute functions
o Full IBM ASCII translation tables for inbound and outbound
characters
o Auto-save or prompting after changing the setup
o Auto capture for IEMSI chat mode
o Verbose usage log for call control
o Dialling directory tagging and queue dialling
o International dialling code support
o Supports speeds up to 115200 baud
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o Supports 4 fully configurable com ports
o Supports the NS16550 series UART FIFOs
o Full auto-detection of multi-tasker in use
o Slots for up to 10 external file transfer protocols
o Definable auto-download string for each external protocol to
automatically start external protocols
o Selectable status lines
o Optional modem LEDs on the status line
o An Online Timer and 4 Time Alarms
o Online warning after x minutes with the Online Timer
o Keyboard and startup password lock for security
o Split screen or full screen chat, automatic when using IEMSI
o Raw keyboard mode support for programs such as DOORWAY
o Auto-detection of screen write method required: DOS or Direct
o Screen saver, hold timer and exit timer - Each of these timers
are set off after a set period of inactivity
o Help available on the status line throughout.
And much much more.....
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Copyright and License
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This is Wandoo Valley Software's simple no-nonsense license
agreement. Please read this agreement whether you have purchased
Communiqué or are considering doing so.
Communiqué is copyright by Wandoo Valley Software Corporation and
Adam Blake. Communiqué is freely copyable and may be distributed in
it's original archive freely. Any attempts to change the contents of
any files within the archive will be considered a breech of
copyright.
Neither Adam Blake, nor Wandoo Valley Software 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.
You are licensed to use Communiqué freely for up to twenty one (21)
days. After this period, if you wish to continue using Communiqué,
you are obliged to purchase Communiqué at one of the support sites
listed below, or remove your copy from your computer system. After
purchase you will be issued with a personal serial number, this
serial number is your proof of purchase. Your registered version of
Communiqué may be used on one computer with one copy and/or by one
person. If you have a registered version of Communiqué on multiple
computers it may only be used by ONE person, each individual must
register his/her own version.
Communiqué multiple licenses are available. These versions may be
customised for Commercial or OEM companies and come in a variety of
formats. For more information on multiple site or OEM licenses please
contact one of the dealers listed on the next page.
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 & Wandoo Valley Software
RemoteAccess Andrew Milner & Continental Software
QuickBBS Pegasus Software Inc.
EMSI and IEMSI Joaquim Homrighausen and
Advanced Engineering
MS-DOS MicroSoft Inc.
PC-DOS IBM Inc.
GSZ, DSZ,
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Z-Modem Chuck Forsberg and Omen Technology
Doorway Marshall Dudley
All other trademarks are the copyrighted trademarks of their
respective holders.
(c) Copyright 1993 Wandoo Valley Software Corporation and Adam Blake
All Rights Reserved Worldwide
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International Support Sites
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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
receive priority support over non-registered users as they are the
people who have helped make this product. If you have not yet
registered you may do so at one of the sites titled "Sales/Support"
below. A more complete list of worldwide support sites is enclosed in
the Communiqué distribution archive file, entitled SUPPORT.BBS.
(Countries listed in alphabetical order)
America
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"Communiqué Sales/Support"
TopSoft Software
Attn: Steve Richardson
3503 Trail Ridge Road
Louisville, Kentucky 40241
BBS: TopSoft Support BBS
Telephone: +1-502-425-9942 @FidoNet 1:2320/4 (v32b)
Telephone: +1-502-425-9941 @FidoNet 1:2320/5 (HST)
FAX: +1-502-339-1875
"Communiqué Sales/Support"
Attn: Mike Poston
419 West 63rd Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64113
BBS: The Sounding Board BBS
Telephone: +1-816-361-9294 @FidoNet 1:280/32 (v32b)
"Communiqué Support"
Andrew Leary
19 Oak Drive
North Stonington, CT 06359
BBS: Bits & Bytes BBS
Telephone: +1-203-535-4284 @FidoNet 1:320/119 (v32b)
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"Communiqué Support"
Dynamic Computer Sales and Services Inc.
Attn: Anthony Fazeo
P.O. Box 462
Bergenfield, New Jersey 07621
BBS: Trilogy On-line Services
Telephone +1-201-439-1555
Australia
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"Communiqué Sales/Support"
The Eagles
Attn: Terry Harvey
P.O. Box 593
Burwood, NSW 2134
BBS: Telephone: +61-2-745-3190 @FidoNet 3:712/704 (v32b)
Telephone: +61-2-745-3057 @FidoNet 3:712/707 (v32b)
Rotary Telephone Line: +61-2-745-3500 (6 lines)
TEL: +61-2-744-8555 (Voice)
"Communiqué Support"
CLASSIC Communications Pty Ltd
Attn: Jolyon Robertson
P.O. Box 352
Pymble, NSW 2073
BBS: Telephone: +61-2-988-3076 @FidoNet 3:711/425 (v32b)
TEL: +61-2-988-3077 (Voice)
FAX: +61-2-988-3076
Belgium
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"Communiqué Sales/Support"
Micro Direct
Attn: Jerry Arnstein
Vestingstraat 59
B-2018 Antwerpen
Belgium
BBS: Telephone: +32-3-225-2818 @FidoNet 2:292/830
TEL: +32-3-226-8687 (Voice)
FAX: +32-3-225-1666
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Germany
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"Communiqué Sales/Support" (*)
Altenburg Computer Telecom Und Software
Attn: Frank Altenburg
Wickopweg 9
D-6100 Darmstadt
BBS: Telephone: +49-6151-710809 @FidoNet 2:2405/1 (HST)
Telephone: +49-6151-717069 @FidoNet 2:2405/200 (v32b)
Luxembourg
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"Communiqué Sales/Support"
Franz Muller
2, rue Godchaux
L-1634 Luxembourg
BBS: Telephone: +352-426135 @FidoNet 2:270/10 (HST/v32b)
"Communiqué Sales/Support"
Wandoo Valley Software
Attn: Adam Blake
79, avenue Guillaume
L-1651 Belair
Luxembourg
BBS: Telephone: +352-252869 @FidoNet 2:270/27 (v32b/v42b)
Netherlands
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"Communiqué Sales/Support"
Peter Janssens
Patersstraat 48
5801 AV Venray
Netherlands
BBS: Telephone: +31-4780-12428 @FidoNet 2:512/1 (HST/v32b)
Singapore
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"Communiqué Sales/Support"
Sribana Pte. Ltd.
Attn: Teo Chee Kian
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Bukit Merah Central
P.O. Box 0685
Singapore 9115
Republic of Singapore
VOICE : +65-270-7771 (3 lines)
FAX : +65-270-9991
TELEX : RS 26949 SRIBAN
BBS: Telephones: +65-581-7024 @FidoNet 6:600/600 (v32b)
+65-581-7026 (ZyX/v32b)
United Kingdom
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"Communiqué Sales/Support"
Airtel RemoteAccess BBS
Attn: Adrian Pop
2 Southview Close
Copthorne
West Sussex. RH10 3XU
United Kingdom
BBS: Telephone: +44-342-717800 @Fidonet 2:440/64 (HST)
Telephone: +44-342-718900 @Fidonet 2:440/201 (HST)
Telephone: +44-342-714900 @Fidonet 2:440/202 (HST)
FAX: +44-342-717-639
"Communiqué Sales/Support"
Maranta Systems Ltd.
Attn: Nick Parker
3 The Terrace
West End Lane
Essendon
Herts AL9 6AU
United Kingdom
BBS: Telephone: +44-707-270230 @Fidonet 2:253/165 (HST)
"Communiqué Support Northern Ireland"
Mark Kerr
70 Marmont Park
Belfast
BT4 2GS
United Kingdom
BBS: Telephone: +44-232-768163 @Fidonet 2:440/59 (HST)
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WorldWide Support
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Write to:
Wandoo Valley Software
Attn: John Blake
Wandoo Hills
Clackline 6564
Western Australia
FAX: +61-9-574-1247
Wandoo Valley Software
Attn: Adam Blake
79, avenue Guillaume
L-1651 Belair
Luxembourg
FAX: +352-25-2869-8
BBS: +352-25-2869-9 FidoNet: 2:27/270
InterNet: adam@fido.lu
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CHAPTER ONE
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GETTING STARTED
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In this chapter we will look at the computer requirements of
Communiqué, Communiqué's multitasker support and how to install
Communiqué. If you have already installed Communiqué you should
quickly read through this chapter so that you may optimise Communiqué
for your computer system.
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Communiqué was designed with a user friendly interface for ease of
use that both new computer users and professionals alike will enjoy
to use, giving simplicity and at the same time many powerful and
configurable features. This philosophy has not discluded the
installation procedure for Communiqué, which is just 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 data files it needs, so it will create new ones with it's own
pre-programmed default settings. So when you run Communiqué for the
first time a small 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 any 100% IBM compatible computer can run Communiqué.
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Computer Requirements
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o An IBM PC or 100% compatible computer
o A floppy disk drive (Hard disk drive recommended)
o Any modem
o 384kb of Random Access Memory (RAM) or more
o MS/PC-DOS 3.00 or higher
o Microsoft compatible mouse (optional)
o EMS/XMS Memory (optional)
Multitasker Support
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Communiqué supports a wide range of multi-tasking operating systems
and DOS level mutlitaskers such as DesqView. Communiqué supports
MicroSoft Windows, IBM's OS/2, PC-MOS/386, DesqView, MultiLink,
TopView and DoubleDos. When Communiqué is inactive, that is if there
is no input from the keyboard or from the communications port,
Communiqué will give a few "slices" of the processors time to other
tasks that may be running. This happens thousands of times per second
and you will never notice. Communiqué also uses special routines
built into the multi-taskers every time it has to pause so that it
does not hold up the computer. You can turn off multi-tasker support
in the SETUP/GENERAL menu or you can force Communiqué to work with a
particular multi-tasker. Communiqué will normally automatically
detect which operating system or multitasker is in use and switch to
support that system. For more information refer to the SETUP chapter
later on in this manual.
Installing Communiqué
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As mentioned above, the installation process for Communiqué has been
designed for complete simplicity, the process will take only a few
minutes from beginning to end.
If you are reading this document we can safely say that you have
already unpacked the compressed archive file which this came in, so
we will start from this point.
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Communiqué is best run from its own directory, although you can
safely run Communiqué from a directory containing other programs. For
simplicity we will install Communiqué in its own directory.
- 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 that 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
commandline parameter to make sure that Communiqué uses
monochrome colors, this is normally automatic, type:
COMMUNIQ /M
- 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.
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Commandline Options
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Communiqué has a number of commandline options which can be added to
the commandline when you run Communiqué, ie. "Communiq /M" to force
Communiqué to use monochrome colors. You can get a complete list and
description of all the commandline options by typing "Communiq ?" or
"Communiq Help".
Listed below is each of the commandline parameters and a description
of what each one does.
/?....Displays all commandline options (use also /Help)
/B....Bypass all opening screens (Registered Only)
/E....Disallow the overlay manager from using EMS memory
/M....Force monochrome mode *
/X....Disallow the overlay manager from using XMS memory
/C+...Enable CGA screen snow checking *
/C-...Disable CGA screen snow checking *
/D+...Enable direct screen writes *
/D-...Disable direct screen writes *
/F+...Enable NS16550 UART FIFO support *
/F-...Disable NS16550 UART FIFO support *
/T+...Use carrier detect for online state
/T-...Ignore carrier detect for online state
/Kx...Load a keyboard macro file at startup, *.CMF
/Sx...Load a script file at startup, *.CSF
NOTES:
Options marked with a "*" are normally detected automatically and
there should be no reason for you to have to use these. These options
are provided for thoroughness and may be needed for slightly
incompatible hardware.
The /B option is only available if you have registered Communiqué.
The /E and /X parameters will stop Communiqué from loading its
overlay file, COMMUNIQ.OVR, into EMS or XMS memory at startup. It is
advised for speed, however, that if you do have EMS or XMS memory
that you allow it to use the available memory. If you are not sure
then you need not worry about this.
The /Kx and /Sx parameters will load either a keyboard macro file or
a script file on startup. The x is a filename 8 or less letters long,
the file extension is added automatically, ie. for keyboard macro
files the extension is .CMF and for script files the extension is
.CSF.
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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 monitors.
DOS Environment Variables
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A DOS environment variable is a variable (A name or symbol assigned a
value either alpha or numeric) set from the DOS prompt or from the
DOS AUTOEXEC.BAT file. This variable holds some value which can be
accessed by any program running under DOS.
If you run Communiqué from other than it's own directory, Communiqué
will not be able to find the data files it needs and therefore create
new ones. To stop this happening you can specify a DOS environment
variable, telling Communiqué where it can always find its data files.
For example if you have Communiqué installed in the C:\TERM directory
and you run it from the C:\DOS directory by typing "C:\TERM\COMMUNIQ"
it will not find the data files in C:\TERM. Instead it will look in
the C:\DOS directory and when it does not find them it will create
new ones in C:\DOS instead.
The DOS environment variable TERM fixes this problem by telling
Communiqué where to find it's data files. To implement this all you
need to do is type from the DOS prompt:
SET TERM=directory
Directory is the name of the directory where Communiqué and all it's
data files are stored, in the examples used above for installation
this would be typed as:
SET TERM=C:\TERM
Please note that there should never be blank spaces in this line
apart from between SET and TERM. It is a common mistake to pad the
line with space to align it with others like:
SET TERM = C:\Term \__Both of these
SET WINDOWS= C:\Windows / are incorrect
To save you typing the SET command each time you "boot" your computer
you can put the command in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file found in the root
directory ("Cd C:\") of the C: drive. Please refer to your DOS manual
for more information about the AUTOEXEC.BAT file and for any other
questions on the SET command.
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The Modem Utility
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Supplied with Communiqué is a utility called MODEM.EXE. This utility
lists over 50 different type of modems and allows you to select one
of these modems and view its settings and if this matches your own
you can install that information into Communiqué. The modem utility
uses the file MODEMS.CDF for information on all sorts of brands and
modems of modems. The list is updated regularly and the latest list
is available from Communiqué sales sites or from the Wandoo Valley
Software BBS.
If the modem utility does not find any of Communiqué's data files
when it starts up, ie. SETUP.CDF and IEMSI.CDF, which it needs to
continue, it will prompt you for your computer and modem setup and
then create these files before continuing.
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THE WORK SCREEN AND MAIN MENU
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Communiqué has a very friendly and easy to use interface, it has been
designed to be a pleasure to use, easy to read, and aesthetically
pleasing. In this chapter we will explain the basics of Communiqué's
menu system, the main screen or as we call it - the Work Screen and
the status bars. We will also tell you how to use the mouse with the
menu system, how the mouse works whilst you are online, allowing you
to use the mouse over the communications port.
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The work screen is the screen where all communications with your
modem happen, what you type to your modem and what you receive from
your modem appears on this screen. When you first run Communiqué a
window will appear over the work screen telling you a little bit
about Communiqué such as the version number and it will display your
name here if you have purchased your copy of Communiqué. You will be
asked to press any key or optionally, if you have it setup, it will
ask you which communications port you wish to use. Once you have
pressed a key or selected a port you will be put straight into the
work screen, you will briefly see a window pop up telling you it is
trying to initialise the modem. If you have a Hayes type modem
attached to your computer you should be able to type "AT" and press
return, the modem them should reply with "OK".
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At the bottom of the work screen is what is called the Status Bar.
Communiqué has the unique feature of user selectable status bars or
none at all. You can remove the status bar or cycle through other
status bars by pressing the "ALT -" key combination. Pressing the ALT
key on its own will change the status bar display to show the
functions assigned to the first 6 function keys. You can setup the
default status bar that Communiqué will use by entering the SETUP
menu item, but this is described in the Setup Chapter later on in
this manual. If you do not have a status bar on the bottom of the
screen it may already have been removed in the setup by yourself or
someone else.
Using the Mouse
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If you have a mouse and you have loaded the mouse driver from DOS you
will notice the mouse cursor when you run Communiqué for the first
time. In Communiqué's default setup it will first ask you which
communications port you wish to use before it puts you into the work
screen. The mouse cursor will appear and you will be able to move it
around the whole screen. Communiqué uses the Microsoft two button
mouse setup. The left mouse button acts like the ENTER key on your
keyboard whilst the right mouse button acts like your keyboards ESC
key. If at this stage you press the right mouse button Communiqué
will select the default com port and proceed. If you wish to select
the com port to use then move the mouse cursor over the desired item,
ie. "Com Port 1", the mouse cursor must be somewhere over the item
you wish to select, then press the left mouse button.
This method is used throughout Communiqué. To select an item merely
move the cursor to the item you want, on most occasions it will be
highlighted, then press the left mouse button. However the mouse acts
a little differently on the work screen. At first there will be no
mouse cursor on the work screen. To make the mouse cursor appear
simply press the left mouse button once. Pressing the right mouse
button will make the menu appear and you will be able to move around
the menu system. Whilst the mouse cursor is visible on the work
screen you can press the left mouse button (or right mouse button for
the menu system) and Communiqué will send the character under the
mouse cursor to the modem. This feature is most useful when you are
logged onto a Bulletin Board System (BBS). On a BBS you will be
presented with a menu containing information on what you can do and
what keys to press, for example "(F)ile Area" means that by pressing
the bracketed item F you will go into the file area of the BBS. If
you move the mouse cursor to the F and press the left mouse button
Communiqué will send an F to the modem, this means that you do not
have to press the F key on your keyboard. If at any stage you wish to
remove the mouse cursor from the work screen then simply double click
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the right button, that means press the right button twice.
Your mouse will also work with Communiqué whilst you are using
Communiqué in a window under MicroSoft Windows 3.1.
Whats on the Status Bar
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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 bars are located on the bottom, 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 one
of the status bars, is:
ALT-H FOR HELP: is just a simple reminder telling you that help is
available by holding the ALT and the H keys down together, this will
pop up the main menu.
Modem "LED" Lights TX[ ] RX[ ] CD[■] : These show the following:-
TX[ ] Transmission of data to the modem
RX[ ] Reception of data from the modem
CD[ ] Carrier detection
■ Indicates the activity when shown between the brackets.
COMx: tells you which communications port you are currently using,
connected to your modem, where x is the communications port number.
The com ports that you can use range from Com1 to Com4.
2400:8,N,1: Directly after the com port number is your current modem
speed, data bits, parity, and stop bits. For the average user who
calls a bulletin board system, 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 bit is either 0,
1, or 2. For more information on these settings you should refer to
the setup chapter.
TTY,ANSI,VT52,VT102,AVATAR: This is your current terminal emulation,
one of these will appear on your status bar. 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 and slower). Many systems use a mixture of
ANSI and AVATAR so Communiqué allows you to have AVATAR on with all
other emulations.
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IEMSI,CAP,PRN,RAW: This part of the status line is used for
displaying the status of certain features such as "IEMSI" for
Interactive EMSI {See the chapter 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 means
Communiqué will send ALL keyboard codes to the modem as the codes the
computer sees and not the characters, Communiqué does not bother
checking the codes and therefore while in RAW mode you cannot enter
the menu system. RAW mode may be used in conjunction with such
programs as Doorway.
COM: 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 that Communiqué is
COMmunicating with another system, your time online may also be
displayed with some status lines. You can 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.
Selecting a Status Bar
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Whilst in the work screen of Communiqué you can press the ALT minus
key combination to toggle through different types of status bars.
There are three status bars built into Communiqué, pressing ALT minus
a forth time removes any status bars. The first status bar is the
basic status bar used by default, the second has the online timer
added to the line and the third has the modem TX, RX and CD lights on
it, handy for internal modems.
The Alternate Status Bar
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If you do have a status bar enabled then you will notice that each
time you press the ALT key in one the ALT key combinations, the bar
changes and displays some other information. This is just to remind
you of some "hotkeys" not mentioned in the menus. These keys are, ALT
F1 for help, ALT F2 for Communiqué's Memo Editor, ALT F3 for an
external file editor, ALT F4 for an external host program, and ALT F5
for the current IEMSI connection, if you are connected to an IEMSI
capable system. The external programs are defined in the setup and
you can read about those in the setup chapter. The changing alternate
status bar can be turned of in the setup if it becomes annoying.
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The Memo Pad
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When you press the ALT key, as mentioned above, the status bar will
change to show you some keys that you can do with the ALT key held
down. This includes the ALT F2 key combination which brings up the
MEMO PAD. The MEMO PAD is just like an electronic notepad, you can
scribble down a few notes for later, but unlike notepads you do not
have to find a blank page or a pen, and it does not clutter your
desk. The MEMO PAD is useful for things such as filenames, if you see
a file that wish to download but want to keep looking first, then you
can write the filename in the MEMO so as not to forget the name. The
MEMO has basic editing functions, a full list of these is available
by pressing F1 whilst you are in the MEMO. Press the F2 key will send
the contents of the MEMO to the modem. You should be careful with
this, make sure you are online first. To exit the MEMO simply press
the ESC key, the contents are automatically saved if you have made
some changes.
The Main Menu
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From the work screen in Communiqué, pressing Alt-H or the right mouse
button, will cause the "Main Menu" to 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 highlighted 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 work screen and the menu will disappear.
Alternatively from the work screen you can press the ALT key and the
appropriate letter for the menu option you desire, to access it
directly. 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.
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CHAPTER THREE
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THE COMMUNIQUÉ PULL DOWN MENU
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The COMMUNIQUÉ menu simply contains some basic information about
Communiqué itself, information such as version and licensing details.
This is also where you enter your serial number which you will
receive when you have purchased your copy of Communiqué.
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About
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Communiqué's ABOUT screen explains a bit about the current version of
Communiqué that you are using. It will give you the version number,
copyright notice, and if you have registered it will display your
name as the owner of this copy. This window may also contain some
special licensing information if your version of Communiqué is from a
company which is a Communiqué license holder, such as some
governmental agencies and other corporations owning a bulk license.
License
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The contents of this window explain your current license agreement
for the use of Communiqué, and includes a list of international
support sites. This version of Communiqué is distributed on a try-
before-you-buy, or shareware, basis and registration is required
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before your evaluation period of 21 days has expired. Your
registration may be performed via any of the Wandoo Valley Software
international registration sites listed in the introduction chapter.
Registration can be done via telephone, post, fax or with your credit
card, and is a simple matter of completing a form to post or fax in.
Register
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If you have purchased your legal copy of Communiqué and have received
your registration card then this is where you will enter your name
and the serial number printed on your registration card. This window
contains your name and your unique Communiqué serial number. If you
are using an unregistered version, you will not have a serial number,
but will be required to purchase one within 21 days of use. .
When entering the information from your registration card it is
important that you enter all information exactly. When you type in
your name it must appear as it does on your registration card - watch
for capitalisation and accents, accents such as the accented "e" on
the end of Communiqué.
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CHAPTER FOUR
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THE FILE PULL DOWN MENU
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The File menu contains the basic file operations of Communiqué. In
this menu you will find:
Upload
Download
Load Macros
Save Macros
Load Script
DOS Shell
Quit
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Upload
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Uploading is the process of sending a file or files to the remote
system. When you upload a file, you use a special method of copying a
file, called a transfer protocol which allows the two machines to
talk or communicate in the same language and send/receive files. 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, faster and most efficient protocol of
today is Z-Modem.
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Communiqué contains the following comprehensive selection of internal
protocols which are explained further on:
ASCII
X-Modem
X-Modem 1k
X-Modem 1k-G
Y-Modem
Y-Modem G
Z-Modem
In addition to the internal protocols, Communiqué has the ability to
install external protocols. For help in regards to installing
external protocols, please refer to the section labelled "Installing
External Protocols" in the Setup chapter.
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 filename. If it does ask,
just simply type in the filename you are about to upload.
After that, you will 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, PageUp, or by choosing it from the file
menu. After choosing upload, signify your transfer protocol, and
then enter the full filename(s) of the file(s) to be uploaded. You
may if you wish press F2 and use the file manager to select the file,
or use wildcards (* ? ). multiple files can only be uploaded when
using a protocol with batch capabilities, such as Zmodem. 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 labelled problems and solutions.
Download
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Downloading is the process which, with the machine that you have
connected to, transfers a file from the remote machine to your
machine. As with uploading it uses the transfer protocols which are
listed above.
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,
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but certain protocols have certain advantages. For help in selecting
the transfer protocol, please see the section on transfer protocols
below.
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 go to Communiqué's download
selection, which can be brought up with an Alt-R, a PageDown, 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 computer, otherwise
the two 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 you are using a protocol that transfers the
information automatically such as Y-Modem or Z-Modem, it will not be
necessary. However, if your using a protocol such as X-Modem, you
will need to enter this information.
After that, the file transfer should begin and you will 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 have specified as your downloaded file path in
setup.
Transfer Protocols
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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 of what protocols
the remote computer system supports.
ASCII - The ASCII protocol is not a real file transfer protocol. The
download protocol acts much like Communiqué's built in capture
function in that what comes in goes straight into a file without
translation. Similarly uploading with ASCII is like sending each byte
of a text file over the modem without translation. You can use ASCII
upload to send someone a text file whilst you are chatting to him or
her. This saves you each going into some other file protocol,
transfering the file then using an editor to have a look at the text
file once received. There are a number of options which may be
configured for this protocol, this is done from the setup menu and is
discussed in the setup chapter. It should be noted however that these
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are included for the advanced user and normally do not need to be
altered from the default settings.
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 must have the MNP or V42
standards 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 one file can be transfered in a session,
and it is a "smart" protocol. As a "smart" protocol, it can detect
the file names, file sizes, and dates without relying on the user to
enter this 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
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detection of a file transfer waiting to take place on the remote
system, and automatically handles the transfer for you with no
intervention. Some aspects of Zmodem are configurable and are
discussed in the Setup chapter.
Selecting A Protocol
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As you can see, Communiqué has an extensive 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. If you have a clean telephone line with
an error correcting connect (one using V42 or MNP), Y-Modem G would
give you an even faster CPS (Characters Per Second) rate than Z-
Modem.
Load Macros
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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 to perform certain actions or display data. 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. Macros can also be loaded at the same time as Communiqué by using
the commandline switch "/K" followed by the filename of the macro set
you wish to use for that session. To define macros you must go into
the SETUP menu and select KEYBOARD MACROS from here you can create
and edit macros and then save and load them. This is described in
more detail in the SETUP chapter.
Save Macros
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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. This
command is exactly the same as the SAVE command in the SETUP/KEYBOARD
MACROS menu.
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Load Script
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This option will load and execute a script file, this is described
fully in seperate documentation, but this is a means of executing a
series of commands controlling the activity of a session without
manual input. See the seperate documents for the structure and
implementation of the script language. (Not available in shareware
version currently)
Dos Shell
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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 at
the point where you left. 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 problems may occur with some software due to a
memory shortage 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. When you return to Communiqué by typing "EXIT" 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. It is important
to remember that you are in a shell, an example of this would be when
you have finished with the DOS task you wished to carry out, instead
of using "EXIT" to return to Communiqué you ran the executable and
ended up with two copies of the software loaded at once.
Quit
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This command is very self-explanatory - it is here that you exit
Communiqué and return to DOS when you have finished. You can use ALT-
Q to do this without having to go to the pull down menu to quit.
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CHAPTER FIVE
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The Modem pull-down menu displays all your current modem/telephone
line settings and allows you to change these settings with ease.
The following settings are displayed and can be changed in this menu:
BaudRate
Data Bits
Stop Bits
Parity
Com Port
Emulation
Lock BaudRate
Word Wrap
Line Feeds
Local Echo
Translation
Auto-Zmodem
Avatar
IEMSI
IEMSI Profile
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Baudrate
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The baud rate is the speed of serial data transmission, for most
purposes this is taken to represent the number of bits transmitted
per second.
Here, in the easy to use modem pull-down menu, you can set the baud
rate at which your computer communicates with 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 will most
likely have it set at is 57,600. If you do not know the baudrate of
your modem then it is best you refer to the introduction chapter of
the modems manual. Otherwise you should start at 57,600 and work your
way down the list by typing "AT" at the work screen prompt and
waiting for a "OK" response (Hayes type modems only), if you get no
response you should try a lower speed.
This command can also be reached by pressing the Alt-B short-cut key
combination.
Data Bits
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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 per 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 use, all but
99% of the time, 8 data bits on a PC, 7 data bits may be used whilst
communicating with a mainframe or similar type computer.
Stop Bits
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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
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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 of today we
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generally do not use this at all but older equipment may use even or
odd parity checking.
Com Port
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Here you can select the communications port that you will be using.
Communiqué supports com ports 1-4. The communications port is the
serial port that your modem or null modem type cable is connected to.
Each com port can be configured to another address, this would only
be done for non-standard hardware, this is explained further in the
setup chapter.
This command can also be brought up by using Alt-P.
Emulations
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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 list of the terminal emulations to help you with
your choice:
TTY - A TTY is basically a teletype terminal which displays all of
the values that it receives, that is no translation is done on what
is received. This differs from other emulations which normally carry
out some translation on incoming data.
ANSI - A.N.S.I. (American National Standards Institute), is a
terminal emulation based on the ANSI.SYS driver that is included in
all MS-DOS systems. ANSI is widely supported on MS-DOS Bulletin Board
Systems, and is a very colorful but simple emulation. An example of
an ansi data sequence untranslated would be, [1;1R which is the
sequence used to request the remote cursor position.
VT52 - VT52 (Video Terminal 50) 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.
VT100 - VT100 (Video Terminal 100), again developed by Digital
Equipment, is a further enhancement on the VT-52 standard introduced
with their VT-52 terminals. The VT-100/102 is still a very popular
terminal used on many mainframe systems.
AVATAR - AVATAR (Advanced Video Attribute Terminal Assembler and
recreator) is one of the newer terminal emulations, which is starting
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to gain a good deal of support and popularity. Avatar is like ANSI in
that 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.
Lock Baudrate
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This toggle selection allows you to ensure that the baudrate will not
be changed and remains at the current maximum speed. The baudrate may
be changed automatically, for example, when you dial up a computer
system and Communiqué will either figure the speed from the connect
string or from the dialling directory record. If you change modems
regularly it is useful to use this function, after changing the
baudrate, instead of changing all settings in the dialling directory
for example. This will ensure that you get the maximum throughput out
of your modem.
Word Wrap
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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
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This selection lets you turn auto 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 can happen with some software,
the lines will overwrite each other. So if you find that lines are
overwriting each other try turning on Line Feeds.
Local Echo
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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
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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. With local echo on you are operating at what is called half
duplex, no local echo means full duplex.
Translation
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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. For more
information refer to the setup chapter.
Auto-Zmodem
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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 set to "ON", as it's one of the easy to
use, hands off features. If, however, you have installed an alternate
Zmodem implementation in the external protocols with auto-start, you
may want to disable this feature.
AVATAR
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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. This is best left set to "ON" if there is a chance
that you will receive AVATAR codes. If you do not have this on and
start receiving strange characters with your text, try turning it on
to see if those strange characters are actually AVATAR command codes.
IEMSI
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IEMSI (Interactive Electronic Mail Standard Identification) 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 it's like a script
file, but without the hassle. For a more complete description of
IEMSI read the section titled IEMSI Profiles in the Setup chapter.
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IEMSI Profile
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Here you can select which IEMSI profile you will be using when you
call an IEMSI compatible 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, and you
can find more about IEMSI profile management in there.
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The Utilities menu is where most 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.
The following items are displayed in this menu:
Capture
Printer
Dial
Disconnect
Chat Mode
Scroll Buffer
Clear Screen
Usage Log
Timers
Send Break
Type ahead
Status Bar
Keyboard Lock
Image Dump
Raw Mode
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Capture
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The capture command allows you to place all text on the screen into a
file for later reference as it is displayed. Its like an ASCII
download, as all information that is displayed on the screen is also
sent to a file as it appears on the screen. 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, press enter to
accept this or type a new file name.
Printer
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The printer command is very much like the capture command, but
instead of being sent to a file, everything that appears on the
screen is printed on your printer. Your printer setup can be changed
in the SETUP/PRINTER menu. The setup contains the printer port number
page, header and footer sizes.
Dial
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When you hit Alt-D for dial, or enter the dialling directory through
the menus, you will be presented with a colorful, easy to use,
directory for storing and dialling your telephone numbers. Already
installed in the dialling directory are numbers to the various
international Communiqué support sites.
To move through the entries you can use the arrow keys to move up and
down in the current window.
To dial a number first ensure it is highlighted, then hit your enter
key, and Communiqué will dial the number on your modem.
The dialling directory is a database of telephone numbers and in
addition to just dialling numbers, you will also have the following
options:
(M)anual (E)dit (V)iew (P)rint (A)dd (C)lear (G)oto (F)ind (N)ew
(T)ag Page (U)ntag Page (D)ial Tagged Entries (L)oad New Directory
(H)istory (I)mport Dialling Direcotry (-) View
Press [ENTER] to dial, or [ESC] to exit the dialling directory. The
[SPACE BAR] will tag and untag the entry under the hilight bar.
[PgUp] and [PgDn] scroll through the pages of entries, and [HOME]
will take you to the top of the page whilst [END] will take you to
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the bottom of the page. The left and right cursor keys work like
pressing the V key which will give you a more detailed window about
the entry under the hilight. Lastly you can press [F2] to enter the
MEMO PAD to makes notes.
Chapter eight gives you more details on the functions of the dialling
directory.
Disconnect
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When you are online, this command will force Communiqué to hang up
the telephone line. 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 to the modem, which again is in the SETUP/MODEM
menu for you to change if need be.
Chat Mode
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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. When entering chat mode you will be prompted for the type of
chat mode you desire, either full screen or split screen. If you want
you can disable this and force Communiqué into a particular mode by
setting the chat mode type in the SETUP/GENERAL menu.
Whilst in chat mode pressing ESCape will take you back to the main
work screen, other keys that work are ALT-L to clear the local screen
or ALT-R to clear the remote screen. You can also set capture mode on
automatically upon your entering chat mode, this again is setup in
the SETUP/GENERAL menu.
Scroll Buffer
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The Scroll Back Buffer will let you go back and look at information
that has already appeared and moved off of your 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 sent through the com port as if you typed it.
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Clear Screen
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This command will let you clear and reset (to the original colors)
the work screen, which can be helpful if some line noise has
disrupted the whole screen.
Usage Log
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This toggles the usage log on and off. The usage log is a text file
in your Communiqué directory which contains a running activity log of
Communiqué. When you start Communiqué, with the Usage Log default to
on, Communiqué will make an entry in the log to say it was started up
at todays date and time. The same applies when you quit from
Communiqué with the usage log on, it will again make an entry with
todays time and date to say that you quit Communiqué and that the
usage log was closed. Other entries made in the usage log are made
whenever you dial another computer system in the dialling directory,
when you connect to a computer system, when you transfer a file
(upload or download) or when one of the Alarms or the Timer goes off.
Timers
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The TIMERS command is another one of Communiqué's unique features. It
allows you to set up to 4 alarms and a timer. The timer can be
programmed to go off every x amount of minutes. This can be helpful
when you are connected to a system and need to be notified that it is
a certain time or x amount of minutes have passed (To watch those
telephone bills!). To set an alarm or timer just type in the time for
the alarm to go off or set the time, in minutes, that the timer
should wait, then set the status to active. The timer will display a
warning message and play a tune every time the set amount of minutes
has passed, if you only want to use it once you must turn it off
after the first alarm. To be sure that the timer and alarm settings
will be the same the next time you use Communiqué go to the SETUP
menu and select SAVE CONFIGURATION.
Send Break
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This command will allow you to send a break code to the modem. The
break code lasts a quarter of a second by default (This can be setup
in SETUP/MODEM/ADVANCED), just enough to make the remote modem aware
of the break code and act on it if it is set to do so, though this is
rarely used on PC based systems.
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Type Ahead
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The type ahead command is yet another one of Communiqué's excellent,
and unique features. Just as it suggests, it allows you to type ahead
using Communiqué's 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
the screen. If you are chatting to someone else online and wish 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, by
using your up and down cursor keys. When you are finished press the
[ENTER] key twice and what you have typed will be displayed line by
line to the remote user. To quit without sending what you have typed
press the [ESC] key.
Status Bar
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This command will cycle through the different types of status bars
available, or remove the status bar altogether. The status bar is the
bar at the bottom of your screen that contains vital information as
to your current statistics. Communiqué allows you to choose another
status bar with slightly different information or you can have no
status bar as sometimes it is convenient to have the usage of the
whole screen. The default status bar is selected in the SETUP GENERAL
OPTIONS menu and is in the chapter on setup.
Keyboard Lock
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If you are going to leave your computer unattended for a long period
of time whilst online or not you may lock the keyboard so that the
computer cannot be used, short of turning it off. Pressing ALT 0 will
cause a window to pop up and ask you for a new password, enter a
password here, this password will be required to unlock the keyboard.
Once you have typed in a password and typed enter the keyboard is
locked, if you try to type something on the keyboard Communiqué will
ask you for the password first.
Image Dump
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An Screen Image Dump is much like the Capture feature. The only
problem with capture is that you may have it turned off but suddenly
discover that what is currently being displayed on the screen is what
you want saved in a file, turning capture on now would be too late as
it has already been displayed on the screen. An image dump will take
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the whole contents of the screen and dump them to a file. When you
press ALT-INS for an image dump you will be asked to supply a
filename, Communiqué will have already typed the default filename as
setup in the SETUP/FILENAMES menu, but it gives you a chance to
change the name.
Raw Mode
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You can not actually select this command from the menu, but it is
there to remind you that the Scroll-Lock key will toggle this option
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's them, ie. as ASCII scan codes,
Communiqué does not attempt to trap these keys in RAW mode. RAW mode
was developed for programs such as DOORWAY which allow you to use a
remote computer as if it were right there in front of you. Please
note that whilst 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. To turn
RAW mode off again just press the Scroll Lock Key or the ALT-TAB key
combination.
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Communiqué has a very comprehensive setup. It will not be necessary
for you to adjust most of these settings, the most important would be
the MODEM AND DIALLING setup and the PATHS AND FILENAMES setup. You
will also want to setup the IEMSI profiles with your details if you
are going to call IEMSI compatible computer systems. You may then
want to change the screen setup and colors in the SCREEN AND COLOR
setup for your own preference of the colour scheme and frames. The
following options are displayed:
Paths and filenames
Modem and Dialling
Screen and Color
Default Settings
General Options
Printer Options
IEMSI Profiles
Users Security
File Protocols
Keyboard Macros
Translation tables
Communication Ports
Save Configuration
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Paths and Filenames
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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
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This is the directory in which Communiqué and all it's data files
are located, this is set by Communiqué when it is first installed
and should already be correct.
Download Path
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This is the path in which all downloaded files are automatically
placed by the file transfer protocols.
Upload Path
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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, the path can still be changed
but this is set as the default path for quick transfers.
Sometimes it is a good idea to copy all the files to be
transfered to an empty directory so that you may tell Communiqué
to transfer *.*.
Disk Swap Path
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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.
Fax Program
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This is the software that Communiqué will run when it has
connected to a fax. Please read below in the SETUP/MODEM/FAX
menu.
Host Program
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This is the software that Communiqué will run when you press the
ALT F4 key combination. This can be some mini BBS software or
maybe even your full BBS system. This is function is provided to
work with the future release of Communiqué Host, which will allow
you to have friends and associates log on to your computer and
transfer files both to and from it and leave messages.
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Editor Program
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This is the editor program that is run when you press the ALT F3
key combination and should be set with the full path and filename
of your favourite text editor or word processor.
Dialling Directory Filename
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This is where you can set the default filename of your dialling
directory data file. You may load different dialling directories
by using the LOAD option in the dialling menu.
Default Capture Filename
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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.
Default Usage Log Filename
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As with the default capture filename this is the filename that
Communiqué will use by default when you open the usage log. When
you do open the usage log you will still be asked for the name
but the name supplied here will be displayed by default, you can
either change it or just press Enter to continue.
Default Image Filename
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Again this is exactly the same as the default capture filename
and the default usage log filename. It will be used by default
when you choose to do a screen image dump - but you will be given
the option to change this filename when you select to do an image
dump.
Auto Loaded Macro Filename
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This is the filename of the macro file that will automatically be
loaded when Communiqué starts up.
Auto Loaded Script Filename
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As above this is the filename of the script that will be loaded
and executed automatically when Communiqué is started up.
Normally this would be left blank. Scripts can also be loaded
using the "/S****" switch on the commandline, where **** is the
name of the script you wish to run.
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Modem and Dialling
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Here you 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
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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 modems manual. Two
special characters are used in these modem strings, these are the
"~" character and the "|" character. Each "~" character in the
string will cause a half second delay, and the "|" character will
send a carriage return ie. the Enter key. Neither of these
characters are not actually sent to the modem, Communiqué
interrupts these characters and uses them to perform the actions
described above.
Dial Prefix
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Communiqué gives you the option to specify three different
dialling prefixes which can be used in the dialling directory,
where you can send different dialling strings to your modem for
different systems. If you have a dual mode modem such as the USR
Dual Standard, this command will become very useful. To dial HST
systems you can have one dialling string, for V32 systems
another, and a third for slower systems.
Dial Suffix
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The dialling suffix is similar to the prefix, but it is at the
end of the dialling string. In most cases it will just be a CR
(Carriage Return), which is just a "|" symbol signifying a
carriage return. However "~" is valid as well.
International Dial Prefix
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This is your dialling code for dialling other countries, such as
00 or 001. In the dialling directory you can place a plus sign,
"+", in the telephone number field of an entry, this plus is then
substituted with the string in this field. If you have a laptop
computer and modem and travel regularly to different countries
then it is recommended that you use put the plus sign in the
number and change this field as necessary. This saves you
changing the telephone number of every entry each time you travel
to another country.
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Dial Cancel String
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This is the string that Communiqué will send to the modem when
you cancel in the middle of a dial. In most cases, it should also
just be a CR.
Disconnect String
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This is the string that Communiqué will send to your modem when
disconnecting. For the correct string, please refer to your
modems documentation.
Dialling Time
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Here you can set the time that Communiqué will wait after it has
dialled a telephone number before recycling. Please also note
that there is an S register in your [Hayes Compatible] modem that
will also set a timeout vlaue. If the S register has a shorter
timeout value, the modem will reset before that. So if you run
into problems, you may want to make sure that the S register is
set to a longer timeout value, please refer to your modem manual
for more information concerning the S registers. The default
setting for most modems however is 50 seconds and this is what
the dialling time here should be set at.
Pause Time Between Dials
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If a system is busy or not answering when you first dial,
Communiqué will keep redialling the number until you get through.
After every dial, Communiqué will pause for the period of time
set here in seconds, before dialling again.
Max Redials
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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.
Auto Dial Entry Number
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This unique option will let you set a directory entry to be
automatically dialled upon starting Communiqué. If you do not
wish to do this just set this value to 0. Otherwise type the
entry number you would like to be dialled automatically when
Communiqué starts up.
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Advanced Mode Settings
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This submenu will allow you to change some of the more advanced
modem options. These normally should not need to be changed for
normal well behaved modems. Below is a quick summary of what each
option does.
Lower DTR to Disconnect
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This tells Communiqué to lower the DTR signal to disconnect from
the remote system. In most cases this should be left on, though
some modems may have trouble with this, check your modem manual
for information on the DTR signal if you experience problems.
Toggle DTR Before Dialling
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This selection will make Communiqué toggle the DTR before
dialling making sure the line is free and ready to be dialled.
Again on most occasions this will be left on, but some modems may
not like this and it therefore should be turned off, if you are
having problems dialling you can try disabling this option, it
has little effect on the successful dialling of Communiqué.
Hardware Flow Control
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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. Flow control simply controls the transmission of data
from both ends if one end gets overloaded with data. Hardware
flow control 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
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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 though if you suspect that your
modem does not support hardware flow control you can safely use
software flow control.
Restore MCR on Exit
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If this is enabled Communiqué will restore the Modem Control
Register of the UART to its original state at runtime. This
register contains the DTR information and if you exit Communiqué
whilst online with this option on you will loose carrier because
the DTR will be dropped.
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DOS Shell with FIFO Active
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When you shell to DOS, Communiqué can optionally leave the FIFO
buffer of the UART chip active, if you have the new 16550 series
of UART chips on your serial card. The FIFO can store up to the
last 14 bytes of characters that have come in whilst you where in
the shell, enough to indicate to you if anything important has
happened whilst you were in the shell.
Carrier Detect Mask
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This is the decimal mask value of the Carrier Detect bit of the
MSR register of the UART chip. In most IBM compatible hardware
this will be 128 and should not be changed.
Duration of DTR Toggle
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This is the amount of time Communiqué will wait, in 1/100ths of a
second, between dropping the DTR signal of the MCR register and
raising it again. This value should be set long enough for the
modem to recognise the new lowered state and act as it is
programmed.
Duration of Break Signal
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This is the amount of time, in 1/100ths of a second, that
Communiqué will wait after setting the Break Signal in the LCR
register.
Inbound Buffer
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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
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Here you can, likewise, set your outbound buffer. In most
instances though, the outbound buffer will not need to be very
big, the default size is 256bytes. You may wish/need to set this
to a higher value if your machine is on a network or has a large
number of cards on its bus.
Fax/Modem Settings
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These are special settings for modems with facsimile
capabilities.
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Allow Fax Connects
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If this is on when your fax/modem reports a fax connect as
defined below then Communiqué will shell to the fax software
specified in the SETUP/PATHS AND FILENAMES setup menu. Please
read below for this setting.
Fax Connect String
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This is the string Communiqué should look for to signify a fax
connect. Once this string has been sent to Communiqué from the
modem the Communiqué will shell to DOS and run the fax software
specified.
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Screen and Color
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From the screen and color setup menu, you can change the colors
of the screen to what ever you'd like, and change setting such as
the screen size and framework.
Here are the changeable color items:
Work Screen - Sets the color for the main terminal
screen.
Status Bar - Sets the color of the status bar on the
bottom of the main work screen.
Help Bar - Sets the color of the help bar on the
bottom of the screen where the status bar
usually is.
Menu Text - Sets the color for the pull down menu
items.
Menu Frame - Sets the color of the frame on the pull
down menus.
Menu Keys - Sets the color of the highlighted
characters in the menus used as selection
characters.
Menu Bar - Sets the color of the highlight bar used
to select menu items.
This menu is also used to configure your screen setup, the
following can be setup from this menu:
Frame Design
────────────
Is used simply to set your desired menu border type. It can be
set to either no frame, single line frame on top only, single
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line frame, single on top, double on sides and many more.
Screen Lines
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This sets the default screen size used by Communiqué on startup.
This can be set to either Auto, 25, 43 or 50. Auto means that
Communiqué will startup in the same mode as DOS is currently,
which maybe monochrome, CGA color, EGA color (43 lines) or VGA
color (50 lines)
Screen Mode
───────────
Screen Setup allows you to override some of Communiqué's
automatic screen type detection routines. Communiqué
automatically detects a monochrome screen, CGA screen snow and
Multitaskers needing DOS (non-direct) mapped screen writes. You
can set these settings to either Yes, No or Auto. Auto means that
Communiqué will automatically set the most appropriate settings
according to your computer setup. For speed purposes you may like
to try to force CGA snow checking off and direct screen writes to
on. These options may also be specified on the commandline.
Default Settings
────────────────
Here you can set your terminal defaults that will be used when
Communiqué starts. These settings can be changed in other menus
whilst using Communiqué as described in Chapter Five and Chapter Six,
but they only stay valid while Communiqué is in memory. Here is where
you can set the defaults and save them so that when you next use
Communiqué these settings will be used. Below is a list of terminal
defaults that you can set, and the valid options for them:
Line settings
─────────────
COM PORT This selects the serial port used by Communiqué at
start up, and can be set to 1, 2, 3, 4, or Auto. If
Auto is selected Communiqué will attempt to find the
com port to which the modem is attached at startup.
BAUD RATE This sets the speed at which Communiqué speaks to the
modem at startup. This is explained in more detail in
Chapter 5. (300-115,000)
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DATA BITS See Chapter 5 for details. (7 or 8)
STOP BITS See Chapter 5 for details (0,1 or 2)
PARITY See Chapter 5 for details. (Odd, Even, or None)
Emulation
─────────
See Chapter 5 for details.
(ANSI/TTY/VT52/VT100/AVATAR)
Protocol
────────
See Chapter 5 for details. (ASCII, Xmodem, Xmodem-1k,
Xmodem-1k-G, Ymodem, Ymodem-G, or Zmodem)
Lock Baud Rate
──────────────
See Chapter 5 for details. (ON/OFF)
Word Wrap
─────────
See Chapter 5 for details. (ON/OFF)
Line Feed
─────────
See Chapter 5 for details. (ON/OFF)
Local Echo
──────────
See Chapter 5 for details(ON/OFF)
Destructive Backspace
─────────────────────
(ON/OFF) When set to "ON" Communiqué will treat a
received backspace as destructive and not as a move
to the left.
Translation Tables
──────────────────
See later section in this Chapter. (ON/OFF)
Strip Hi Bit
────────────
Strips the eighth bit of a byte so no character over
ascii 127 is received. (ON/OFF)
Auto Z-Modem
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See Chapter 5 for details. (ON/OFF)
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Avatar
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See Chapter 5 for details. (ON/OFF)
IEMSI
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See Chapter 5 for details. (ON/OFF)
Printer
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When set to on all activity is sent to the printer as
defined later in this chapter. (ON/OFF)
Capture
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See earlier entry in this chapter. (ON/OFF)
Usage Log
─────────
Logs details of Communiqué's activities to the file
defined in SETUP/PATHS and FILENAMES. See earlier in
this chapter.(ON/OFF)
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General Options
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Communiqué also has many 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:
Alarm Bells
───────────
This enables or disables the sounding of music when one of the
user set Alarms go off, if this is off only the pop up window is
displayed to say that the Alarm is going off.
Warning Bells
─────────────
This enables or disables the use of music with some warning
messages, namely a connection in the dialling directory or the
end of a file transfer.
Allow ANSI Music
────────────────
Allows the de-facto ANSI music to be played if encountered in an
ANSI emulation string.
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Get Com Port on Startup
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When you first start Communiqué you can have it prompt you for
which com port you wish to use. This was the default setting when
you first installed Communiqué. It is handy if you have more than
one modem connected to your computer system or you are always
changing which port it is connected to.
Wait at End of Transfer
───────────────────────
If enabled Communiqué will not remove the transfer window at the
end of a file transfer, instead it will wait for you to press a
key. This is handy if you go away while the transfer is in
progress and it finishes but you want to see the final speed
results and any errors that may have occurred etc.
Wait After Dial Connect
───────────────────────
If enabled Communiqué will not wait for a keypress after a
connection is made when calling from the dialling directory. This
option is to speed up connection time primarily for systems where
IEMSI is used.
Kill Aborted Downloads
──────────────────────
If a download is aborted, through error or by yourself,
Communiqué can optionally delete any unfinished files.
Confirm Disconnects
───────────────────
If enabled Communiqué will first prompt you for confirmation of a
disconnection before attempting to disconnect.
Capture - Strip Codes
─────────────────────
This simply removes any terminal emulation codes before placing
any text into the capture file whilst capture is on.
DOS Shell: Use EMS
──────────────────
If you have EMS memory installed you can use this to put
Communiqué into EMS memory when you do a DOS shell with the ALT-J
hotkey. This makes the shell a lot faster and means that you will
have a lot more memory available to you from within the DOS
shell.
DOS Shell: Use Disk
───────────────────
If you do not have EMS memory for DOS shells but you still
require the most amount of memory available whilst you are in a
DOS shell you can have Communiqué swap itself to a special file
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while you are in the shell. When you complete the shell the file
will be read, the memory contents replaced from the data in the
file and the file will then be deleted. A swap file will
typically be around 250kb in size, and if you have a RAM disk
large enough you may specify in the SETUP/FILENAME menu that you
wish to place the swap file in the RAM disk, this will speed up
the swap process greatly.
DOS Shell: In Window
────────────────────
When doing a DOS shell you may specify that you want to do it
within a window which will be placed on top of your work screen.
This may be useful if you wish to see what may be behind the
window. However Communiqué does not attempt to update the screen
behind the DOS window whilst you are in a shell. Also please note
that not all applications will be compatible with a DOS window.
Communiqué does however return the screen to the same state it
was when you start the DOS window, on your return from the DOS
shell window.
DOS Shell: Write File
─────────────────────
This will write a special file to the Communiqué directory when
you shell to DOS. This file contains information on Communiqué
and the com port. The information may be used by external
programs such as an external host program.
Auto Mailscan
─────────────
If enabled Communiqué will scan the download directory for a QWK
packet after logging off. It will then execute the mail program
defined above in the PATHS AND FILENAMES menu option.
Auto Chat Capture
─────────────────
If enabled Communiqué will automatically toggle on Capture when
you enter chat mode using either the full screen or split screen
chat modes. When you exit chat mode you will be asked if you wish
to close the capture buffer or leave it open to continue
capturing everything that is displayed on the screen.
Auto Dialling Directory
───────────────────────
Will force Communiqué to automatically enter the dialling
directory upon startup from DOS.
Auto Memorandum Display
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Will automatically pop-up the MEMO PAD when Communiqué is first
started from DOS.
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Auto Save Configuration
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Will automatically save any changes made to the Communiqué setup
on exiting Communiqué. If this option is off and changes have
been made then you will be asked if you wish to save the changes.
Screen Saver Timer
──────────────────
This is the amount of time that Communiqué should be idle before
it switches on the screen saver. To be idle, Communiqué should
not receive any data from the keyboard, mouse or com port. If
this field is set to zero the screen saver will be disabled.
Auto Hold Timer
───────────────
The Auto Hold Timer will send a carriage return to the modem
after this set amount of time of inactivity whilst online. This
is handy if you need to leave the computer system for a while
whilst you are online to a system that has an inactivity
disconnect timer. Set this field to zero to disable this
function.
Auto Exit Timer
───────────────
This is the amount of inactivity time Communiqué should wait
before it will close itself up and exit to DOS. Set this field to
zero to disable this function.
Default Status Bar
──────────────────
Enables you to select the default status bar type (or none at
all) that Communiqué will use at startup.
Chat Mode Default Type
──────────────────────
Normally when entering chat mode you are asked if you wish to use
the Full Screen or Split Screen chat mode. Here you can specify
one or the other so that it no longer prompts you for this, or
you can specify Select which means that it will again prompt you
for your choice.
Scroll Back Buffer Size
───────────────────────
This controls the size of your Scroll Back Buffer. Obviously the
larger the buffer the more pages of information will be retained,
but it is expensive on memory requirements. The Scroll Back
buffer size is measured in bytes, therefore 10240bytes (the
default) is already another 10k extra on your memory
requirements.
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Operating System Environment
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When Communiqué starts up it automatically detects the type of
operating system in use, whether it be standard DOS, MS Windows,
DesqView, OS/2 or one of many other multitaskers. If Communiqué
detects a multitasker it will start time-slicing, if you do not
wish it to time-slice you may turn it off by setting the OS
Environment to Standard DOS.
Each of these items has help on the help bar on the bottom of the
screen, all are fairly self explanatory.
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Printer Setup
─────────────
In the printer setup section, you can change several items to
customise Communiqué to your printer. The following are
selections that you may 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 an ESC (ASCII character 27) to the printer before the
initialisation string.
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IEMSI Profiles
──────────────
Interactive EMSI, or Interactive Electronic Mail Standards
Interchange as it is officially called, 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
faster, 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, go to the menu labelled IEMSI profiles, hit enter, and
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then hit enter again on the profile that you would like to edit.
You are given ten profiles, you do not need to set them all, only
one, but you may have different setups for different systems.
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, this saves remembering which profile number has
what setting, therefore the profile title should have some
description of how the profile is setup.
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, Communiqué will then use the password defined in the
dialling directory if you are using the dialling directory.
Location
────────
This is where you enter the location that you are calling from.
For most systems, it's preferably the city and state your calling
from.
Voice Telephone Number
──────────────────────
This is your 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.
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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 that is the case, your selection will be over-
ridden. Hot keys mean that when you press a key in a menu it will
act upon it immediately whether the menu has finished drawing up
or not and without you pressing the ENTER key after.
Quiet Mode
──────────
Here you can toggle quiet mode on and off. Quiet mode prevents
other users online from disturbing you with paging, messages, or
chat requests.
Page Pausing
────────────
Here you indicate if you want page pausing, which will prompt you
to continue after you receive more than a screenful of data.
Screen Clearing
───────────────
This option will let you toggle screen clearing on and off, if
you do not allow screen clearing all text sent to the screen
will be scrolled.
Display News
────────────
This is a option allows you to determine if you want to view the
NEWS file on the remote BBS system. The news file on the remote
system or BBS is generally notes from the system operator
concerning new items on the system which may of interest to you.
Check for New Mail
──────────────────
This options allows you request a mail check at logon to the
remote BBS system, this will check for new mail addressed to you
since your last logon.
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. If you do not use the full screen message editor when
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entering messages you will be forced to use the line editor,
which means you enter a message line by line making editing a
lot harder. Full screen message editors generally require that
you are using the ANSI or AVATAR terminal emulation.
Users Security
──────────────
This is where you set up a password for Communiqué. Communiqué will
then ask for this at startup. It could be used to prevent
unauthorised access to your passwords for other systems.
File Protocols
──────────────
This option allows you to configure the file transfer protocols used
by Communiqué, there are two options, internal and external. Both of
these are described below.
Internal Protocols
──────────────────
Selection of this option will give you two options:
ASCII File Transfer
Zmodem File Transfer
ASCII File Transfer :-
This allows you to set some of the defaults for
ASCII file transfers, the default values should
normally work. The options are as follows.
- Strip Hi Bits - This toggles ON/OFF and tells Communiqué
whether or not to remove the eighth data or
parity bit. This means that no ASCII
characters above 127 will be received or
sent.
- Character Delay - The delay period between each character sent
measured in hundredths of a second.
- Line - Feed - The delay period after carriage returns
measured in hundredths of a second.
- Abort Character - This is the decimal value of the character
used to abort the transfer. This is normally
set to 26.
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Zmodem File Transfers :-
Not available at the moment.
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 in the name field
2) Set the status - Non-Active, Active, Active with Auto-Download,
Deleted
3) Set a selection key (the key that will bring it up)
4) Give the upload command line
5) Give the download command line
6) Set the auto download string
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.
The auto download string is the string that Communiqué will search
for to automatically start the download process, just like the auto
Zmodem feature. The status of the protocol must be "ACTIVE: Auto-
Download ON" for this to work, this way you can quickly turn the auto
download function off by leaving the status as just "ACTIVE".
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.
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Example:
Name : Puma
Status : Active
Selection Key : 1
Redraw Screen : On
Upload Commandline : \Term\Puma.exe P1 X+ F- B+ A+ D+ O- R+ s *D
Download Commandline : \Term\Puma.exe B+ E*B N+ P1 X+ s *U*G
The selection key is the location of the character in the title that
will be highlighted and used to select the protocol, the selection
key in the example above sets the "P" in "Puma" as the highlighted
selection key.
The status can be Active, Active with Auto-Download, Non-Active or
Deleted. Deleted means that when you exit and save the settings the
entry will be erased.
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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.
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 for the "!". If you genuinely need to use one of these characters
in the text of the macro, simply type two of them, ie. "HELLO!!" will
read "HELLO!" when printed out on the screen.
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Translation Tables
──────────────────
Here you can change your inbound and outbound 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. When the
character is received or transmitted whilst the translation tables
are turned on it will be substituted for the character that you have
selected. When editing the translation tables you may want to change
some of the characters that do not appear on the standard keyboard,
to enter these characters look up its ASCII value in the ASCII chart
in Appendix C and type it in by holding down the ALT key and typing
the number on your numeric keypad.This is the standard DOS method of
entering high ASCII characters and is explained in your DOS manual.
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Communication 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. If you
find that the changes you have made do not work and wish to go back
to the default BIOS settings you may select the menu item "Reset to
Defaults" which is at the bottom of the menu.
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 can save the setup automatically
or prompt you to save the configuration on exit, see the above
GENERAL settings for more information on this.
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CHAPTER EIGHT
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THE DIALLING DIRECTORY
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This chapter deals with the Dialling Directory, that is, dialling,
editing, tagging and much more. The Dialling Directory is basically a
whole database in itself and has many of the functions of a database,
such as delete, find and goto. And so with all this, the Dialling
Directory deserves its own chapter.
-
In the Dialling Directory window you will see a page of twelve
entries a dividing line and then a summary of available commands. The
Dialling Directory Name will be written on the dividing line. There
is also another list of available keys on the status bar. The
following commands are available in the Dialling Directory:
(M)anual (E)dit (V)iew (P)rint (A)dd (C)lear (G)oto (F)ind (N)ew
(T)ag Page (U)ntag Page (D)ial Tagged Entries (L)oad New Directory
(H)istory (I)mport Dialling Directory
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
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it in the dialling directory. When calling a manual number,
Communiqué will use the general setup for the operation, ie. the
first dial suffix setup in SETUP/MODEM.
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. Displayed at the bottom of the
window will be the date and time of the last time this system was
called.
The available options are:
NAME
The name of the system or person this entry refers to.
TELEPHONE NUMBER
The telephone number to dial.
PASSWORD
The password you use on this system for use by IEMSI or Scripts.
BAUD RATE
If the port is not locked, this is the speed at which you wish
to connect with the other system.
DATA BITS
Data Bits for the remote.
PARITY
Parity for the remote.
STOP BITS
Stop bits for the remote
DIAL PREFIX
Pressing enter toggles between the three entries defined in
MODEM/SETUP
DIAL SUFFIX
As defined in MODEM/SETUP.
EMULATION
The terminal emulation you wish to use.
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PROTOCOL
This protocol will be the one highlighted when you select the
upload or download options whilst connected to this system.
IEMSI PROFILE
The IEMSI profile you wish to use with this system.
NEXT LINKED ENTRY
If the number being called is busy it will dial this number
next.
IEMSI SESSIONS
Whether or not you wish to use IEMSI for this system.
WORD WRAP
Whether or not you want word wrapping enabled.
AVATAR SEQUENCES
Whether or not you wish avatar sequences translated.
LOCAL ECHO
Whether or not you require Local echo enabled.
TRANSLATION TABLES
Whether or not you wish to use defined translation tables.
AUTO LINE FEED
Whether or not you wish a line feed to be added after a
carriage return is received.
MACRO SET FILENAME
If you have a custom macro set for this system put the name of
the file in here.
SCRIPT FILENAME
The filename of a script you wish executed after connection.
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 the complete information for that
entry.
Print
─────
This command is very similar to the VIEW command, but it will print
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your information to the printer in report format, as 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 in the dialling directory.
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 go to a specific entry number by just
typing the entry number.
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. It will ask you if you want to do a case sensitive or
insensitive search, in most cases you would do an insensitive search
as capitals are not important. Next it will ask you if you wish to
search forward, backward or global. Forward will search from the
current position to the end of the dialling directory whilst backward
searches from the current entry back to the beginning. Global
searches search from the beginning. If FIND does not find a match for
the keyword it will stay on the same entry and not move to the end.
New
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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.
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Tag Page
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This command will tag all entries on the currently displayed page.
This saves you the inconvenience of having to press the Space Bar to
toggle all of, or most of, the entries on the page.
Untag Page
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This is the exact opposite of TAG PAGE, it will untag all entries on
the currently displayed page, handy if you wish to wipe the slate
clean and setup your tag dialling again.
Dial Tagged Entries
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This command is the actual command you use to dial all your tagged
entries. Pressing RETURN on an entries dials that entry only and will
not attempt to dial the tagged entries. Pressing "D", for Dial Tagged
Entries, will cycle through all the entries tagged in the entire
dialling directory. The effect is just like going through entry at a
time, pressing RETURN to dial, until one of the listed systems is
free.
History
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Lists the last ten entries dialled, with the time and date that they
were dialled.
Import
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Imports dialling directories from other software into the current
dialling directory. Support for other software includes Procomm,
Procomm Plus, Qmodem, Telemate, and Telix. Support has also been
added for the FidoNet networks Nodelist.
Special Keys
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As well as the normal Up/Down arrows and 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 an 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
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SPACE BAR toggles an entries tagging on or off, when you press "D" to
dial Communiqué will dial all tagged entries in order. Other keys
that work are the ESC key to exit the dialling directory and the HOME
and END keys to move the hilight bar to beginning or end of the page.
Memo
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The MEMO PAD is available in the Dialling Directory by pressing the
F2 key, without the ALT key.
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A P P E N D I X E S
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APPENDIX A: Communiqué Quick Command Reference
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Standard ALT-Key Commands:
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ALT H.....Help
ALT C.....Communiqué About Menu
ALT F.....File Functions Menu
ALT M.....Modem Setup Menu
ALT U.....Utilities Menu
ALT S.....Setup Menu
ALT G.....AVATAR Toggle ALT N.....Keyboard Lock
ALT B.....Baudrate Select ALT Y.....Printer Toggle
ALT K.....Capture Toggle ALT R.....Receive/Download
ALT O.....Chat Mode ALT =.....Scroll Back Buffer
ALT L.....Clear Screen ALT Z.....Send Break Signal
ALT P.....Com Port Select ALT -.....Status Bar Toggle
ALT D.....Dialling Directory ALT V.....Timer and Alarms
ALT X.....Disconnect ALT T.....Transmit/Upload
ALT E.....Emulation ALT A.....Type Ahead Buffer
ALT I.....IEMSI Toggle ALT 0.....Usage Log Toggle
ALT INS...Screen Image Dump ALT Q.....Quit Communiqué
ALT J.....Jump to DOS Shell
ALT N.....Keyboard Lock
Other Keys:
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PgDn.........Download/Receive
PgUp..........Upload/Transmit
ALT TAB.......Toggle RAW Mode
Scroll Lock...Toggle RAW Mode
ALT F1....Help on HotKeys ALT 5.....Com Port Info
ALT F2....Memo Pad ALT 6.....Computer Info
ALT F3....External Editor Program
ALT F4....External Host Program
ALT F5....IEMSI Server Info
ALT F6....File Manager
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Useful ALT-Key-Key (Two Key) Commands:
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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
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APPENDIX B: Troubleshooting
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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 or by turning it off in the SETUP/SCREEN menu.
Problem:
Modem wont dial or occasionally wont dial in the dialling directory.
Solution:
This problem may be linked with your modems DTR (Data Terminal Ready)
signal. Try changing the TOGGLE DTR BEFORE DIALLING setting in the
SETUP/MODEM menu.
Problem:
Communiqué wont display ANSI graphics while I have AVATAR on.
Solution:
Set your terminal emulation to ANSI with the ALT-E key, then turn
AVATAR on with the ALT-G key this way you have both AVATAR and ANSI
terminal emulations.
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APPENDIX C: IBM PC ASCII Character Set
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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 │
└────────────────────────┴────────────────────────┘
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┌──────────────────┬──────────────────┬──────────────────┐
│ 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 │
└──────────────────┴──────────────────┴──────────────────┘
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┌──────────────────┬──────────────────┬──────────────────┐
│ 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 ▀ │
│ 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 ╡ │
│ 127 7F │ 179 B3 │ │ 231 E7 τ │
│ 128 80 Ç │ 180 B4 ┤ │ 232 E8 │
│ 129 81 ü │ 181 B5 ╡ │ 233 E9 │
│ 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 √ │
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│ 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 ÿ │ 204 CC ╠ │ │
└──────────────────┴──────────────────┴──────────────────┘
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APPENDIX D: Standard RS-232-C Cable Wiring
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The IBM family of computers uses two standard connectors with its RS-
232C serial communications standard. The RS-232C standard serial
cable may have a DB-25 or DB-9 connector, the number refers to the
number of pins in the "D" shaped connector. Below is a standard
serial 25 pin to 9 pin wiring diagram to assist you in making your
own cables.
DB-25 Pin # SIGNAL DB-9 Pin #
2 _____________Transmit Data (TXD)_____________ 3
3 _____________Receive Data (RXD)_____________ 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
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