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Note: The instructions below cover use of PC KERMIT 3.0 on an IBM PC or
PS/2 with an extended keyboard. (On the extended keyboard, the
function keys are across the top of the keyboard rather than on
the left hand side). If you are using a version of Kermit earlier
than 3.0 or if you have an old PC keyboard with the PF keys down
the left hand side, some of the instructions below may not work on
your equipment.
CECA's implementation of PC Kermit 3.0 includes the following
files --
KERMIT.EXE MSKERMIT.INI
MSKERM.DOC HPKEYS.SET
MSKERM.HLP IBMKEYS.SET
IBM.DOC VAXKEYS.SET
I. USING PC KERMIT AS A TERMINAL EMULATION PROGRAM
On the PC or PS/2 --
1. Set up modem and line connections if necessary.
2. Turn on all equipment and boot PC-DOS.
3. If in Grote 216, choose the KERM option from the menu and go to
step 4. Otherwise, access the disk and directory in which
PC Kermit is stored and enter KERMIT to run the PC
Kermit program.
4. When you receive the "Kermit-MS>" prompt, enter one of the
following commands to set up your keyboard. Enter
IBM -- if logging onto CMS or MUSIC/SP on the IBM 4381,
VAX -- if logging onto the VAX 11/785,
HP -- if logging onto the HP 950 or library computer.
If you do not receive an error message, go to step 5.
If you do receive an error message, you may not have all of
the necessary files and so will have to set up your
terminal configuration manually. Enter the following
Kermit commands to set up the configuration:
SET PARITY EVEN
SET FLOW-CONTROL XON/XOFF
SET LOCAL-ECHO OFF
SET TERMINAL VT102
SET BAUD nnnn -- where "nnnn" is the baud
rate of your equipment
SET PORT n -- where "n" is the number
of your COM port
If you want to check your configuration, enter the Kermit
command STATUS .
5. Access the Gandalf network at UTC.
THE METHOD YOU USE TO ACCESS GANDALF DEPENDS UPON WHETHER YOU
ARE DIALING IN FROM HOME OR ARE USING A MICRO IN ONE OF THE
MICRO COMPUTER LABS ON THE UTC CAMPUS.
* If you are using one of the micro computers in the lab in
Hunter or Grote, follow the instructions in section A below.
* If you are dialing in from home using a Hayes compatible
modem, go to section B below.
* If you are dialing in from home on a modem which is not Hayes
compatible, consult the manufacturer's documentation.
A. Using a micro in Hunter or Grote Hall --
-- Enter a C to connect to Gandalf.
-- Press Alt-B (hold down the "Alt" key and the "B" key at the
same time). Then press ENTER. Continue pressing Alt-B and
ENTER until you get the Gandalf prompt:
PLEASE ENTER SERVICE (CLASS) OR HELP
Go to step 6.
B. Dialing in from home using a Hayes compatible modem --
-- Enter SET BAUD nnnn where nnnn is the baud rate of
your modem.
-- Enter a C to connect to your modem.
-- Enter AT . You should get an OK message.
-- For touch tone phones, enter ATDTphone# .
For rotary dial phones, enter ATPTphone# .
Do not include any blanks or dashes within this command.
Example: ATDT7554452 .
The phone numbers are --
755-4452 or 755-4472
-- When you get a carrier, press ENTER one or more times.
You should get the Gandalf prompt "PLEASE ENTER SERVICE
(CLASS) OR HELP".
6. Once you have gotten the Gandalf prompt, enter one of the
following
IBM -- to log onto MUSIC or CMS.
VAX -- to log onto the VAX 11/785.
HP -- to log onto the Academic Computing HP 950.
LIB -- to log onto the library computer.
7. If you are logging onto the IBM, you will be prompted to
"ENTER TERMINAL TYPE:", enter VT100 .
8. When you receive a prompt from the mainframe computer you have
chosen, proceed as usual.
II. FINDING THE FUNCTION KEYS AND OTHER SPECIAL KEYS ON THE IBM
EXTENDED KEYBOARD
If you have all of the PC Kermit files listed at the beginning of
this handout and have executed step 4 correctly, your keyboard will
be set up as follows.
A. IBM 4381 (MUSIC and CMS) --
IBM Extended Keyboard 3270-type Terminal Keyboard
F1 through F12 == PF01 - PF12
Shift-F1 through Shift-F12 == PF13 - PF24
Tab == field tab
Shift-Tab == field backtab
Backspace == newline
Insert == toggle insert mode
Delete == delete
Home == clear screen
End == erase EOF
Page Up == PA1
Page Down == PA2
keypad Home == scroll to top of memory
keypad End == scroll to end of memory
keypad PgUp == scroll up page
keypad PgDn == scroll down page
keypad Ctrl-End == save screen to KERMIT.SCN
file on PC.
If you are using a different keyboard, some of the IBM keys can be
emulated as follows --
PF keys -- on most PC keyboards, you can use ESC and the top two
rows of alphanumeric keys, i.e.:
ESC,1 == PF01 ESC,2 == PF02 ... ESC,= == PF12
ESC,q == PF13 ESC,w == PF14 ... ESC,\ == PF24
ESC,comma-key == PA1 ESC,period-key == PA2
left-arrow key == Backspace
B. VAX keys (EVE Editor) --
IBM Extended Keyboard VT 100 Keyboard
Page Up == PF1 -- editor FIND
keypad / == PF2 HELP
keypad * == PF3 FORWARD/BACK
keypad - == PF4 DO
keypad 7 == 7 SELECT
keypad 8 == 8 REMOVE
keypad 9 == 9 INSERT HERE
keypad + == - (hyphen) MOVE BY LINE
keypad Shift-+ (shift-plus) == , (comma) ERASE WORD
keypad 4 == 4 undefined
keypad 5 or up-arrow key == 5 UP
keypad 6 == 6 undefined
keypad 1 or back-arrow key == 1 LEFT
keypad 2 or down-arrow key == 2 DOWN
keypad 3 or right-arrow key == 3 RIGHT
keypad Enter == Enter INSERT/OVERSTRIKE
keypad 0 == 0 NEXT SCREEN
keypad . == . (period) PREVIOUS SCREEN
Backspace == delete
Shift-Backspace == backspace
Delete == delete
F12 == linefeed
Home == scroll to top of memory
Ctrl-Home == scroll up one page
End == scroll to bottom of memory
Ctrl-End == scroll down one page
C. HP and LIB keys
IBM Extended Keyboard HP Terminal
Backspace == backspace
III. USING KERMIT TO TRANSFER FILES BETWEEN A MAINFRAME AND A PC OR PS/2
Use PC Kermit to log onto your account on the IBM 4381, VAX 11/785, or
HP 950 and proceed as follows --
1. When you have received the mainframe's system prompt, enter
KERMIT to run the mainframe Kermit program. (On the HP, you
may have to enter "RUN KERMIT.PUB.KERMIT").
2. When you receive the mainframe Kermit ">" prompt, enter
SHOW ALL ("SHOW ?" on CMS) to display the settings of the
mainframe Kermit. Reset any options which are incorrectly set
by entering the command SET option value where "option"
is the option to be reset and "value" is the new value of the
option.
For example, on the VAX you must enter SET PARITY EVEN
to configure VAX Kermit correctly BEFORE transferring any files.
3. Enter a mainframe Kermit file transfer command. For example --
RECEIVE (Receive a file from the PC)
RECEIVE <filename> (Receive a file and store it
under the filename given)
SEND <filename> (Send file to the PC)
The message "Please escape to local Kermit to RECEIVE/SEND the
file(s)" will be displayed on most systems. (On the VAX, no
message is displayed unless an error occurs. Enter one of the
commands above and then go on to step 4 if no error message is
displayed.)
4. Press Alt-x to escape back to PC Kermit.
5. Enter a PC Kermit file transfer command. For example --
RECEIVE (Receive a file from the mainframe)
RECEIVE <filename.ext> (Receive under the filename given)
SEND <filename.ext> (Send the PC file to the mainframe)
6. A screen such as this will be displayed:
File name:
KBytes transferred:
Percent transferred:
Sending: (or Receiving:)
Number of packets:
Packet length:
Number of retries:
Last error:
Last message:
When the transaction has been completed, "Completed" will be
displayed in the "Sending:" or "Receiving:" field. Wait for
the "completed" message before preceding to step 7.
7. Enter a C to connect to the mainframe. Then press
ENTER, if necessary, to get a Kermit prompt from the mainframe
Kermit.
8. Repeat steps 3 through 7 to transfer other files or enter the
EXIT command to exit from the mainframe Kermit program.
IV. TO LOG OFF AND DISCONNECT
1. Log off of the mainframe.
2. Press Esc then, ` (left accent), then . (period) to return to
the Gandalf prompt. Then enter BYE .
3. If connected through a modem, hang up.
4. Escape back to PC Kermit, by pressing Alt-x.
5. Enter EXIT to exit from PC Kermit.
V. PC KERMIT COMMANDS
PC Kermit implements a large subset of the commands of "ideal"
Kermit. The ones you are most likely to find useful are:
CONNECT as terminal to remote system.
DEFINE macros of PC Kermit commands.
DELETE local files.
DIRECTORY listing of local files.
DO a macro expansion.
EXIT from PC Kermit.
HELP about PC Kermit.
PUSH to MS-DOS command level (enter DOS "EXIT" command to return).
QUIT from PC Kermit
RECEIVE files from remote Kermit.
RUN an MS-DOS program.
SEND files to remote Kermit.
SET various parameters.
SHOW various parameters.
SPACE inquiry (about disk space).
STATUS inquiry (about settings).
TAKE commands from file.
TYPE display a local file.
VERSION display PC Kermit program version number.
The following SET commands are available in PC Kermit:
BAUD Communications port line speed (synonym for SPEED)
BELL Whether to beep at the end of a transaction
BLOCK-CHECK-TYPE Level of error checking for file transfer
DEBUG Display packet contents during file transfer
DEFAULT-DISK Default disk drive for file i/o
DESTINATION Default destination device for incoming files
DISPLAY For selecting the type of file transfer display
DUMP Screen dump file (or device) name
END-OF-LINE Packet termination character
EOF Method for determining or marking end of file
ESCAPE Escape character for CONNECT
FLOW-CONTROL Enable or disable XON/XOFF
HANDSHAKE Half-duplex line turnaround option
INCOMPLETE What to do with an incompletely received file
KEY Specify key redefinitions, or "keystroke macros"
LOCAL-ECHO Specify which computer does the echoing during
CONNECT
MODE-LINE Whether to display a mode line during terminal
emulation
PARITY Character parity to use
PORT Select a communications port
PROMPT Change the "PC Kermit>" prompt to something else
RECEIVE Request remote Kermit to use specified parameters
REMOTE For running PC Kermit interactively from back port
RETRY Packet retransmission threshold
SEND Use the specified parameters during file transfer
SPEED Communications port line speed (synonym for BAUD)
TAKE-ECHO Control echoing of commands from TAKE files
TERMINAL Emulation and parameters
TIMER Enable/disable timeouts during file transfer
WARNING Specify how to handle filename collisions
VI. CUSTOMIZING PC KERMIT
The commands in the file MSKERMIT.INI are executed automatically each
time you run PC Kermit. If you are dialing in from home, you may want
to edit the MSKERMIT.INI file and change the "SET BAUD 9600" statement
to match the baud rate of your modem. Then you would not have to
reset the baud rate each time you logged on.
When at UTC using a PC connected directly to the Gandalf network, you
can use a baud rate of 9600 or 19200. However, if PC Kermit has too
many retries when you are trying to transfer a file, you should set the
baud rate down to 2400.
The MSKERMIT.INI file contains three macros -- "IBM", "VAX", and "HP".
You may alter these macros or create others if you wish. To execute a
macro stored in MSKERMIT.INI, enter the macro name as a command or enter
DO macro-name
If you wish to execute a large group of Kermit commands, store them into
a file other than MSKERMIT.INI and then use the "TAKE" command within
a macro to execute the commands in the other file.
For examples of the use of macros and of the "TAKE" command, look at
the MSKERMIT.INI file and at the files IBMKEYS.SET, VAXKEYS.SET, and
HPKEYS.SET. Copies of these are appended to the end of the handout.
VII. SPECIAL NOTE FOR THOSE RUNNING PLOTS
Unlike PCPLOT, PC KERMIT doesn't switch between text and graphics mode
automatically when a plot command is issued. To toggle between VT100
and TEK 4010 modes, press ALT,- (minus on main keyboard) or Alt-w .
PC Kermit 3.0 supports four terminal types, so you must press Alt,-
or ALT,w three times to go from VT100 to TEK 4010 mode.
MSKERMIT.INI --
; General settings for IBM 4381, VAX 785, and HP 950
;
SET TERMINAL VT102
SET PORT 1
SET BAUD 9600
SET LOCAL-ECHO OFF
SET PARITY EVEN
;
; Macros --
;
DEFINE VAX TAKE VAXKEYS.SET,
;
DEFINE IBM TAKE IBMKEYS.SET,
;
DEFINE HP TAKE HPKEYS.SET,
;
DEFINE UTK SET PARITY NONE,SET BAUD 2400,
;
========================================================================
; IBMKEYS.SET
;
; Sets IBM extended keyboard for use with IBM 4381.
;
SET KEY \315 \27\49 ; Set F1-F12 to PF01-PF12
SET KEY \316 \27\50
SET KEY \317 \27\51
SET KEY \318 \27\52
SET KEY \319 \27\53
SET KEY \320 \27\54
SET KEY \321 \27\55
SET KEY \322 \27\56
SET KEY \323 \27\57
SET KEY \324 \27\48
SET KEY \389 \27\45
SET KEY \390 \27\61
;
SET KEY \852 \27q ; Set Shift-F1-F12 to PF13-PF24
SET KEY \853 \27w
SET KEY \854 \27e
SET KEY \855 \27r
SET KEY \856 \27t
SET KEY \857 \27y
SET KEY \858 \27u
SET KEY \859 \27i
SET KEY \860 \27o
SET KEY \861 \27p
SET KEY \903 \27\
SET KEY \904 \27|
;
SET KEY \4425 \27\44 ; Set gray Page Up key to PA1
SET KEY \4433 \27\62 ; Set gray Page Down key to PA2
SET KEY \4431 \27\127 ; Set gray End key to ERASE EOF
SET KEY \4423 \27OM ; Set gray Home key to CLEAR
SET KEY \270 \10 ; Set Backspace to NEWLINE
SET KEY \4434 \27On ; Set Insert to INSERT
SET KEY \783 \27\27OD ; Set left tab to FIELD BACKTAB
;
SET KEY \2321 \Ktermtype ; Set Alt,w to toggle termtype
;
====================================================================
; VAXKEYS.SET
;
; Set keypad on IBM *EXTENDED* keyboard as VT100 keypad. The Page Up
; key has been used as the "Gold" key because Num Lock can't be set.
;
; IBM PC key VT100 key
; --- -- --- ---------
SET KEY \4425 \27OP ; Page Up PF1 (Gold)
SET KEY \4937 \27OP ; Page Up upshifted PF1 (Gold)
SET KEY \4399 \27OQ ; / PF2
SET KEY \311 \27OR ; * PF3
SET KEY \330 \27OS ; - PF4
SET KEY \327 \27Ow ; 7 7
SET KEY \839 \27Ow ; 7 num locked 7
SET KEY \328 \27Ox ; 8 8
SET KEY \840 \27Ox ; 8 num locked 8
SET KEY \329 \27Oy ; 9 9
SET KEY \841 \27Oy ; 9 num locked 9
SET KEY \334 \27Om ; + -
SET KEY \846 \27Ol ; + upshifted comma (,)
SET KEY \331 \27Ot ; 4 4
SET KEY \843 \27Ot ; 4 num locked 4
SET KEY \332 \27Ou ; 5 5
SET KEY \844 \27Ou ; 5 num locked 5
SET KEY \333 \27Ov ; 6 6
SET KEY \845 \27Ov ; 6 num locked 6
SET KEY \335 \27Oq ; 1 1
SET KEY \847 \27Oq ; 1 num locked 1
SET KEY \336 \27Or ; 2 2
SET KEY \848 \27Or ; 2 num locked 2
SET KEY \337 \27Os ; 3 3
SET KEY \849 \27Os ; 3 num locked 3
SET KEY \4365 \27OM ; Enter Enter
SET KEY \338 \27Op ; 0 0
SET KEY \850 \27Op ; 0 num locked 0
SET KEY \339 \27On ; period (.) period
SET KEY \851 \27On ; period num locked period
;
; Other VT100 keyboard settings.
;
SET KEY \390 \10 ; F12 linefeed
SET KEY \782 \08 ; Backspace upshifted backspace
SET KEY \5495 \Kupscn ; Ctrl Home up page
SET KEY \5493 \Kdnscn ; Ctrl End up page
;
; Backspace, Delete, Home, End, Page Down, and the arrow keys work as
; expected and have not been altered.
;
; Set Alt,w to \Ktermtype (toggle TEK 4010) to conform to PCPLOT
;
SET KEY \2321 \Ktermtype
;
========================================================================
; HPKEYS.SET
;
SET KEY \270 \08 ; set Backspace to backspace
;
========================================================================
