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scount 21 - 50 copies 15% discount 51 - 100 copies 22% discount 101 - 200 copies 30% discount 200+ copies 40% discount Purchases of up to 50 copies are bulk purchases and include that many copies of Telix on disk, as with single registrations. Pur- chases of 51 or more copies are site licenses. Exis Inc. provides a master copy of Telix and the appropriate number of diskette labels. The licensee is responsible for copying the disks (backups of the MASTER do not count towards the total copies in the license). The name on the order form is considered the contact and is the per- son with whom all correspondence will take place. Note: All prices and discounts are subject to change without notice. Discounts apply only to separate orders, they are not cumulative. v Telix version 3.12 Invoice #891201-312 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Remit to: Exis Inc., P.O. 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VISA can be charged in Canadian funds only! ----------------------------------------------------------------- Payment by: ( ) Check or MO ( ) VISA ( ) PO # _______________ Name_______________________________________________________ Company_______________________________________________________ Address_______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Following information needed for VISA card payments only Phone(______)________________ Other(______)________________ Card #________________________________ Expiry date___________ Name on Card___________________________________________________ Where did you hear of or obtain Telix? _______________________________________________________ Comments_______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Telix v3.12 Contents vi C O N T E N T S 1 Introduction.............................................1 1.1 Program Description.................................1 1.2 The Telix Philosophy................................1 1.3 Machine Requirements................................2 1.4 Telix Files.........................................2 1.5 Start-Up Directory..................................3 2 Getting Started..........................................4 2.1 Starting a Telix Session............................4 2.2 Terminal Mode.......................................5 2.2.1 The Help/Status Screen..........................5 2.2.2 The Status Line.................................6 2.3 Communications Parameters...........................6 2.4 Using Telix Menus...................................7 2.5 Entering and Editing Strings........................7 2.6 Output String Translation...........................7 2.7 Ending a Telix Session..............................8 3 Program Features.........................................9 3.1 Hang-Up.............................................9 3.2 Capture File........................................9 3.3 Printer.............................................9 3.4 Usage Log...........................................9 3.5 Scroll-Back........................................11 3.6 Keyboard Definitions/Macros........................11 3.7 DOS Shell..........................................12 3.8 DOS Command........................................13 3.9 Editor.............................................13 3.10 DOS and File Functions............................13 3.11 Screen Image......................................14 3.12 The Translate Table...............................14 3.13 Chat Mode.........................................15 3.14 Clear Screen......................................16 3.15 Local Echo........................................16 3.16 Add Line Feeds....................................16 3.17 Break Signal......................................16 3.18 DOORWAY Mode......................................17 3.19 Miscellaneous Functions...........................17 3.19.1 Sending Modem Strings...........................17 3.19.2 Setting the Screen Size.........................17 Telix v3.12 Contents vii C O N T E N T S (cont.) 4 The Dialing Directory...................................18 4.2 Editing an Entry...................................20 4.3 Adding Entries.....................................20 4.4 Clearing Entries...................................20 4.5 Finding an Entry...................................20 4.6 Dialing............................................20 4.6.1 Long Distance Codes............................21 4.7 Other Functions....................................22 4.7.1 Inserting Blank Entries........................22 4.7.2 Deleting Entries...............................22 4.7.3 Revising Long Distance Codes...................22 4.7.4 Creating a Dialing Directory...................22 4.7.5 Loading a Dialing directory....................23 4.7.6 Printing the Dialing directory.................23 4.8 Automatic Queue Redial.............................23 4.9 The Quick Dial Bar.................................24 5 File Transfers..........................................25 5.1 Downloading (Receiving) Files......................25 5.2 Uploading (Sending) Files..........................26 5.3 File Transfer Protocols............................26 5.4 Which One to Use...................................28 6 The Telix Configuration Menu............................29 6.1 Screen and Color Settings..........................29 6.3 General Settings...................................32 6.4 Modem and Dialing settings.........................33 6.5 Filenames and Path Settings........................35 6.6 ASCII Transfers....................................36 6.7 Protocol options...................................38 6.8 Kermit Transfers...................................40 6.9 Comm port setup....................................40 6.10 Saving Changes and Leaving........................40 7 Terminal Emulation......................................41 7.1 TTY................................................41 7.2 ANSI-BBS...........................................41 7.3 VT102..............................................41 7.4 VT52...............................................42 8 Using Script Files......................................43 9 Host Mode...............................................45 Telix v3.12 Contents viii C O N T E N T S (cont.) 10 Appendix A - Command Summary by Keystroke..............50 11 Appendix B - Troubleshooting (Problems/Solutions)......51 12 Appendix C - Product Support...........................54 13 Appendix D - Installing External Protocols.............55 14 Appendix E - Dialing Directory File Format.............56 15 Index..................................................57 Telix v3.12 Introduction 1 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Program Description Telix is a full-featured communications program for PCs run- ning the PC/MS-DOS operating system, that is able to meet the needs of almost any user. Telix features include: - an extensive range of built-in file transfer protocols, including Zmodem, Compuserve Quick B, Xmodem, Xmo- dem-1k, Xmodem-1k-g, Ymodem (TRUE), Ymodem-g, Kermit, SEAlink, Telink, Modem7, and ASCII. Telix allows up to four 'external' protocols to be defined and called from within Telix. In this way, almost any kind of file transfer is possible from within Telix. - powerful multiple dialing directories, holding up to 1000 entries each. An entry contains many pieces of in- formation required for communicating with remote ser- vices, such as the phone number and communications pa- rameters. - automatic queue redialing for hard-to-reach numbers. - reliable DEC VT102 and VT52 terminal emulation. Keys may be redefined by the user. - extensive SALT script language which allows Telix to perform automated logons and many more complicated functions. As an example of the power of script files, the Telix Host Mode is written in the SALT script lan- guage. - full access to DOS including a DOS shell, a DOS Command option, and full path support. - A Host Mode with file transfers, operator paging, a Re- mote DOS shell, and two access levels. - A Chat Mode, keyboard macros, a scroll-back buffer, session capture, usage log, translate table, and a va- riety of other features, detailed in this manual. Above all however, Telix is FAST, and has powerful, friendly, user interface. 1.2 The Telix Philosophy When Telix was written, a basic idea was kept in mind. It was felt that a powerful program could be simple to operate, with no loss of speed in order to achieve this ease of use. Telix v3.12 Introduction 2 1.3 Machine Requirements Telix will run on an IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2, or true compatible with one hard drive and one floppy drive, or two floppy drives, and with at least 180k of free memory. This is memory available after DOS has been loaded. For a few functions, such as the DOS Shell, more memory is helpful. Telix will support up to 8 defined comm ports (COM1 through COM4 are predefined), any number of disk drives, and a printer connected to the parallel port. To get full use of Telix your modem must meet certain stan- dards as well, especially for the Host Mode script. The Car- rier Detect signal should not be forced high (on) by the mo- dem, so that Telix can tell when you are online. This is usu- ally controlled by the setting of a dip switch on the modem, or a modem command. The DTR (Data Terminal Ready) signal should not be ignored by the modem. 1.4 Telix Files Telix comes with a number of files and creates more in its normal operation. Some files included in the Telix package are: TELIX.EXE - The Telix program itself TELIX.DOC - The Telix program reference manual CS.EXE - The SALT script language compiler SALT.DOC - The SALT script language reference CONVERTF.EXE - Converts phone directories to Telix for- mat HOST.SLT - The Host Mode script file (source) HOST.SLC - The Host Mode script file (compiled) HCONFIG.SLT - Host Mode configuration script (source) HCONFIG.SLC - Host Mode config. script (compiled) *.KEY - The various key definition files for the terminals supported by Telix Files (optionally) created and used by Telix include: TELIX.FON - The default dialing directory file TELIX.LD - The Long Distance Codes file TELIX.CAP - The default session capture file TELIX.IMG - The screen image save file TELIX.KEY - The default user key macros defini- tion file HOST.CNF - The Host Mode configuration file Telix at one time or another can have a number of files open, especially during Host Mode and a few other instances. If Telix tells you it is having problems opening files then it is probable that including the line: Telix v3.12 Introduction 3 'files=20' in your CONFIG.SYS file could clear up the problem. This al- lows DOS to open more files (the default is 'files=8'). For more information on the config.sys file see your DOS manual. 1.5 Start-Up Directory When you run Telix it will remember the disk directory you ran it from. After this point, even if you have changed the cur- rent directory with the 'Change directory' command, Telix will know that it should look for its program files on the start-up directory. Some files will also be written on this directory unless you specify another. If you set the environment variable 'TELIX', Telix will have another (even better) way of knowing where to look for its files. The command form at the DOS prompt is: set TELIX=pathname where pathname is a the legal DOS pathname of the directory in which the Telix files are located. Do not leave any space be- tween the '=' and the arguments. For example, if you used 'set TELIX=C:\TELIX\', Telix would know to look for its files in the Telix directory on drive C. This way, no matter where you run it from, Telix will always be able to find its files. To reset this environment variable to nothing the command is: set TELIX= For more information on environment variables see your PC/MS- DOS manual. Telix v3.12 Getting Started 4 2. GETTING STARTED 2.1 Starting a Telix Session To start the Telix program type the following while at the DOS prompt: Telix [O] [Q] [B] [Sfilename] [Cfilename] [Ffilename] The letters in the square brackets are optional command line switches affecting what Telix will do upon start-up. The square brackets should not be entered. The order and case of the options does not matter but they MUST be separated by at least one blank. Specifying the 'O' option upon start-up tells Telix that you are already online (connected to a host systems), and that it should not try to initialize the modem. The 'Q' option in the command line chooses quiet mode for the current session. When quiet mode is on Telix will not sound any alarms (e.g., when a file transfer is over), no matter what the default setting for alarms is. This is useful for those late night sessions. Any bell characters sent by the re- mote system are still sounded however. Specifying 'B' in the command line forces Telix to use the PC's BIOS for all screen write operations, whatever the de- fault setting for screen writes might be. This is useful when you want to run Telix in a multi-tasking environment such as Topview or MS Windows for just one session. Note that Telix is DESQview aware, so you do not have to use this mode for DESQview. The 'S' option indicates that a script file (explained else- where) is to be run immediately upon start-up. The 'S' should be followed immediately (no blanks) by the name of the script file to execute. The 'C' option indicates that another Telix configuration file than the standard TELIX.CNF should be used. If it doesn't ex- ist, it will be created. In this way, you may have multiple configurations for Telix. The name of the configuration file should immediately follow the 'C', and should include the ex- tension. Telix v3.12 Getting Started 5 The 'F' option indicates that another dialing directory (FON) file than the default TELIX.FON should be loaded at start-up. The name should immediately follow the 'F'. Note that another dialing directory file may also be loaded from within Telix (in the dialing directory screen). Upon starting, Telix will display a title screen for a period of 25 seconds or until you press a key. Please read the mes- sage on the title screen carefully. After you are past the ti- tle screen, you will be in 'terminal mode' unless Telix can't find the configuration file (usually TELIX.CNF), in which case it will ask you a few questions about your machine and modem, and then will write a configuration file for you. 2.2 Terminal Mode Immediately after starting Telix, and for most of the time while using it, you will be in Telix's terminal mode. While in this mode any normal (ASCII) characters you type will be sent to the modem port, and any incoming characters will be printed on the screen. It is from the terminal mode that most Telix commands are initiated. Most commands are selected by pressing two keys at the same time. For example, to access the dialing directory, you would press Alt-D. That is, while holding down the Alt key, you press the D key. 2.2.1 The Help/Status Screen While in terminal mode, pressing the Alt-Z sequence will switch you to a help screen showing you a summary of all the available commands. If the key for a command is pressed while the help screen is still on, the screen will be turned off and the command will be executed. On the bottom of the help/status screen is some information regarding some current settings and the status of the current connection, as follows (in slightly compressed form). +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Time..10:39:00 Online .... No | Capture...Off | | Date..06-29-88 | Printer...Off | | Baud..2400 Terminal .. VT102 | Script....None | | Comm..N,8,1 Port ...... COM1 | Reg. Key..TELIX.KEY | | Echo..Off Add LF .... Off | Dial Dir..TELIX.FON | +------------------------------------------------------------+ Items included are: the current time and date, the connect status, the elapsed time for the call in progress, the current communications parameters, the state of the capture file and printer, the currently executing script file (if there is one), the current dialing directory, the current keyboard macro definition file, and a few other items. Telix v3.12 Getting Started 6 2.2.2 The Status Line Telix has an optional status line which may be displayed at the bottom or top of the screen (it may be controlled via the Telix Configuration Menu). The status lines displays the cur- rent communications setting such as baud rate and parity, the state of the Capture file, whether or not the printer is on, the currently executing script file (scripts are explained elsewhere), and whether Telix is On-line or Off-line. 2.3 Communications Parameters Pressing Alt-P allows you to change the Communications Parame- ters. This is the format in which Telix sends data over the modem, and expects to receive it in. After pressing Alt-P a window is displayed with the current parameters at the top, and the options in the rest of the window. To change a value press the letter of the setting you want. +-| Comm Parameters |----------------+ | | | Current: 2400,N,8,1,COM1 | | | | Speed Parity Data | | | | A: 300 J: None Q: 7 | | B: 1200 K: Even R: 8 | | C: 2400 L: Odd | | D: 4800 M: Mark Stop | | E: 9600 N: Space | | F: 19200 S: 1 | | F: 38400 T: 2 | | F: 57600 O: N-8-1 | | F: 115200 P: E-7-1 | | | | 1: COM1 3: COM3 5: COM5 7: COM7 | | 2: COM2 4: COM4 6: COM6 8: COM8 | | | | Choice, or <Enter> to exit? | +------------------------------------+ There are a number of parameters that can be changed. The baud rate is the speed that you want to communicate at (it should really be called bps rate, which stands for bits per second. 1200 baud and 2400 baud are the two most common speeds in use, and represent about 120 and 240 characters per second, respec- tively. Baud rates all the way up to 115200 are supported by Telix, however a fast PC is needed for the higher rates (a stock 4.77 MHz XT can handle 9600 and possibly 19200 baud, higher rates need an AT class computer). Parity is a form of error checking. Allowable parities are None, Even, and Odd. Data bits is the number of bits in each character. Allowable values are 7 and 8. Finally, the number of stop bits parameter Telix v3.12 Getting Started 7 can be set to either 1 or 2. The most common format for BBS use is a baud rate of 1200 or 2400, 8 data bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit. On many large networks such as Compuserve, the data format used is E71. The communications parameters menu also allows you to select the communications port you want to use. Note that by default only the first four comm ports are defined (the last four are duplicates of COM1). Changing any parameters changes them only for the duration of the current communications session. If you want a set of pa- rameters to be the default when you start Telix, use the Telix Configuration Menu. 2.4 Using Telix Menus Whenever Telix must ask you to select an item from a group of options, it uses the same basic type of menu. The options will be arranged vertically for a vertically oriented menu, and next to each other for a horizontally oriented menu. There are two ways to select the item that you want. Each menu option has one of its letters in bold text; pressing that letter will select the corresponding option. As well, one option in the menu is always highlighted in inverse video. The arrow keys on the PC's keypad will move the highlight up and down or left and right. When the highlight is over the option you want to select, press Carriage Return. 2.5 Entering and Editing Strings While using Telix, you will often have to enter a string of characters, for example a filename, or a list of numbers to dial. Telix gives you full editing powers when you enter a string. As you type characters, you may use the Backspace key to delete previously entered characters. The Left and Right arrow keys allow you to move back and forth in the string to edit what you have entered. By default, any characters you en- ter overwrite any that are already there. Pressing the Ins key will place Telix in insert mode, and any existing characters are pushed ahead as you type. Pressing Ins once more places you back in overwrite mode. Finally, pressing the Ctrl-Left and Ctrl-Right arrow keys allows you to move back and forth in the string by increments of a word. 2.6 Output String Translation In quite a few instances while using Telix, the user must specify a string to be sent out over the modem port. Sometimes this string must contain characters which can not be printed on the screen, for example, control characters, and even pauses. There has to be a way of indicating these special Telix v3.12 Getting Started 8 characters, and it is done through the use of special charac- ters called translation characters. When these translation characters are encountered in an output string they are trans- lated into other characters. The default translation charac- ters are: ^ - when this character is encountered in an output string it will make the following character a con- trol character. For example, ^A will send out the code for Control-A. A few common control characters are ^M, which is the Carriage Return character, ^J, which is the Line Feed character, and ^[, which is the Esc character. To send out the ^ character it- self, use two ^'s, as explained above. ~ - when this character is encountered it will make Telix pause for 1/2 a second. There is no way to send the actual ~ character out. Two in a row will be converted to two pauses. There is one thing to keep in mind. These characters are only translated on strings sent out to the modem, for example, the dialing prefix, the hang-up string, a keyboard macro, the mo- dem initialization string, and a few other cases. 2.7 Ending a Telix Session To exit the Telix program, press Alt-X. Telix will ask you if you really want to exit. Press 'Y' to confirm the exit, 'N' or Esc to return to Telix. If Telix detects that you are still on-line (connected to an- other computer), it will also present a third option, 'Hang-Up'. If this option is selected, Telix will make sure that the connection is broken before exiting. Telix v3.12 Program Features 9 3. PROGRAM FEATURES 3.1 Hang-Up Pressing Alt-H will make Telix attempt to hang-up the modem. Unless this is disabled in the configuration Menu, Telix first attempts to hang up the modem by turning off a signal on the RS-232 port called the DTR line. This works with most modems. If this doesn't work, Telix then sends the hang-up string de- fined in the Configuration Menu to the modem. If this still doesn't work and Telix detects that you are still online, Telix will warn you. If Telix is consistently telling you that hang-ups fail even when they work, your modem is almost cer- tainly overriding the Carrier Detect signal. See the appendix on common problems for the solution to this. 3.2 Capture File Telix allows you to capture (record) data coming in from the comm port and printed on the terminal screen, to a disk file. To open the capture file, press Alt-L. You will be prompted for the filename to save the log to. Press Return to use the default filename. All data is added to the end of the file if it exists already. To turn off the log press Alt-L again and select the "Close" option. To temporarily pause capturing data to the file, press Alt-L and select the "Pause" option. While capturing is paused, any characters received are not saved to the file. To then un-pause capturing, press Alt-L and select the "Unpause" option. 3.3 Printer The printer may be toggled on and off by pressing Ctrl-@ to record information coming in from the comm port and printed on the terminal screen. If Telix hangs when printer logging is turned on, the printer is turned off, and should be turned on to proceed. 3.4 Usage Log Telix allows a usage log to be opened, which keeps track of calls you make and file that you transfer. This is handy for keeping a record of your long distance calls, for example. The Usage Log is toggled on and off with the Alt-U key. If it is currently closed, you are prompted for the name to open it to (TELIX.USE is the default). If it is currently opened, then it is closed. You may also set the Usage Log to be opened by de- fault at Telix start-up (via the Configuration Menu). Telix v3.12 Program Features 10 Following is a sample portion of a log: 88-05-17 00:12:41 Telix Usage Log Created. 88-05-29 00:12:41 Telix Usage Log Opened. 88-05-29 00:13:06 Connected with : TBoard 88-05-29 00:13:06 ++ At phone # : 123-4567 88-05-29 00:13:06 ++ Settings : 2400,N,8,1 88-05-29 00:14:53 Hangup command selected. 88-05-29 00:16:25 Connected with : Joe's BBS 88-05-29 00:16:25 ++ At phone # : 1-987-654-3210 88-05-29 00:16:25 ++ Settings : 2400,N,8,1 88-05-29 00:17:17 Download using Telink protocol. 88-05-29 00:17:19 ++ File : D:\DL\ZTC100.ARC 88-05-29 00:41:09 ++ Chars per second : 165 88-05-29 00:41:11 ++ File : D:\DL\SRC100.ARC 88-05-29 00:58:26 ++ Chars per second : 165 88-05-29 00:58:28 ++ File : D:\DL\OPT100.ARC 88-05-29 01:22:54 ++ Chars per second : 165 88-05-29 01:23:11 Hangup command selected. 88-05-29 01:23:12 Exiting Telix. 88-05-29 01:23:12 Telix Usage Log Closed. The log is quite simple in form and easy to understand. Lines that start with '++' are a continuation of the previous line. Following is a listing of possible entries: Key Log Entry ---- ----------------------------------------------- Alt-U Telix Usage Log Created. Telix Usage Log Opened. Telix Usage Log Closed. Alt-D Connected with : (entry name) ++ At phone # : (phone number) ++ Settings : (comm settings) Alt-R Download using (name) protocol. ++ File : (pathname) ++ Chars per second : (CPS) ++ Transfer aborted. Alt-S Upload using (name) protocol. ++ File: (pathname) ++ Chars per second : (CPS) ++ Transfer aborted. Alt-H Hangup command selected. Alt-X Exiting Telix. The entries on the right are related to the commands shown on the left. Note that a script file has the ability to stamp text into the Usage Log, so other entries are possible. Telix v3.12 Program Features 11 3.5 Scroll-Back To review past screens of characters press Alt-B. You will be in the Scroll-Back display. You will be able to move through the last one thousand to 64 thousand characters received (depending on the setting in the Configuration Menu) by using the arrow keys to scroll line by line, the Home and End keys to go to the beginning and end of the buffer, and the PgUp and PgDn keys to scroll through the buffer a page at a time. To find a certain string in the buffer press 'F'. Telix will prompt for the string to search for. If the string is found the line containing it will be placed at the top of the screen. To search for the same string as last time press Re- turn when asked for the search string. To save the screen image to a file press 'I'. Telix will prompt you for the file to save the image to. If the file al- ready exists, the screen image will be appended to it. To print out a screen image to your printer press Shift-PrtSc. 3.6 Keyboard Definitions/Macros Telix will let you assign text to a key so that it is sent to the comm port when that key is pressed. This is usually called a keyboard macro, and is useful in saving keystrokes (for ex- ample, you can assign your name to a key). Telix actually keeps two key definitions tables in memory at all times (each table holds the text assigned to each key), the user table and the terminal table. The terminal table is used for terminal emulation key assignments. When Telix is told to start emulat- ing a certain terminal, it loads into this table definitions specific to that terminal. Therefore, for each terminal there is a key definition file which is loaded as needed. The user table on the other hand is relatively constant. You might want to assign your name to the Atl-1 key for example. This kind of definition would be put in the user table. When a key is pressed, Telix follows this procedure: If there is a definition for that key in the terminal key table, send that text; otherwise if there is a definition in the user table for that key, send the text; otherwise if the key repre- sents an ASCII value, send that value; otherwise if the key is a Telix command (like Atl-D), perform that command. The keyboard definition/macro editor is entered with the Alt-K key sequence from terminal mode. Telix will ask you if you want to access the user or the terminal key definition table. Unless you wanted to modify the keys for a specific terminal, you would always select the user table. Telix will present the following menu: Load Save Clear Display displayKey Edit eXit Telix v3.12 Program Features 12 To load definitions from a previously saved key definition file into memory, select the 'Load' option. Telix will ask for the name of the key definition file (and use the extension '.KEY' if none is specified). Current key assignments will be cleared. The standard key definition file is "TELIX.KEY" and is loaded at start-up if it exists. To save the current key definitions to a disk file, select the 'Save' option. Telix will ask what file to save them to, and use the extension '.KEY' if none is specified. Selecting 'Clear' will clear all the current key definitions in this table. Selecting 'Display' will show what text is assigned to each key. Selecting 'displayKey' will allow you to look at what is as- signed to one specific key, by pressing it when prompted. To actually enter or edit the text assigned to a key, select 'Edit'. Telix will print the existing definition and allow you to edit it. Enter the characters that you want the key to send when pressed. Control characters and pauses can be included in the definition in the manner described previously in the man- ual under Output String Translation. Remember that if you make any changes they will be lost when you exit Telix unless you use the 'Save' option as described above, to save them to disk. Telix also allows you to run a script file when a certain function key is pressed. If a function key definition has an '@' character as its first character Telix will assume the rest of the definition is the name of a script file, and will try to execute it. For example pressing the function key whose definition is '@logon' would run the script file called