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- File MSVHP1.HLP 2 March 1991
-
- System-dependent source for MS-DOS Kermit 3.10 for HP 150 in
- MSUHP1.ASM and MSXHP1.ASM. MSVHP1.LNK is the link input file. Output
- is MSVHP1.EXE.
-
- Features of Kermit 3.10 for the HP 150
-
-
- The application softkeys have been programmed to common commands in
- connect mode. These are as follows.
-
- 1. f1 toggles between the firmware Tektronix emulator and and HP 2622
- ascii mode. (As with the IBM version, the Tek emulator is
- automatically entered with ESC ^L or ESC [?38h. Automatic exit is with
- ESC [?38l or ^X. "SET TERM DISABLETEK" will disable automatic
- entry/exit.)
- 2. f2 clears the screen.
- 3. f3 enters the firmware terminal for DOS version greater than 2.01.
- The firmware terminal emulator is capable of much higher speed than is
- kermit. Press SHIFT-STOP when you wish to return to kermit.
- 4. f4 pushes to DOS. Type "exit" to return to kermit.
- 5. f5 hangs up the phone if you are connected to a modem.
- 6. f6 is only active during session logging. This key allows you to
- turn session logging on and off. When the key is labeled "Start
- Logging", the session log file is open but logging is not taking
- place. Pressing f6 will now start logging and the key label will
- change to "Stop Logging". Press "Stop Logging" if you want to quit
- logging. If you want to close the session log, type "close session"
- at the MS-Kermit> prompt.
- 7. f7 is unused.
- 8. f8 exits connect mode. You can also exit connect mode with EXTEND
- CHAR -x and the standard two key sequence ^]C.
-
- Note that the application softkeys are not active if user or system
- softkeys are displayed. The application softkeys are automatically
- selected when kermit enters connect mode. They can also be selected
- with Shift-User/System.
-
- The default is to have datacomm in 8 bit mode with transparency
- enabled and the port in raw mode. If these settings are not
- satisfactory they can be changed with the following:
-
- set term raw ; raw mode (default)
- set term cooked ; cooked
- set term 7bit ; 7 bit (default)
- set term 8bit ; 8 bit (default for DOS >2.01)
- set term OnTransparency ; dc transparency on (default)
- set term OffTransparency ; dc transparency off
-
- With the port in 8 bit mode, the firmware flow control
- will not be enabled, even if it is selected in the port
- configuration menu. (Port configuration menus are accessed
- by pressing USER/SYSTEM twice, f8, and the either f3 (port 1)
- or f4 (port 2)). If you are running at a baud rate of 4800 or
- more, you will want to enable firmware flow control by
- setting the receive and transmit paces in the port configuration
- menu to XON/XOFF and setting datacomm to 7 bits with
- "set term 7bit". Be careful to have the correct parity and bits
- setting in the port configuration menu when datacomm is in 7 bit
- mode. My experience is that 8 data bits and no parity works best.
-
- Expect a maximum baud rate without flow control of about 3600.
- Note that the "SET FLOW" command in kermit is just recognized
- when logging the session. (I tried to set the flow control from
- with the program by using code from the HP 150 programmers
- library from compuserve, but I was not successful. It was
- possible to change the baud rate, but changing the port configuration
- with firmware calls always resulted in a disabling of firmware
- flow control. Help in this matter will be appreciated!)
-
- Let me know if you have any questions, comments, or encounter problems.
-
- John Nyenhuis nyenhuis@ecn.purdue.edu
- Purdue University
- School of Electrical Engineering
- West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- (317) 494-3524 FAX: (317) 494-6440
-