To set up Navigator itself, open your session file and then the Session Parameters window. Select"Connection Tool..." from the "Connect Via" popup and a dialog wil appear. Choose your telnet tool in the popup menu in the dialog. Enter "gateway.compuserve.com" as the address to connect to. The default settings for the other items can remain. OK the dialog.
Back in the session parameters, select the Network popup and set it to use the Internet network script. There is an "Internet" script in the Nav Database which should work, but if you have an older database, get the most recent one which is here in library 1 as NAVDB.SEA and the script will appear. Script revision 2 or higher is necessary.
To check what script you have, check the "Network" popup. If "Internet" doesn't appear, you don't have an Internet script, so enter the one below. To do that, select "Create..." from the popup, type in "Internet" for the name, and then type in the script below.
If "Internet" does appear, select it. Then use the popup again and select "Edit 'Internet'..." and a dialog will appear. A comment near the top will say what revision it is. Revision 2 or above will work, you can click OK. The latest revision is revision 4. To update the script, select and delete the old one, then type (or paste with Command-V) the script below. Enter the whole thing including comments, and don't add any blank lines at the beginning or end. The first and last lines are comment lines, and the first character on every line is a "#". Then click OK. Here is the script:
#! Network script for Internet connection via telnet
#! by Mike O'Connor, Revision 4
#!
#! This script is used in conjunction
#! with a setup that uses an Internet telnet
#! connection tool such as "Black Night Telnet Tool"
#! or "TCPack".
#! Set the tool to connect to "gateway.compuserve.com"
#m'[Navigator Internet script: Timed out waiting for prompt]^M'#
#x'1'#! Exit signalling failure
#
#:RATE:#! Got baud rate prompt
#w'1'#! Let line settle
14400^M#! Type highest available rate and a Return
#g:PROMPT:#! Get next prompt
#
#:NAME:#! Got Host Name prompt
#w'1'#! Let line settle
CISAGREE^M#! Type "CISAGREE" and a Return
#g:PROMPT:#! Get next prompt
#
#:FULL:#! No telnet ports available
#w'1'#! Let line settle
#m'[Navigator Internet script: CompuServe is busy, try again later]^M'#!
#x'1'#! Exit signalling failure
#
#:LOGIN:#! Got User ID prompt, success
#! Nav will answer the User ID prompt.
OK, everything is set up. The session parameters should show the name of your connection tool in the "connect via" popup, and "Internet" in the "Network" popup. Close the session parameters window, and you should give the Save command now.
If you use the "Show Preview" command to open the preview window, it will show that Nav is set to connect via the Internet, and the detail settings the tool uses will be shown. They are only of use if reporting a problem.
When you give the Run command, Nav should connect through the Internet and run its automatic session.
Have fun Navigating CompuServe through the Internet! -Mike (Nav author)