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^t-=> T E R M I N A T E C O N F I G U R A T I O N <=-^n
Setting up Terminate is the easiest thing in the world. All options and
features are already set to give best performance - all you should do is to
adjust the few things you would like to function in ways other than
standard. Remember: If you do not understand something - then leave it alone
and do not change it!
If you make some kind of mistake and your machine hangs, because of a wrong
device or something like that, you can start Terminate with the ^b/CONFIG^n
parameter. This will only access the configuration and then exit Terminate
again, without initializing the comport or anything.
^bRead below for all commandline switches.^n
^m╒══╡^t Change configuration ^m╞╕
│ ^bS^ncreen and colors ^m│
│^r Communications setup ^m│
│ ^bG^neneral options ^m│
│ ^bT^noggles ^m│
│ ^bM^nodem and dialing ^m│
│ ^bF^nilenames and paths ^m│
│ ^bP^nrotocol options ^m│
│ ^bE^nmulation/keyboard setup ^m│
│ ^bH^nost settings ^m│
│ ^bL^nogin strings/scripts ^m│
│ ^bU^nsers/IEMSI/Security ^m│
│ ^nPoi^bn^nt system ^m│
│ ^nCost m^ba^nnagement ^m│
│ ^nFa^bx^n configuration ^m│
│ ^bR^negistration info ^m│
╘══════════════════════════╛^n
^bScreen and colors^n
Here you can setup all screen related options.
Colours, windows, videomode, codepage, etc.
^bCommunications setup^n
One of the most important menus. Setting up your serial connection is
actually the first thing you always should set up in a terminal program,
so that communication is fully functional and no errors occur.
^bGeneral options^n
Set up Terminate exactly as you like it and define external programs that
can be called by pressing Ctrl+Shift F-keys.
^bToggles^n
Toggles that can be turned on or off
^bModem and dialing^n
After setting up the device you should now configure your modem to give
best performance. Many popular modems already appear in the picklist which
is continually being expanded.
^bFilenames and paths^n
Define Download/Upload directory, external editor / lister, etc.
Default files to load when starting Terminate.
^bProtocol options^n
Setting up internal and external protocols. Protocols are used for
transfering files between your system and other systems. Most used is
Zmodem. As well as being extremely efficient and starting a download
automatically, it can also recover a file not fully transfered. If the
connection was lost it can `pick up' again where transmission ceased and
continue where it left off without having to send the whole file again.
^bEmulation setup^n
How Terminate should react to incoming characters. ANSI is one of the most
used emulations in the world, because it is simple. If you have chosen ANSI
and Terminate gets a sequence ESC2J (ESC=#27) then the screen will be
cleared. Terminate will default to using ANSI-BBS.
^bHost settings^n
Host mode means that you set up Terminate to handle incoming calls and
allow specific users to logon to your computer.
^bLogin strings/scripts^n
Instead of having complicated scripts that have to be compiled, Terminate
has a lot of built-in mini-scripts, which should log you on to almost
every normal BBS system. This version additionally has a comprehensive
and sophisticated script language (see the Prescription help file).
You can define in Strings all possible questions you want Terminate to
recognise like 'WHAT IS YOUR NAME','PASSWORD', etc.
^bUsers/IEMSI/Security^n
Define 12 different users. Each can be used for dialling a system, settings
for a user that calls the host mode or when you use the point system.
^bPoint system^n
All settings for the fido point system allowing you to send/receive mail
and files.
^bCost management^n
Allows you to calculate very exactly how much you spend, when calling
other systems.
^bFax configuration^n
Install and setup the fax system.
^bRegistration info^n
If this is the PROFESSIONAL version, check that your personal details are
correctly embedded.
This menu option will also show you how you can quickly upgrade your
software to PROFESSIONAL standard...
^hCommand line switches^n
^h/Config^n
Only configures the .CFG file then exits again without initializing
anything at all.
^h/F^n
Only starts up the filemanager, then exits again.
^h/Host^n
Start Terminate normally, then enter hostmode. This could be used in an
AUTOEXEC.BAT if you want to start in hostmode when accidentally rebooted
by some external program called while in hostmode.
If you call Terminate from a mailer, like Portal of Power, you should also
use the ^h/LOGIN^n switch, which will login a user, then exit hostmode
and Terminate. Commandline for mailer: ^hTERMINAT /HOST /LOGIN^n
^h/Point^n
Startup directly in point system, then exit to DOS when ESC is pressed.
^h/C:filename.ext^n
Use alternate configuration file. You can also use environment
variables in the filename, these will be replaced when opening the file.
(Network:/C:TERMINA%NET%.CFG)
^h/NoCard^n
Do not test or use any soundcards. (Maybe your machine would hang if this
was not turned off if you have no card. But this could also be turned off
when running windows, otherwise windows would say something like `device
already in use.)
^h/Skip^n
Skip systeminfo tests, PS/2 test. Again this takes microseconds to check,
and should only be turned off if you have problems with your machine
hanging when starting Terminate.
^h/Disk^n
Force the overlay file to stay on disk. If you have a fast harddisk, you
don't need to load the overlays into memory, but it will, of course,
improve the speed of the menus.
^h/Buf:xxx^n
If you do not load the overlays into memory, then you could increase the
overlay buffer, but this will grab normal low memory. The xxx value is how
many kilobytes to add to the previous buffer. The buffer can never be
lower than the smallest overlay file.
^h/NoXMS^n
Terminate will always try XMS first because it is faster than EMS.
But if you, for some reason, never want Terminate to try XMS or want to
force Terminate into using EMS memory, you can use this switch.
^h/Dial:xxx^n
After startup, dial this number from phonebook and connect.
^h/Boss[:x]^n
Call Boss and send/receive mail/files. The x is which Boss to call, if
/BOSS or /BOSS:0, then Terminate will dial all Boss's that have the
autodial enabled.
^h/Call:node/name^n
Search nodelist for nodenumber or search string and call the first match
found.
^h/Fix^n
Search/Update BIOS data area for serial ports. Will save the normal values
for the COM-ports into low memory and the bios equipment flag so it would
look like you have 4 COM-ports. Terminate does not need this but some
external utilties might.
^h/ScrLen:xxx /ScrCol:xxx^n
If you are using the custom videomode or a videomode that Terminate cannot
detect, you will have problems with the screen size. So these parameters
allow you to force a screen size. Please do not set the size bigger than
the screen, because it could give unpredictable results.
^h/Device:x^n
Force a Terminate device at startup
^h/Port:x^n
Force a COM-port at startup
^h/Baud:x^n
Force a baudrate at startup
^h/Init:"string"^n
Send a specific string to the modem after the normal init string.
Example: /INIT:"AT&V^M"
^h/Task:x^n
If Terminate cannot detect the multitasker for some reason, you can
force Terminate to think it is using a multitasker, which means it
will release timeslices calling the routine for that multitasker.
1 = OS/2
2 = Windows
3 = DESQview
4 = TaskView
5 = TopView
6 = DoubleDos
7 = Virtual
^h/Mode:x^n
Force videomode 0=Mono,1=CGA,2=EGA,3=MCGA,4=VGA
If you use the /MODE Terminate will not try to detect the videoadapter,
but assume you are right.
^h/Upg^n
Will generate an UPGRADE.CFG with all default values. This file is used
when upgrading from old versions, but you can also use it for testing
and start Terminate with TERMINAT /C:UPGRADE.CFG
^h/NoImport^n
Do not auto-import any configuration from other program.
Look in INSTALL.DOC for information on importing
^h/Script^n
Start up script directly from commandline.
Parameters (up to 255 characters)
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/Script START.TSL 28800
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Script file in script directory
^hErrorlevels^n
^hFatal errors^n 255
Out of memory, runtime errors, fatal read error from disk.
^hOverlay errors^n 254
If a problem occur when loading or using overlays.
^hPassword error^n 253
If the startup password was not correct.
^hLock error^n 252
If the program was started up from a different path than allowed
^hOut of diskspace^n 251
If less than the specified minimum diskspace available.
^hInactivity^n 250
If Terminate was inactive for longer than specified.
^hSemaphore exit^n 249
The semaphore file was created or changed filetime, which forces
Terminate to exit.
^hHostmode shutdown^n 248
If pressing Alt-X or using the /LOGIN /EXIT command
^hNo errors^n 0
Normal exit and closedown, no errors were detected