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- ¢Release 2.00 ∙ September 7, 1992
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- ¢IPX ∙ NetBios
-
-
- ¢^HL-Server - Technical Information
- ¢^══════════════════════════════════
-
- ^-~HL-Server runs on any computer on the network
- ~ (but not on a dedicated file server). This machi-
- ~ ne can run as usual without any limitations. Just
- ~ the network protocol driver (e.g., IPX.COM) has
- ~ to be loaded.
-
- ^-~HL-Server is a terminate-and-stay-resident pro-
- ~ gram less than 70 KB in size, and can provide
- ~ access to up to three different Hardlocks for the
- ~ network. HL-Server may be loaded high into UMBs
- ~ (DOS 5.0, QEMM,...), saving your DOS base memory.
-
- ^-~The maximum number of HL-Servers per network is
- ~ 250
-
- ^-~The physical position of a HL-Server not relevant
- ~ for your application.
-
- ^-~In this release, the access to an HL-Server using
- ~ IPX is limited to one segment of a network, i.e.,
- ~ the HL-Server cannot be called across bridges or
- ~ routers. This restiction does not apply to Net-
- ~ Bios.
-
- ^-~HL-Server directly accesses the network protocol
- ~ layer (IPX, NetBios, ...) . This solution is
- ~ faster and much safer than the insecure shared
- ~ file solution.
-
- ^-~You can install any number of licences for your
- ~ customers between one and the licence number you
- ~ have got from FAST. To do so, simply burn a
- ~ signature like "Logins:0032" into the EEPROM area
- ~ of your Hardlock.
-
- ^-~Using HL-Crypt, you can specify the licence as an
- ~ HL-Crypt parameter (e.g., "-usr:8")
-
- ^-~You can check the number of current logins when
- ~ using manual implementation to decide whether
- ~ another copy of your software may be started.
-
- ^-~Installation is performed either by using a com-
- ~ fortable menu or the command line (Batch).
- ~ Example command line :
- ° "HLSERVER /module=29809 /install"
- ~ starts HL-Server and makes the Hardlock with
- ~ the module address 29809 available for the net-
- ~ work.
-
- ^-~Applications using the "Remote Hardlock" will be
- ~ registered in login tables. The login tables can
- ~ be maintained from any station on the network
- ~ (Remote Console).
-
- ^-~There are three ways to clear the resources of a
- ~ hanging machine:
-
- ~ ^-~ definable timeout (may be disabled). After
- ~ the timeout is expired, the login entry
- ~ will be deleted.
-
- ~ ^-~ logging out the machine with the utility
- ~ HLOGOUT (maybe in autoexec), and
-
- ~ ^-~ manual logging out a station using the
- ~ Remote Console from any machine on the
- ~ network (may be password protected)
-
- ^-~Minimal changes to your Hardlock implementation:
- ~
- ~ ^-~ HL-Crypt 5: just specify whether you want
- ~ to ask for a local or a remote Hardlock, or
- ~ both (if you specify both, the application
- ~ will first search for a local Hardlock,
- ~ then for a remote one)
-
- ~ ^-~ Manual Implementation : Insert a "Login"
- ~ call at the beginning of the program, a
- ~ "Logout" call at the end. All other Hard-
- ~ lock calls remain unchanged. You can keep
- ~ these calls if your program runs locally.
-
- ^-~Debugging support: HL-Server may display a status
- ~ line with login information, network packets etc.
- ~ the Remote Console may be used for supervising
- ~ login tables, Hardlocks and for testing an HL-
- ~ Server.
-
- ^-~A demo mode for the Demo-Hardlock (#2000), module
- ~ address 29809, with 10 Logins is available.
-
- -
-
- ¢^Starting HL-Server Demo:
- ¢^════════════════════════
-
- ^1.~Plug the Demo Hardlock (Module Address 29809)
- ~ into any LPT port
-
- ^2.~Type:°HLSERVER -i -m:29809
- ~ HL-Server is now running. The Demo Hardlock can
- ~ be used network-wide.
-
- ^3.~Type °HLSERVER~ to invoke the menu surface to
- ~ look at the login tables and perform tests.
-
- -
-
- ¢^Examples for starting HL-Server:
- ¢^────────────────────────────────
-
- HLSERVER /i /m:29809
- ~ loads HL-Server for Hardlock MA 29809
-
- HLSERVER /install /moduleadr=29809
- ~ same as above
-
- HLSERVER /i /d /m:2547 /m:1704
- ~ loads HL-Server for Hardlocks MA 2547,
- ~ MA 1704, and displays status line
-
- HLSERVER /u
- ~ terminates and unloads HL-Server
-
- HLSERVER
- ~ invokes HL-Server menu mode
-
- -
-
- ¢^Useful hints:
- ¢^─────────────
-
- ~ - Disable the /D option (display status line) when
- ~ running Windows 3.xx. Windows Screen might be
- ~ corrupted.
-
- ~ - The login count for an application Hardlock is
- ~ specified by the HL-Server Hardlock. You can re-
- ~ strict it by the application Hardlock. To do so,
- ~ a signature like "Logins:xxxx"(where xxxx is the
- ~ login count, 4 digits decimal, zero-padded, e.g.
- ~ 0032) must be written anywhere into the Hard-
- ~ Lock's EEPROM area. See APPLIxxxx.EEP for an
- ~ example.
-
- ~ - The EYE request counter increments not only for
- ~ real EYE requests, but also for administration
- ~ requests ( login, logout, etc. ), because these
- ~ requests check whether a Hardlock is present.
-
- ~ - You can specify the switches in one-letter form,
- ~ or in the full length, since only the first
- ~ letter is evaluated. In batch files, it is re-
- ~ commended to use the names in full length for
- ~ better readability. You can use either a slash
- ~ "/" or a dash "-" as prefix.
-
- ~ - If you are using QTSR, SideKick or similar uti-
- ~ lities, be sure to load HLServer first. Also,
- ~ you must of course load the network protocol
- ~ drivers before loading HL-Server.
-
- -
-
- ¢^Errorlevels
- ¢^───────────
-
- ^HLSERVER~ and its utilities return the following
- ~Errorlevel codes, which can be tested from batch
- ~files (remember: must be tested from high to low !)
-
- ^ 0 ~ - no error
- ^ 1 ~ - errors caused by bad parameters
- ^ 4 ~ - function not supported
- ^ 5 ~ - network timeout occured
- ^ 6 ~ - not logged in
- ^ 7 ~ - Hardlock not found
- ^ 8 ~ - network error
- ^ 9 ~ - access not possible
- ^ 10 ~ - memory (de)allocation failed
- ^ 11 ~ - client/server version mismatch
-
- -
-
- ¢^Environment Settings
- ¢^────────────────────
-
- ~Some HL-Server settings may be done in the DOS
- ~environment. Use the line
-
- ¢ Set HLSERVER=[option[,option[,...]]]
-
- ~Multiple settings can be entered at this line by
- ~separating them with spaces or commas.
-
- ~ ┌──────────┬───────────────────────────────────┐
- ~ │^ Option ~│^Function ~│
- ~ ├──────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤
- ~ │^ MONO ~│^force monochrome mode for menus ~│
- ~ │^ COLOR ~│^force color mode for menus ~│
- ~ │^ NOMOUSE~│^do not use the mouse ~│
- ~ └──────────┴───────────────────────────────────┘
-
- ~Example:° SET HLSERVER=MONO,NOMOUSE
-
- -
-
- ¢^Files on evaluation disk:
- ¢^─────────────────────────
-
- HLSERVER.EXE ~ HL-Server executable
- ~ (try°HLSERVER ?~for help)
- HLSERVER.OVL ~ HL-Server menu procedures
- HLSERVER.HLP ~ This online-help file
-
- HLOGIN.EXE ~ Manual login to specific HL
- HLOGOUT.EXE ~ Manual logout from specific HL
- HHT.EXE ~ Scans locally for HL-Server
- Hardlocks and displays licence
-
- EDITEEP.EXE ~ Hardlock Memory File Editor
- *.EEP ~ Sample Hardlock Memory Files
-
- -
-
- ¢^Context sensitive help items
- ¢^────────────────────────────
-
- [100]
- ¢^Status: About
-
-
- ~This screen shows copyright and version information
- ~about HL-Server.
-
- ~The Network symbol shows the installation state of
- ~HL-Server: If there are connections, HL-Server is
- ~loaded, otherwise it's not.
-
- -
- [101]
- ¢^Status: Main
-
- ~The^Main Status Screen~ shows the status of a resi-
- ~dent HL-Server and its associated Hardlocks.
-
- ~You can inspect the (up to three) HL-Server
- ~DoubleFace cards:
- ^ Module ~the Hardlocks module address
- ^ Port ~the Hardlocks port address at this
- ~HL-Server. Applications do not need
- ~to know this address
- ^ Used ~the number of login slots of the
- ~Hardlock which are currently used
- ^ Peak ~the maximum number of login slots
- ~used since the HL-Server was started
- ^ Max ~the maximum number of login slots
- ~available for this Hardlock
-
- -
- [103]
- ¢^Status: Tasks
-
- ~The ^Task List~ shows the state of the HL-Server
- ~multitasking system. Usually, you will see a Main
- ~task (i.e., the program loader), one or more net-
- ~work drivers, a Hardlock driver, a listen task for
- ~receiving messages, and the multitasking supervisor
- ~task.
-
- ~The column ^"Calls"~ lists the number of calls to
- ~the the specific task, so you can check if HL-Ser-
- ~ver is doing some work. The^"Address"~ and ^"Stack"
- ~columns might be useful for a supporter to locate
- ~problems.
-
- -
- [120]
- ¢^Status: Network
-
- ~The^Network Status Screen~shows a list of installed
- ~network drivers. When selecting one of them, a list
- ~with driver-dependent information is displayed.
-
- -
- [140]
- ¢^Setup: Install
-
- ~This function installs the HL-Server on your machi-
- ~ne. The options you specified in ^Setup/Options~,
- ^Setup/Change Timeout~and the Hardlock selections in
- ^Hardlock/Select~ are used to build the command line
- ~for this installation. This command line is dis-
- ~played, so you can write it down to include it into
- ~your AUTOEXEC.BAT later.
-
- ~Optionally, you can specify a name for the HL-Ser-
- ~ver. This name may be used to identify a specific
- ~HL-Server in the^Remote/Select~ menu.
-
- ~The menu surface is terminated with installation,
- ~but you may restart it again after installation.
-
- -
- [141]
- ¢^Setup: Deinstall
-
- ~This function deinstalls the resident HL-Server on
- ~your machine, if any.
-
- ^Please be careful if any machines on the network
- ^are using HL-Server at this time ! If there are any
- ^logins at this time, you will be asked if you real-
- ^ly want to deinstall HL-Server.
-
- -
- [153]
- ¢^Setup: Options
-
- ^Display Status Line:~ HL-Server displays a Status
- ~ line at the top of the screen, showing the served
- ~ module addresses, the current and maximum login
- ~ counts, the number of received and sent network
- ~ packets, and the current time. °Be sure to turn
- ~ °off the status line of (HLSERVER /D) before star-
- ~ °ting Windows !
-
- ^Verbose Debug Display:~ This option is implemented
- ~ for technical support purposes only. You do not
- ~ need to activate it until our technical support
- ~ tells you to do so. A special password is requi-
- ~ red.
-
- ^Password for Remote Login Deletion:~ When install-
- ~ ing HL-Server, you can specify a password to pro-
- ~ tect login table entrys from manual deletion by
- ~ remote stations. If a password is specified, you
- ~ must enter this password before you are enabled
- ~ to use the remote login deletion feature.Deletion
- ~ of login table entries in the "Local" menu is not
- ~ affected.
-
- ^Network Protocols:~Select the network protocol dri-
- ~ vers to be used by HL-Server. On startup, all
- ~ available drivers are checked and marked to be
- ~ loaded. You cannot mark a driver that is not
- ~ available on your station. If HL-Server is al-
- ~ ready resident, you cannot change the drivers
- ~ used by the resident HL-Server, but you can
- ~ change the driver used by the ^Remote~menu.
-
- -
- [102]
- ¢^Setup: Change Timeout
-
- ~Using the timeout, you can specify a time of inac-
- ~tivity, after which a logged station's entry may
- ~be overwritten by a new login request. So, if any
- ~station hangs due to an error, the login entry is
- ~returned to the system and may be used by another
- ~client.
-
- ~If the hanging station is restarted and logs in
- ~again while the timeout is not expired, it automa-
- ~tically reuses its login slot.
-
- ~A timeout value of °0~ disables this feature. Valid
- ~values range from 10 to 9999 minutes.
-
-
- -
- [130]
- ¢^System: Memory Map
-
- ~The ^System Memory Map~ shows the resident programs
- ~loaded on this machine, their sizes and addresses.
-
- ~This function is available only for DOS Version 4.0
- ~and above.
-
- -
- [111]
- ¢^System: Lock Console
-
- ~Using this function, you can specify a password,
- ~then the keyboard is disabled and the screen is
- ~blanked to avoid burn-ins. A moving "snake" is dis-
- ~played to show the machine is running. To unlock
- ~the machine, the password must be re-entered.
-
- -
- [150]
- ¢^Local: Select
-
- ~Enter up to three Hardlock module addresses to be
- ~served by HL-Server or to inspect. Module addresses
- ~specified here are passed to HL-Server when in-
- ~stalling it with^Setup/Install~.
-
- ~Optionally, you may specify a login limitation at
- ~this menu. This can be used to assign an HL-Server
- ~licence to several application Hardlocks.
-
- -
- [125]
- ¢^Local: EyeTest
-
- ~The ^Local E-Y-E Test~ performs a local test on a
- ~Hardlock specified under ^Local/Select~. The port
- ~address is determined, a test encryption is perfor-
- ~med, and the contents of the EEPROM (if any) is
- ~displayed.
-
-
- ~The module address, the encryption string, and the
- ~contents of the RAM area can be edited by moving
- ~the highlighted selection bar to the appropriate
- ~entry using the the arrow keys and pressing°ENTER.
-
-
- ~This function can be used to compare local access
- ~to a Hardlock to remote access.
-
-
- -
- [151]
- ¢^Local: Logins
-
- ~The login tables for a HL-Server running on this
- ~machine are displayed. You may select an entry and
- ~delete it by pressing the [DEL] key.
-
- -
- [152]
- ¢^Local: Stress
-
- ~The^Local Stress Test~ performs random access tests
- ~on up to three local Hardlocks. The counters for
- ~each operation are incremented for success (yellow)
- ~or fail (red), and a summary with a total packet
- ~counter and a speed meter are displayed.
-
- ~Please note that, due to the administation overhead
- ~of the menu surface, the speed can only be taken as
- ~a relative value. Using a test program without out-
- ~put, you should achieve much higher speed.
-
- -
- [200]
- ¢^Remote: Select
-
- ~When invoked for the first time, this function
- ~scans the whole network for remote Hardlocks using
- ~all network protocols marked in the ^Setup/Options
- ~menu, and displays a scrollable list with the found
- ~module addresses. Optional HL-Server names, network
- ~address of the HL-Server stations and the protocols
- ~which can be used to access a specific HL-Server
- ~from this station are shown.
-
- ~Select one of these entries to perform the ^Eye-
- ^test~or the^Stress Test~.
-
- -
- [203]
- ¢^Remote: EyeTest
-
- ~The ^Remote E-Y-E Test~ performs a local test on a
- ~remote Hardlock specified under ^Remote/Select~. A
- ~test encryption is performed, and the contents of
- ~the EEPROM (if any) is displayed.
-
- ~This function can be used to compare remote access
- ~to a Hardlock to local access. The results should
- ~be the same.
- ~
- ~If the login table for the selected Hardlock is al-
- ~ready full, this Hardlock cannot be accessed and a
- ~message window appears.
-
- -
- [202]
- ¢^Remote: Logins
-
- ~The login tables for a remote Hardlock are dis-
- ~played. You may select an entry and delete it by
- ~pressing the [DEL] key.
-
- -
- [204]
- ¢^Remote: Stress
-
- ~The ^Remote Stress Test~ performs random access
- ~tests for up to ten remote Hardlocks. The counters
- ~for each operation are incremented for success
- ~(yellow) or fail (red), and a summary with a total
- ~packet counter and a speed meter are displayed.
-
- ~If a Hardlock's login table is full, no testing can
- ~be performed. A message is displayed instead.
-
- ~Please note that, due to the administation overhead
- ~of the menu surface, the speed can only be taken as
- ~a relative value. Using a test program without out-
- ~put, you should achieve much higher speed.
-
- -
- [201]
- ¢^Remote: ReScan
-
- ^ReScan~ performs a network scan for all known HL-
- ~Servers, using all network protocols marked in the
- ^Setup/Options~menu.
-
- ~When entering the^Remote~menu for the first time, a
- ~HL-Server scan is done automatically. Since this
- ~scan takes some time, it is not repeated each time
- ~you access this menu again. So, if you want to know
- ~if HL-Servers were added or removed from the net-
- ~work in the meantime, you must perform a^ReScan.~
-
- -
- [250]
- ¢^Exit
-
- ~The^Exit~function simply terminates the menu system
- ~and returns to DOS. You can also press the^ESC~key
- ~twice or the^Alt-X~key to exit.
-
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