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- HSTRESET
-
- A solution to the "reset" problem with HST modems
- A quick way to place hayes compatible modems off-hook
-
- This is a small program that will reset your HST modem. It can be used
- in your BOARD.BAT file to prevent PCBoard from getting into an endless
- "modem reset error" loop when the phone is ringing.
-
- HSTRESET is very simple. It places the modem off-hook and then returns
- to the BBS. It knows about the two messages that the HST can generate,
- and will handle them automatically.
-
- HSTRESET is also useful in your AUTOEXEC file to place your BBS modems
- off-hook while the system is booting up and going through the
- initialization prior to loading up the BBS software.
-
-
- USAGE
- =====
-
- HSTRESET port
-
- For example,
- HSTRESET 1
- for COM1, and
- HSTRESET 2
- for COM2.
-
- 'port' may be 1 through 8.
-
- To use non-standard COM ports, add SET statements before calling
- hstreset. For example, to reset a com port at 338 hex (824 decimal) and
- irq 4, the statements
- SET COMIRQ=4
- SET COMBASE=824
- HSTRESET 1
-
-
- INSTALLATION
- ============
-
- First, you need to use PCBSETUP to change tell PCBoard to drop to DOS
- after each caller. This will give HSTRESET a chance to do it's work.
-
- Next, pkace a copy of HSTRESET.EXE in your pcboard system directory (or
- any other directory listed in PATH).
-
- Finally, edit your board.bat file. Here is the one I use:
-
- 1. @echo off
- 2. if exist event.bat rename event.bat event.sys
- 3. if exist remote.bat rename remote.bat remote.sys
- 4. if exist door.bat del door.bat
- 5. if exist endpcb del endpcb
- 6. pcboard
- 7. if exist door.bat door
- 8. if exist remote.bat remote
- 9. if exist event.bat event
- 10. if exist endpcb goto end
- 11. board
- 12. :end
- 13. del endpcb
- 14. hstreset 1 <<-- "hstreset 2" for com2
- 15. if errorlevel 1 board
- 16. echo Type BOARD to restart PCBoard
-
- Notice that I added lines 14 and 15 to a "standard" board.bat file. Line
- 14 calls up HSTRESET to reset COM1:. Line 15 checks to see if you really
- want to drop to DOS. If you pressed (escape) while in HSTRESET, the
- batch file will fall through to line 16 and drop to dos. Otherwise, it
- will recycle the board.
-
-
-
- DISCLAIMER
- ==========
-
- This is a free program. Use it at your own risk.
-
-
-
- RELEASE HISTORY
- ===============
-
- 21-Feb-88 1.0
- Initial coding and release.
-
- 22-Mar-92 2.0
- Recompiled with newer ProKit libraries to allow use of COMBASE and
- COMIRQ environment variables for non-standard COM ports.
-
- If you have any questions, bugs, or suggestions, here is how to contact
- me:
-
- Mailing address...
- Samuel H. Smith
- P.O. Box 4808
- Panorama City, CA 91412-4808
-
- The Tool Shop BBS...
- Phone number Modem type
- -------------- ---------------------
- (818) 891-3772 US Robotics HST 9600
- (818) 891-1344 Hayes-V series 9600
- (818) 891-6780 US Robotics 2400 (free line)
-
- The latest version is always available for downloading.
-
- Enjoy! Samuel H. Smith
- Author and Sysop of The Tool Shop.
-
-