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H I T X R A T E
by
John Greenwood
Version 1.4 Compiled 25/03/93
A Public Domain Utility for Wildcat! SysOps
from The Development System BBS
(071) 388 4764
WHAT IT DOES:
=============
HITXRATE allows you to easily produce a Bulletin or PREDOWN.BBS display
that will show callers the best possible protocl to use at various
connect speed. This could also function as a sort of high score display,
as people just love seeing their name in a display!
SETTING UP:
===========
Just copy the two EXE files to somewhere in you path, and the CFG file to
your WildCat Home Directory. Then check you have the following environmental
variables set (Most Wildcat systems have them allready).
WCNODEID - The number of the current node.
HOMEPATH - Your Wildcat Home Directory. ("C:\WC30\")
RUNNING THE PROGRAM:
====================
HITXRATE is best added to your POSTCALL.RUN file so that it will be
executed after each caller. There are no command line options, all the
information is obtained via the HITXRATE.CFG in the home directory.
MAKERATE can either be added to the POSTCALL.RUN file or a daily event
batch file. This coice will depend on how often you wish the bulletin/
screen to be updated.
HITXRATE Config File:
=====================
HITXRATE will not function without the config file being present in the
home directory. It doesnt matter whats in the file, only that it exists!
The possible options withing the HITXRATE.CFG file are listed below;
OUTPUT=C:\WC30\DISP\PREDOWN.BBS (Default)
or OUTPUT=C:\WC30\BULL\BULL10.BBS
This command will tell MAKERATE the name of it's resulting output file.
MNPExtra=30% (Default)
or MNPExtra=50%
This is the limiting factor by which I assume the activity log figures can
be trusted over the theretical maximum transfer rate! This is easiest to
understand via a couple of examples;
Eg 9600 Baud MNP connect
. 9600Bd / (8 Bits + 1 Start + 1 Stop) = 960 cps Theory Max
. . assuming MNP/v42 etc gives 50% extra = 960 x 1.5 = 1440 cps My Max
This means that HITXRATE will ignore any 9600 download that is logged as
being faster than 1440cps. There are two reasons why this is required.
Firstly if someone resumes a ZModem download, the cps rate goes through the
roof, an WildCat records this in the log but omits telling you that the
transfer was resumed :( The second one normally shows up as something like
5760 cps - this is due to sending small files (<3k) at a locked 38400 baud
directly to the modems internal buffer. Wildcat sees the file leave at
38400+v42 and logs real high speed transfer. The MNPExtra is the most
fiddley area that need looking at. If you regulary see high speed rates
not being recorded, you should increase this value.....
ShowBaud=300,1200,2400,9600,14400,16800 (Default)
or ShowBaud=2400,9600,14400
This line of the config allows you to decide the connect speeds that will
be analysed when creating the output file. The information is actually
recorded into HITXRATE.DAT file for all speeds anyway! This option is used
to allow you to block information apparing regarding the slower modems, and
thus reduce the size of the resulting bulletin/screen.
ShowTop=10 (Default)
or ShowTop=2
This line tells MAKERATE how many protocols to include in the output file
for each of the connect speeds. HITXRATE tracks and records the top 10
protocols for each connect speed, so this value can be changed at will to
reduce the size of the output file.
PROBLEMS, SUGGESTIONS:
======================
HITXRATE is Public Domain. I don't seek or accept any donations
for this. I welcome suggestions, and will try to help (no guarantees) if
there are problems. You may also leave a message via TheNet, WildNet or
my BBS number above.
There are a few error messages written in, but nothing amazing!
REVISION HISTORY:
=================
Version 1.0 Compiled 07/10/92 First Idear.
Version 1.1 Compiled 10/10/92 Text Version Working on TDS.
Version 1.2 Compiled 16/03/93 Decided to Add Graphics!
Version 1.3 Compiled 24/03/93 Added Config File.
Version 1.4 Compiled 25/03/93 Oops! I Left a REM statement
which disabled the Sort routine.