Logon Manager displays an attractive list of today's callers
at logon. It shows who called, when they logged on and
off, how many messages they posted, how many downloads,
how many uploads, and which node they were connected.
If you do not use aliases on your Hermes BBS, Logger
also displays the location of the caller.
Logon Manager also gathers appropriate data and will display
a graph of the amount of time your Hermes BBS is in usage.
There are 4 graphs available in Logon Manager -- Today's
Usage, Average Hourly Usage, Average Weekly Usage, and
Average Monthly Usage.
NOTE: The Today's Callers display is for both ANSI and
ASCII callers. The usage graphs are available only to
those callers using ANSI Graphics.
Logon Manager SETUP
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Place the Logon Manager Extension and the Logon Manager Files
folder inside your Externals folder (inside your Hermes Files
folder), add an additional 50K to Hermes (use Get Info),
and restart Hermes.
Log in to Hermes as User #1 and select Logon Manager from the
Externals List.
Choose <E> Change BBS Name. Enter your BBS name as you
would like it to appear in the Logger header. This feature
is only available to registered users however.
USING Logon Manager
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The Today's Caller list display is automatic and there is
nothing you or the caller need do to view it. [BTW - This
list replaces the normal, boring Today's caller list, but
does not overwrite it--it is still available on disk.]
You and the caller can view the usage graphs by selecting
the appropriate item from the Logon Manager menu at the
Externals List.
ADDITIONAL SETUP
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If you wish to have the usage graphs available at the
Main Menu, add the character '%' (percent) to the
appropriate Misc. string in the Hermes application.
NOTE: This is the recommended setup. When selected from
the Main Menu, Logon Manager will display a small menu of its
own containing a list of all usage graphs available.
You will need to use ResEdit or another resource editor.
ADDITIONAL OPTIONS
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<F> Include User #1? - Allows toggling the collection of
data for the System Operator. Normally, the SysOp would
not want to have their usage accumulated with other users.
<G> Limit user list to 20 lines? Choose this to limit the the
list of users that is show at logon to 20 lines. Otherwise
all the day's callers will be displayed.
<H> Archive log - You may wish to archive the log which
Logger creates to a master log. NOTE: The maximum
size for this file is 32K and, depending upon the size
of your BBS, may need to be purged often.
Default: OFF.
<I> Daily Totals - If, for some reason the Totals line
in the Today's Caller list does not match the actual list,
your can change what is stored with this command.
<J> Stored Hourly Ammount - If, for some reason the amount
of time stored for a particular hour TODAY (only today) is
not correct, you can can that amount with this command.
NOTE: The above 2 commands were used primarily during
development stages and are probably not necessary
any longer. Logger is extremely stable in
operation. But, you may find some other use for
these.
TECHNICAL
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Logon Manager creates several files inside the Logon Manager Files
folder. Do not alter the contents the Logon Manager Data,
or Masterlog files. The Logon Manager Data file should always
stay at about 1K in size. The Masterlog file will grow
daily, but should only be about 35K after collecting
data for an entire year.
Logon Manager performs its maintainence at, or around,
midnight.
IMPORTANT - Make a backup of the Masterlog file each
day, as this contains all of the accumulated
data for the usage graphs.
Problems & Suggestions
Support for can be found on two locations. The primary support location is Mulligan's Valley, the secondary support location is Olympus. Any problems should be reported to me either on Mulligan's Valley (203) 772-4485 or the Hermes Support BBS (206) 643-2874. You will receive much more attention if you call Mulligan's Valley. Mulligan's Valley also has discussion sections for all the externals, so it might be benificial to call there anyway. You may just learn from someone else's question or suggestion.
