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- Setup hints for using BGFAX with Maximus/2 05-01-95
- B.J. Guillot
- FidoNet 1:106/400 InterNet: bjg90783@jetson.uh.edu
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- THIS FILE ASSUMES YOU ARE RUNNING THE *OS/2* VERSION OF MAXIMUS
-
- Because Maximus does not offer the ability to exit when it detects a fax
- response code from the modem, you must run BGFAX2 in /HOST mode. Thus,
- BGFAX2 will answer the phone rather than Maximus!
-
- 1. From now on, to get your system ready to answer calls, start up your
- BBS by using the FBBS.CMD as given below
- 2. Be sure all the BGFAX files are copied into the directory as specified
- by the BGFAX environment variable (A "SET BGFAX=C:\BGFAX" line must
- exist in either your OS/2 CONFIG.SYS or FBBS.CMD file).
- 3. Make sure your BGFAX.CNF file is configured to use the proper fax class
- that your modem supports (you may need to comment and uncomment some
- lines in the BGFAX.CNF file).
-
- You need to make a file called FBBS.CMD in the BGFAX directory.
-
-
- @echo off
- rem ***** This is an example command file for frontend mode operation
- set bgfax=c:\bgfax
- c:
- cd %bgfax%
- bgfax2 /host /sb
- if errorlevel 4 fbbs.cmd
- if errorlevel 3 local.cmd
- if errorlevel 2 goto datacall
- if errorlevel 1 fbbs.cmd
- goto end
- :datacall
- rem ***** Errorlevel 2 = Data Call, Errorlevel 3 = Local Logon
- rem ***** The following line executes the DOBBS.BAT file created by BGFAX2
- rem ***** which then runs EXEBBS.BAT which should load your BBS software.
- %bgfax%\dobbs.bat
- :end
-
- The /SB switch is required to make BGFAX/2 work with Maximus/2. This causes
- BGFAX/2 to _spawn_ Maximus and put the OS/2 com handle in the DOBBS.CMD file
- rather than the com port number.
-
- You also need to make a file called EXEBBS.CMD in the BGFAX directory.
-
- @echo off
- d:
- cd\max
- maxp -b%1 -p%2
-
- When Maximus exists and returns to BGFAX/2 from the spawn, BGFAX/2 will
- then exit with an errorlevel 1 for "recycle" so that your FBBS.CMD will
- restart BGFAX.
-
- Regards,
- bgfax author
-