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- Platinum Xpress Installation Procedure
- (c) copyright 1995 by Santronics Software
-
- It is highly recommended you print this install procedure and follow and
- checkoff each item completed or reviewed. By doing so, you should be up
- and running in no time.
-
- For those who are currently running other systems and are looking at
- converting to Platinum Xpress, do not skip section 2.0
-
- 1.0) Installing Platinum Xpress (PX for short) for the first time
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- │ NOTE: THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP IS STEP 1.2. DO NOT SKIM THIS │
- │ INSTRUCTION. │
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-
- The INSTALL Program will ask you to select a drive and directory
- into which the files will be decompressed.
-
- We suggest \PX on the drive where you have the most disk space
- available. PX will need about 2 megs for itself and much more
- depending on your mail needs.
-
- After INSTALL decompresses the file, it will run PXSETUP, the main
- setup program.
-
- PXSETUP will ask for some basic information about your Wildcat! setup.
- Once you do that, you are pretty much done... well almost. <grin>
-
- That is where you should print out this install doc and follow each
- step. While you are in the setup program, do the following:
-
- 1.1) Items to manually set up in PXSETUP:
-
- a) Fido Mailer -> General FIDO Options
-
- - Make sure you set up your primary FIDO address.
-
- If you do not have a FIDO address, and wish to become a FidoNet
- member, you can read the section below on JOINING FIDONET.
-
- If you do not want to join FidoNet and wish to install PX on a
- private network, maybe for a special interest group or for your
- company offices, you can read the section below on PUTTING
- TOGETHER YOUR OWN PRIVATE NETWORK.
-
- - Also fill in the rest of the items in the dialog box.
-
- b) Fido Mailer -> Nodelist Options -> Nodelist Definition
-
- - Add your FIDONET nodelist entry (if any):
-
- example:
-
- DOMAIN : fidonet.com
- RAW BASE NAME: NODELIST
- RAW DIFF NAME: NODEDIFF
- LOCATION : location of the uncompressed NODELIST.xxx file.
-
- examples:
-
- c:\px\nodelist\ <--- Use this for First Timers!
- n:\nodelist\
-
- - Enter any private nodelist you have, ie., the Xpress Net list:
-
- example:
-
- DOMAIN : xnet.com
- RAW BASE NAME: XNETLIST
- RAW DIFF NAME: XNETDIFF
- LOCATION : C:\PX\
-
- c) Compile the PX nodelist by running PXNLIST or run the option
- COMPILE NODELIST in PXSETUP.
-
- 1.2) THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!
-
- You must create a user record in Wildcat! with the name:
-
- Z!PX Z!LASTREAD
-
- Do this by using WCPRO or by logging into your BBS.
-
- This special user record is used to stored the scanner/tosser's high
- message pointers.
-
- This is a different concept then what you are probably used to, but it
- is the better method because you can now use WCPACK.EXE and all other
- utilities to correctly maintain the message pointers. No more
- worrying about pointers! This is one of the main things that you will
- see about PX - reducing your maintenance time! PX will work with
- Wildcat! directly!
-
- NOTE: MAKE THIS USER LOW SECURITY, LOCK IT OUT, MAKE YOUR PASSWORD
- UNIQUE AS OTHER PX CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE THIS SAME RECORD. I
- AM TRYING TO CONVINCE MUSTANG TO HAVE A "HIDE USER" FLAG IN
- THE USER RECORD.
-
- 1.3) PXFIDO.EXE is a Wildcat Netmail Door.
-
- Copy the FIDOENTR.BAT into your \WILDCAT\BATCH directory. Double check
- the directory reference.
-
- DO NOT CHANGE DIRECTORIES IN THIS BATCH FILE!
-
- 1.4) Edit RUNPX.BAT and modify the environment variables:
-
- SET BBSDRIVE=C:
- SET BBSDIR=\WILDCAT
-
- SET PXDRIVE=C:
- SET PXDIR=\PX
-
- For simple single line sysops, you are done, you can run RUNPX from
- your AUTOEXEC.BAT.
-
- Recommendation for Multiple nodes:
-
- If you are running a Multi-Node verion of PX, RUNPX is setup to read
- the current WCNODEID string. PX will also read WCMDM and all other
- pertinent WC environment strings required.
-
- Create startup batch files like this for each node:
-
- PXCAT1.BAT
- @echo off
- echo Starting Node 1
- set wcportid=1
- set wcnodeid=1
- set wcmdm=FAX400
- c:
- cd \PX
- call runpx %1 %2 %3 %4 %5
-
- PXCAT2.BAT
- @echo off
- echo Starting Node 2
- set wcportid=2
- set wcnodeid=2
- set wcmdm=USR
- c:
- cd \PX
- call runpx %1 %2 %3 %4 %5
-
- This way, you can use the single RUNPX.BAT for all nodes.
-
- That is it! You have setup your primary address. You have compiled the
- nodelist. You are now able to call other fido mail systems at the basic
- level.
-
- 2.0) Setting up Mail and File Echos.
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-
- This section is where you will spend most of your time. If you are familar
- with mail and file echos and are currently using other systems, you should
- read this section for the tips to convert.
-
- The beauty behind Platinum Xpress is that it is entirely integrated.
-
- This means that it knows about Wildcat and once you setup your Mail and
- File Echos, all the other parts fall in place - AreaFix, FileFix, the Tic
- Processor, File requesting, etc.
-
- 2.1) Setting up Nodes, Mail Echos and File Echos.
-
- There is 3 main sections in the FTSC Fido Mailer Setup section:
-
- a) The Node Book - This is where you define your Nodes who are
- connecting to you and you want to have a password protected
- session, AreaFix, FileFix, Mail Links and File Links. You must
- define the nodes in here first.
-
- b) Mail Echos and Mail Links.
-
- Once you have your Nodes, you will create Mail Echos. You can
- create passthrus or quickly link Wildcat conferences with your
- echos.
-
- Once you have your Mail Echos, you are can now LINK your Nodes to
- your Mail Echos.
-
- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Conversion TIP! │
- │ │
- │ If you want to IMPORT your current AREAS.BBS file, use the │
- │ PXUTIL utility. Type PXUTIL /? for help. │
- │ │
- │ If you do use your AREAS.BBS files, you also also run PXLAST /H │
- │ to set the last read pointers high. This will prevent PX from │
- │ resending mail out into the network. │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- c) File Echos and File Links.
-
- Once you have your Nodes, you will create File Echos. You can
- create passthrus or quickly link Wildcat conferences with your
- echos.
-
- Once you have your File Echos, you are can now LINK your Nodes to
- your File Echos.
-
- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Conversion TIP! │
- │ │
- │ If you want to IMPORT your TIC.CFG or FILEFWD.BBS file, use the │
- │ PXUTIL utility. Type PXUTIL /? for help. │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- All the rest in Platinum Xpress is self explained. Hit F1 at any point for
- help. Thanks for using Platinum Xpress!
-