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- Setup hints for using BGFAX with TAG 06-29-96
- B.J. Guillot bgfax@blkbox.com
- FidoNet 1:106/400 http://www.blkbox.com/~bgfax/
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-
- Because TAG does not offer the ability to exit when it detects a fax
- response code from the modem, you must run BGFAX in /HOST mode. Thus,
- BGFAX will answer the phone rather than TAG.
-
- 1. From now on, to get your system ready to answer calls, start up your
- BBS by using the FBBS.BAT file included with BGFAX
- 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 AUTOEXEC.BAT or FBBS.BAT 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).
- 4. There is a specific line in BGFAX.CNF that must be uncommented for
- TAG compatibility mode (ec=MNP).
-
- You need to make a file called EXEBBS.BAT in the BGFAX directory.
-
- EXEBBS.BAT
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- @echo off
- cd\bbs
- if %1==LOCAL goto local
- if %1==MNP goto mnp
- tag connectrate=%1 com=%2 afterusererrlvl=255
- goto end
- :mnp
- tag connectrate=%1 com=%2 errorcorrecting afterusererrlvl=255
- goto end
- :local
- tag local logon afterusererrlvl=255
- goto end
- :end
- %bgfax%\fbbs
-
- The most frequent problem people have with this setup... Once people get
- every thing configured, a data call comes into BGFAX, it transfers control
- to TAG, but the user that called in sees only garbage characters on
- their screen. The problem is that you have BGFAX's DTE speed set to a
- speed different than that of what TAG is using. The port speeds in
- BGFAX and TAG **MUST BE LOCKED AT THE SAME SPEED** (BGFAX.CNF defaults
- to sp=57600, while TAG may default to a locked speed of 38400. You
- must change the speed in either BGFAX or TAG so that they are the same!)
-
- Regards,
- bgfax author
-
-