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Phone Directory
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HELP - If the phone help module is in memory this key calls up a help
window. See "phone help" for further information.
F1 - Edits the highlighted entry. There are 3 pages in the directory for
each entry. You can abort the edit at any time by pressing the ESCape key.
For the name and number fields, type alphanumeric characters and press
RETURN when done. If you press RETURN on a blank line the previous
information is returned. To set the other parameters press any key to
toggle through the possible settings for each, then press RETURN to move to
the next field/page. For the logon macro, enter the macro and press RETURN
for C/G macros, ENTER for ASCII to end macro input. The terminal type for
the current entry determines which type of input is used.
All editable functions take affect only AFTER a connection is
established.
F2 - Clears the current entry to default values.
F3 - Toggle dial status. You can select several numbers to be dialed.
Each number is dialed in top-to-bottom order. If you connect with more
than one number selected (dial is set to "yes" on page 1) "Redial Mode" is
activated (the "R" indicator in Terminal Mode will be lit). After the
connection is broken and you are in Terminal Mode the system will
automatically return to the phone directory and restart its dialing queue
sequence. You can cancel redial mode with Alt-R in terminal mode or by
pressing run/stop within about 2 seconds after a lost carrier.
F4 - This command will cycle through the possible dialing mode
combinations. You can tone or pulse dial, with defeat call waiting on or
off, and with or without interpreting modem call progress response
strings.
When an "*" appears after the dialing mode defeat call waiting is
active. The defeat string can be set in the configuration module option in
"Display Parameters." The system default is "*70," (the comma causes a 2
second delay in dialing to allow the dial tone to settle).
When an "*" appears after the carrier timer, call progress strings are
interpreted. The exception is for the "no carrier" and "no dial tone"
strings which are always interpreted. The interpretations are done as
follows:
Modem response code Action take by DT128
------------------- --------------------
no carrier & aborts wait for carrier regardless of carrier
no dial tone counter, then continues the dialing sequence.
busy & voice hangs up, then continues with the dialing
sequence. If the carrier delay time is 255 these
response codes are ignored. This is useful if
your modem has auto-redial capabilities.
ringing the carrier counter resets to its initial value
each time the modem responds with this string.
F5 - Change phone directory page. There are 3 pages in the phone
directory. Press F5 to see each page. Try it to see what happens.
F6 - Set dial delays. "Carrier" determines how long to wait for a carrier
after the number is dialed. "Redial" determines how long to wait before
restarting the dialing sequence. The carrier delay can be paused by
pressing the shift key.
F7 - Load Directory allows you to load a previously saved phone directory.
F8 - Save Directory allows you to save the current directory. Your primary
directory should be saved with the name "dir" as DT128 will automatically
load this directory each time you boot the program.
RETURN - dials the numbers selected by pressing F3 (Dial status is yes).
If no numbers were selected by F3 then only the highlighted entry will be
dialed.
Helpful hints:
If after a number is dialed you hear a busy signal and you don't want
to wait the full delay time, press any key. To abort the entire dialing
process press run/stop until it is recognized.
If the line is ringing but you know the connection will not be
established before the carrier delay reaches zero, press and hold the SHIFT
key to pause the delay.
If defeat call waiting is activated ('*' next to dial mode) the call
waiting string is automatically dialed before each number. Set the call
waiting string to the number you use to defeat call waiting. This is found
in the configuration module in "Display Parameters."
Auto-Logon Macros:
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By setting up a logon macro for each entry, you can make the logon process
a breeze. In order for the logon macro to work, the "LOGON" status on page
2 of the directory must be "Yes." All commands start with an exclamation
point. Commands supported are:
!>xxx
Enter the code xxx (0-255). In C/G mode control characters cannot be
entered directly. To compensate for this use this command.
Example: To use a CTRL-G chr$(7) from a C/G macro
!>007 The first 3 digits after the ">" are interpreted as the code.
You can abbreviate the command by entering fewer than 3 digits. !>7 is
perfectly fine, but only if the character after the code is not a number.
!>7a would be interpreted as a CTRL-G [CHR$(7)] followed by a lower case
"a". Let's say you want to transmit a CTRL-G followed by an "8." !>78 is
not correct. This command would be interpreted as a chr$(78). The correct
command is !>0078. You must force the code to be 3 digits, in this case
"007". Characters that follow are interpreted normally. This command is
not needed for ASCII macros where all characters can be entered directly.
!!
Since an exclamation point starts each command, the only way to
transmit one in a macro is to put two together. This is the command to
send an exclamation point.
!a
Opens the capture buffer to "all."
!c
Closes the capture buffer.
!d
Dumps the capture buffer to disk, but only after carrier is lost. The
buffer is saved "as is" (true Ascii) with the name given in the phone
directory. Try this command to see how it works. The "L" indicator on the
terminal mode status line will change to "D" after the macro has ended if a
!d command was interpreted. This means that a buffer save to disk is
pending at logoff. If you use this command make sure you have a disk in
the default drive.
!gxx
Goto position xx within the macro. This command allows unconditional
"looping.
Example: !g10abcdefghijklmno
^
!g10 "goes" to position 10.
The first character position is zero. If you goto a position outside
of the macro (!g99 for example) the macro stops.
!k
Clear ("kill") the capture buffer.
!m
Dumps the capture buffer to the modem.
!o
Opens the capture buffer (text only)
!px
Pause x seconds
!x
Exit the macro
!s/../cc
This command allows you to wait for a string, then perform some
function. This is useful for entering a password.
Examples: !s/Password? /mypassword
This command will wait for the string "Password? " and then send the
string "mypassword". The character following the "s" or "i" is used as a
delimiter and it can be ANY character. The "s" command requires two
matching delimiters, the "i" command requires 4 matching delimiters. Any
syntax errors encountered within the macro will stop the macro.
NOTE: In the following text, [RET] is used to denote pressing RETURN.
To see how this works, type F1 in phone directory and press RETURN
until you get to the logon macro (page 3). Type in the example below, but
press RETURN where you see [RET]. You'll see an inversed lower case "m"
with a bar over it. That's right, control characters, ANY character can be
entered directly. If the code you want can't be generated by a key press,
press CONTROL-ENTER. Then enter the code 0-255 and press RETURN. Try it
to see how it works. (See the input section for editing details). If the
terminal type for the current entry is C/G, then use the back arrow to
represent a "return", and use the !> command to enter control codes
(instead of CONTROL-ENTER). This is for C/G only!! For ASCII input enter
codes directly. Ascii inputs have a dashed input line.
An example of a macro might be:
!s/Username:/David Jansen[RET]!s/Password:/mypassword[RET]
^
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