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C O M M U N I Q U É
Version 1.01
USER DOCUMENTATION
by adam blake and Intelware Software
(c) Copyright 1992. All Rights Reserved.
C O N T E N T S
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INTRODUCTION
About Communiqué...............................................1
Features.......................................................2
Copyright and Licensing........................................3
International Support Sites....................................4
CHAPTER 1: Getting Started
Computer Requirements..........................................5
Multitasker Support............................................5
Installing Communiqué..........................................6
Commandline Options............................................7
DOS Environment Variables......................................7
CHAPTER 2: The Work Screen and Main Menu
The Work Screen................................................9
Using the Mouse................................................9
Whats On The Status Bar.......................................10
The Main Menu.................................................11
CHAPTER 3: The Communiqué Pull Down Menu
About.........................................................12
License.......................................................12
Register......................................................12
CHAPTER 4: The File Pull Down Menu
Download......................................................13
Upload........................................................14
Transfer protocols..........................................15
Selecting a protocol........................................16
Load Macros...................................................16
Save Macros...................................................16
Load Script...................................................16
DOS Shell.....................................................17
Quit..........................................................17
CHAPTER 5: The Modem Pull Down Menu
BaudRate......................................................18
Data Bits.....................................................18
Stop Bits.....................................................18
Parity........................................................19
Com Port......................................................19
Word Wrap.....................................................19
Line Feeds....................................................19
Local Echo....................................................19
Emulation.....................................................20
Translation...................................................20
Auto Z-Modem..................................................20
Avatar........................................................21
IEMSI.........................................................21
IEMSI Profile.................................................21
CHAPTER 6: The Utilities Pull Down Menu
Capture.......................................................22
Printer.......................................................22
Dial..........................................................22
Disconnect....................................................25
Chat Mode.....................................................25
Scroll Buffer.................................................25
Clear Screen..................................................25
Usage Log.....................................................26
Timers........................................................26
Send Break....................................................26
Type Ahead....................................................26
Status Bar....................................................27
Keyboard Lock.................................................27
Image Dump....................................................27
Raw Mode......................................................27
CHAPTER 7: The Setup Pull Down Menu
Screen and Colour.............................................28
Modem and Dialling............................................29
Paths and Filenames...........................................31
Terminal Defaults.............................................32
IEMSI Profiles................................................33
External Protocols............................................35
Communication Ports...........................................36
Printer Setup.................................................36
General Options...............................................37
Keyboard Macros...............................................39
Translation Tables............................................40
Save Configuration............................................40
APPENDIX A: Communiqué Quick Command Reference...................42
APPENDIX B: Communiqué Trouble Shooting Guide....................43
APPENDIX C: IBM PC ASCII Character Set...........................44
APPENDIX D: Standard RS-232 Cable Wiring.........................46
INDEX............................................................47
Communiqué Reference Manual
I N T R O D U C T I O N
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Communiqué started out in early 1991 as a little experiment, I never
expected to become interested in writing a proper computer terminal
package to compete with those already available on the market.
But it happened. I fiddled, tried new tricks, and then wrote a
simple terminal package, adding more and more features, and showing
my friends. After a while I thought, well why not give it a go. At
this time there was no stand alone terminal package that supported
the new IEMSI standard and very little or none to support the new
AVATAR level 0+ graphics standard that was appearing on BBS's at the
time.
It took me a long time to actually design the finished menu
structure, a lot of coding and recoding to try different ideas, but
eventually I got it right. I always knew from the beginning how the
menu structure should look like, that it should have a pop up menu
bar with pull down menus, something that was very friendly to the
user, with help on each item, and something that was quite aesthetic
to look at.
As time went on I changed and added many things, and in amongst all
this I left Perth, Australia, to go on a round the world trip to
visit friends, a bit of a holiday on the doctors orders. Well now I
have ended up in Luxembourg where I am living and working full time
on this program and a few other smaller ones, I do not know what my
future living plans are, but I think I will stay in Europe.
As for Communiqué, I predict a bright future. There are many, many,
more planned features to come. As for now I would like to say thank
you to the following people, all of this would not have happened
without the kind and unselfish help from these people (and this is
in no particular order):
Anne Thogersen, Andrew Milner, Ezra van Dort, Fred Horner, Steve
Richardson, Franz Muller, Gerard van der Land, Luc Engelmann, Terry
Harvey, Barry Phillips, Nick Parker, John Barton, Andrew Russell,
Peter Janssens, Teo Chee Kian, John Richardson, Gary Smith, Joaquim
Hermberg, Rudy Labordus, James Berry, Mick Howland, Paul Fournel,
Scott's Bar and Pub (Luxembourg) and everyone there, S.M.&P
Heemstede (Netherlands), Portacom (Western Australia) and Sharp
Corporation Australia, my family, and lastly, but DEFINITELY NOT
least, all my beta testers. Thanks a lot everyone.
I would also like to thank Steve Richardson again for writing the
majority of this manual, thanks once again Steve.
I hope you enjoy using Communiqué as I have enjoyed designing and
programming it.
Best Regards
Adam Blake
Author
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Communiqué Users Manual
Features of Communiqué version 1.01
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The following is a small list detailing what you can expect from
Communiqué. It is by no means comprehensive and complete but it will
give you an idea of the sort of features that Communiqué packs.
* Pop up and pull down menus - The main menu is not displayed
until you press a command key, the main menu pops up with all
other menus being pull down.
* Infinite dialling directory size - The size of the telephone
directory is unlimited, you can add as many entries as you
want.
* Full IEMSI support - Communiqué supports IEMSI, Interactive
Electronic Interchange, for fast logons to computer systems
supporting this protocol.
* Full AVATAR 0+ terminal specification support
* TTY/ANSI/VT52/VT102/AVATAR terminal support
* XModem/XModem 1k/Xmodem 1kG/YModem/YModem G/ZModem protocols
supported
* Type Ahead Buffer - Type ahead whilst still receiving data from
the remote system
* DOS Shell windows as well as EMS/Disk shell options
* Large Scroll Back Buffer with cut and paste facilities
* Supports speeds up to 115200 baud
* Supports 4 fully configurable com ports
* Supports the NS16550 series UART FIFOs
* Fully multitasker aware with time-slicing for DesqView, TopView
PC-Mos, TopView and DoubleDOS
* Full auto-detection of multi-tasker in use
* Facilities for external file transfer protocols
* An Online Timer and 4 Time Alarms
* Keyboard password lock for security
* Raw keyboard mode supported for such programmes as DOORWAY
* Auto-detection of screen write method required: DOS or Direct
* Full mouse support throughout
* And Communiqué is ultimately fully configurable.
And lots more.....
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Communiqué Users Manual
Copyright and License
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Communiqué is copyright by Adam Blake and Intelware 1992. Communiqué
is freely copyable and may be distributed in it's original archive
freely. Any attempts to change the contents of any files within the
archive will be considered a breech of copyright.
Neither Adam Blake, nor Intelware or any of its distributors, may be
held liable for any damage caused by the use of Communiqué.
Although, the software has been thoroughly tested against such an
occurrence, it is not guaranteed that damage will not be caused, for
the variety of independent events which may effect any software
guarantee.
You are licensed to use Communiqué freely for up to one month. After
this period, if you wish to continue using Communiqué, you are
obliged to register Communiqué at one of the support sites listed
below. After registration you will be issued with a personal serial
number, this serial number is your proof of purchase. Your
registered version of Communiqué may be used on one computer or by
one person. If you have a registered version of Communiqué on
multiple computers it may only be used by ONE person, each
individual must register his/her own version.
The following products and names mentioned in this manual are the
copyrighted material and or trademarks of their creators and
respective companies:
Communiqué Adam Blake & Intelware Software
RemoteAccess Andrew Milner & Continental Software
QuickBBS Pegasus Software Inc.
EMSI and IEMSI Joaquim Homrighausen and
Advanced Engineering
MS-DOS MicroSoft Inc.
PC-DOS IBM Inc.
GSZ, DSZ,
Z-Modem Chuck Forsberg and Omen Technology
Doorway Marshall Dudley
All other trademarks are the copyrighted trademarks of their
respective holders.
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Communiqué Users Manual
International Support Sites
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Communiqué has a network of international support sites for you to
contact if you are having problems. This service is for registered
and unregistered users alike, though our registered users will
always get priority support as they are the people who have helped
make this product. If you have not yet registered you may do so at
one of these sites. A more complete list of worldwide support sites
is enclosed in the Communiqué distribution archive.
USA and Canada: Steve Richardson
TopSoft Software
3503 Trail Ridge Road
Louisville, Ky 40241
BBS Support: (502) 425-9941 (9600/V32)
(502) 425-9942 (14,400/HST/V32b)
Australia : Terry Harvey
The Eagles
P.O. Box 593
Burwood, NSW 2134
BBS Support: +61-2-745-3190 (V32/PEP)
+61-2-745-3057 (PEP)
+61-2-745-3500 (RingDown 2400)
FAX Support: +61-2-744-8555
Europe : Peter Janssens
Patersstraat 48
5801 AV Venray
The Netherlands
BBS Support: +31-4780-12428 (HST/V32b)
UK : Nick Parker
Maranta Systems Ltd.
3 The Terrace
West End Lane
Essedon
Herts
Al9 6AU
BBS Support: +44-707-270230
Asia : Teo Chee Kian
Apt Blk 426
Bedok North Rd.
#08-521
Singapore 1646
Republic of Singapore
BBS Support: +65-442-6925 (HST/V32/V42b)
+65-442-3146 (2400bps)
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CHAPTER ONE: Getting Started
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Communiqué was designed with a user friendly interface for ease of
use that both new computer users and professionals alike will enjoy
to use, giving simplicity and at the same time many powerful and
configurable features. This philosophy has not discluded the
installation procedure for Communiqué, which is just a simple matter
of running Communiqué and letting it do all the work.
When you run Communiqué for the first time it will not find any of
the setup data files it needs, so it will create new ones with it's
own preprogrammed default settings. So when you run Communiqué for
the first time a little error window will pop up each time it cannot
find the setup file it needs, telling you that it is creating a new
setup file using it's default settings.
Before you begin to install Communiqué you should know what your
computer needs to run Communiqué. The requirements are very moderate
and practically any IBM compatible computer can run Communiqué.
Computer Requirements
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* An IBM PC or 100% Compatible Computer
* A Floppy Disk Drive (Hard Disk Drive Recommended)
* Any Modem
* 256kb of Random Access Memory (RAM)
* MS/PC-DOS 3.00 or Higher.
* Microsoft Compatible Mouse (optional)
Multitasker Support
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Communiqué supports a number of multitasking operating systems and
DOS level mutlitaskers such as DesqView. Communiqué supports PC-
MOS/386, DesqView, MultiLink, TopView and DoubleDos. When Communiqué
is inactive, that is if there is no input from the keyboard or from
the communications port, Communiqué will give a few slices of the
processors time to other tasks that may be running. You can turn off
multitasker support in the SETUP/GENERAL menu - see the SETUP
chapter for more information.
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Installing Communiqué
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As mentioned above, the installation process for Communiqué has been
designed for complete simplicity, the process will take only a few
seconds from beginning to end.
If you are reading this document we can safely say that you have
already unpacked the archive which this came in, so we will start
from this point.
Communiqué is best run from it's own directory, although you can
safely run Communiqué from a directory containing other programs.
For simplicity we will install Communiqué in it's own directory.
- Step 1:
Create a directory into which to place Communiqué, we will use
the directory name "TERM".
Type: MD \Term
- Step 2:
You now have to enter that directory.
Type: CD \Term
- Step 3:
Now we can copy all the Communiqué files into this directory
from wherever they are now. We will assume that you have this
file and all others on the floppy disk drive A:.
Type: COPY A:*.*
- Step 4:
Now all the files have been copied into this directory, you are
almost ready. If you do a lot of uploading and downloading from
other computer systems you may want to create separate
upload/download directories.
Type: MD Upload
MD Download
- Step 5:
You are now ready to run Communiqué, to do so simply type:
COMMUNIQ
If you have a monochrome monitor (Black & White) you can add a
parameter to tell Communiqué to use monochrome colors, type:
COMMUNIQ /M
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- Step 6:
Each time Communiqué cannot find a data file that it needs it
will create a new one with it's own default settings. Files
that it will look for when it starts up are: SETUP.CDF,
IEMSI.CDF and PROTOCOL.CDF. Each time it creates one of these
files it will display a window telling you what it is doing and
when it has finished it will ask you to press a key to
continue.
Commandline Options
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Communiqué has a number of commandline options which can be added to
the commandline when you run Communiqué, ie. "Communiq /M". To get a
complete description of the commandline options type "Communiq ?".
Listed below is each of the commandline parameters and a description
of what each one does.
/B....Bypass all opening screens
/M....Force monochrome mode *
/T....Disable carrier detect before dialling
/C+...Enable CGA screen snow checking *
/C-...Disable CGA screen snow checking *
/D+...Enable direct screen writes *
/D-...Disable direct screen writes *
/F+...Enable NS16550 UART FIFO support *
/F-...Disable NS16550 UART FIFO support *
* Options marked with this are all normally automatically detected
and there should be no reason for you to have to use these.
These options are provided for thoroughness which may be needed
with slightly incompatible hardware.
NOTE: The /B option is only available if you have registered
Communiqué. This is the ONLY feature that is disabled in a
non-registered copy of Communiqué.
To run Communiqué in the fastest modes possible you should try
"Communiq /D+ /C-". This enables direct screen writes which is the
fastest method of writing to the screen and it disables any snow
checking that may be performed on CGA type screens.
DOS Environment Variables
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If you run Communiqué from other than it's own directory, Communiqué
will not be able to find the data files it needs and therefore
create new ones. To stop this happening you can specify a DOS
environment variable.
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For example if you have Communiqué set up in the C:\TERM directory
and you run it from the C:\DOS directory by typing
"C:\TERM\COMMUNIQ" it will not find the data files in C:\TERM and
create new ones in C:\DOS instead.
The DOS environment variable TERM fixes this problem by telling
Communiqué where to find it's data files. To implement this all you
need to do is type from the DOS prompt:
SET TERM=directory
Directory is the name of the directory where Communiqué and all it's
data files are stored, in the examples used above for installation
this would be typed as:
SET TERM=C:\TERM
You can put this line into your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to save you typing
it each time you boot your computer.
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CHAPTER TWO: The Work Screen and Main Menu
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THE WORK SCREEN
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The work screen is the screen where all communications with your
modem happen, what you type to your modem and what you receive from
your modem appears on this screen. When you first run Communiqué a
window will appear over the work screen telling you a little bit
about Communiqué such as the version number and it will display your
name here if you have registered. You will be asked to press any key
or optionally, if you have it setup, it will ask you which
communications port you wish to use. Once you have pressed a key or
selected a port you will be put straight into the work screen, you
will briefly see a window pop up telling you it is trying to
initialise the modem. If you have a Hayes type modem attached to
your computer you should be able to type AT and press return, the
modem them should reply with OK.
At the bottom of the work screen is what is called the Status Bar,
you can optionally remove the Status Bar in the SETUP menu. If you
do not have a status bar on the bottom of the screen it may already
have been removed in the setup by yourself or someone else. If you
have the status bar displayed on the bottom of the screen you will
see that it says on the left hand side to press ALT-H for help, that
is you should press and hold the ALT key then press the H key
afterwards releasing both. A description of what is displayed on the
status bar follows but first, if you have a mouse you may want to
read on to find out how your mouse works in Communiqué.
USING THE MOUSE
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If you have a mouse and you have loaded the mouse driver from DOS
you will notice the mouse cursor when you run Communiqué for the
first time. In Communiqué's default setup it will first ask you
which communications port you wish to use before it puts you into
the work screen. The mouse cursor will appear and you will be able
to move it around the whole screen. Communiqué uses the Microsoft
two button mouse setup. The left mouse button acts like the ENTER
key on your keyboard whilst the right mouse button acts like your
keyboards ESC key. If at this stage you press the right mouse button
Communiqué will select the default com port and proceed. If you wish
to select the com port to use then move the mouse cursor over the
desired item, ie. "Com Port 1", the mouse cursor must be somewhere
over the item you wish to select, then press the left mouse button.
This method is used throughout Communiqué. To select an item merely
move the cursor to the item you want, on most occasions it will be
highlighted, then press the left mouse button. However the mouse
acts a little differently on the work screen. At first there will be
no mouse cursor on the work screen. To make the mouse cursor appear
simply press the left mouse button once. Pressing the right mouse
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button will make the menu appear and you will be able to move around
the menu system. Whilst the mouse cursor is visible on the work
screen you can press the left mouse button (or right mouse button
for the menu system) and Communiqué will send the character under
the mouse cursor to the modem. This feature is most useful when you
are logged onto a Bulletin Board System (BBS). On a BBS you will be
presented with a menu containing information on what you can do and
what keys to press, for example "(F)ile Area" means that by pressing
the bracketed item F you will go into the file area of the BBS. If
you move the mouse cursor to the F and press the left mouse button
Communiqué will send an F to the modem, this means that you do not
have to press the F key on your keyboard. If at any stage you wish
to remove the mouse cursor from the work screen then simply double
click the right button, that means press the right button twice.
WHATS ON THE STATUS BAR
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Communiqué has been designed to give you the maximum screen size for
your communications but at the same time supply as much information
as possible.
Communiqué's status bar is located on the bottom, very last line of
the screen. On the status bar you will find such important
information as the current communications port, baud rate etc.
Explained below is what each item that appears or may appear on the
status line is:
Alt-H for Help--Com1: 2400,8,N,1--ANSI--AVATAR--IEMSI--CAP--PRN--COM
1) The Alt-H for help is just a simple reminder telling you that
help is available by holding the ALT and the H keys down
together, this will pop up the main menu.
2) "Com1" tells you what communications port you are currently
using, connected to your modem or serial cable. The com ports
that you can use range from Com1 to Com4.
3) Directly after that is your current modem speed, data bits,
parity, and stop bits. For the average user who calls bulletin
board systems, it will be 2400,8,N,1. The baud rate can be one
of many settings, and is selected by pressing ALT-B. The data
bit setting can be either 7 or 8, the parity setting can be
either N for None, O for Odd or E for Even. The stop bits is
either 0, 1, or 2.
4) After this your current terminal emulations are listed. In the
above example, both ANSI and AVATAR are on. ANSI is the
standard terminal emulation used by most bulletin board
systems, but Avatar is currently picking up in its popularity
as it is faster at lower speeds than ANSI (2400 on down). Many
systems use a mixture of ANSI and AVATAR so Communiqué allows
you to have AVATAR on with all other emulations. Other
emulations include TTY, VT52, VT100 and AVATAR by itself.
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5) The next part of the status line is used for displaying the
status of certain features such as "IEMSI" for Interactive EMSI
(See the chapter further on detailing this), "CAP" to tell you
that capture is on and "PRN" to notify you that printer echo is
currently turned on. One other bit of information may appear
here, "RAW" tells you that Communiqué is in RAW keyboard mode
which is switched on and off with the Scroll Lock key. RAW mode
sends ALL keyboard codes to the modem, Communiqué does not
bother checking the codes and therefore while in RAW mode you
cannot enter the menu system. RAW mode may be used in
conjunction with such programs as Doorway.
6) The last thing listed on the status line is your online status.
If you are currently online to another system Communiqué will
put a "COM" on the end of the status line telling you that
Communiqué is COMmunicating with another system. You can also
see how long you have been online by pressing ALT-V this
displays the Timer and Alarm window which has the Online
Timer and Current Time plus Timer and Alarm times.
THE MAIN MENU
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After entering Communiqué, pressing Alt-H or the right mouse button,
will cause the "Main Menu" to appear. From the main menu you can
branch off into the following menus:
1) Communiqué menu
2) File menu
3) Modem menu
4) Utility menu
5) Setup menu
From those menus, you can use and take advantage of many of
Communiqué's powerful features. For additional information on each
menu, please refer to the appropriate chapter on each menu.
Each of the above menu items can be selected by moving the hilight
bar with the cursor keys then pressing RETURN once the hilight is
over the desired item or by pressing the hilighted character in the
menu item name in this case "C" for Communiqué, "F" for File, "M"
for Modem, "U" for Utility or "S" for Setup. Pressing ESC from here
will return you to the main work screen and the menu will disappear.
On top of this you may use the mouse to select these menu items,
move the mouse cursor onto the item and press the left mouse button,
or press the right button to return to the main work screen.
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CHAPTER THREE: The Communiqué Pull Down Menu
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This menu simply contains some basic information on Communiqué
itself, information such as version and registration details.
ABOUT
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Communiqué's ABOUT screen explains a bit about the current version
of Communiqué you are using. It will give you the version number,
copyright notice, and if you have registered it will display your
name saying you have registered. This window may also contain some
special licensing information if your version of Communiqué is from
a company which is a Communiqué license holder.
LICENSE
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This screen explains your current license to use Communiqué, and
includes a list of international support sites. Communiqué is
distributed on a shareware basis, and registration is required after
your evaluation period of 30 days (1 month). Your registration may
be performed via any of the IntelWare international registration
sites listed in the introduction chapter. Registration can be done
via post or with your credit card.
REGISTER
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This screen contains your name and unique Communiqué serial number.
If you are using an unregistered version, you will not have a serial
number, but will be required to purchase one after 30 days of usage.
By registering you are supporting the shareware concept which allows
the marketing of high-quality products such as Communiqué on an open
market with lower costs.
If you have registered and received you registration card it is here
that you type in the serial number on the registration card. Be
careful to get all information exact, when you type in your name it
must appear as it does on your registration card - watch for
capitalisation and accents.
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CHAPTER FOUR: The File Pull Down Menu
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The File menu contains the basic file operations of Communiqué. In
this menu you will find: Download
Upload
Load Macros
Save Macros
Load Script
DOS Shell
Quit
DOWNLOAD
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Downloading is the process which, with the machine that you have
connected to, transfers a file from the remote machine to your
machine. When you download a file, you use a special method of
copying a file, called a transfer protocol which allows the two
machines to talk or communicate in the same language and
send/receive files. An example of a protocol is X-Modem, which is
available on most BBS's and computer systems. However, X-Modem is
one of the slower protocols. The more modern, faster and most
efficient protocol of today is Z-Modem.
Communiqué contains the following comprehensive selection of
internal protocols which are explained further on:
X-Modem
X-Modem 1k
X-Modem 1k-G
Y-Modem
Y-Modem G
Z-Modem
In addition to the internal protocols, Communiqué has the ability to
install external protocols. For help in regards to installing
external protocols, please refer to the section labelled "Installing
External Protocols" in the Setup chapter.
To start a download, you must first be connected to a remote
computer, or a bulletin board system. On the remote system you must
first select what file or files you will be downloading and the
transfer protocol. Any of the protocols mentioned above will work,
but certain protocols have certain advantages. For help in selecting
the transfer protocol, please see the section on transfer protocols
below.
After selecting the files and transfer protocol, you must have the
remote system start the transfer. After the remote system starts
it's side of the transfer, you must then go to Communiqué's download
selection, which can be brought up with an Alt-R, a PageDown, or by
hitting Alt-F to bring up the file menu, and then selecting the
download option. After selecting the download option, you will then
have to choose the transfer protocol. It is important that you
choose the same protocol that you selected on the remote computer,
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otherwise the two machines will not communicate properly and will
not exchange the file.
After that Communiqué may or may not ask for the path and file name
to be transfered. If you are using a protocol that transfers the
information automatically such as Y-Modem or Z-Modem, it will not be
necessary. However, if your using a protocol such as X-Modem, you
will need to enter this information.
After that, the file transfer should begin and you will start
receiving your file(s). The time left for the transfer and other
important information will pop up in an easy to read window for your
convenience.
After the transfer is completed, the downloaded file will be in the
directory that you have specified as your downloaded file path in
setup.
UPLOAD
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Uploading is the exact opposite process of downloading in which you
send a file or files to the remote system. Uploading also uses
transfer protocols and the process in which it works is very similar
to downloading, but it is in the reverse direction.
For your uploading, Communiqué also has the same protocols as listed
above to do your transfer, in addition to the ability to use
external protocols.
To start an upload, you must first be connected with your remote
computer. After that, you will need to tell the remote computer
that you will be uploading a file and select a transfer protocol.
Depending on the type of system your connected to and protocol you
are using, it may or may not ask for the filename. If it does ask,
just simply type in the filename you are about to upload.
After that, you will need to start the upload process on the remote
computer. Once this is done all you have to do is select upload in
Communiqué by using a Alt-T, PageUp, or by choosing it from the file
menu. After choosing upload, signify your transfer protocol, and
then enter the full filename(s) of the file(s) to be uploaded.
After that, just hit enter and the file transfer should start.
If you have problems with your uploading or downloading, refer to
the section in the manual labelled problems and solutions.
Note when using some protocols for uploading, you will be allowed to
use DOS wildcards, ie. "*.DOC" which will upload all xxxxxxxx.DOC
files.
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TRANSFER PROTOCOLS
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Following is a detailed description of each of the internal
protocols that Communiqué supports, use this to decide which
protocol is best for your own purposes, this also depends of course
on what protocols the remote computer system supports.
X-Modem - X-Modem is the one of the oldest protocols around, but
is still commonly used today. X-Modem transfers files in blocks of
128 characters at a time. Error correction in X-Modem is done
through a checksum, or a CRC depending on what your remote is using.
In order for X-Modem to function properly, you will need a
communications setup of 8,N,1, which means 8 data bits, no parity,
and 1 stop bit.
X-Modem 1k - This version of X-Modem works the same way as regular
X-Modem, but the blocks are sent in 1024 byte blocks of data and
therefore the transfer is faster because it does not have to send as
many block headers and footers.
X-Modem 1kG - This is yet another version of the original X-Modem,
but was made for error-free connects such as those that you would
get on a modem with error correction, or through a null modem cable.
X-Modem 1kG has greater speed than regular X-Modem as it sends its
blocks in 1024 byte blocks, but doesn't wait for the acknowledgment
of each block. This protocol should only be used on error free
connects, because if an error does come up, the transfer will
automatically abort unlike regular X-Modem. To get an error
correcting connection with your modem, you must have MNP or V42(b)
built into your modem, and be connected to another modem using the
same error correction technique.
Y-Modem - Y-Modem is very similar to X-Modem in many aspects, but
is a "smarter" protocol. Unlike X-Modem, you can do batch transfers
with Y-Modem which allows you to send multiple files in one session.
Ymodem also keeps track of the file names, sizes, and dates, this
means you do not have to tell the receiving computer the filename
because it can find this information from the data sent be the
transmitting computer. Depending on line conditions, Y-Modem may
transfer in 128 or 1024 byte blocks.
Y-Modem G - Y-Modem G is a variation of regular Ymodem, but it
doesn't have error correction and operates like X-Modem 1kG.
Because of its lack of error correction, higher transfer rates can
be obtained on error-free connections, or through a null modem
cable. As with X-Modem 1kG, if an error occurs in a Y-Modem G
transfer, it likewise will abort.
Z-Modem - Z-Modem is one of the most popular and advanced
protocols that is widely used today. Like Y-Modem, it also allows
for batch transfers where more than one file can be transfered in a
session, and it is a "smart" protocol. As a "smart" protocol, it
can detect the file names, file sizes, and dates without relying on
the user to enter this information. Z-Modem is also excellent at
correcting errors, and is great for use over packet switched
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networks. Communiqué also supports Auto-Zmodem, which allows
automatic detection of a file transfer waiting to take place on the
remote system, and automatically handles the transfer for you with
no intervention.
SELECTING A PROTOCOL
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As you can see, Communiqué has an extensive selection of internal
protocols for use, and the availability of external protocols.
Because of this, the question of which one to use comes up. When
the remote system has only one protocol available, you will
obviously have to use that one. However, in most cases there are
usually several available. As a general rule, Z-Modem is the best
protocol to use in most circumstances, and when its available. If
you have a clean telephone line with an error correcting connect, Y-
Modem G would give you an even faster CPS (Characters Per Second)
rate than Z-Modem.
LOAD MACROS
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The load macros command will allow you to load a previously created
macro file containing macros that you have created and saved. If you
are not familiar with macros, it is the ability to define certain
keys to perform certain actions or display data. For example, when
you log onto bulletin board systems without IEMSI support, you may
want to define a key to print your name on the screen. If you have
previously saved macros, this command will allow you to bring them
up. To define macros you must go into the SETUP menu and select
KEYBOARD MACROS from here you can create and edit macros and then
save and load them. This is described in more detail in the SETUP
chapter.
SAVE MACROS
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If you define any macros in Communiqué in the setup area, you will
more than likely want to save them for future use. The save macros
command will allow you to do just that, and to bring them up in the
future, all you have to do is use the load macros command. This
command is exactly the same as the SAVE command in the
SETUP/KEYBOARD MACROS menu.
LOAD SCRIPT
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This facility is not available for this version of Communiqué.
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DOS SHELL
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By using the DOS shell command, you can exit to DOS and still leave
the Communiqué program in memory. To return from a DOS shell, all
you have to do is type EXIT, and you will be returned to Communiqué.
By shelling to DOS, you can run programs and use other DOS commands
at ease without leaving the actual Communiqué program. DOS shells
can be done on-line or off-line, and can be very helpful at times.
When in a DOS shell, make sure that you don't forget you are in the
shell and go into other things as your memory will be limited as
long as Communiqué is still in memory. If you would like to have as
much memory available as possible in a DOS shell then you can turn
EMS support on in the SETUP/GENERAL menu. If you have no EMS memory
Communiqué can swap itself to a disk file while you are in a shell,
when you return to Communiqué by typing "EXIT" then it will swap
back into memory and delete the file, all settings will still
remain, nothing will have changed while you are in the shell.
QUIT
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This command is very self-explanatory - it is here that you exit
Communiqué and return to DOS when you have finished. You can use
ALT-Q to do this without having to go to the pull down menu to quit.
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CHAPTER FIVE: The Modem Pull Down Menu
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The Modem pull-down menu displays all your current modem/telephone
line settings and allows you to change these settings with ease.
The following settings are displayed and can be changed in this
menu:
Baud Rate
Data Bits
Stop Bits
Parity
Com Port
Word Wrap
Line Feeds
Local Echo
Emulation
Translation
Auto-Zmodem
Avatar
IEMSI
IEMSI Profile
BAUD RATE
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Here, in the easy to use modem pull-down menu, you can set the
current baud rate of your modem. Communiqué will allow you to set
the value at any valid rate between 300 baud to 115,200bps. For
users of high-speed modems, the highest you will most likely have it
set at is 38,400.
This command can also be brought up by holding down the Alt-B key
combination.
DATA BITS
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This selection lets you choose the number of data bits used in
communicating with the remote modem. Data bits is the number of bits
sent for a character, a byte, 8 bits means you can use the full 256
IBM ASCII characters, 7 bits is for normal keyboard ASCII
characters, ie. the first 128. For all intents and purposes you
would use, all but 99% of the time, 8 data bits on a PC, 7 data bits
may be used whilst communicating with a mainframe computer.
STOP BITS
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This selection allows you to choose the number of stop bits used to
signify the end of a data block. The term stop bit is misleading in
that it actually represents a space of time in between each data
block. Valid choices are 0, 1, or 2, the standard choice for todays
hardware is 1 stop bit.
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PARITY
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The parity selection on your menu will allow you to set your parity
to none, even, or odd. Parity is a type of error checking for each
data block, on computers and communications equipment of today we
generally do not use this at all but older equipment may use even or
odd parity checking.
COM PORT
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Here you can select the communications port that you will be using.
Communiqué supports com ports 1-4. The communications port, of
course, is the serial port that your modem or null modem type cable
is connected to. Each com port can be configured to another address,
this would only be done for non-standard hardware, this is explained
further in the setup chapter.
This command can also be brought up by using Alt-P.
WORD WRAP
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The word-wrap selection allows you to set whether you want word-
wrapping in CHAT mode when the cursor reaches the right margin.
Communiqué has a special chat mode built in that allows full screen
or split screen chat mode for person to person conferencing whilst
online. The IEMSI supported by Communiqué has the facility to drop
you straight into chat mode if the remote end enters chat mode.
LINE FEEDS
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This selection lets you turn auto line feeds on or off. After you
receive a line of characters from a remote system, there is usually
a carriage return followed by a line feed character; However, if
the line feed character is missing, which it is with some software,
the lines will overwrite each other, so if you find that lines are
overwriting each other first try turning on Line Feeds.
LOCAL ECHO
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Here you can turn your local echo on and off. When the local echo
is on, all input is sent to the Com Port and Screen. However, when
the local echo is off, all input will just go out the com port, and
will not appear on your screen. Most remote systems that you will
connect to are setup so that your local echo should be off, as they
will take care of the echoing. But if you run into an incident
where you are typing and can't see anything, try turning it on this
will solve the problem. With local echo on you are operating at what
is called half duplex, no local echo means full duplex.
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EMULATIONS
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Communiqué supports many of todays popular terminal emulations at
their best. This selection will let you choose which emulation you
would like to use. Communiqué supports TTY, ANSI, VT52, VT100, and
AVATAR. As you can see, like the protocols, there are many to choose
from. Below is a chart of the terminal emulations to help you with
your choice:
TTY - A TTY is basically a teletype terminal and displays all of the
values that it receives, that is no translation is done on what is
received as like other emulations, what the remote sends you get on
your screen.
ANSI - ANSI is an emulation that is defined by the American National
Standards Institute, and is based on the ANSI.SYS driver that many
MS-DOS systems use. ANSI is widely supported on MS-DOS Bulletin
Board Systems, and is very colorful.
VT52 - VT52 was developed by Digital Equipment Corporations (DEC),
and is a very common terminal type very similar to ANSI with a few
exceptions on keyboard control and a few more powerful screen
commands.
VT100 - VT100, again developed by Digital Equipment, is a further
enhancement on the VT-52 standard introduced by their VT-52
terminals. The VT-100/102 is still a very popular terminal used on
many mainframe systems.
AVATAR - Avatar is one of the newer terminal emulations, but is
starting to gain a good deal of support and popularity now. Avatar
is like ANSI in which it allows colorful graphics, but Avatar
displays faster and is much more advanced, with more powerful screen
control and manipulation commands. Communiqué is one of the few
terminal programs that has proper support for the Avatar emulation.
TRANSLATION
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Here you can choose if you want to translate incoming/outgoing
characters using the translation tables in Communiqué's setup. When
this is turned on, you can have Communiqué change incoming or
outgoing characters to other characters as you desire. Refer to this
in the setup chapter for more information.
AUTO-ZMODEM
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This setting lets you enable or disable auto-Zmodem downloads. As
discussed earlier, auto-Zmodem is the process in which Communiqué
automatically detects and starts a Zmodem download. In most cases,
you will probably leave this value on, as its one of the easy to
use, hands off features.
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AVATAR
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Here you can select if you want Communiqué to translate avatar codes
that may come in with other terminal emulation codes such as ANSI,
as discussed above. This is best left on if there is a chance that
you will receive AVATAR codes. If you do not have this on and start
receiving strange characters with your text try turning it on to see
if those strange characters are actually AVATAR command codes.
IEMSI
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This enables or disables IEMSI sessions. IEMSI is one of
Communiqué's powerful features that allows users to automatically
logon to BBS systems. IEMSI can be a very powerful tool, as its like
a script file, but without the hassle and is easy to use. For a more
complete description of IEMSI read the section titled IEMSI Profiles
in the Setup chapter.
IEMSI Profile
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Here you can select which IEMSI profile you will be using when you
call an IEMSI system. The changing of profiles allows you to keep
multiple profiles for different bbs systems and different needs. The
profiles are setup in the Communiqué setup menu, and you can find
more about IEMSI profile management in there.
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CHAPTER SIX: The Utilities Menu
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The Utilities menu is where most of Communiqué's more powerful
features can be found, such things as the Dialling Directory, the
Type Ahead Buffer, the Timers and Alarms, and the Scroll Back
Buffer.
CAPTURE
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The capture command allows you to place all text that is displayed
on the screen into a file for later reference. Its like an ASCII
download, as all information on the screen will be stored in the
file. The capture command can be helpful in many ways from recording
"chats" for later reference, to capturing important bits of
information. When you turn Capture on you will be prompted for a
filename, it will suggest the default filename which is setup in the
SETUP/FILENAMES menu.
PRINTER
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The printer command is very much like the capture command, but
instead of being dumped to a file, everything that appears on the
screen is printed on your printer. Your printer setup can be changed
in the SETUP/PRINTER menu.
DIAL
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When you hit Alt-D for dial, or enter the dialling directory through
the menus, you will be presented with a colorful, easy to use,
directory for storing and dialling your numbers. Already installed
in the dialling directory are numbers to the various international
Communiqué support sites.
To dial a number that is listed in the dialling directory, just hit
your enter or return key, and Communiqué will dial the number on
your modem.
In addition to just dialling numbers, you will also have the
following choices:
(M)anual (E)dit (V)iew (P)rint (A)dd (C)lear (G)oto (F)ind (N)ew
(T)ag Page (U)ntag Page (D)ial Tagged Entries
MANUAL
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By selecting M for manual, you will be put into manual dial
mode. From manual dial mode you can dial any number without
having to list it in the dialling directory. When calling a
manual number, Communiqué will use the general setup for the
operation, ie. the first dial suffix setup in SETUP/MODEM.
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EDIT
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The edit command will let you edit/add remote computer systems
in your dialling directory. When you first go into Communiqué,
there will be 120 dialling selections available. To add a
computer or bbs number, just hit E and enter all of the
information. It will ask you for a name, a telephone number,
password (not required, but there as a reminder), and other
essential modem and communications information as explained
earlier in this manual.
VIEW
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The view command will let you view all of your information on
one of the entries in your dialling directory. When you select
view, an easy to read window will appear with the complete
information for that entry.
PRINT
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This command is very similar to the VIEW command, but it will
print your information to the printer in report format, as
opposed to the screen.
ADD
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After you run out of dialling directory choices to edit, this
command will let you add another 60 entries. When you first
start Communiqué, you are given 120 entries, which will be more
than enough for most people. However, if its not enough, just
use this command. You can add as many entries as you want,
Communiqué can have an infinite number of entries in the
dialling directory.
CLEAR
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This command will let you delete or wipe out a specific entry.
Suppose entry #15 is "Bills BBS", but they close down the BBS
forever, which means you wouldn't be calling it again. If you
need to wipe out an entry so it can be replaced with something
else, just select C for clear.
GOTO
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The GOTO command is very helpful in large dialling directories.
The command will allow you to go to a specific entry number by
just typing the entry number.
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FIND
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The FIND command is also very helpful in a large directory.
Just hit F for find, enter a keyword to search for, and
Communiqué will search through its dialling directory for the
entry that you are looking for. It will ask you if you want to
do a case sensitive or insensitive search, in most cases you
would do an insensitive search as capitals are not important.
Next it will ask you if you wish to search forward, backward or
global. Forward will search from the current position to the
end of the dialling directory whilst backward searches from the
current entry back to the beginning. Global searches search
from the beginning. If FIND does not find a match for the
keyword it will stay on the same entry and not move to the end.
NEW
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The new command is similar to the clear command, but it
DELETES all of the entries in ALL of the directories. This
command should be used with care.
TAG PAGE
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This command will tag all entries on the currently displayed
page. This saves you the inconvenience of having to press the
Space Bar to toggle all of, or most of, the entries on the
page.
UNTAG PAGE
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This is the exact opposite of TAG PAGE, it will untag all
entries on the currently displayed page, handy if you wish to
wipe the slate clean and setup your tag dialling again.
DIAL TAGGED ENTRIES
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This command is the actual command you use to dial all your
tagged entries. Pressing RETURN on an entries dials that entry
only and will not attempt to dial the tagged entries. Pressing
"D", for Dial Tagged Entries, will cycle through all the
entries tagged in the entire dialling directory. The effect is
just like going through entry at a time, pressing RETURN to
dial, until one of the listed systems is free.
SPECIAL KEYS
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As well as the normal Up/Down arrows and PgUp/PgDn keys there
are a few other keys that work as well. Of course as you know
by now that all you have to dial is hit enter on the entry you
want, but that is not all, you can tag, delete and insert more
entries. If you press the INS key you can insert an entry
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before the one where the hilight bar is, this means that all
the entries after that are moved down one entry. Similarly the
DEL key will delete the entry and the hilight bar and all
entries after that one will come forward one to replace the
deleted entry, it is slightly different in that aspect to the
CLEAR command. Lastly you can tag entries with the SPACE BAR.
The SPACE BAR toggles an entrys tagging on or off, when you
press "D" to dial Communiqué will dial all tagged entries in
order. Other keys that work are the ESC key to exit the
dialling directory and the HOME and END keys to move the
hilight bar to beginning or end of the page.
DISCONNECT
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When you are online, this command will force Communiqué to hang up.
This command can easily be brought up with an Alt-X. To disconnect,
depending on the setup in the MODEM setup menu, Communiqué will try
lowering the DTR and if that fails it will send the disconnect
string to the modem, which again is in the SETUP/MODEM menu for you
to change if need be.
CHAT MODE
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When two users are connected with each other, or when Communiqué is
engaged in an IEMSI session, Communiqué has a special chat mode for
chatting. The chat mode allows full screen chat or regular split
screen chat, and handles the necessary echoing for the chat mode to
work. When entering into chat mode you will be prompted for the type
of chat mode you desire, either full screen or split screen. If you
want you can disable this and force Communiqué into a particular
mode by setting the chat mode type in the SETUP/GENERAL menu.
Whilst in chat mode pressing ESCape will take you back to the main
work screen, other keys that work are ALT-L to clear the local
screen or ALT-R to clear the remote screen. You can also set capture
mode on automatically upon you entering chat mode, this again is
setup in the SETUP/GENERAL menu.
SCROLL BUFFER
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The Scroll Back buffer will let you go back and look at information
that has already appeared and moved off of the screen. Depending on
the size of the buffer you have specified in the GENERAL/SETUP menu
you should have pages to go back through. If you see something that
you would like to repeat just press RETURN and the text underneath
the hilight bar will be sent through the com port as if you typed
it.
CLEAR SCREEN
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This command will let you clear and reset (to the original colors)
the work screen, which can be helpful if some line noise has
disrupted the whole screen.
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USAGE LOG
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This toggles the usage log on and off. The usage log is a text file
in your Communiqué directory which contains a running activity log
of Communiqué. When you start Communiqué, with the Usage Log default
to on, Communiqué will make an entry in the log to say it was
started up at todays date and time. The same applies when you quit
from Communiqué with the usage log on, it will again make an entry
with todays time and date to say that you quit Communiqué and that
the usage log was closed. Other entries made in the usage log are
made whenever you dial another computer system in the dialling
directory, when you connect to a computer system, when you transfer
a file (upload or download) or when one of the Alarms or the Timer
goes off.
TIMERS
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The TIMERS command is another one of Communiqué's unique features.
It allows you to set up to 4 alarms and a timer. The timer can be
programmed to go off every x amount of minutes. This can be helpful
when you are connected to a system and need to be notified that it
is a certain time or x amount of minutes have passed (To watch those
telephone bills!). To set an alarm or timer just type in the time
for the alarm to go off or set the time, in minutes, that the timer
should wait, then set the status to active. The timer will display a
warning message and play a tune every time the set amount of minutes
has passed, if you only want to use it once you must turn it off
after the first alarm. To be sure that the timer and alarm settings
will be the same the next time you use Communiqué go to the SETUP
menu and select SAVE CONFIGURATION.
SEND BREAK
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This command will allow you to send a break code to the modem. The
break code lasts a quarter of a second, just enough to make the
remote modem aware of the break code and act on it if it is set to
do so.
TYPE AHEAD
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The type ahead command is yet another one of Communiqué's excellent,
and unique features. Just as it suggests, it allows you to type
ahead using Communiqué's advance buffering. This can be very helpful
on long distance connections, and can save you time and money. When
you type ALT-A or select it from the menu, Communiqué will pop up a
window in the middle of the screen, the window will spread all the
way across the screen. If you are chatting to someone else online
and wish to type while he is you can now do so. The window can be
moved up and down in case the remote user starts typing under the
window by using your up and down cursor keys. When you are finished
press the Enter key twice and what you have typed will be displayed
line by line to the remote user. To quit without sending what you
have typed press the ESC key.
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STATUS BAR
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This command will toggle the status bar on and off. The status bar
is the bar at the bottom of your screen that contains vital
information as to your current statistics, sometimes however it is
convenient to have the usage of the whole screen and therefore you
can optionally remove the status bar from the screen.
KEYBOARD LOCK
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If you are going to leave your computer unattended for a long period
of time whilst online or not you may lock the keyboard so that the
computer cannot be used, short of turning it off. Pressing ALT 0
will cause a window to pop up and ask you for a new password, enter
a password here, this password will be required to unlock the
keyboard. Once you have typed in a password and typed enter the
keyboard is locked, if you try to type something on the keyboard
Communiqué will ask you for the password first.
IMAGE DUMP
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An Screen Image Dump is much like the Capture feature. The only
problem with capture is that you may have it turned off but suddenly
discover that what is currently being displayed on the screen is
what you want saved in a file, turning capture on now would be too
late as it has already been displayed on the screen. An image dump
will take the whole contents of the screen and dump them to a file.
When you press ALT-INS for an image dump you will be asked to supply
a filename, Communiqué will have already typed the default filename
as set up in the SETUP/FILENAMES menu, but it gives you a chance to
change the name.
RAW MODE
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You can not actually select this command from the menu, but it is
there to remind you that the Scroll-Lock key will toggle this option
on and off. This command will put you in and out of RAW mode. Raw
mode is a special mode where all of the keys you press are sent to
the modem as Communiqué see's them, ie. as ASCII codes, Communiqué
does not attempt to trap these keys in RAW mode. RAW mode was
developed for programs such as DOORWAY which allow you to use a
remote computer as if it were right there in front of you. Please
note that while you are in RAW mode you cannot enter the menu system
as all that you type, such as ALT-H, is sent to the modem. To turn
RAW mode off again just press the Scroll Lock Key or the ALT-TAB key
combination.
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CHAPTER SEVEN: The Setup Pulldown Menu
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Communiqué has a very comprehensive setup, it will not be neccersary
for you to adjust very much of these settings, the most important
would be the MODEM AND DIALLING setup and the PATHS AND FILENAMES
setup. You will also want to setup the IEMSI profiles with your
details if you are going to call IEMSI compatible computer systems.
You may then want to change the screen setup and colors in the
SCREEN AND COLOR setup for your own preference of the colour scheme
and frames.
SCREEN AND COLOR
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From the screen and color setup menu, you can change the colors of
the screen to what ever you'd like, and change setting such as the
screen size and framework.
Here are the changeable color items:
Work Screen - Sets the color for the main terminal work
screen.
Status Bar - Sets the color of the status bar on the bottom
of the main work screen.
Menu - Sets the color for the pull down menu items.
Menu Border - Sets the color of the boarder on the pull down
menus.
Menu Hilight - Sets the color of the highlight bar used to
select menu items.
Menu Characters - Sets the color of the highlighted characters
in the menus used as selection characters.
Help Bar - Sets the color of the help bar on the bottom
of the screen where the status bar usually is.
This menu is also used to configure your screen setup, the following
can be setup from this menu:
Frame Type
Screen Size
Screen Setup
FRAME TYPE
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Is used simply to set your desired menu border type. It can be
set to either no frame, single line frame on top only, single line
frame, single on top, double on sides etc.
SCREEN SIZE
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This sets the default screen size used by Communiqué on startup.
This can be set to either Default, 25, 43 or 50. Default means
that Communiqué will startup in the same mode as DOS is currently,
which maybe monochrome, CGA color, EGA color (43 lines) or VGA
color (50 lines)
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SCREEN SETUP
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Screen Setup allows you to override some of Communiqué's automatic
screen type detection routines. Communiqué automatically detects a
monochrome screen, CGA screen snow and Multitaskers needing DOS
(non-direct) mapped screen writes. You can set these settings to
either On, Off or Auto. Auto means that Communiqué will
automatically set the most appropriate settings according to your
computer setup. For speed purposes you may like to try to force
CGA snow checking off and direct screen writes to on.
MODEM AND DIALLING
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This section is another one of Communiqué's easy to use setup menus.
Here you can edit and change your modem and dialling setup. If the
default values for these selections do not work, you will need to
refer to your modem manual for the necessary information and modem
initialisation strings. Below is a list of choices/options that you
may change:
MODEM INIT STRING
─────────────────
The modem inititilisation string is the command that is first sent
to your modem when entering Communiqué. The init string sets the
values and options that you will be using in Communiqué. For the
correct init string, please refer to your modems manual. Two
special characters are used in these modem strings, these are the
"~" character and the "|" character. Each "~" character in the
string will cause a half second delay, and the "|" character will
send a carriage return ie. the Enter key. Each of these characters
are not actually sent to the modem, Communiqué interrupts these
characters and uses them to perform the actions described above.
DIAL PREFIX
───────────
Communiqué gives you the option of using different dialling
prefixes where you can send different dialling strings to your
modem for different systems. If you have a dual mode modem such as
the USR Dual Standard, this command will become very helpful. To
dial HST systems you can have one dialling string, and for V32
systems, another sting.
DIAL SUFFIX
───────────
The dialling suffix is similar to the prefix, but it is at the end
of the dialling string. In most cases it will just be a CR
(Carriage Return), which is just a "|" signifying a carriage
return.
DIAL CANCEL STRING
──────────────────
This is the string that Communiqué will send to the modem
when you cancel in the middle of a dial. In most cases, it should
also just be a CR.
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DISCONNECT STRING
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This is the string that Communiqué will send to your modem when
disconnecting. For the correct string, please refer to your
modems documentation.
LOWER DTR TO DISCONNECT
───────────────────────
This tells Communiqué to lower the DTR to disconnect from the
remote system. In most cases this should be left on, though some
modems may have trouble with this, check your modem manual for
information on the DTR signal.
TOGGLE DTR BEFORE DIALLING
──────────────────────────
This selection will make Communiqué toggle the DTR before dialling
making sure the line is free and ready to be dialled. Again
on most occasions this will be left on, but some modems may not
like this and it therefore can be turned off, if you are having
problems dialling you can try disabling this option.
HARDWARE FLOW CONTROL
─────────────────────
Here you can turn hardware flow control on and off. The hardware
flow control is CTS/RTS (Clear To Send/Ready To Send) flow
control. Flow control simply controls the transmission of data
from both ends if one end gets overloaded with data. Hardware flow
control must be supported by your modem if you need flow
control, this is available on most modems, especially those over
2400bps. Hardware flow control is preferable over software flow
control.
SOFTWARE FLOW CONTROL
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If you do not use your hardware flow control, this will allow you
to turn on software flow control. In most cases, all you will
need is hardware flow control though if you suspect that your
modem does not support hardware flow control you can safely use
software flow control.
DIALLING TIME
─────────────
Here you can set the time that Communiqué will wait after it has
dialled a telephone number before recycling. Please also note that
there is an S register in your [Hayes Compatible] modem that will
also set a timeout vlaue. If the S register is has a shorter
timeout value, the modem will reset before that. So if you run
into problems, you may want to make sure that the S register is
set to a longer timeout value, please refer to your modem manual
for more information concerning the S registers.
PAUSE TIME BETWEEN DIALS
────────────────────────
If a system is busy or not answering when you first dial,
Communiqué will keep redialling the number until you get through.
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After every dialling, Communiqué will pause for the period of time
set here in seconds.
MAX REDIALS
───────────
The max redials selection will tell Communiqué how many times to
re-dial a number before giving up. When a number is busy or not
answering, Communiqué will attempt to redial it the number of
times set here in an attempt to make a connection. If the value is
set to zero Communiqué will continue redialling without a limit.
INBOUND BUFFER
──────────────
Here you can set the value of Communiqué's inbound buffer. The
inbound buffer will buffer all data coming in over the modem for
smooth communications. For slower modems it is advised to have
this fairly high, for higher speed modems it is not so important.
OUTBOUND BUFFER
───────────────
Here you can, likewise, set your outbound buffer. In most
instances though, the outbound buffer will not need to be very
big, the default size is 256bytes.
AUTO DIAL ENTRY NUMBER
──────────────────────
This unique option will let you set a directory entry to be
automatically dialled upon starting Communiqué. If there is none
just set this value to 0. Otherwise enter the entry number you
would like to be dialled automatically when Communiqué starts up.
FILENAMES AND PATHS
───────────────────
Here you can set the filenames and paths you will be using in
Communiqué. For it to function properly, it is important that this
information is accurately set.
SYSTEM PATH
───────────
This is the directory in which Communiqué and all it's data files
are located, this is set by Communiqué when it is first installed
and should already be correct.
DOWNLOAD PATH
─────────────
This is the path in which all downloaded files are automatically
placed by the protocols.
UPLOAD PATH
───────────
This is the path where Communiqué will search for the upload files
by default. When you enter the filename to be uploaded this path
is used as the default, the path can still be edited but this is
set as the default path.
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DISK SWAP PATH
──────────────
When Communiqué swaps out of memory to disk after failing to swap
to EMS, this is where it will place the swap file. For best result
set it to a RAM drive if you have one installed.
DIALLING DIR FILENAME
─────────────────────
This is where you can set the default filename of your dialling
directory data file. If you need to use more than one dialling
directory, you can set the different names here.
DEFAULT CAPTURE FILENAME
────────────────────────
This is the default filename that Communiqué will use when you go
into capture mode. All captured text will appear in this file.
When you enter capture mode you have the option of changing this
filename.
DEFAULT USAGE LOG FILENAME
──────────────────────────
As with the default capture filename this is the filename that
Communiqué will use by default when you open the usage log. When
you do open the usage log you will still be asked for the name but
the name supplied here will be displayed by default, you can
either change it or just press Enter to continue.
DEFAULT IMAGE FILENAME
──────────────────────
Again this is exactly the same as the default capture filename and
the default usage log filename. It will be used by default when
you choose to do an screen image dump - but you will be given the
option to change this filename when you select to do an image
dump.
AUTO LOADED MACRO FILENAME
──────────────────────────
This is the filename of the macro file that will automatically be
loaded when Communiqué starts up.
AUTO LOADED SCRIPT FILENAME
───────────────────────────
Not available in this version.
TERMINAL DEFAULTS
─────────────────
Here you can set your terminal defaults that will be set when
Communiqué starts. These settings can be changed in other menus
whilst using Communiqué as described in Chapter Five and Chapter
Six, but they only stay valid while Communiqué is in memory. Here is
where you can set the defaults and save them so that when you next
use Communiqué these settings will be used. Below is a list of
terminal defaults that you can set:
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BAUD RATE (300-115,000)
DATA BITS (7 or 8)
STOP BITS (0,1 or 2)
PARITY (Odd, Even, or None)
COM PORT (1 thru 4)
WORD WRAP (On/Off)
LINE FEEDS (On/Off)
LOCAL ECHO (On/Off)
EMULATION (ANSI/TTY/VT52/VT100/AVATAR)
PROTOCOL (Xmodem, Xmodem-1k, Xmodem-1k-G, Ymodem, Ymodem-G, or
Zmodem)
DESTRUCTIVE
BACKSPACE (On/Off)
TRANSLATION
TABLES (On/Off)
AUTO ZMODEM (On/Off)
AVATAR (On/Off)
IEMSI (On/Off)
PRINTER (On/Off)
CAPTURE (On/Off)
USAGE LOG (On/Off)
IEMSI PROFILES
──────────────
Interactive EMSI, or Interactive Electronic Mail Standards
Interchange as it is officially called, is one of Communiqué's
powerful and unique features. IEMSI gives you the ability to log
onto IEMSI compatible BBS's at ease just like a script file, but
faster, better, and with much more flexibility.
In this section, you can define your IEMSI profiles. An IEMSI
profile is a set of information about your user account on a system
that is automatically transfered through the IEMSI protocol when you
log on.
To use IEMSI, you must first define a profile. To define a profile,
go to the menu labelled IEMSI profiles, hit enter, and then hit
enter again on the profile that you would like to edit. You are
given ten profiles, you do not need to set them all, only one, but
you may have different setups for different systems.
When editing the profile, you must give the following information:
PROFILE TITLE
─────────────
This is just simply a title given to your profile, as many of them
are available, this title is displayed when you are asked to
select a profile, this saves remembering which profile number has
what setting, therefore the profile title should have some
description of how the profile is setup.
NAME
────
This is where you enter the name that you will be using as your
account on the BBS.
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HANDLE
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If the BBS supports handles, this is where you enter your handle.
A handle is more or less a nickname that you may have for
yourself, or a name by which you are more commonly known.
PASSWORD
────────
This is where you enter your password for the specific profile.
If you wish to use the password defined in the dialling directory
for the entry of the bbs you are calling, leave this prompt
blank, Communiqué will then use the password defined in the
dialling directory if you are using the dialling directory.
LOCATION
────────
This is where you enter the location that you are calling from.
For most systems, it's preferably the city and state your calling
from.
VOICE TELEPHONE NUMBER
──────────────────────
This is your voice telephone number or home telephone number for
the records of the remote system.
WORK TELEPHONE NUMBER
─────────────────────
As with the voice telephone number, this is where you enter your
work or modem telephone number for the remote systems records.
HOTKEYS
───────
Here you can select if you want Hot-Keys enabled on the remote
IEMSI compatible BBS system. However, some systems force Hot
Keys, and if that is the case, your selection will be over-ridden.
Hot keys mean the when you press a key in a menu it will enact
upon it immediately whether the menu has finished drawing up or
not and without you pressing the ENTER key after.
QUIET MODE
──────────
Here you can toggle quiet mode on and off. Quiet mode prevents
other users online from disturbing you with paging, messages, or
chat requests.
PAGE PAUSING
────────────
Here you indicate if you want page pausing, which will prompt you
to continue after you receive more than a screenful of data.
SCREEN CLEARING
───────────────
This option will let you toggle screen clearing on and off, if you
do not allow screen clearing all text sent to the screen will be
scrolled.
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DISPLAY NEWS
────────────
This is a option allows you to determine if you want to view the
NEWS file on the remote BBS system. The news file on the remote
system or BBS is generally notes from the system operator
concerning new items on the system which may of interest to you.
CHECK FOR NEW MAIL
──────────────────
This options allows you request a mail check at logon to the
remote BBS system, this will check for new mail addressed to you
since your last logon.
CHECK FOR NEW FILES
───────────────────
By enabling this option, the remote BBS will do a new files scan
at logon for your convenience. This is a nice feature for cutting
down connect time.
FULL SCREEN EDITOR
──────────────────
Here you can determine if you want to use the remote BBS's full
screen message editor when entering a message on the remote
system. If you do not use the full screen message editor when
entering messages you will be forced to use the line editor, which
means you enter a message line by line making editing a lot
harder. Full screen message editors generally require that you are
using the ANSI or AVATAR terminal emulation.
EXTERNAL PROTOCOLS
──────────────────
This menu allows you to install external protocols, which are file
transfer protocols developed by 3rd party authors. Some examples of
external protocols would be Jmodem, Bimodem, Super-8k, and MPT.
They are all protocols that are not supported on all systems, and to
operate most of them, you must run the protocol program which in
some cases is proprietary.
To install an external protocol, you need to do the following:
1) First assign it a name in the name field
2) Set the status - Non-Active, Active, or Deleted
3) Set a selection key (the key that will bring it up)
4) Give the upload command line
5) Give the download command line
The command lines for the different external protocols will vary
from program to program, and you will need to refer to the
documentation of the external protocol for a command line to use in
the setup. Most of the time the command line consists of the file
name, and then information such as the baud rate, comm port, whether
its uploading or downloading, and a filepath.
Communiqué offers the following parameters that may be entered on
the commandline of the external protocol. These metacommands are
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replaced by the appropriate information at the time.
External Protocol MetaCommands
──────────────────────────────
*D - Full download path set in SETUP\PATHS AND FILENAMES.
*U - Full upload path set in SETUP\PATHS AND FILENAMES.
*S - Communiqué's system directory.
*P - Serial port number (0..3).
*C - Com port number (1..4).
*B - Baudrate.
*G - Prompt for a filename before shelling to the protocol.
Example:
Name : Puma
Status : Active
Selection Key : 1
Redraw Screen : On
Upload Commandline : \Term\Puma.exe P1 X+ F- B+ A+ D+ O- R+ s *D
Download Commandline : \Term\Puma.exe B+ E*B N+ P1 X+ s *U*G
The selection key is the location of the charcter in the title that
will be highlighted and used to select the protocol, the selection
key in the example above sets the "P" in "Puma" as the highlighted
selection key.
The status can be Active, Non-Active or Deleted. Deleted means that
when you exit and save the settings the entry will be erased.
COMMUNICATIONS PORTS
────────────────────
If you are using a non-standard communications port, or one that has
been changed from default, you may need to change some settings in
this section. In most circumstances, you won't need to make any
changes, unless you make equipment changes to your com port because
of an equipment conflict.
For each Com Port, you can change the following items:
I/O Address
Bios Vector
Interrupt #
The I/O Address is the hex IBM PC I/O address for the device, the
BIOS Vector is the BIOS interrupt vector for the device and the
Interrupt Number is the hardware generated interrupt number. If you
find that the changes you have made do not work and wish to go back
to the default BIOS settings you may select the menu item "Reset to
Defaults" which is at the bottom of the menu.
PRINTER SETUP
─────────────
In the printer setup section, you can change several items to
customise Communiqué to your printer. The following are selections
that you may change:
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Printer Port (LPT1-4)
Printer Init String (If any)
Page Length
..Page Header Size
..Page Footer Size
Please note that for the Printer Init String that Communiqué sends
an ESC (ASCII character 27) to the printer before the initialisation
string.
GENERAL OPTIONS
───────────────
Communiqué also has several general options that can be changed or
modified to give you a powerful customised setup. Below are the
following general options that can be changed:
DEFAULT STATUS BAR
──────────────────
If enabled the status bar is displayed when Communiqué first
starts up.
ALARM BELLS
───────────
This enables or disables the sounding of music when one of the
user set Alarms go off, if this is off only the pop up window is
displayed to say that the Alarm is going off.
WARNING BELLS
─────────────
This enables or disables the use of music with some warning
messages, namely a connection in the dialling directory or the end
of a file transfer.
CONFIRM DISCONNECTS
───────────────────
If enabled Communiqué will first prompt you for confirmation of a
disconnection before attempting to disconnect.
DELETE ABORTED TRANSFERS
────────────────────────
If a download is aborted, through error or by yourself, Communiqué
can optionally delete the unfinished file.
WAIT AFTER FILE TRANSFER
────────────────────────
If enabled Communiqué will not remove the transfers window at the
end of a file transfer, instead it will wait for you to press a
key. This is handy if you go away while the transfer is in
progress and it finishes but you want to see the final speed
results and any errors that may have occured etc.
ASK FOR COM PORT ON STARTUP
───────────────────────────
When you first start Communiqué you can have it prompt you for
which com port you wish to use, this was the default setting when
you first installed Communiqué. It is handy if you have more than
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one modem connected to your computer system or you are always
changing which port it is connected to.
AUTO CAPTURE IN CHAT MODE
─────────────────────────
If enabled Communiqué will automatically toggle on Capture when
you enter chat mode using either the full screen or split screen
chat modes. When you exit chat mode you will be asked if you wish
to close the capture buffer or leave it open to continue capturing
everything that is displayed on the screen.
USE EMS SWAPPING FOR SHELLS
───────────────────────────
If you have EMS memory installed you can use this to put
Communiqué into EMS memory when you do a DOS shell with the ALT-J
hotkey. This makes the shell a lot faster and means that you will
have a lot more memory available to you from within the DOS shell.
USE DISK SWAPPING FOR SHELLS
────────────────────────────
If you do no have EMS memory for DOS shells but you still require
the most amount of memory available whilst you are in a DOS
shell you can have Communiqué swap itself to a special file while
you are in the shell. When you complete the shell the file will be
read, the memory contents replaced from the data in the file and
the file will then be deleted. A swap file will typically be
around 250kb in size, and if you have a RAM disk large enough you
may specify in the SETUP/FILENAME menu that you wish to place the
swap file in the RAM disk, this will speed up the swap process
greatly.
PERFORM DOS SHELL IN WINDOW
───────────────────────────
When doing a DOS shell you may specify that you want to do it
within a window which will be placed on top of your work screen.
This may be useful if you wish to see what may be behind the
window. However Communiqué does not attempt to update the screen
behind the DOS window whilst you are in a shell. Also please note
that not all applications will be compatible with a DOS window.
Communiqué does however return the screen to the same state it was
when you start the DOS window, on your return from the DOS shell
window.
CAPTURE - STRIP ANSI CODES
──────────────────────────
This simply removes any ANSI codes before placing text into the
capture file whilst capture is on.
CAPTURE - STRIP AVATAR CODES
────────────────────────────
As above except this will remove the AVATAR codes before dumping
text to the capture file.
AUTO DIALLING DIRECTORY
───────────────────────
Will force Communiqué to automatically enter the dialling
direcotry upon startup from DOS.
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CHAT MODE DEFAULT MODE
──────────────────────
Normally when entering chat mode you are asked if you wish to use
the Full Screen or Split Screen chat mode. Here you can specify
one or the other so that it no longer prompts you for this, or you
can specify Select which means that it will again prompt you for
your choice.
SCROLL BACK BUFFER SIZE
───────────────────────
This controls the size of your Scroll Back Buffer. Obviously the
larger the buffer the more pages of information will be retained,
but it is expensive on memory requirements. The Scroll back buffer
size is measured in bytes, therefore 10240bytes (the default) is
already another 10k extra on your memory requirements.
OPERATION SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT
────────────────────────────
When Communiqué starts up it automatically detects the type of
operating system in use, whether it be standard DOS, DESQView or
one of many other multitaskers. If Communiqué detects a
multitasker it will start time-slicing, if you do not wish it to
time-slice you may turn it off by setting the OS Environment to
Standard DOS.
Each of these items has help on the help bar on the bottom of the
screen, all are fairly self explanatory.
KEYBOARD MACROS
───────────────
This section allows you to define macros to the SHIFT - Function
Keys and the CONTROL - Function Keys in Communiqué.
To edit one of these keys just press the key, ie. SHIFT - F1 to edit
the SHIFT - F1 macro. The hilight bar on the bottom of the window
lets you LOAD, SAVE or CLEAR the macros and QUIT to exit from this
menu. The LOAD and SAVE commands are exactly the same as those in
the FILE MENU, SAVE will save the contents of the macros above into
a filename of your choice, load will allow you to load a previously
defined macro set. CLEAR will clear all macros above so that you may
start again.
There are a few other uses to the macro keys apart from the obvious
like putting your name and password into them. Communiqué has a
powerful feature where by pressing a macro key it can shell to DOS
and run or perform some other task. To do this place a "@" at the
beginning of the definition followed by the filename of the file you
want to run, ie. "@C:\TOOLS\NU.EXE". Other special characters that
have a special function in these macros are the "!" and "|". The "|"
is a RETURN just like pressing carriage return, this is used
throughout Communiqué as a return. The "!" will substitute itself
for the currently defined password which is set in the dialling
directory. If you have just called a BBS system with the dialling
directory and in the BBS record in the dialling directory you have a
password defined, Communiqué will take this password and substitute
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it here for the "!". If you genuinely need to use one of these
characters in the text of the macro, simply type two of them, ie.
"HELLO!!" will read "HELLO!" when printed out on the screen.
TRANSLATION TABLES
──────────────────
Here you can change your inbound and outbound translation tables.
This chart contains every character in the ASCII set, and what its
value is. If you need to re-define one of the values, just enter
this menu and choose/edit the value you would like to change. When
the character is received or transmitted whilst the translation
tables are turned on it will be substituted for the character that
you have selected. When editing the translation tables you may want
to change some of the characters that do not appear on the standard
keyboard, to enter these characters look up its ASCII value in the
ASCII chart in Appendix C and type it in by holding down the ALT key
and typing the number on your numeric keypad. This is the standard
DOS method of entering high ASCII characters and is explained in
your DOS manual.
SAVE CONFIGURATION
──────────────────
This, the last option in the SETUP menu is one of the most
important, this command will save the entire Communiqué setup apart
from things such as IEMSI Profiles and Keyboard Macros. If you have
made any changes to the setup you should immediately go to SAVE
CONFIGURATION and save the new setup, Communiqué will not warn you
if the setup has been changed on exit.
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A P P E N D I X E S
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APPENDIX A: Communiqué Quick Command Reference
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Standard ALT-Key Commands:
─────────────────────────
ALT H.....Help
ALT C.....Communiqué About Menu
ALT F.....File Functions Menu
ALT M.....Modem Setup Menu
ALT U.....Utilities Menu
ALT S.....Setup Menu
ALT G.....AVATAR Toggle ALT N.....Keyboard Lock
ALT B.....Baudrate Select ALT Y.....Printer Toggle
ALT K.....Capture Toggle ALT R.....Receive/Download
ALT O.....Chat Mode ALT =.....Scroll Back Buffer
ALT L.....Clear Screen ALT Z.....Send Break Signal
ALT P.....Com Port Select ALT -.....Status Bar Toggle
ALT D.....Dialling Directory ALT V.....Timer and Alarms
ALT X.....Disconnect ALT T.....Transmit/Upload
ALT E.....Emulation ALT A.....Type Ahead Buffer
ALT I.....IEMSI Toggle ALT 0.....Usage Log Toggle
ALT INS...Screen Image Dump ALT Q.....Quit Communiqué
ALT J.....Jump to DOS Shell
ALT N.....Keyboard Lock
Other Keys:
──────────
PgDn..........Download/Receive
PgUp..........Upload/Transmit
ALT TAB.......Toggle RAW Mode
Scroll Lock...Toggle RAW Mode
Useful ALT-Key-Key (Two Key) Commands:
─────────────────────────────────────
ALT FL....Load Macros
ALT FS....Save Macros
ALT MD....Data Bits Select
ALT MM....IEMSI Profile Select
ALT MP....Parity Select
ALT MS....Stop Bits Select
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APPENDIX B: Troubleshooting
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Problem:
Communiqué doesn't work with a certain modem.
Solution:
Communiqué is set by default to use the Hayes 'AT' modem
command set standard. There are some modems that are not
Hayes compatible however, Communiqué allows you to change all
strings sent to the modem, such as commands to dial, hang up,
and to initialise the modem. To change all of these select
MODEM AND DIALLING from the SETUP menu.
Problem:
Communiqué is losing characters at high speed.
Solution:
Try playing with things such as Snow Checking and Direct Screen
Writes. Sometimes snow checking plays havoc with high speed
emulations, you can make sure it is disabled by typing "/C-"
run you run Communiqué or by turning it off in the SETUP/SCREEN
menu.
Problem:
Modem wont dial or occasionally wont dial in the dialling
directory.
Solution:
This problem may be linked with your modems DTR (Data Terminal
Ready) signal. Try changing the TOGGLE DTR BEFORE DIALLING
setting in the SETUP/MODEM menu.
Problem:
Communiqué wont display ANSI graphics while I have AVATAR on.
Solution:
Set your terminal emulation to ANSI with the ALT-E key, then
turn AVATAR on with the ALT-G key this way you have both AVATAR
and ANSI terminal emulations.
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APPENDIX C: IBM PC ASCII Character Set
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The tables below list the complete ASCII character set for the IBM
PC family of computers. The tables included the standard ASCII
characters 0 to 127 and the extended ASCII characters 128 to 255.
┌────────────────────────┬────────────────────────┐
│ DEC HEX CTL CODE │ DEC HEX CTL CODE │
├────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┤
│ 000 00 @ NUL │ 016 10 P DLE │
│ 001 01 A SOH │ 017 11 Q DC1 │
│ 002 02 B STX │ 018 12 R DC2 │
│ 003 03 C ETX │ 019 13 S DC3 │
│ 004 04 D EOT │ 020 14 T DC4 │
│ 005 05 E ENQ │ 021 15 U NAK │
│ 006 06 F ACK │ 022 16 V SYN │
│ 007 07 G BEL │ 023 17 W ETB │
│ 008 08 H BS │ 024 18 X CAN │
│ 009 09 I HT │ 025 19 Y EM │
│ 010 0A J LF │ 026 1A Z SUB │
│ 011 0B K VT │ 027 1B [ ESC │
│ 012 0C L FF │ 028 1C \ FS │
│ 013 0D M CR │ 029 1D ] GS │
│ 014 0E N SO │ 030 1E ^ RS │
│ 015 0F O SI │ 031 1F _ US │
└────────────────────────┴────────────────────────┘
┌──────────────────┬──────────────────┬──────────────────┐
│ DEC HEX CHAR │ DEC HEX CHAR │ DEC HEX CHAR │
├──────────────────┼──────────────────┼──────────────────┤
│ 032 20 │ 055 37 7 │ 078 4E N │
│ 033 21 ! │ 056 38 8 │ 079 4F O │
│ 034 22 " │ 057 39 9 │ 080 50 P │
│ 035 23 # │ 058 3A : │ 081 51 Q │
│ 036 24 $ │ 059 3B ; │ 082 52 R │
│ 037 25 % │ 060 3C < │ 083 53 S │
│ 038 26 & │ 061 3D = │ 084 54 T │
│ 039 27 ' │ 062 3E > │ 085 55 U │
│ 040 28 ( │ 063 3F ? │ 086 56 V │
│ 041 29 ) │ 064 40 @ │ 087 57 W │
│ 042 2A * │ 065 41 A │ 088 58 X │
│ 043 2B + │ 066 42 B │ 089 59 Y │
│ 044 2C , │ 067 43 C │ 090 5A Z │
│ 045 2D - │ 068 44 D │ 091 5B [ │
│ 046 2E . │ 069 45 E │ 092 5C \ │
│ 047 2F / │ 070 46 F │ 093 5D ] │
│ 048 30 0 │ 071 47 G │ 094 5E ^ │
│ 049 31 1 │ 072 48 H │ 095 5F _ │
│ 050 32 2 │ 073 49 I │ 096 60 ` │
│ 051 33 3 │ 074 4A J │ 097 61 a │
│ 052 34 4 │ 075 4B K │ 098 62 b │
│ 053 35 5 │ 076 4C L │ 099 63 c │
│ 054 36 6 │ 077 4D M │ 100 64 d │
└──────────────────┴──────────────────┴──────────────────┘
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┌──────────────────┬──────────────────┬──────────────────┐
│ DEC HEX CHAR │ DEC HEX CHAR │ DEC HEX CHAR │
├──────────────────┼──────────────────┼──────────────────┤
│ 101 65 e │ 153 99 Ö │ 205 CD ═ │
│ 102 66 f │ 154 9A Ü │ 206 CE ╬ │
│ 103 67 g │ 155 9B ¢ │ 207 CF ╧ │
│ 104 68 h │ 156 9C £ │ 208 D0 ╨ │
│ 105 69 i │ 157 9D ¥ │ 209 D1 ╤ │
│ 106 6A j │ 158 9E ₧ │ 210 D2 ╥ │
│ 107 6B k │ 159 9F ƒ │ 211 D3 ╙ │
│ 108 6C l │ 160 A0 á │ 212 D4 ╘ │
│ 109 6D m │ 161 A1 ù │ 213 D5 ╒ │
│ 110 6E n │ 162 A2 ó │ 214 D6 ╓ │
│ 111 6F o │ 163 A3 ú │ 215 D7 ╫ │
│ 112 70 p │ 164 A4 ñ │ 216 D8 ╪ │
│ 113 71 q │ 165 A5 Ñ │ 217 D9 ┘ │
│ 114 72 r │ 166 A6 ª │ 218 DA ┌ │
│ 115 73 s │ 167 A7 º │ 219 DB █ │
│ 116 74 t │ 168 A8 ¿ │ 220 DC ▄ │
│ 117 75 u │ 169 A9 ⌐ │ 221 DD ▌ │
│ 118 76 v │ 170 AA ¬ │ 222 DE ▐ │
│ 119 77 w │ 171 AB ½ │ 223 DF ▀ │
│ 120 78 x │ 172 AC ¼ │ 224 E0 α │
│ 121 79 y │ 173 AD ¡ │ 225 E1 R~R │
│ 122 7A z │ 174 AE « │ 226 E2 Γ │
│ 123 7B { │ 175 AF » │ 227 E3 π │
│ 124 7C | │ 176 B0 ░ │ 228 E4 Σ │
│ 125 7D } │ 177 B1 ▒ │ 229 E5 σ │
│ 126 7E ~ │ 178 B2 ▓ │ 230 E6 µ │
│ 127 7F │ 179 B3 │ │ 231 E7 τ │
│ 128 80 Ç │ 180 B4 ┤ │ 232 E8 │
│ 129 81 ü │ 181 B5 ╡ │ 233 E9 │
│ 130 82 é │ 182 B6 ╢ │ 234 EA Ω │
│ 131 83 â │ 183 B7 ╖ │ 235 EB δ │
│ 132 84 ä │ 184 B8 ╕ │ 236 EC ∞ │
│ 133 85 à │ 185 B9 ╣ │ 237 ED Φ │
│ 134 86 å │ 186 BA ║ │ 238 EE ε │
│ 135 87 ç │ 187 BB ╗ │ 239 EF ∩ │
│ 136 88 ê │ 188 BC ╝ │ 240 F0 │
│ 137 89 ë │ 189 BD ╜ │ 241 F1 ± │
│ 138 8A è │ 190 BE ╛ │ 242 F2 ≥ │
│ 139 8B ï │ 191 BF ┐ │ 243 F3 ≤ │
│ 140 8C î │ 192 C0 └ │ 244 F4 ⌠ │
│ 141 8D ì │ 193 C1 ┴ │ 245 F5 ⌡ │
│ 142 8E Ä │ 194 C2 ┬ │ 246 F6 ÷ │
│ 143 8F Å │ 195 C3 ├ │ 247 F7 ≈ │
│ 144 90 É │ 196 C4 ─ │ 248 F8 ° │
│ 145 91 æ │ 197 C5 ┼ │ 249 F9 · │
│ 146 92 Æ │ 198 C6 ╞ │ 250 FA │
│ 147 93 ô │ 199 C7 ╟ │ 251 FB √ │
│ 148 94 ö │ 200 C8 ╚ │ 252 FC ⁿ │
│ 149 95 ò │ 201 C9 ╔ │ 253 FD ² │
│ 150 96 û │ 202 CA ╩ │ 254 FE ■ │
│ 151 97 ù │ 203 CB ╦ │ 255 FF │
│ 152 98 │ 204 CC ╠ │ │
└──────────────────┴──────────────────┴──────────────────┘
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APPENDIX D: Standard RS-232-C Cable Wiring
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The IBM family of computers uses two standard connectors with its
RS-232C serial communications standard. The RS-232C standard serial
cable may have a DB-25 or DB-9 connector, the number refers to the
number of pins in the "D" shaped connector. Below is a standard
serial 25 pin to 9 pin wiring diagram to assist you in making your
own cables.
DB-25 Pin # SIGNAL DB-9 Pin #
2 _____________Transmit Data (TXD)_____________ 3
3 _____________Receive Data (RXD)_____________ 2
4 ____________Request To Send (RTS)____________ 7
5 _____________Clear To Send (CTS)_____________ 8
6 ____________Data Set Ready (DSR)____________ 6
7 _____________Signal Ground (GND)_____________ 5
8 __________Data Carrier Detect (DCD)__________ 1
20 __________Data Terminal Ready (DTR)__________ 4
22 _____________Ring Indicator (RI)_____________ 9
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INDEX
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ANSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 10 -, - PAGE 20 -
Auto-Zmodem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 20 -
AUTOEXEC.BAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 8 -
AVATAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 10 -, - PAGE 20 -
Baudrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 18 -
CAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 11 -
Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 22 -
Carrier Detect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 7 -
COM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 11 -
Commandline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 7 -
Databits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 18 -
Dial
Add . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 22 -
Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 22 -
Dial Tagged Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 22 -
Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 22 -
Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 22 -
Goto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 22 -
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 22 -
New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 22 -
Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 22 -
Tag Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 22 -
Untag Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 22 -
View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 22 -
Direct Writes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 7 -
Disk Swapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 17 -
Doorway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 11 -, - PAGE 27 -
Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 13 -
DTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 25 -
EMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 17 -
Emulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 20 -
Environment Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 7 -
FIFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 7 -
IEMSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 11 -, - PAGE 21 -
International Support Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 4 -
MetaCommands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 36 -
Monochrome Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 7 -
Online Timer
Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 11 -
OS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 39 -
Parity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 19 -
Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 22 -
PRN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 11 -
RAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 11 -
Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 12 -
Snow Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 7 -
Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 10 -
StopBits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 18 -
TERM
DOS Environment variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 8 -
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Timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 26 -
TTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 10 -, - PAGE 20 -
Upload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 14 -
VT100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 10 -, - PAGE 20 -
VT52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 10 -, - PAGE 20 -
X-Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 15 -
X-Modem 1k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 15 -
X-Modem 1kG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 15 -
Y-Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 15 -
Y-Modem G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 15 -
Z-Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - PAGE 15 -
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