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; Helpfile for Portal of Power                  Last changed: 07.06.95  SA 
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;                         (C) Copyright 1989-94 by                         
;       Dan Wulff, Jens Sandalgaard, Steen Christensen & Sren Ager        
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;                        (C) Copyright 1998-2000 by                        
;                          The German Portal Team                          
;          Carsten Brandt, Michael Kleefeld and Marcus Roeckrath           
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; Changes made                                                             
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; By                : Marcus Roeckrath                                     
;                   : Michael Kleefeld                                     
; First Modification: 11 March 1999                                        
; Last Modification : 17 February 2000                                     
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; Look at HISTHELP.TXT for exact information about all changes made to     
; the original P063B9 help files!                                          
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; STANDARD MODEM OPTIONS
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!TOPIC 120 Com Port
!NOINDEX

Here you specify which communication port you want Portal of Power to use
(1=COM1).
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!TOPIC 121 Baud rate
!NOINDEX

Here you specify the maximum baud rate your modem supports. If you have locked
your fossil at any baud rate, you must specify the same baud rate here.

NOTE: This value is sent to the remote system on EMSI connections. It has
no effect on your connection speed! The maximum value is 38400, but other
guilty values can be used (300,1200,9600,..).
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!TOPIC 122 Locked response
!NOINDEX

If you are using floating baud rate with a high-speed modem (&B2 on HST), you
must specify the part of the connect-string, that shows that the baud rate
should remain fixed at 121Baud rate for this connection, here, i.e.
specify /ARQ for a USR HST.
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!TOPIC 123 Modem preinit
!NOINDEX

Here you specify a string to be sent to the modem BEFORE the 124Modem Init
string. It is normaly someting like:

  |v``^``

It might be nessasary to experiment with the number of "`" characters to get
your modem to work correct.

If no Modem PreInit string is specified, a standard (SLOW) is used.

See also: 6Modem special chars
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!TOPIC 124 Modem init
!NOINDEX

Here you specify the string to be sent to the modem AFTER the 123Modem preinit
string. It could be something like:

  ATZ|~ATS0=0|

See Also: 6Modem special chars
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!TOPIC 125 No Answer cmd
!NOINDEX

This command is sent to your modem instead of the normal initialization
command, when Portal is in a No-answer event.

See also: 6Modem special chars
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!TOPIC 126 Hang-up cmd
!NOINDEX

This command is sent to your modem when ever Portal wants to disconnect from
another modem. If it is left blank, DTR is dropped instead.

See also: 6Modem special chars
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!TOPIC 127 Modem dial
!NOINDEX

Here you specify the string to be sent to the modem before the telephone
number on outgoing calls. It could be something like:

  |ATDT

This setting can be overridden for individual nodes, by specifying a
450Special dial string under Nodes setup.

See Also: 6Modem special chars
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!TOPIC 128 Modem answer
!NOINDEX

Here you can specify a string Portal of Power will send to the modem, when
it gets a RING. It would be something like:

  ATA|

If you are using this option, then make sure your modem is not set to auto
answer. This is normaly done by setting S0=0.

See Also: 6Modem special chars
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!TOPIC 129 Modem busy
!NOINDEX

Here you enter a string that is to be send to the modem when Portal is busy,
and you don't want the phone answered, to take the phone off the hook, it
could be something like:

  ^```ATH1|
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!TOPIC 130 Check connect
!NOINDEX

If this option is set to "Y", Portal of Power will check your outgoing calls
against the nodelist, and if you connect at a lower baudrate than the maximum
the call will be aborted. You may override this option on a per node basis,
by using the Check connect-field in the nodes setup.
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!TOPIC 131 Modem reinit
!NOINDEX

Here you can specify at what interval you want your modem to be initialized.
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!TOPIC 132 Wait for connect
!NOINDEX

Here you can specify the time that you want Portal to wait for a connect. This
entry is used both when receiving inbound calls, and in Terminal mode.
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!TOPIC 133 Time to connect
!NOINDEX

Here you can specify the time between answering your call by the remote
modem and the connect message from your modem. Normally this will be about
10 to 14 seconds on analogue modem while at ISDN it will be about 1 second.

This time period is added to the online time.
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!TOPIC 134 Least Cost Router
!NOINDEX

This option enables resp. disables the Least Cost Router. Set it to 'Y' if
you want to use the Least Cost Router, otherwise to 'N'.

Please read the Least Cost Router configuration file PORTAL.LCR very
carefully. You have to edit this file if you want to use this feature so
that it will reflect your special requirements.
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!TOPIC 135 Ring Analyzer
!NOINDEX

This option enables resp. disables the Ring Analyzer. Set it to 'Y' if
you want to use the Ring Analyzer, otherwise to 'N'.

Please read the Ring Analyzer configuration file PORTAL.RAC very
carefully. You have to edit this file if you want to use this feature so
that it will reflect your special requirements.

There are two sample batch files POPRAC.BAT and BBSRAC.BAT which are
showing how to switch between ISDN and analogue Portal task on a single
line system. These files have to be edited and renamed to POP.BAT resp.
SPAWNBBS.BAT if you want to use them.
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!TOPIC 136 No Connect Analyzer
!NOINDEX

This option enables resp. disables the No Connect Analyzer. Set it to
'Y' if you want to use the No Connect Analyzer, otherwise to 'N'.

Please read the No Connect Analyzer configuration file PORTAL.NOC very
carefully. You have to edit this file if you want to use this feature so
that it will reflect your special requirements.
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; ADVANCED MODEM OPTIONS
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!TOPIC 140 Exit connect
!NOINDEX

If defined, Portal will exit with the specified errorlevel, if the text
specified here, is found in the connect string.

This is especially usefull, for FAX or VOICE connects, if you want to do
something special in these cases.

See also: 141Exit connect errorlevel
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!TOPIC 141 Exit connect errorlevel
!NOINDEX

This is the error level that Portal will exit with, if the connect string
contains the sub-string that is defined in the corresponding
140Exit connect.
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!TOPIC 142 Modem type
!NOINDEX

The various flags in the nodelist, is used to tell other systems, which modem
protocols it can support (V32B, HST, V32, PEP a.s.o.). If you require a
special dial string for a special type of modem, simply select the modem type
here, and put the corresponding dial command in the field to the right of this
one. Use [Space], [+] and [-] to change selection

If you have a HST Dual/V32bis the following setting will allow you to always
connect at the fastest speed (V32Bis, HST, V32 - in that order):

  V32B  ATB0DT
  ZYX   ATB0DT
  HST   ATB1DT
  H16   ATB1DT
  H14   ATB1DT

You still need the V32B modem type, as the V32B can be a HST - so if you do
not include this line, you will connect in HST mode to a HST/Dual V32bis.

NOTE: To use this feature, you must first configure Nodelist compiler,
Misc options, 384Modem type #1-8.

See also: 143Dial string   144Baud rate   145Call
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!TOPIC 143 Dial string
!NOINDEX

Here you enter the dial string to use when calling the modem type specified
to the left.

See also: 142Modem type
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!TOPIC 144 Baud rate
!NOINDEX

This entry contains the correct baud rate for the corresponding
142Modem type-field.
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!TOPIC 145 Call
!NOINDEX

If set to N, Portal will not dial out to a node with this type of modem.

See also: 142Modem type
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!TOPIC 146 Internal fax
!NOINDEX

If set to Y, Portal will use it's internal fax receive routines.

For this to work, your modem must be Class 2 compatible. This can be checked
by entering DumbTerm and typing AT+FCLASS=2 if your modem returns OK it is
Class 2 compatible.

You must also make sure that the following string appears in your Modem init
or is set in your modem's NVRAM:

  AT+FAA=1;+FCLASS=0;+FCR=1;+FDCC=1,3,0,2,0,0,0,4|

you may need to append &H3 (or whatever command your modem require to enable
hardware handshake) to the end of the above init string as some modems
disable hardware handshake when set to fax mode.

See also: 124Modem init
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!TOPIC 147 Link stat cmd
!NOINDEX

Command string to send to the modem af a connect to get the
link statistics. For a US Robotics this should be something like:

  ATI6|

See also: 148Log # of lines
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!TOPIC 148 Log # of lines
!NOINDEX

This is the number of lines received after sending the 147Link stat cmd
to the modem that will be written to the log. For a US Robotics this should
be set to 20.

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; CONNECT STATISTICS
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!TOPIC 820 Protocol #
!NOINDEX

If you have a US Robotics V.Everything (or another modem that 
supports more than one protocol) and you want to know the 
protocol (V.FC, V.32, V.34 ect.) of your in- and outgoing calls, 
you can enter the protocols in these 5 fields.

For a US Robotics V.Everything, you should use:

  #1: /V34
  #2: /VFC
  #3: /HST
  #4: /V32

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