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1. FRAMEGRABBER NTSC Intensity Hue Saturation 2 obo FrameGrabber This exciting real time image digitizer grabs 4 096 color HAM images directly from TV tuner VCR or Video Camera in just 1 30th second 1 60th second for B amp W images and ports them to any Amiga The sophisticated image control software delivers time lapse animation in black amp whte and color multiple ex posures color dithering and more A unique software controlled live video switch lets you preview your images intensity Black Level FRAMEGRABBER 256 before digitizing Supports all Amiga col or modes and screen resolutions rang ing from 320 x 200 to 640 x 400 including 384 x 240 Overscan A true stand alone unit with ts own power supply and on board internal dynamic RAM for storing newly digitized images FrameGrabber even has external con trols for adjusting hue saturation and in tensity Connects via the parallel port FrameGrabber 256 FrameGrabber 256 allows the Amiga to display images in 256 gray shades on any standard Amiga monitor Capture monochrome over scanned interlaced video in 1 30th second or non interlaced in 1 60th second The hardware image buffer supports resolutions up to 384 x 480 Four RCA video inputs allow pro grammable video switching and with a RGB camera or the included color wheel digitizes static images in 16 7 million colors Software User Manual Progressive Peri
2. D DownLoad Will open a file requester listing the preset directory indicated in the configuration screen The file entered or selected will te opened or replaced by the current file being downloaded using the current file transfer protocol The file transfer protocol may be changed by clicking on the protocol selector at the bottom of the file selector until the desired protocol appears Pressing Return orclicking on Okay will start the transfer E Remote Echo Will toggle BaudBandit s echo mode Each character typed onto the terminal screen will be displayed as well as sent to he modem This is useful when connecting to other than an online service or BBS WARNING If the modem echo is on the remote echo is on and the modem is offline any character typed wil cause an endless loop writing that character to the screen If this hap pens simply deactivate the remote echo F Modem Setup Toggles the Modem Setup Window G Color Palette Toggles the Color Palette Window H Send Hangup Will send the hangup command as predefined in the configuration screen to the modem I Paste from Clip Will paste any text currently in the Amiga clipboard into the review buffer for manipulation J Toggle Suspend Toggles the Suspend Text Send command This is the same as clicking on SUS on the command bar 36 BaudBandit Software User Manual K Kill last number De selects in the phonebook the last ph
3. DEP 2 Two bit planes four colors DEP 3 Three bit planes eight colors DEVICE Change the device driver to be used by BaudBandit DEV serial 0 Changes the device driver to serial device unit zero DEV foo 0 If foo device does not exist this command will Stop all serial Input Output DIAL Dials an entry in current phone book based on the BBS Name DIAL The System Dials the entry in the phonebook withthe BBS Name The System DIAL The Dials the first name beginning with The DIALCLEAR De selects all names in current phone book DIALCLEAR DIALSELECT Selects a name in current phone book but does not dial DIALSEL The Selects the first name beginning with The FKEY Changes contents of a function key using the same format as Keys file 56 BaudBandit Software User Manual FKEY S10 HN Shift F10 will be changed to HN FONT Changes the current font FONT Clean 8 Changes current font to Clean font 8 point GETFILE Calls the BaudBandit file requester from ARexx The title argument determines the text to be dis played in the title bar of the requester The path argument determines the directory path to be dis played in the file requester The title will be File to delete The path will be the current data path set in the configuration file GET File to delete GET File to delete RAM Capt The title will
4. No Handshaking setting or NONE To change the handshaking position the mouse pointer over this selection and click on cither mouse button The handshaking setting will cycle through the three selections Buffer Size This setting determines the amount of memory to be allocated for the review buffer The memory setting ranges from 2048 bytes to 524288 bytes The amount of memory you will want to use will depend on your personal usage of the review buffer To change the buffer size position the mouse pointer over this selec tion Clicking on the Left mouse button will increase the memory BaudBandit Software User Manual 31 setting by 2048 bytes Clicking on the Right mouse button will decrease the memory setting by 2048 bytes Holding flown one of the mouse buttons will rapidly increase or decrease he memory setting Protocol This setting controls which file transfer protocol is currently selected For further details on these protocols refer to Section Ten of this manual To change the protocol setting posi tion the mouse pointer over this selection and click on dther mouse button The protocol setting will cycle through the various choices This setting is also altered by the phonebook entry seup QuickRend BaudBandit normally attempts to smooth the incoming text display Tuming QuickRend on will dump incom ing text to the screen as quickly at it is received This may be useful for special high speed situations but wi
5. STAT Macro STAT Name STAT OutPre STAT Phone STAT SerialDev STAT T STAT U Gets the status or current setting of ne desired ar gument Prefix ATDT Current buffer size Current capture filename Current data path Exit string Font name size Hangup string Init string Current input line since last carriage return Key macro filename Name of last file uploaded or downlyaded Can also be used to get file in requester white up or after closing Output pre insert string Current phonebook filename Current serial device or handler Current transfer protocol CHAT user string or last line selected in review window 60 BaudBandit Software User Manual STAT Word STAT X Note UNDO WAIT WRAP WRAP 80 WRAP 0 UNDO Hello WAIT password WAIT pa w rd Current word in compare buffer Last file transferred with full path Can also be used to get path file in requester while up or after closing OPTIONS RESULTS must be set The phrase string RESULT is used to get the string into ARexx refer to your ARexx User s Reference Manual for further details Insert text into CHAT window Inserts Hello into the CHAT window Stops this ARexx process until the argument string is found Wait until any text containing the string pass word is found Same as above using wild cards Sets word wrap length A length of 0 turns word wrap off Tums word wrap on wi
6. dit incorporates many of the suggestions we have received from BBS and Online Service users BaudBandit also makes use of the ARexx program ming language to allow execution of complex functions automatically or with a single keystroke BaudBandit is the most complete and easy to use terminal program of its kind This Manual BaudBandit s features are interrelated to such an extent that it would be difficult to discuss each and every feature in a tutorial manner This manual has been divided into several sections each relating to a particular screen display window or function Many features discussed in one area may apply to other areas as well Many examples and illustrations have been provided so that you may better understand the concepts being discussed Glossary of Common Terms Several terms are used throughout this manual with which you may or may not be familiar Below is a brief list of terms and a description of how they relate to BaudBandit If you are already proficient with your Amiga and telecommunication programs you may wish to skip this section Ses eee 4 BaudBandit Software User Manual Screen A backdrop for program execution This backdrop can contain custom values for the display resolution and dimensions Within BaudBan dit two different screens are used One screen is used for the BaudBandit main screen and the other to display the phonebook and configuration settings Window An input output fac
7. mlnit to be run at startup This changes the 2nd BaudBandit device to modem0 device ay if address BAUD2 then DEVICE modem0 0 OPTIONS RESULTS Status Serial dev RESULT Show what device the program is using say Address address using device dev Example 3 Stat baud This program will list the current settings of each of BaudBandit s status variables then check to see if Carrier Detect is Hi or Low Statbaud Display all status variables OPTIONS RESULTS SEND aw STATA MSG Prefix RESULT STAT B MSG Buffer RESULT STAT C MSG Capture RESULT STAT D dir RESULT MSG DataDir dir STATE MSG ExitStr RESULT STAT F MSG Font RESULT clear screen Amiga W Dial prefix ATDT Buffer size Capture filename Data dir Exit string Font string 66 BaudBandit Software User Manual STATH Hangup string MSG Hangup RESULT STATI Init string MSG InitStr RESULT STAT IL Current Line MSG Line RESULT STAT M Current key macro file MSG Macros RESULT STAT N Current file name MSG Name RESULT STAT O Pre insert string gt MSG Prelns RESULT STAT P Current phone file MSG Phone RESULT STATS Current serial device MSG Serial RESULT STATT Current transfer
8. HEX values of Red Blue and Green example s1 FFF will set color register 1 to be white T Send Tab Same as pressing the TAB key U Move the BaudBandit screen to the frontmost screen position W Wait 1 2 second may be used repeatedly example v w w will cause BaudBandit to wait one and one half seconds before execut ng the remainder of the macro NG Send control character where c is any character from A to Z example g will send the ASCII equivalent of holding down the Ctrl key and pressing the G key Note Commands that would normally make use of a file requester may be appended with a hyphen to skip the file reqaester and accept either the default file name or the file name entered after the hyphen EXAMPLE ac Activates Capture and opens the file requester for inpul 52 BaudBandit Software User Manual ac Activates Capture skips the file requester and accepts the default capture file indicated in the configuration file ac myfile Activates Capture skips the file requester and opens the file myfile as the capture file 14 Using ARexx with BaudBandit In addition to BaudBandit s own script commands BaudBandit also supports the popular ARexx programming language Using ARexx it is possible to call complex command scripts at a single key stroke or have BaudBandit automatically respond to an incoming call ARexx is an interpretive programming language similar to BASIC It provid
9. Pease Tele Broker 1 314 555 4512 4800 F8N1Y Comm Start 1 800 555 3546 600 H702X PW Broker r City University 555 4467 2400 F8N1Z 2400 w cauniversity exx Game Station 555 9000 9600 F8NIA Comercial Services lt Wt fi i F8NI1W 2400 w w w w w w r ten 38 Ose 4200 SO ee ON Wea Dial Queue All Clear EDIT Load Save AUTO Delete Inert 6 The PhoneBook Screen The BaudBandit PhoneBook Screen simplifies the task of organizing multiple phone numbers and log on sequences or scripts The Phone Book Screen provides several tools to make getting online as easy as CLICK CLICK Open the PhoneBook Screen by moving the mouse over Phone on the command bar and pressing the left mouse button The PhoneEook Screen can also be opened by clicking on Toggle Phone in the Help Window or by holding down the Right Amiga Key and pressing the P ley Right Amiga P 20 BaudBandit Software User Manual Main Screen It will appear as an interlaced half screen if LACE has been selected in the Configuration Screen Close Gadget At the upper left comer of the screen is a small box with a dot in the center Clicking on this gadget will close the PhoneBook Screen It will NOT save any changes made to the current phonebook Title Bar As with most Amiga screens the PhoneBook Screen has a title bar that may be used to drag the screen up or down so that the screen behind the Ph
10. Pic2 arc 23020 Pic3 arc 5432 Pic4 arc 130248 Pic5 arc 6435 Parent Okay lt lt DH1 DF1 DFO PRT gt gt Cancel 9 The BaudBandit File Requester The BaudBandit File Requester appears whenever a file name is requircd by a particular operation File Requesters appear when you select Upload Download Send Text Capture Load PhoneBook Save PhoneBook Load Macro Keys Save Macro Keys etc The File Requester lists the contents of the current directory or the preset directory for the function selected BaudBandit Software User Manual 39 As an example we will examine the Text Send file requester Function At the top of the requester the function is always listed Always check the listed function so that you don t Capture a file wien your intention is to Send a file Free Space To the right of the Function is a numeric display of tht number of bytes free in the current directory Note that the free bytes in adynamic RAM disk will always be 0 Window to Back Gadget When more than one window is open on the BaudBandit screen the file requester may be covering another window Clicking on this gadget will move the file requester to the backmostwindow position Window to Front Gadget Clicking on this gadget will move the file requester to the frontmost window position Directory Path When the file requester first appears it will list a particular directory This may be the cur
11. Remote OFF Send ah exit end get current data directory OPTIONS RESULTS Status Dir directory result Get current protocol Status Trans protocol RESULT do while string G continue loop until G oodbye say say Main Menu _ say say L ist U pload say P rotocol D ownload say G oodbye R ead text file say H elp say make a nice prompt Options prompt Main gt pull command amp arguments parse upper pull string arg options prompt Filename if left string 1 L then address command LIST directory SORT else if left string 1 P then do if length arg 0 then do say say W WXModem say X XModem CRC say K XModem 1K say Y YModem batch say G YModem G show protocol menu 64 BaudBandit Software User Manual say Z ZModem say A ZModem Upload anytime say options prompt protocol gt pull arg end set arg Status Transfer protocol RESULT end else if left string 1 D then do if length arg 0 then pull arg no filename given if length arg 0 then do check for filename say Starting protocol transfer Send au Il arg give Amiga U with name end end else if left string 1 U then do if length arg 0 then pull arg
12. Review Buffer _ ETO PEPPER EEE EET 45 Commands Affecting the Review Buffer s esseseseeseseees a 46 SEPA gt gt we ean ny SLE dint to Sg KL 2 14 Using ARexx with BaudBandit Set tates i Lee BaudBandit Software User Manual BaudBandit ARexx Commands ARexx Command Quick Reference ARexx Example Programs Program written by Greg Cunningham Manual written by Roy E Brothwell ARexx Program by William S Hawes Special thanks goes to Harv Laser of People Link for his help in the development of this product Amiga and Workbench are trademarks of Commodore Amiga BaudBandit and FrameGrabber are trademarks of Progressive Peripherals amp Software Inc SSE BaudBandit Software User Manual 3 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the BaudBandit terminal program The BaudBandit is a powerful terminal program that along with your modem will allow you to communicate with other computers all over the vorld You can receive business financial and stock information reserve airline tickets get the latest news and weather reports shop at home lock through library publications and other useful items too numerous to list On the lighter side you can play games get free public domain programs get the latest news on your hobbies and get the latest news in the computer world BaudBandit was designed and written with the home user in mind BaudBan
13. The review buffer has an additional feature that is useful when used with the Paste from Clip command Clicking on a line in the review buffer while holding the Shift key will immediately send that line across the modem Using this feature you can paste a predefined set of phrases orcommands from the clipboard and send them at will simply by clicking 48 BaudBandit Software User Manual Using this feature you can paste a predefined set of phrases or commands from the clipboard and send them at will simply by clicking 12 The Chat Window Normally when text is typed into BaudBandit s main screen it is sent character by character across the modem as it is entered The chat window lets you enter text without having it sent across the modem until you press RETURN This lets you edit the line of text before it is sent The chat window is opened by either clicking on CHAT in the command bar or by pressing the Right Amiga keys The chat window is not really a window at all The BaudBandit main screen is split to create a split screen The bottom portion is the chat area Sizing the Chat Window This split screen area may be increased or decreased by double clicking with the mouse pointer above or below the screen division The screen division will move one character line toward the direction of the pointer Thus double clicking with the mouse pointer above the screen division will increase the size of the cha
14. When more than one window is open on the BaudBandit screen the Help Window may be covering another window Clicking on this gadget will move the Help Window to the backmost window position Window to Front Gadget Clicking on this gadget will move the Help Window to the frontmost window position Amiga Key Reference Commands Each of the following commands can be activated using two methods A single letter can be found to the left of each command Pressing the key associated with that letter while holding down the Right Amiga key will activate its respective command For example Pressing the A key while holding down the Right Amiga key will activate the Start ARexx command Each command can also be activated by moving the mouse pointer over the desired command and pressing the left mouse button Each of the commands is listed below with a brief explanation of their function A Start ARexx Will open a file requester listing the Rexx directory The ARexx file selected will be executed when file selection is complete B Stop ARexx Will end any ARexx file currently being executed C Toggle Capture Will open a file requester listing the preset directory indicated in the configure screen The file entered or selected will be opened or appended with the current text being captured If activated while Capture is already active will end the capture and close any open capture file See r BaudBandit Software User Manual 35
15. be File to delete The path will be RAM The file string will be preset to Capt Note OPTIONS RESULTS must be set The full path will be returned in RESULT unless Cancel is selected refer to your ARexx User s Reference Manual for further details HANDSHAKE Changes handshake mode HAND N Changes handshake mode to None HAND X Changes handshake mode to xON xOFF HAND 7 Changes handshake mode to 7 Wire Ws BaudBandit Software User Manual 567 TS HILITE Highlight a word on occurrence HI Amiga Any occurrence of the word Amig will be highlighted when displayed on the streen H LACE Turns interlace on or off LACE Turns interlace on LACE ON Turns interlace on LACE OFF Turns interlace off e MASK Turms the 7 bit character mask on or ff MASK Turns the 7 bit character mask on MASK ON Tums the 7 bit character mask off MASK OFF Tums the 7 bit character mask off eee MSG Displays a message on the BaudBanditnain screen same as ARexx SAY command MSG Hello Displays Hello on the main screen MSGRAW Hello Displays Hello without a carriage retum Note If REMOTE is active the ARexx SAY commard will send the string to the modem as well as to the screen ee treet OUTPRE Sets pre insert output string prefix OUT gt Sets prefix to gt 58 BaudBandit Software User Manual OUT OUT QUIET Q
16. no filename given if length arg 0 then do check for filename say Starting protocol transfer Send ad Il arg give Amiga D with name end end else if left string 1 H then do say Command summary say L List files in directory say P Protocol menu Or give option at main prompt P Z say U Upload file Optional U filename say D Download file Optional D filename say R_ Read text file Optional R filename say G Hangup end else if left string 1 R then do if length arg 0 then pull arg no filename given if length arg 0 then address command CD directory Il OA x Type arg end end say Goodbye name Il thank you for calling Remote off Send ah Example 2 Init baud With the Amiga s multi tasking environment and using the new multi port serial cards or internal modems it is possible to run more than one copy of BaudBandit at any one time The ARexx address for the second running BaudBandit is BAUD2 the address for the third is BAUD3 etc The BaudBandit Software User anual program listed below will check the address port of BaudBardit and in thi case change the serial device to Modem0 0 The actual seial device you will use will depend on the brand of serial card or internal nodem you are using Init baud Place in the Init configuration string as
17. protocol MSG Trans RESULT STAT U User string MSG UserStr RESULT STAT W Current pair check word MSG Weird RESULT STAT X Current path file name MSG XFile RESULT MSG carriage retum MSGRAW DCD DCD if rc 0 then MSG LOW else MSG HI Example 4 UnArc baud This example program will use the name of the last file downloaded and determine if it is an ARC file a ZOO file or a ZIP file and extract the compressed files using the appropriate archive utility BaudBandit Software User N anual 6 UnArc baud Place in a function key as mUnArc and run after downloading arc 2z00 zip files x4 OPTIONS RESULTS STATUS Name filename RESULT li if filename then do Ni No file GETFILE File to Extract Ask for a file if RESULT then exit Did user hit ancel STATUS N i ne ame Ga the filename filename RESULT end STATUS i aE Get the currez directory parse UPPER var filename name ext ext is extension ARC ZOO ZIP Determine command to use by extension The lt redirects input to the terminal ai if left ext 2 ZO then arcmd Zoo lt x else if left ext 2 AR then arcmd Arc lt x else if left ext 2 ZI then arcmd UnZip else exit unknown extension Create and execute the command CD dittn Arc x filenam
18. K Old buffer will be lost The buffer may be set to a size betweer 2048 and 524288 bytes in increments of 2048 bytes CAPTURE Change capture filename and tum on off CAPT Tums Capture on CAPT ON Tums Capture on CAPT OFF Turns Capture off CAPT RAM Capture Tums Capture on with a new filename Closes current capture file if one is active Apsends this capture to RAM Capture if this file already exi Sts CAPT RAM Capture 1 Incremental capture The numeric extension will 54 BaudBandit Software User Manual CHATMODE CHAT CHAT ON CHAT OFF CHAT 10 DATAPATH DATA RAM DCD DCD increment by one to become RAM Capture 2 if the file already exists Tum chat mode on or off Turns chat mode on Tums chat mode on Tums chat mode off Tums chat mode on with 10 lines available in the chat portion of the split screen Up to 22 lines may be made available for the chat portion of the split screen Change data path for uploads downloads and text send Changes data path to RAM Data Carrier Detect if rc 0 msg We have carrier DEPTH DEP 1 If the return code is equal to 0 the message We have carrier will be displayed on the BaudBandit screen Notice the use of the msg command Changes the screen depth This will result in two four or eight colors being available for screen display One bit plane two colors BaudBandit Software User Manual 55
19. RAM Capture 2 RAM Capture 3 etc Cut to Clip The Cut to Clip command can be issued by either clicking on that selection in the Help Window or by pressing the Right Amiga X keys This will save the contents of the review buffer to the Amiga Clipboard and clear the review buffer Paste from Clip The Paste from Clip command can be issued by either clicking on that selection in the Help Window or by pressing the Right Amiga I keys This will copy the contents of the Amiga Clipboard into the review buffer The review buffer may then be sent to the modem printed or appended to the existing capture file NOTE When text is copied to the review buffer from the Clipboard the capture suspend is automati cally turned on to prevent incoming text from being appended to the review buffer The Amiga Clipboard The Clipboard is a facility of the Amiga provided to aid in moving information from one program to another Many text editors word processors and data bases support the use of the Clipboard Once information from BaudBandit has been moved into the Clipboard it can be moved into one of many different programs depending on your needs Zero Buffer The Zero Buffer command can be issued by either clicking on that selection in the Help Window or by pressing the Right Amiga Z keys This will simply empty the review buffer of its contents Once emptied the contents of the review buffer cannot be retrieved
20. Screen is a small box with a dot in the center Clicking on this gadget will close the Configuration Screen It will NOT save the current settings tothe configu ration file Title Bar As with all Amiga screens the Configuration Screen has a title bar that may be used to drag the screen up or down so that the screen behind the Configuration Screen may be viewed Simply click and hold on the title bar and drag the screen up or down with the mouse Screen to Back Gadget The Configuration Screen is a custom screen that appears in front of the BaudBandit screen You may use this gaiget to move the Configuration Screen to the backmost screen position making access to other screens possible Screen to Front Gadget Clicking on this gadget will move the Configu ration Screen to the frontmost screen position Configuration Settings The Configuration Settings are located at the top of the Configuration Screen and include the following Phone Contains the directory and file path for the phonebook to be loaded when BaudBandit is first run The default is S Bandit Phone but may be changed to any phone file you may have created Macro Contains the directory and file path for the macro key file to be loaded when BaudBandit is first run The default is BaudBandit Software User Manual S Bandit Keys but may be changed to any macro key file you may have created Data Contains the initial directory path for the Upload and Do
21. UIET QUIET ON QUIET OFF QUEUE QUEUE REMOTE REMOTE REMOTE ON REMOTE OFF SEND SEND Hello r SEND Ac SEND az ai at Sets prefix to Sets prefix to a space character This is useful when sending a pre composed message to some Bulletin Board Systems Prevents the reading of the serial port for input Activates the Quiet mode Activates the Quiet mode Deactivates the Quite mode Begins to queue dial all selected phonebook en tries Tums remote echo on or off Also changes local echo Tums remote echo on Tums remote echo on Tums remote echo off Send a text string formatted Sends the string to the serial port with a carriage retum Activates Capture using the default filename Zeros the review buffer copies the contents of the clipboard into the review buffer and transmits the contents of the review buffer to the modem BaudBandit Software User Manual 59 eee SETTINGS SET 8N1 SET A SET H Changes the modem settings Changes the modem settings to 8 bit no parity 1 stop bit Changes the file transfer protocol to ZModem with auto receive Changes the duplex setting to half daplex S SUSPEND SUS SUS ON SUS OFF Tums capture suspend on or off Tums capture suspend on Turms capture suspend on Turms capture suspend off eee STATUS STATA STAT Buffer STAT Capt STAT Data STAT Exit STAT Font STAT Hangup STAT Init STAT Line
22. andit when sending and receiving ASCII characters The character mask is set to either 127 or 255 You will almost always use the 127 setting The 255 setting is used in special situations to make use of the extended character set Using this setting with a system that doesn t support the extended character set will result in Strange graphic characters being displayed on the screen To change the character mask setting position the mouse pointer over this selection and click either mouse button The setting will toggle between 127 and 255 Duplex This setting controls the duplex mode of the RS232 port Full duplex allows communications in both directionsat the same time Half duplex allows communications in only one direction at atime To change the duplex setting position the mouse pointer over this selection and click either mouse button Thesetting will toggle between Full and Half duplex This setting is also altered by the phonebook entry setup Word Wrap This setting controls the use of autonatic word wrap Many online systems provide word wrap for you In these cases this setting should be turned OFF Other systemsrequire that you press RETURN at the end of each line when typing a 30 BaudBandit Software User Manual message BaudBandit s word wrap option will keep track of the number of characters typed gn each line If a word will not fit on the current line BaudBandit will backspace to the nearest spac
23. ayed as a solid color if default colors are used the color will be red Any text may be entered after the dash but will not be visible except in EDIT mode Comment divider bar If a space is entered at the first character position of a phonebook entry the entire line will be highlighted if default colors are used this will be a bluish color Any text may be entered after the space and will be visible within the highlighted bar Invisible Comment If a vertical bar Shift N is entered at the first character position of a Phonebook Entry the entire line will notbe visible within the BaudBandit PhoneBook Screen the next time the phonebook file is loaded 26 BaudBandit Software User Manual Phonebook file format The phonebook entries are stored in a standard ASCII text file This file is readable and may be edited using your favorite text editor Many BBS listing text files may be edited slightly to be used as a BaudBandit phonebook file Quick Editing The BBS Name Phone Number and Script Pairs must all be edited using the EDIT command described above The Baud Rate and SetUp however can be quickly edited using the mouse Position the mouse pointer over the baud rate to be changed and click on the right mouse button The baud rate will cycle through all the available settings Each of the settings under the Setup heading can be edited in much the same manner Position the mouse pointer
24. button The setting will toggle between 7 and 8 data bits This setting is also altered by the phonebook entry setup Parity This setting controls the parity bit setting The parity bit is the high bit the 8th bit of each character When transmitting ASCII data which needs only 7 out of 8 bits the parity bit is sometimes used as a simple method of error detection By a mutual agreement between the two systems the parity bit of each character BaudBanait Software User Menual 29 is set by the transmitting computer to a certain value based on the other bit values of the character The parity bit is checked by the receiving computer to make sure that the character was not garbled during transmission Several types of parity checking ar supported by BaudBandit including ODD EVEN MARK SPACE and NONE To change the parity setting position the mouse pointer over this selection and click either mouse button The setting will cycle through all available parity types This setting isalso altered by the phonebook entry setup Stop Bits This setting controls the number of stop bis after each character The number of stop bits is either set to either 1 or 2 To change the stop bit setting position the mouse pointer over this selection and click either mouse button The setting will toggle between 1 and 2 stop bits This setting is also altered by the phonebook entry setup Char Mask This setting controls the character mask used by BaudB
25. cking on Okay will start the transfer V Save Buffer Will open a file requester listing the preset directory indicated in the configure screen The file entered or selected will te opened or appended with the contents of the review buffer This action will also clear the review buffer W Clear Screen Will clear the terminal screen of all characters and place the cursor at the top left of the screen X Cut to Clip Will transfer the entire contents of the review buffer to the Amiga clipboard The text can then be edited using any text editor that supports the Amiga clipboard Z Zero Buffer Will clear the contents of the review buffer Toggle Chat Will toggle the appearance of the CHAT split screen Text Send Delay At the bottom of the Help Window is a horizontal slider gadget This slider governs the speed at which text is dumped to the modem This includes Send Text and Send Buffer The slider gadget is manipulated in the same way as other slider type gadgets in BaudBandit Moving the slider to the left will increase the speed of the send while moving the slider to the right will decrease the speed of the send 38 BaudBandit Software User Manual Text Send FileName f a DiskMaster 61780 hi DiskMaster info 370 PlaySound ARC 600349 MakeNoise Z00 14390 HowdyDoody PAK 85239 HighShift Zip 10034 Command 00 T01 45 FrameGrabber Pic 34245 Picl arc 45820
26. d function of BaudBandit file requester 44 BaudBandit Software User Manual 3 Filenarme arc The File Transfer Status Window During an upload or download a status window will appear covering the command bar The status window gives several pieces of information regarding the current file transfer Listed across the status window from left to right are Filename The first piece of information displayed in the status window is the path and file name of the file being transferred Elapsed Time The numeric display following the filename is the time elapsed since the beginning of the file transfer BLK Indicates the current block number being transferred Bytes Indicates the number of bytes of data that have been transferred Errs Indicates the total number of errors encountered during the file transfer After encountering ten errors on the same block BaudBandit will abort the file transfer ErrBlk Indicates the last block number that encountered an error After a file has been transferred the status window will close The final status window reading will be printed on the BaudBandit main screen along with error messages if any A file transfer may be aborted only by pressing the Esc key The abort message will be printed to the BaudBandit main screen along with the final status window reading Ae eet rT Nt tre er ene BaudBandit Software User Manual 45 11 The Review Buffer The Rev
27. d protocol is displayed at ee R r Seve cuss Sipain mm rime ane tee tenes epee a an BaudBandit Software User Manual 43 choices with each click until the desired protocol appears The protocol may also be set or changed after the UpLoad or DownLoad file requester has been activated The currently selected protocol is displayed at the bottom of the UpLoad and DownLoad file requesters Clicxing on the protocol will cycle through your choices with each click until the desired protocol appears Special Note on CompuServe B protocol The CompuServe B protocol differs from the other protocols in that it is not activated by the user using the standard UpLoad and DownLoad com mands Also it is not selected in any of the above methods othe than in the PhoneBook Setup In the Modem SetUp Window there is a special selection tat toggles CompuServe B protocol on or off While CompuServe B is on it will respond to the special DownLoad command that is initiated by Compu Serve No file requester appears because the name of the file is provided by CompuServe The UpLoad and DownLoad file requesters These file requesters appear whenever the user initiates an UpLoad or DownLoad command They are as follows Location DownLoad UpLoad Method Command Bar D L U L Moue Click Help Window D DownLoad U UpLoad Moue Click Anywhere Right Amiga D Right Amiga U Keyboard Refer to Section Nine for more information on the general use ar
28. d when BaudBandit receives a ring signal from the modem BaudBandit will then ask for a password and allow file transfers This is an example of the programming complexity that is available through ARexx Adding ARexx programs to BaudBandit multiplies the power and function ality of BaudBandit Answer baud Executed by BaudBandit when RING is detected set up a list of names and passwords expand as needed all uppercase names not found names GREG NOT names DARYL PUNK Send ATA r Answer command pull string Modems send a linefeed before response pull string Get modem response Msg string Display it local DEBUG if left string 7 CONNECT then exit Remote ON Enable remote echo Welcome message say OC x Il Welcome to the BaudBandit remote server demo say Ask for first name options prompt Please enter first name pull name see if name is in database if names name not found then do say Private system access denied Remote OFF shut off remote echo or something bad happens H BaudBanait Software User Manual 6 Send ah Amiga H exit end Ask for password options prompt Password pull password see if password matches what we have if names name password then do say Password incorrect access denied
29. deris quite small then you are viewing a small segment of the directory You may click and hold on the scroll bar and drag it down the slider area to display segments of the directory contents not currently listed Clicking above or below the current position of the scroll bar will move the scroll bar in the direction clicked The scroll bar can also be moved by clicking on the up and down scroll gadgets These are arrows at either end of the scroll bar slider area Clicking on these arrows will move the directory up or down one row at a time Selected File Display This display holds the name of the selected file When the file requester first appears this display may be blank or may hold a default name or a preset name Clicking on any of the file names listed in the Directory Display Area will replace the current contents of the Selected File Display with the new file name selected You may also use the keyboard to enter a name directly into this display area Pressing RE TURN after entering the new name or clicking on Okay will complete the file selection and close the file selector Parent Clicking on this gadget will select the directory listed one level up in the hierarchy of the directory path Okay Clicking on this gadget will complete the file selection and close the requester The file listed in the Selected File Display described below will be selected There are a few special cases in which having no name in the Selected F
30. dited click on the EDIT command to deactivate the EDIT Mode Warning Be sure to save the phonebook to disk Otherwise any changes made will be lost when another phonebook is loaded or when you exit BaudBandit Load Clicking on this command will open a file requester refer to Section Nine for more information about the use of the file requester The file requester will initially list the directory specified in the configuration file in the Phone entry After making your selection click on Okay to load the PhoneBook file Save Clicking on this command will open a file requester The file requester will initially list the directory specified in the configuration file in the Phone entry You may save a PhoneBook file using any name you wish We recommend that you append the name with phone to distinguish this file from others that may be located in the same directory You may have as many PhoneBook files as disk space allows AUTO Clicking on this command will toggle Auto PhoneBook Mode The PhoneBook Screen will appear whenever the modem is not online and BaudBandit receives a command response from the modem This normally occurs when BaudBandit is first loaded and when a NO CARRIER is detected The word AUTO will always be highlighted when Auto Phone Book Mode is activated Note If you need to send several commands to the modem while not online turn the AUTO feature off until you are finished This will prevent the PhoneBoo
31. ds that may be used within function key macros configuration file settings scripts and phonebook entries These commands will also be executed when entered into the Chat screen followed with a RETURN Ac Simulates holding the Right Amiga key while pressing the c key where c is any valid key listed in the Help Window B Sends Backspace character C Clear Script Pairs D Drop DTR effectively drops the carrier E Send Escape code chr 155 F Send Form Feed effectively clears the screen G Start the phonebook Queue function K Load Key Macro File example kS Bandit2 Keys will load the file Bandit2 Keys located in the S directory L Send LineBreak This is the same as clicking on the B in the command bar M Start an ARexx macro example mName will start the file named Name baud located in the Rexx directory Le A AR LISTEN TREE INO NACA ERNE REET EERE ROTA SNE NML ETE Salt pte eet agnor te SANNA RR E N RN A peer nner area arr BaudBandit Software User Marual 51 N New Line Sends a linefeed character to the modem P Pause where is a 50 tick per second delay 1 SOth second example p25 will cause a 1 2 second pause may be a value between 1 and 255 Q Quiet Causes BaudBandit to ignore any data on the setal device R Send Carriage Return Same as pressing the RETURN key S RGB Where is a color register from 0 to 7 and RGB is a three digit number indicating the
32. e address command CD dir Il OA x arcmd filename For more information about ARexx and the Rexx programming language refer to the ARexx User s Reference Manual ARexx is availible through most Amiga retail outlets Warranty Disclaimer No warranty is made with respect to the Baud Bandit software its quality or performance Any and all warranties for merchantability and or fitness for a particular purpose are expressly excluded In no event shall Progressive Peripherals amp Software Inc be liable or responsible to the purchaser or any other person or entity for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages including but not limited to interruption of service and loss of business or anticipatory profits resulting from any defect in or misunderstanding of the soft ware or its documentation even if Progressive Peripherals amp Soft ware Inc has been advised of the possibility of such damages The warranty and remedies set out above are exclusive and in lieu of all others oral or written express or implied Baud Bandit 2400 2400 BPS Modem The low cost modem you ve been waiting for Baud Bandit is a completely intelligent asynchronous modem that taxes full ad vantage of industry standard AT commands It s so easy to use that you ll be on line in minutes making contact with bulletin boards information networks and other computers around the world You ll also r
33. e enter a Return and move the word to the next line for you This allows you to type a full paragraph without pressing RETURN To tum this word wrap ON or OFF position the mouse pointer over this selection and click on the Left mouse button When word wrap is not OFF a number is displayed This number should be equal to the number of columns you wish to use for your screen display minus one For example if you are using a standard 80 column display the word wrap number should be set to 79 If you are online with a system that supports only 40 columns you may wish to set the word wrap number to 39 or 38 To change the word wrap number position the mouse pointer over this setting and click and hold the Right mouse button The word wrap number will rapidly increment until it reaches 200 then it will start again at 38 Handshake This setting controls the type of handshaking used between systems This option may also be called flow control When sending large amounts of text at high speeds one system may not be able to keepup with the amount of text being sent by the other computer Handshaking allows the receiving system to tell the other system to stop sending until it is able to catch up It can then tell the sending system to start sending again There are two types of handshaking supported by BaudBandit These are Xon Xoff and 7wire which may also be referred to as RTS CTS Ready To Send Clear To Send There is also a
34. e answer more meaning Rather than try to re type the text simply open the review buffer place the mouse pointer over the desired text and click The text will appear in the chat window wailing to be edited and re sent Once you have clicked in the review buffer pressing the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN keys will scroll the review buffer up or down one line at a time Notice that the entry in the chat window changes each time the review buffer scrolls This is a quick way of keeping up with a fast paced conversation between several people Editing within the Chat Window The key to keeping up with a multi line conference seems to be speed BaudBandit provides you with several editing short cuts to sped you in composing and sending your messages They are as follows Cursor Left Moves the cursor to the left Cursor Right Moves the cursor to the right Shift Cursor Left Moves the cursor left to the beginning of a word Shift Cursor Right Moves the cursor right to the end of a word Backspace Deletes the character to the left of the cursor Del Deletes the character under the cursor Ctrl V Recalls the last line entered Ctrl W Clears the chat window 50 BaudBandit Software User Manual Ctri X Deletes the current line Deletes all characters to the right of the cursor to the end of the line Ctrl Y 13 Special Characters and Commands Below is a list of backslash comman
35. e button while the mouse pointer is positioned over the title bar By moving the mouse you can drag the window around the BaudBandit main screen Window to Back Gadget When more than one window is open on the BaudBandit screen the Modem amp Configuration Window may be covering another window Clicking on this gadget will move the Modem amp Configu ration window to the backmost window position Window to Front Gadget Clicking on this gadget will move the Modem amp Configuration window to the frontmost window position Settings Display The settings listed below can all be altered using the mouse Many of these settings change automatically based on the phone book entry setup when contact is made with a particular online system For further details on the phonebook entry setup refer to Section Six Baud Rate This setting controls the baud rate of the RS232 port The baud rate is the number of bits per second being transferred Baud rates from 300 to 38400 can be implemented To change the baud rate position the mouse pointer over this selection and click either mouse button to cycle through the available baud rates The baud rate is also altered by the phonebook entry setup Data Bits This setting controls the number of transmitted and received bits for each character The number of data bits is set to either 7 or 8 To change the number of data bits position the mouse pointer over this selection and click on either mouse
36. e eS a ee 6 BaudBandit Software User Manual 2 Loading BaudBandit BaudBandit can be loaded either through the Workbench by double clicking on its icon or through the CLI BaudBandit expects to find certain files in various directories on the system disk BaudBandit is shipped on a bootable disk along with Workbench 1 3 to make first time use quick and easy From the BaudBandit Disk Place the BaudBandit disk in DFO the internal disk drive and tum on the power to the computer A 1000 owners must first boot with Kickstart then place the BaudBandit disk in DFO when the Amiga asks for Work bench When the Workbench is loaded move the mouse pointer over the BaudBan dit disk icon and press the left mouse button twice very quickly double click After the BaudBandit window has opened move the mouse pointer over the BaudBandit program icon and double click The program will now load into memory and run From Workbench other than the BaudBandit disk You may have customized your Workbench environment and may not wish to give up this environment to boot from the BaudBandit disk Once your Workbenchis loaded place the BaudBandit disk in a floppy drive Move the mouse pointer over the BaudBandit disk icon and press the left mouse button twice very quickly double click After the BaudBandit window has opened move the mouse pointer over the BaudBandit program icon and double click The program will now load into m
37. eceive special offers from several of the top on line services for exploring the ever expanding on linz universe Baud Bandit comes complete with the Baud Bandt Owner s Manual AC power adapter quick reference guide and telephone cable Baud Bandit is fully operational on any computer or terminal with a RS 232 serial port
38. eceived by BaudBandit will be saved to this file Further information on the use of this requester can be found in Section Nine of this manual SUS Clicking on this item will highlight the item and SUSpend text capture While text capture is suspended no text that is received by BaudBandit will be saved to the capture file Clicking on this item again will de highlight the item and re activate the text capture B Clicking on this item will send a break to the host computer A break is a short interruption of the carrier tone Each host system may respond differently or ignore the break completely BaudBandit Software User Manual 11 HU Clicking on this item will send the hang up command to he modem causing it to drop the carrier and hang up the phone RD Clicking on this item will redial the top selected phone number in the phone book or redial the last phone number dialed If the number was busy clicking on it again will redial the same number DN Clicking on this item will redial the top selected phone number in the phone book If the number was busy clicking on it again will cial the next selected number in the phone book PHONE Clicking on this item will highlight the item and call the phonebook screen The phonebook screen allows you to select one or multiple phone number entries to be dialed Further information on the use of the phonebook can be found in Section Six of this manual MACROS Clicking on this it
39. elecommunication Baud The rate at which a modem can transfer data A 2400 baud modem transfers data at the rate of 2400 bits per second ear anran BaudBandit Software User Manual 5 BBS Bulletin Board System Computer set up to automatically answer incoming calls from other computers to allow message and dita transfer Also referred to as a host computer bps Bits Per Second same as baud Buffer Area of memory reserved for a particular purpose Inthe case of BaudBandit this area is reserved to cache text received for later review Capture The act of saving or capturing received text into a file for later review Differs from the review buffer in that this file will exist after BaudBandit has been closed Carrier The audible tone generated by a modem to carry dita between two or more computers Download Receiving a file from a remote computer to your local computer Modem Computer peripheral device to interface the computer to a telephone line Allows communication between two or more computers over telephone lines Online The term used when one computer is in contact with another computer via a modem Parity Method of error checking data transfer Protocol Method of error checking during file transfer Upload Sending a file from your local computer to another remote computer Word Wrap Often when typing a sentence there is not enough space at DUS Sa es a ee S
40. em will highlight the item and open the Configuration Screen The Configuration Screen allows you to change the configuration settings of BaudBandit and edit load or save fanction key macros Further information on the use of the Configuration Screen can be found in Section Five of this manual MODEM Clicking on this item will open the Modem Window Within this window you will be able to change several options effecting the operation of the BaudBandit Software and the way that it conmunicates with the modem HELP Clicking on this item will open the Help Window The Help Window displays a list of keyboard equivalents to many features of BaudBandit Clicking on an individual list entry will activate its function The Help Window may also be opened and closed by pressing the Help key on your keyboard 12 BaudBandit Software User Manual al Configuration Strings amp Function Key Macros i iPhone S Bandit Phone Mocro S Bandit keys Dota RAM Init ATSO 0 r Exit ATSO O r Diol ATDT Hangup w w w w w wATH r Font topaz 8 Capt RAM Capture Preins Device _serial 0 Function Key Macros FT F2 F3 F4 Color Palette Save Configuration Load Key Macros Save Key Macros LACE 5 The Configuration Screen Open the Configuration Screen by moving the mouse over MACROS on the command bar and pressing the left mouse button The Configuration Scre
41. emory and run From the CLI Type into any active CLI or Shell the Path and file name of BaudBandit For example if you are loading BaudBandit from the BaudBandit disk you would type at the prompt SFE EE TORE a at ee ai BaudBandit Software User Manual a 1 gt BaudBandit BaudBandit and press RETURN The word BaudBandit is typed twice because BaudBandit is the name of the disk or volume as well as being the name of the program If the BaudBandit disk were in DF1 you could type at the prompt 1 gt DF1 BaudBandit and press RETURN BaudBandit will now load into memory and run 3 Using BaudBandit with a Hard Drive A Copy the files BaudBandit and BaudBandit info to the desired directory on the hard drive B Copy the file Bandit config to either the same directory as BaudBandit or to the S directory of the hard drive C Copy the files Bandit phone and Bandit keys to the location indicated in the configuration file The default location for these files is the S directory of the hard drive No special assignments are required for BaudBandit to run Be sure the file Bandit config is located in the same directory as the BaudBandit program or in the S directory otherwise BaudBandit will use the defaultconfigura tion settings as described in this manual For Advanced Users As soon as BaudBandit starts to run it looks into the current directory then the S directory for a file called Bandit confi
42. en can also be opened by clicking on Macros amp Config in the Help Window or by holding down the Right Amiga Key and pressing the M key Right Amiga M The Configuration Screen is a dual purpose screen As the name suggests it is used to set certain options governing the operation of BaudBandit It is also used to edit Macro Key Files A Macro Key File contains the settings for the function keys There may be several Macro Key Files in existence and each may be loaded into BaudBandit at any time There is however only one configuration file which is loaded into BaudBandit automatically at start up BaudBandit Software User Manual 13 Using the Configuration Screen you will customize BaudBancit to work in your particular environment BaudBandit can be configured to look in different directories or even on different disks for its support files and directories For instance you may wish to send all files captured or downloaded to the external floppy disk drive to save space on your program disk Or you may simply wish to keep capture files in a different directory than your downloaded files BaudBandit can be set to default to preset directories when certain functions are called Using the file requesters allows you to select any path or directory available to your computer You will not be limited in any way to the directories selected in the Configuration Screen Close Gadget At the upper left comer of the Configuration
43. es a powerful yet easy to use command language that makes possible the addition of numerous functions not normally available to BaudBandit ARexx is a commercial program that is NOT included with the BaudBandit disk It may be purchased through most Amiga retailers This section of the BaudBandit manual assumes that you already own a copy of ARexx and have available the ARexx User s Reference Manual It is the intention of this manual to offer two examples of BaudBandit ARexx programs and provide you with the information required to write your own ARexx programs for BaudBandit ARexx and ARexx User s Ref were written by William S Hawes For more information on ARexx you may write to William S Hawes P O Box 308 Maynard MA 01754 Beat yale on BASERES ee EDIE PERELAAR AE 1 aN pea ARAPETA EAA BES FHT WARS SIRE PO APRN ROT RRR RNA w aera NNR GT emenn RE RRR OE I NERO RE Teema wan e e eran te anne e BaudBandit Software User Manual 53 BaudBandit ARexx Commands Below is amore complete listing of commands that may be used within your ARexx programs They are listed in the following manner Divider Command in bold Brief explanation of command Example of command Result of example command BAUDRATE Change baud rate BAUD 2400 Set BPS to 2400 Odd rates are not restricted The baudrate may be set to 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 and 38400 baud BUFFER Change review buffer size BUF 32768 Change buffer size to 32
44. ew buffer to the printer Send Buffer The Send Buffer command can be issued by either clicking on that selection in the Help Window or by pressing the Right Amiga T keys This will send the entire contents of the review buffer over the modem to the connecting modem and computer Save Buffer The Save Buffer command can be issued by either clicking on that selection in the Help Window or by pressing the Right Amiga V keys This will store the contents of the review buffer to the file name preset in the configuration menu After the contents of the review buffer have been saved the review buffer is cleared Existing capture files The Save Buffer command does not allow you the opportunity to name the file in which the contents of the review buffer are stored This name is preset in the Capt entry of the configuration screen The default setting for this entry is RAM Capture This will save the review buffer into a file named Capture located in the RAM directory You may wish to change the entry in the configuration screen to save the file on adisk or hard drive instead of RAM SN ape le nn 1 BaudBandit Software User Manual 47 ends with a period followed by a number greater than 0 a new file will be opened using the original name and incrementing the number For example ifthe presetname is RAM Capture 1 and you attempt to save the review buffer a second or third time new files will be opened as
45. g This file contains all the configuration information previously saved for BaudBandit Ifthis file is not present BaudBandit will assume a default configuration It is possible to configure BaudBandit so that the phone books macro files 8 BaudBandit Software User Manual BaudBandit Software User Manual 9 etc are each located in their own directory or disk If you have a configuration that you are happy with and you want to duplicate that configuration on another computer or another disk you will need to duplicate each of these files along with their locations Command Bar Help Window Modem Configuration Macros Configuration Phonebook Dial Next Redial Hang Up Break 0 00 CHAT D L U L SEND CAPT SUS B HU RD DN PHONE MACROS MODEA HELP Suspend Capture Text Capture Text Send Upload Download Chat Mode Connect Time 4 The Command Bar The command bar resides at the top of the BaudBandit main screen The command bar acts as both a status indicator and as a facility from which to issue commands The following is a list of each of the commancs listed in the command bar along with a brief description of the functionof each 0 00 The numeric display at the far left of the command bar is the Connect Time Display This display shows the elapsed time since the carrier was detected 10 BaudBandit Software User Manual CHAT Clicking on this item will create a split screen The top screen is the
46. he desired phone book entry and press and release the left mouse button then press and release the right mouse button The selected number will then be dialed Dial Clicking on this command will cause BaudBandit to dial the top most selected phone number BaudBandit will attempt to dial this number only once If a connection is made the phone number will be de selected If no connection is made the phone number will remain selected Queue Clicking on this command will cause BaudBandit to dal the top most selected entry Ifno connection is made the phone number vill remain selected and BaudBandit will dial the next selected entry This process will repeat until there are no more selected entries BaudBandit will then start with the topmost selected entry and dial through the list until a onnection is made or until the ESC key is pressed All Clicking on this command will select all the entries in the phonebook Clear Clicking on this command will de select all entries in te phone book EDIT Clicking on this command will toggle the EDIT Mode of the PhoneBook Screen After the EDIT Mode has been activated move the 24 BaudBanait Software User Manual mouse pointer to the phonebook entry you wish to edit and click A cursor will appear in that entry allowing you to use the keyboard to edit the entry After making the desired changes press the RETURN key to record any changes made After all desired entries have been e
47. iew Buffer Window is activated by pressing any of the four cursor or arrow keys The review buffer window can also be opened by pressing the SHIFT Help keys This is the only method that will open or close the review buffer while the chat window is open The Review Buffer Window will open over the upper half of the BaudBandit mainscreen The review buffer essentially keeps a running record of everything that has been received over the modem or serial port The review buffer is not dynamic After the review buffer is full text captured early in the session will be lost as new text is captured The size of the review buffer may be increased or decreased in the Modem amp Configuration Window see Section Seven Increasing the size of the buffer allows for more text to be held in memory for review Derreasing the size of the buffer will demand less memory of the computer andallow other memory intensive programs to be run at the same time Activate the review buffer window by pressing the CURSOR UP key CURSOR DOWN key CURSOR LEFT key or CURSOR RIGHT key The review buffer window will open and the most recent text captured will be displayed You may scroll through the review buffer by pressing the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN keys Close Gadget The review buffer has no title bar of its own Since the review buffer is most likely to be used while online the command bar remains visible and active The close gadget at
48. ile Display will cause BaudBandit to use a generic name by default or take the name from another source These special situations will be detailed in their specific applications Device List A list of available devices appears below the Selected File Display You may at any time click on one of the devices listed to list the contents of that device This change of devices will be reflected in the Directory Path to that device If the number of devices exceeds the number of spaces available in the Device List clicking on the double arrows to either side of the device list will scroll the list of Devices in much the same manner as the scroll bar does with the Directory Display Area Cancel Clicking on this gadget will abort the file selection process and close the requester ae Lee et AN ts etree wines aoettapeneettatasett tet nnd tnt scape meinaan ir BaudBandit Software User Marual 41 Download FileName RAM DiskMaster DiskMaster info PlaySound ARC MakeNoise Z00 HowdyDoody PAK 83253 HighShift Zip 10034 Command 00 T01 45 FrameGrabber Pic 34245 Pic1 arc 45829 Pic2 arc 23020 Pic3 are 543 Pic4 arc 130243 Pic5 arc 6435 Parent 54653 6 61780 Ki 3n 600343 14392 Okay lt lt DH1 DF1 DFO PRT gt gt Cancel Protocol Xmodem CRC 10 File Transfer Telecommunication has become much more than just sending textfrom one computer to another It is now pos
49. ility that can be opened on top of a screen Multiple windows may be opened on a screen Usually these windows can be moved about the screen for convenient placement A window may be used for information only or may be used to allow keyboard or mouse entry of required information Mouse A common input device named because of its physical likeness to a small mouse with a long tail Movement of the mouse usually coincides with the movement of a pointer or cross hairs on the computer screen The normal Amiga mouse has two buttons These are referred to as the leftmouse button or select button and right mouse button or menu button Mouse Pointer The pointer cross hairs or arrow on the computer screen that moves in relationship to the movement of the mouse The Amiga mouse pointer may be customized and may not be the same on each computer BaudBandit does not use a custom pointer but instead makes use of the pointer defined in the WorkBench Click The act of pressing the left mouse button once after moving the mouse pointer over the icon or area to be selected or activated Double Click The act of quickly pressing the left mouse button twice after moving the mouse pointer over the icon or area to be selected or activated Double clicking on a program icon will usually execute that program Gadget Graphic button or device located on a screen or window that performs a particular function when clicked on Other terms related to T
50. ing the RETURN key cn the key board w tells BaudBandit to wait for one half second befor proceed ing with the next instruction An example of this command is found in the Hangup default In this example BaudBandit is told to wait for one second send to place the modem into a command State wait two seconds and send ATH followed by a RE TURN There are thirty Function key combinations available for programming These key combinations are as follows F1 through F10 activated by pressing the appropriate FKey S1 through S10 activated by pressing the Shift FKey 16 BaudBandit Software User Manual Al through A10 activated by pressing the Right Amiga FKey Scroll Bar Gadgets Only the first eight function keys are listed on the initial Configuration Screen To gain access to the other function key listings you will need to scroll up and down the Configure Screen using the scroll bar and scroll gadgets located on the rightmost boundary of the screen The scroll bar indicates the segment of the Configuration Screen being displayed You may click and hold on the scroll bar and drag it down the slider area to display segments of the screen not currently displayed Clicking above or below the current position of the scroll bar will move the scroll bar in the direction clicked The scroll bar can also be moved by clicking on the up and down scroll gadgets These are arrows at either end of the
51. k Screen from appearing after each command To deactivate Auto PhoneBook Mode simply click on the AUTO com mand again Delete Clicking on this command will delete the topmost selected entry on BaudBandit Software User Manual 25 mand again Delete Clicking on this command will delete the topmost selected entry on the phonebook Having multiple entries selected will NOT make multiple deletions Only the topmost entry will be deleted To make the deletion permanent you must re save the phonebook file Insert Clicking on this command will insert a blank line just above the topmost selected phonebook entry Having multiple entries will not insert multiple lines Only one blank line will be inserted each time the Insert command is activated After inserting a blank line you may enter a new entry using the EDIT Mode Remember that to make any changes in the phonebook permanent you must re save the phonebook file Organization Tools The PhoneBook Screen offers an easy method of dividing your phonebook entries into various sections Divider bars and comments may be inserted on blank lines between phonebook entries The first character of the phone book entry determines its function A phonebook entry that is to contain a phone number etc must have its BBS Name start on the first character position Solid divider bar If a dash is entered at the first character position of a phonebook entry the entire line will be displ
52. led and a connection is made The script commands available are described in detail in Section Thirteen of this manual A Script Pair is a cause effect phrase enclosed by braces For example most Bulletin Board Systems ask for a password BaudBandit can automatically enter your password by placing it in a Script Pair Password MyPassword r In the Script Pair example above BaudBandit will respond to the word Password with the word MyPassword followed with a RETURN Notice that there are no spaces on either side of the equals sign Also notice that the effect portion of the Script BaudBandit Software User Manual 23 Pair may contain BackSlash commands as listed in Section Thirteen If the word Password were to appear several times during your session and you wanted BaudBandit to respond each time with your password simply replace the leading brase with a less than lt sign as shown below lt Password MyPassword r Phone numbers are selected and de selected simply by moving the mouse pointer over the desired entry and pressing the left mouse buttor To select or de select multiple entries press and hold the left mouse buttm and drag the mouse pointer up or down Each entry touched by the mouse pointer will become selected or de selected Speed Note If you wish to immediately select and dial one number simply move the mouse pointer over t
53. ll result in a very jerky display To tum QuickRend ON or OFF position the mouse pointer over this selection and click on either mouse button QuickRend will toggle on or off Interlace This setting toggles the screen resolution tc be used by the BaudBandit main screen Turning Interlace on will set the screen resolution to 640x400 Tuming Interlace off will set the screen resolution to 640x200 BaudBandit does check for pro grams that alter the normal size of the WorkBench screen and responds accordingly Planes This setting determines the number of bitplanes to be used by the BaudBandit main screen The number of bitplanes used determines the number of colors available to BaudBandit Three bitplanes allows eight colors two bitplanes allows fourcolors and one bitplane allows only two colors Each bitplane requires a certain amount of memory In low memory situations you may wish to decrease the number of bitplanes to conserve system memory To change the number of bitplanes to be used position the mouse pointer over this selection Clicking either mcuse button will cycle through the three settings As the number changes the mainscreen will disappear and reappear within the selec ed number of bitplanes 32 BaudBandit Software User Manual CIS B Plus This setting toggles CompuServe B protocol active orinactive When active BaudBandit will respond to the download command from CompuServe Information Service When ON thi
54. nd of the scroll bar slider area Clicking on these arrows will move the phonebook entries up or down one entry at a time PhoneBook Entry Display Below the title bar is the main phonebook display A phonebook entry contains much more than a name and phone number It also contains information as to the terminal and modem settings BaudBandit Software User Manual 21 used for each phone number At the end of each entry you car optionally add Script Pairs or script commands to take place when BaudBandit connects to that particular phone number Each phone book entry is divided into five sections The headings for these five sections are listed in the title bar of the PhoneBook Screen They are as follows BBS Name Contains the name of the Bulletin Board System online service or the guy down the street with a moden This name will be printed on the main screen whenever BaudBardit attempts to dial that system Phone Number Contains the phone number of this ertry Enough room is allowed for almost any phone number includng interna tional listings Baud Contains the initial baud rate setting to attempt vhen dialing this entry If the system being called answers at a lower baud rate your modem should match that baud rate automatically BaudBan dit supports baud rates from 300 to 38400 Setup Contains five characters each of which sets a different parameter in BaudBandit They are as follows Duplex The first characte
55. odems or multi port serial cards that use custom device drivers The default device driver is serial 0 BaudBandit Software User Marual 15 Function Key Macros This part of the Configuration Scrien allows editing of the current Macro Key File The default Macro Key File loaded is S Bandit Keys This can be changed in the configuration file above so that your custom Macro Key File is loaded at run time The Bandit Keys file has a few example macros included for your convenience A Function Key Macro can be used for a variety of purposes It can be used to send a commonly used text phrase to the host system Perhaps a custom signature a scan command User ID or Password etc It can also send commands to the modem load anew phonebook or even load anew Macro Key File The most powerful use of Function Key Macros is to performa series of commands script or initiate an ARexx program There are several special commands available for use in Function Key Macros and Scrpts These special commands are also available for use in configuration seitings such as Init Exit HangUp PreIns and in special areas such as the Cat window and in the PhoneBook Screen A complete listing of these commands can be found in Section Thirteen of this manual Two of these special commands have already been listed in the default settings mentioned above They are r and w r tells BaudBandit to send the End Of Line character It is essentially the same as press
56. one number dialed L Line Break Causes a brief interruption of the carrier that is detected and acted upon by the remote computer M Macros amp Config Toggles the appearance of the Configuration Screen N Dial Next Causes BaudBandit to dial the next selected phonebook entry If no phonebook entry is selected the PhoneBook Screen will appear so that entries may be selected O Print Buffer Will dump the entire contents of the review buffer to the printer P Toggle Phone Toggles the appearance of the PhoneBook Screen Q Quit Will close all open files associated with BaudBandit hang up the modem and close BaudBandit R Redial Will redial the last phone number dialed S Toggle Send Will open a file requester listing the preset directory indicated in the configure screen The file selected will be read and sent to the modem Text may be paused by the Suspend Text function If activated while Text Send is active will end the send T Send Buffer Will dump the entire contents of the review buffer to the modem U UpLoad Will open a file requester listing the preset directory indicated in the BaudBandit Software User Manual 37 configuration screen The file selected will be sent using the currently selected file transfer protocol The file transfer protocol may be changed by clicking on the protocol selector at the bottom of the file selector until the desired protocol appears Pressing Retum or cli
57. oneBook Screen may be viewed Simply click and hold onthe title bar and drag the screen up or down with the mouse The title bar of the PhoneBook Screen is designed to aide in the formatting of the phonebook entries The individual headings are described in detail below Screen to Back Gadget The PhoneBook Screen is a custom screen that appears in front of the BaudBandit screen You may use this gadget to move the PhoneBook Screen to the backmost screen position making access to other screens possible Screen to Front Gadget Clicking on this gadget will move the Phone Book Screen to the frontmost screen position Scroll Bar Gadgets Each phonebook is capable of holding up to 1000 phonebook entries If the phonebook were full only a small portion of the phonebook could be viewed at any one time You may scroll up and down the list of phonebook entries using the scroll bar and scroll gadgets located on the rightmost boundary of the screen The scroll bar indicates the segment of the phonebook If the bar within the slider is quite small then you are viewing a small segment of the phonebook You may click and hold on the scroll bar and drag it down the slider area to display segments of the phonebook not currently displayed Clicking above or below the current position of the scroll bar will move the scroll bar in the direction clicked The scroll bar can also be moved by clicking on the up and down scroll gadgets These are arrows at either e
58. over the setting to be changed and click the right mouse button Each character position will cycle through its own range of possible settings Remember that any changes to the phonebook must be saved to become permanent BaudBandit Software User Manual 27 Modem amp Configuration Baud Rate 2400 Handshake Data Bits 8 Buffer Size 16384 X Modem CRC Stop Bits 1 QuickRend Off Char Mask 127 Interlace Duplex Full Planes Word Wrap Off CIS B Plus Parily None Protocol 7 The Modem amp Configuration Window The Modem amp Configuration Window offers a quick and easy way to edit the current settings used by BaudBandit Many of the settingsare preset or altered by the phonebook The Modem amp Configuration Window can be toggled open aad closed by three different methods A Clicking on MODEM on the command bar B Pressing the Right Amiga F keys C Clicking on Modem Setup in the Help Window A small window will appear on the BaudBandit main screen The operation of the window is as follows Close Gadget Clicking on the small square at the upper left corner of the window will close the window Any changes made to the window prior to 28 BaudBandit Software User Manual its closing will remain in effect Title Bar The title bar identifies the function of the window The title bar may also be used as a drag bar Click and hold the left mous
59. pherals amp Software Inc 464 Kalamath Street Denver Colorado 80204 303 825 4144 inn Dt a a Sm Ee ag Pe Seti Se rate ad 3 BaudBandit Software User Marual 1 Table of Contents 3 1 Introduction oo MAP EI E Eee One i 4 Ck gene ne PORNIT EEE TE AET A EI 3 a Glossary of Common Terms PEEN TSN cei 3 2 Loading BaudBandit sssssisiisssocsissesressissesens SEENE EESE 6 From the BaudBandit Disk ssssssssssisssesess IPEER EEI 6 From Workbench other than the BaudBandit disk 6 From the C11 casasccesys PE eae aS ie tinted TEIE PEET 6 7 7 4 The Command Bar _ EEA A ANAO OE EEN E 9 5 The Configuration Screem sccccsssesesesssceseceseees SIT 12 6 The PhoneBook Screen cssssscssseseeeees DERES ESEN TETEA warts w 49 PhoneBook Entry Display E E AO sient 20 Organization Tools OPE NIEA PESEE eee 25 Phonebook File Format E I EN EOSL EEE 26 Quick BEdT sisina PE A ENE ETAIENT REA 26 7 The Modem amp Configuration Window R 27 8 The Help Window FRN ST RE IE 33 Amiga Key Reference Commands ccsececsseseeseees PNE 34 9 The BaudBandit File Requester o cccccesecssseseeseeeseeeeseneeeees 38 10 File Transfer PEPE EAEE AAE Setting the ProiOcol sss cesevscaccossesns dais isl g van EKSER AERES 42 The Pile Transfer Status WitdOw x scscciscessnssrescissnencssvecsaseteaianaye 44 11 The
60. r determines either halfduplex des ignated by the letter H or full duplex designated dy the letter F Check with the host system to find out which duplex is required for proper communication Bits The second character determines the numberof Data Bits to be used with this entry This number should either be 8 or 7 data bits Check with the host system to find out how many data bits are required for proper communication Parity The third character determines the type of error checking or parity that should be used with this entry The types of parity available are Even Odd Mark Space or No parity These are designated by the letters E O M S and N 22 BaudBandit Software User Manual respectively Stop Bits The fourth character determines the number of Stop Bits to be used with this entry This number will usually be 1 or 2 stop bits Check with the host system to find out how many stop bits are required for proper communication Protocol The fifth character sets the file transfer protocol to be used with this entry Below is a list of the protocols and their corresponding letter designation Protocol Compuserve B XModem CRC WxXModem YModem batch YModem G XModem 1K ZModem ZModem auto receive NAQA Script Pairs Contains the optional script or script pairs to be executed when connection with this entry is made A Script is a series of commands that is executed after a phone number is dia
61. rent directory or a preset directory defined in the configuration file The Directory Path is a list of the device and the hierarchy of directories leading to the directory listed The file requester can be given a different Directory Path by simply clicking on the Directory Path and using the keyboard to edit The Directory Path will also be updated whenever the path is changed by one of the other file requester functions Directory Display Area Below the Directory Path is a listing of the contents of the selected directory Both sub directories and files are listed down the left side of the Directory Display Area Directories will e listed at the top of the Display Area and will be displayed in a different cdor than files To the right of each file name is the size of that file Clickng on a directory will list the contents of that directory The change of the selected directory will be reflected in the Directory Path Clicking on a fie name will select that file and place the file name in the Selected File Display Scroll Bar Gadgets When the number of files contained in the selected directory exceeds the number of rows available in the Directory Display Area you may scroll up and down the list using the scroll bar ard scroll gadgets located on the rightmost boundary of the requester The scroll bar indicates the segment of the current directory contents being disphyed If 40 BaudBandit Software User Manual the bar within the sli
62. s protocol is active When OFF this protocol is inactive To toggle this setting on or off position the mouse pointer over this selection and click on either mouse button This setting is also altered by the phonebook entry setup BaudBandit Software User Marual 33 Alte iS ch Amiga Key Reference Start ARexx N Dial Next Stop Arexx S QO Print Buffer Toggle Capture P Toggle Phone DownLoad Q Quit Remote Echo R Redial Modem Setup S Toggle Send G Color Palette T Send Buffer H Send Hangup UpLoad I Paste from Clip Save Buffer J Toggle Suspend W Clear Screen K Kall last num X Cut to Clip L Line Break Z Zero Buffer M Macros amp Config Toggle Cha Text Send Delay Fast 8 The Help Window The BaudBandit Help Window provides an online reminder of thekeyboard shortcuts for BaudBandit s available features The Help Window is activated by pressing the Help key on thekeyboard or by clicking on Help on the command bar Close Gadget Clicking on the small square at the upper left comer of the Help Window will close the Help Window Title Bar As with standard Amiga windows the Help Windowhas a title 34 BaudBandit Software User Manual bar that may be used to drag the window around the screen Simply click and hold on the title bar and drag the window around the screen with the mouse Window to Back Gadget
63. scroll bar slider area Clicking on these arrows will move the screen up or down one row at a time Color Palette Clicking on this command at the bottom of the Configura tion Screen will display the current color palette 2 Color Palette ten 0 000 mca a BOQ BaudBandit Software User Manual 17 The Color Palette allows you to edit the eight color registers that are used for BaudBandit s screens If you are running BaudBandit usirg less than eight colors not all eight color registers will be used The number of colors used is set in the Modem Configuration Window The color palette also has a title bar close gadget and front bark gadgets These act much in the same as the title bar close gadget and front back gadgets described above Color Registers Below the title bar are eight color rectangles These represent the eight color registers Clicking in any of these color registers will select it as the register to be altered Register Value Display To the right of the color registers is a numeric display This display indicates the current regiser selected foliowed by the RGB value Initially this display will ead 0 000 This indicates that register 0 is the selected register and that the Red Green and Blue values are each 0 Cancel Clicking on this gadget will abort the palette change and close the color palette RGB Sliders Below the color registers are three horizontal sliders represen
64. sible to send and receive executable program files as well as text or ASCII data files To do this over telephone lines it is necessary to have some way of checking for transmissien errors 42 BaudBandit Software User Manual The transfer protocol was devised to do just that Over the years file transfer protocols have become faster and more reliable BaudBandit supports the more popular file transfer protocols currently available Below is a list of the file transfer protocols supported by BaudBandit CompuServe B popular protocol used mostly on CompuServe Information Service WxXModem popular protocol used on People Link XModem XModem CRC XModem 1K sometimes referred to as YModem YModem sometimes referred to as YModem Batch YModem G ZModem ZModem With Auto Start Setting the protocol The file transfer protocol can be set in a number of ways Setting the protocol in the PhoneBook Screen is the easiest and fastest method When a phone entry is dialed the protocol is changed to that predefined in the phonebook entry Using this method you do not have to remember the protocol of choice for that service The protocol may also be set or changed in the Modem SetUp Window Simply click on the protocol setting The protocol will cycle through your choices with each click until the desired protocol appears The protocol may also be set or changed after the UpLoad or DownLoad file requester has been activated The currently selecte
65. t area and double clicking with the mouse pointer below the screen division will decrease the size of the chat area Since this chat area is not an independent screen we will refer to it as a window throughout the remainder of its description Several online services and BBS systems offer a multi line conference mode As many as ten or more users are able to chat with each other at the same time Usually the host system uses a kind of chat mode in that you type into the host s buffer until you press RETURN and your text is displayed to everyone in the order in which it was completed Without a chat facility on your screen it would be very difficult to see what you are typing because of the constant interruptions of the text on your screen Incoming text is not displayed within the chat window so the text you enter is not disrupted Online conferencing has become very popular on the various services With this in mind several features have been added to BaudBandit to make it well BaudBandit Software User Manual 49 suited to this purpose The chat window works in conjunctior with the review buffer to aid in communication Often when there seems to be a multitude of people on the conference by the time you finish typing your response to a question or comment the original question has scrolled off the screen Many conferencers have found it useful to include some of the text of the original question or comment to give th
66. terminal screen and the bottom screen is the chat screen This screen differs from the terminal screen in that whatever is typed into the chat screen is not sent to the modem until a carriaye return is entered The chat screen has several other features that will be discussed in detail in Section Twelve of this manual D L Clicking on this item will call the download requester The download requester allows you to select a path and filename for a file to be transferred downloaded from the host computer It also allows you to change the protocol to be used for the file transfer Further information on the use of this requester can be found in Section Nine of this manual U L Clicking on this item will call the upload requester The upload requester allows you to select a file to be transferred uploaded to the host computer It also allows you to change the protocol to be used for the file transfer Further information on the use of this requester can be found in Section Nine of this manual SEND Clicking on this item will call the text send requester The text send requester allows you to select a text file to be sent over the modem Further information on the use of this requester can be found in Section Nine of this manual CAPT Clicking on this item will call the text capture requester The text capture requester allows you to select a path and filename for captured text After the text capture has been activated any text that is r
67. th 80 columns Tums word wrap off f f f t t f t f i ARexx Command Quick Reference Command BAUDRATE BUFFER CAPTURE CHATMODE DATADIR DCD DEPTH DEVICE DIAL DIALCLEAR DIALSELECT FKEY FONT GETFILE HANDSHAKE HILITE LACE MASK MSG OUTPRE QUEUE QUIET REMOTE SEND SET SUSPEND STATUS BaudBandit Software User Manual 61 Short Form BA BU CA CH DA DC DEP DEV DIAL DIALC DIALS FO HA HI MA MS QUE QUI SEN SET SUS STA WA Arguments bps sizein bytes ON OFF file name ON OFF lines path rc is 1 if Carrier 1 2 device unit nam name F string fontsize Title path X N 7 string ON OFF ON OFF string string ON OFF ON OFF string F8NiBA ON OFF A B C D E FAA L M N O P S T U W X string string value 62 BaudBandit Software User Manual ARexx Example Programs Below are the listings of the ARexx programs Answer baud Init baud Stat baud and UnArc baud that are included on your BaudBandit disk Each is heavily commented to explain what the commands do This is offered as an example so that you might better understand the use of the BaudBandit ARexx commands Note text that is placed between and are comments and are not executed as part of the program Example 1 Answer baud Answer baud is designed to tum BaudBanditinto a mini BBS Answer baud is execute
68. the upper left corner of the BaudBandit screen will act to close the review buffer when clicked WARNING Clicking on this close gadget while the reriew buffer is not active will close the BaudBandit program The review buffer window is also closed by pressing either the CURSOR LEFT or CURSOR RIGHT keys or by pressing the SHIFT Help keys Size Gadget To increase or decrease the size of the review buffer window click and hold the size gadget at the lower right comer of the winlow Move the mouse up or down to make the window larger or smaller Moving the 46 BaudBandit Software User Manual the mouse up or down to make the window larger or smaller Moving the mouse to the left or right has no effect in that the length of the window is fixed Commands Affecting the Review Buffer Toggle Suspend The Toggle Suspend command can be issued by either clicking on that selection in the Help Window or by pressing the Right Amiga J Keys Toggle Suspend can also be activated by clicking on SUS on the command bar This will prevent any text from being captured into the review buffer or to a capture file The suspend is deactivated using one of the three methods described above to issue the Toggle Suspend command Print Buffer The Print Buffer command can be issued by either clicking on that selection in the Help Window or by pressing the Right Amiga O keys This will send the entire contents of the revi
69. tially list the directory specified in the configura tion file in the Macro entry You may save a Macro Key File using any name you wish We recommend that you append the name with keys to distinguish this file from others that may be located in the same directory You may have as many Macro Key Files as disk space allows LACE Clicking on this command will cause BaudBandit s support screens the Configuration Screen and the PhoneBook Screen to be displayed in interlace This results in the support screens covering only the lower half of the computer screen This feature lets you maintain access to BaudBandit s main screen while editing a function key configuration or phonebook entry Note Displaying the support screens in interlace will not display twice as many rows on the screen as it does when BaudBandit s main screen is placed in interlace When you are finished using the Configuration Screen you can close the Configuration Screen by clicking on the Close Gadget at the upper left comer of the screen pressing the Right Amiga M keys at the same time clicking on Macros on the command bar or clicking on Macros amp Config in the Help Window BaudBandit Software User Marual 19 T 3 Wall 2ae BBS Nome Phone Number BaudiSetup Script Pairs lt 5 Local Boards Cily Library 555 2100 1200 F8N1K lt Name wJohn Smith 8 PW list NaI Bank 555 4500 300 F7E2X Please 10034500 r
70. ting Red Green and Blue These sliders are oper ated much like the scroll bar Click and hold on the R slider gadget By moving the gadget to the right the amount of red inthe current color register will be increased Moving the gadget to he left will decrease the amount of red in the color register Clicting in the slider area not on the slider gadget will move the gadget toward the mouse pointer Notice that whenever any of the slider gadgets are moved the value for that color changes in the Reg ster Value display and the color of the register itself reflects the change When you are finished with the Color Palette click on the Close Gadget to use the color changes made or click on the Cancel Gadget t abort the changes Save Configuration Clicking on this command will save ihe current configuration settings into the configuration file located in ether the S 18 BaudBandit Software User Manual directory or the current directory Load Key Macros Clicking on this command will open a file requester refer to Section Nine for more information about the use of the file requester The file requester will initially list the directory specified in the configuration file in the Macro entry After making your selection click on Okay to load the Macro Key File You may now use or edit the current set of Function Key Macros listed Save Key Macros Clicking on this command will open a file requester The file requester will ini
71. wnload File Requesters The default path is RAM Init Contains the command string to be sent to the modem when BaudBandit is first run The default command string is ATSO 0 r Exit Contains the command string to be sent to the modem when BaudBanditis terminated The default command string is ATSO 0 r Hangup Contains the command string to be sent to the modem when BaudBandit is told to hang up the phone The default command string is w w w w w wATHIr Font Contains the font and point size to be used by BaudBandit for text display This font can be any font in the FONTS directory The default font is topaz 8 Position the mouse pointer over the font entry and click on the right mouse button A file requester will open listing the FONTS directory Click on the desired directory and select the desired point size Click on Okay to have your selection automatically entered into the Configuration Screen Capt Contains the preset path and file name to be used by the Capture File Requester The default path and file name is RAM Capture PreIns Contains the Pre Insertion string This string is sent to the modem as a prefix to each line sent from the chat window and buffer This feature is required for some BBS systems to be able to accept buffer dumps Device Contains the name of the device driver and device number to be used as the communication port This makes the use of BaudBandit possible with intemal m

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