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- Terminal Controller Program for BPQ TheNode
-
- This program is designed to provide a comprehensive terminal controller
- program for a BPQ node.
-
- There are four files supplied;
-
- BPQTERM.EXE The program.
- BPQTERM.CFG The configuration file.
- BPQTERM.HLP The help display file.
- BPQTERM.TXT A list of the updates.
- BPQTERM.DOC This file.
- T1-PIF.DVP For DESQview version 2.24
-
- The file T1-PIF.DVP is already set up to use BPQTERM, but may need altering to
- suit your system.
-
-
- CONFIGURATION FILE
-
- The configuration file BPQTERM.CFG holds the start up information required by
- BPQTERM, and must be in the current directory (under desqview in the same
- directory as the program). It looks something like this:
-
-
- 5 {com port. Can be overridden on the command line!}
- 1200 {baud rate}
- 8192 {memory size, in bytes (not more than 32K)}
- 71 {Top Bar colours}
- 2 {Output ink colour}
- 23 {Message Bar colours}
- 7 {Input ink colours}
- 4 {Help display colours}
- 8 {Tab Size}
- 1 {Clock on/off (0 = off, 1 = on)}
- 0 {Spool to printer on/off (0 = off, 1 = on)}
- 0 {Spool to file on/off (0 = off, 1 = on)}
- 1 {Echo to output window on/off (0 = off, 1 = on)}
- test.txt {Spool to file default file name}
- APPL $02
- M ON
- MTX ON
- CONOK ON
- *** EOF {end of commands sent to TNC on program start}
- M OF
- MTX OF
- CONOK OF
- *** EOF {end of commands sent to TNC on program end}
-
-
- Taken in order these are:
-
- The COM port number.
- This is the virtual BPQ COM port you allocate to this program.
-
- The baud rate.
- This is the rate at which the program will talk to the VIRTUAL TNC
- inside the BPQ node!
-
- Memory size.
- The amount of memory to use in the screen buffer in bytes.
- NOTE. Not more than 60000 bytes.
-
- The next five parameters control the colours used.
- Top bar. For information posted along the top.
- Output screen. Information recieved in main window.
- Message bar. Information posted below the main window.
- Input screen. Information typed into input window and sent to the
- output screen.
- Help Display. For the help information.
-
- Tab size, the spacing between tab points in the keyboard buffer.
-
- The next four parameters are used to set the flags for functions in the program
- that are either on or off. Here 1 is used as on, and 0 as off.
- Clock. Time and date display on or off. When on, it can slow the
- program a little.
- Spool to printer. Echo text entering the main window to a printer.
- Spool to file. Echo text entering the main window to the file specified.
- Echo. Repeat text sent in the main window.
-
- Spool to file destination. This must be a valid file name in a valid directory
- (or the current one). Data is sent here as it is recived from the TNC. The
- spool facility is turned on and of by the spool to file key F4.
-
- The next few lines up to the line;
-
- *** EOF {end of commands sent to TNC on program start}
-
- are optional. But that the line is not!
- They consist of the commands sent to the Virtual TNC on initialisation.
-
-
- The same is true of the lines up to the line;
-
- *** EOF {end of commands sent to TNC on program end}
-
- They consist of the commands sent to the Virtual TNC on close down.
- NOTE. It is important to quit the program properly.
-
-
- There is one optional command line parameter, an alternative COM port number.
- This takes precidence over the one in the configuration file, enabling you to
- run multiple copies (on different COM ports).
-
-
- IN USE
-
- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
- BPQ TheNode Terminal Controller Program. V1.04 COM 01 P.M.Hounslow G4YFE
- cmd:cm off
- md:*** DISCONNECTED
- MONITOR was ON
- cmd:MTX was ON
- cmd:CONOK was ON
- cmd:APPL was $02
- cmd:MONITOR was OFF
- cmd:MTX was OFF
- cmd:CONOK was OFF
- cmd:MONITOR was ON
- cmd:
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Disconnected Printer :off: RX File :off: Echo :on: Scroll Insert
- m off
-
-
- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
-
- The top line of the program, the one that starts "BPQ TheNode", is the top bar,
- and diplays information about the program.
-
- The line that starts; "Disconnected Printer :off:", is the message bar. This
- tells up the program's status, e.g. whether connected or not. The "Scroll"
- message tells you that the information displayed on the main screen is from the
- buffer, not the current input.
-
- Both of these lines would normally have different text attributes from the main
- screen window (between the top line and the message bar), and the input window.
- Also having the ink for the input and output texts different colours is a good
- idea too. However it is probably a good idea to have to background colours the
- same for those two. See CONFIGURATION FILE.
-
- Text recieved comes in on the main sceen window, is displayed on screen and put
- into a buffer, the size of which is specified in the config file. There is full
- scrolling around the buffer, with single line scroll up and down, page up and
- down, and jump to top or bottom. Text sent from the keyboard is also put onto
- the main window, in the same colours as the input window.
-
- The input window, from the message line to the bottom of the screen, is for
- entering and editing the text. This has a full range of editing commands. Text
- is not sent to the TNC or the screen until enter or ctrl-enter is hit. Unless a
- space is typed close to the end of the line, or the line is filled up, in which
- case the line will be sent.
-
-
- KEYBOARD CONTROL
-
- EDITING
-
- Ctrl Enter Send the line and the end of over characters " >>".
-
- Home Return the cursor to the left of the screen.
-
- End Move the cursor to the end of the line.
-
- Left Move the cursor one character to the left.
-
- Right Move the cursor one character to the right.
-
- Insert Toggle between insert and overwrite modes.
-
- Delete Delete the character under the cursor.
-
- Backspace Delete the character to the left of the cursor.
-
- Ctrl Home Delete from the cursor to the start of the line.
-
- Ctrl End Delete form the cursor to the end of the line.
-
-
- SCREEN KEYS
-
- Up Scroll the screen up the buffer by one line.
-
- Down Scroll the screen down the buffer by one line.
-
- PageUp Scroll the screen up the buffer by one screen.
-
- PageDown Scroll the screen down the buffer by one page.
-
- Ctrl PageUp Move the screen to the top of the buffer.
-
- Ctrl PageDown Move the screen to the bottom of the buffer.
-
-
- FUNCTION KEYS
-
- F1 Help screens.
-
- Shift F1 (Alt H) Display this help screen.
-
- F2 Turn the printer spool on or off.
-
- Ctrl F2 (Alt P) Dump the screen buffer to the printer.
-
- F3 Last line sent. Only if no text in the keyboard buffer.
-
- Ctrl F3 (Alt E) Toggle the echo to the output screen on or off.
-
- F4 Turn the file spool on and off.
-
- Shift F4 Change the destination for the file spool.
-
- Ctrl F4 (Alt W) Dump the screen buffer to a file.
-
- F5 Send a text file.
-
- F6 Insert a number into the keyboard buffer.
-
- Shift F6 (Alt N) Select number for insertion.
-
- F7 Search through the screen buffer for specified text.
-
- Shift F7 (Alt F) Enter text for search.
-
- F8 (Alt T) Insert time and date at the cursor
-
- Ctrl F8 Toggle the clock on or off.
-
- Ctrl F9 (Alt C) Empty the screen buffer.
-
- F9 Do a screen refresh.
-
- F10 (Alt B) Return to command mode.
-
- Ctrl F10 (Alt X) Quit the program.
-
-
- NOTE. If you just kill the program the BPQ node will still think the program
- there, allowing connections and still trying to send the information to the
- program.
-
- I hope that all that was not too garbled! If you have any problems, contact
- myself:-
-
- Paul G4YFE @ GB7VRB
-
- Paul Hounslow
- 16 West Mansion
- Heene Rd
- Worthing
- West Sussex
- BN11 3NT
-
- 0903 212301
-
- or
-
- Geoff G8DHE @ GB7VRB
-
- Geoff Mather
- 72 Cranleigh Rd.,
- Worthing
- West Sussex
- BN14 7QW
-
- 0903 32161
-
- 73's and good luck.