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Note: The instructions below cover use of PC KERMIT 3.0 on an IBM PC or PS/2 with an extended keyboard. (On the extended keyboard, the function keys are across the top of the keyboard rather than on the left hand side). If you are using a version of Kermit earlier than 3.0 or if you have an old PC keyboard with the PF keys down the left hand side, some of the instructions below may not work on your equipment. CECA's implementation of PC Kermit 3.0 includes the following files -- KERMIT.EXE MSKERMIT.INI MSKERM.DOC HPKEYS.SET MSKERM.HLP IBMKEYS.SET IBM.DOC VAXKEYS.SET I. USING PC KERMIT AS A TERMINAL EMULATION PROGRAM On the PC or PS/2 -- 1. Set up modem and line connections if necessary. 2. Turn on all equipment and boot PC-DOS. 3. If in Grote 216, choose the KERM option from the menu and go to step 4. Otherwise, access the disk and directory in which PC Kermit is stored and enter KERMIT to run the PC Kermit program. 4. When you receive the "Kermit-MS>" prompt, enter one of the following commands to set up your keyboard. Enter IBM -- if logging onto CMS or MUSIC/SP on the IBM 4381, VAX -- if logging onto the VAX 11/785, HP -- if logging onto the HP 950 or library computer. If you do not receive an error message, go to step 5. If you do receive an error message, you may not have all of the necessary files and so will have to set up your terminal configuration manually. Enter the following Kermit commands to set up the configuration: SET PARITY EVEN SET FLOW-CONTROL XON/XOFF SET LOCAL-ECHO OFF SET TERMINAL VT102 SET BAUD nnnn -- where "nnnn" is the baud rate of your equipment SET PORT n -- where "n" is the number of your COM port If you want to check your configuration, enter the Kermit command STATUS . 5. Access the Gandalf network at UTC. THE METHOD YOU USE TO ACCESS GANDALF DEPENDS UPON WHETHER YOU ARE DIALING IN FROM HOME OR ARE USING A MICRO IN ONE OF THE MICRO COMPUTER LABS ON THE UTC CAMPUS. * If you are using one of the micro computers in the lab in Hunter or Grote, follow the instructions in section A below. * If you are dialing in from home using a Hayes compatible modem, go to section B below. * If you are dialing in from home on a modem which is not Hayes compatible, consult the manufacturer's documentation. A. Using a micro in Hunter or Grote Hall -- -- Enter a C to connect to Gandalf. -- Press Alt-B (hold down the "Alt" key and the "B" key at the same time). Then press ENTER. Continue pressing Alt-B and ENTER until you get the Gandalf prompt: PLEASE ENTER SERVICE (CLASS) OR HELP Go to step 6. B. Dialing in from home using a Hayes compatible modem -- -- Enter SET BAUD nnnn where nnnn is the baud rate of your modem. -- Enter a C to connect to your modem. -- Enter AT . You should get an OK message. -- For touch tone phones, enter ATDTphone# . For rotary dial phones, enter ATPTphone# . Do not include any blanks or dashes within this command. Example: ATDT7554452 . The phone numbers are -- 755-4452 or 755-4472 -- When you get a carrier, press ENTER one or more times. You should get the Gandalf prompt "PLEASE ENTER SERVICE (CLASS) OR HELP". 6. Once you have gotten the Gandalf prompt, enter one of the following IBM -- to log onto MUSIC or CMS. VAX -- to log onto the VAX 11/785. HP -- to log onto the Academic Computing HP 950. LIB -- to log onto the library computer. 7. If you are logging onto the IBM, you will be prompted to "ENTER TERMINAL TYPE:", enter VT100 . 8. When you receive a prompt from the mainframe computer you have chosen, proceed as usual. II. FINDING THE FUNCTION KEYS AND OTHER SPECIAL KEYS ON THE IBM EXTENDED KEYBOARD If you have all of the PC Kermit files listed at the beginning of this handout and have executed step 4 correctly, your keyboard will be set up as follows. A. IBM 4381 (MUSIC and CMS) -- IBM Extended Keyboard 3270-type Terminal Keyboard F1 through F12 == PF01 - PF12 Shift-F1 through Shift-F12 == PF13 - PF24 Tab == field tab Shift-Tab == field backtab Backspace == newline Insert == toggle insert mode Delete == delete Home == clear screen End == erase EOF Page Up == PA1 Page Down == PA2 keypad Home == scroll to top of memory keypad End == scroll to end of memory keypad PgUp == scroll up page keypad PgDn == scroll down page keypad Ctrl-End == save screen to KERMIT.SCN file on PC. If you are using a different keyboard, some of the IBM keys can be emulated as follows -- PF keys -- on most PC keyboards, you can use ESC and the top two rows of alphanumeric keys, i.e.: ESC,1 == PF01 ESC,2 == PF02 ... ESC,= == PF12 ESC,q == PF13 ESC,w == PF14 ... ESC,\ == PF24 ESC,comma-key == PA1 ESC,period-key == PA2 left-arrow key == Backspace B. VAX keys (EVE Editor) -- IBM Extended Keyboard VT 100 Keyboard Page Up == PF1 -- editor FIND keypad / == PF2 HELP keypad * == PF3 FORWARD/BACK keypad - == PF4 DO keypad 7 == 7 SELECT keypad 8 == 8 REMOVE keypad 9 == 9 INSERT HERE keypad + == - (hyphen) MOVE BY LINE keypad Shift-+ (shift-plus) == , (comma) ERASE WORD keypad 4 == 4 undefined keypad 5 or up-arrow key == 5 UP keypad 6 == 6 undefined keypad 1 or back-arrow key == 1 LEFT keypad 2 or down-arrow key == 2 DOWN keypad 3 or right-arrow key == 3 RIGHT keypad Enter == Enter INSERT/OVERSTRIKE keypad 0 == 0 NEXT SCREEN keypad . == . (period) PREVIOUS SCREEN Backspace == delete Shift-Backspace == backspace Delete == delete F12 == linefeed Home == scroll to top of memory Ctrl-Home == scroll up one page End == scroll to bottom of memory Ctrl-End == scroll down one page C. HP and LIB keys IBM Extended Keyboard HP Terminal Backspace == backspace III. USING KERMIT TO TRANSFER FILES BETWEEN A MAINFRAME AND A PC OR PS/2 Use PC Kermit to log onto your account on the IBM 4381, VAX 11/785, or HP 950 and proceed as follows -- 1. When you have received the mainframe's system prompt, enter KERMIT to run the mainframe Kermit program. (On the HP, you may have to enter "RUN KERMIT.PUB.KERMIT"). 2. When you receive the mainframe Kermit ">" prompt, enter SHOW ALL ("SHOW ?" on CMS) to display the settings of the mainframe Kermit. Reset any options which are incorrectly set by entering the command SET option value where "option" is the option to be reset and "value" is the new value of the option. For example, on the VAX you must enter SET PARITY EVEN to configure VAX Kermit correctly BEFORE transferring any files. 3. Enter a mainframe Kermit file transfer command. For example -- RECEIVE (Receive a file from the PC) RECEIVE <filename> (Receive a file and store it under the filename given) SEND <filename> (Send file to the PC) The message "Please escape to local Kermit to RECEIVE/SEND the file(s)" will be displayed on most systems. (On the VAX, no message is displayed unless an error occurs. Enter one of the commands above and then go on to step 4 if no error message is displayed.) 4. Press Alt-x to escape back to PC Kermit. 5. Enter a PC Kermit file transfer command. For example -- RECEIVE (Receive a file from the mainframe) RECEIVE <filename.ext> (Receive under the filename given) SEND <filename.ext> (Send the PC file to the mainframe) 6. A screen such as this will be displayed: File name: KBytes transferred: Percent transferred: Sending: (or Receiving:) Number of packets: Packet length: Number of retries: Last error: Last message: When the transaction has been completed, "Completed" will be displayed in the "Sending:" or "Receiving:" field. Wait for the "completed" message before preceding to step 7. 7. Enter a C to connect to the mainframe. Then press ENTER, if necessary, to get a Kermit prompt from the mainframe Kermit. 8. Repeat steps 3 through 7 to transfer other files or enter the EXIT command to exit from the mainframe Kermit program. IV. TO LOG OFF AND DISCONNECT 1. Log off of the mainframe. 2. Press Esc then, ` (left accent), then . (period) to return to the Gandalf prompt. Then enter BYE . 3. If connected through a modem, hang up. 4. Escape back to PC Kermit, by pressing Alt-x. 5. Enter EXIT to exit from PC Kermit. V. PC KERMIT COMMANDS PC Kermit implements a large subset of the commands of "ideal" Kermit. The ones you are most likely to find useful are: CONNECT as terminal to remote system. DEFINE macros of PC Kermit commands. DELETE local files. DIRECTORY listing of local files. DO a macro expansion. EXIT from PC Kermit. HELP about PC Kermit. PUSH to MS-DOS command level (enter DOS "EXIT" command to return). QUIT from PC Kermit RECEIVE files from remote Kermit. RUN an MS-DOS program. SEND files to remote Kermit. SET various parameters. SHOW various parameters. SPACE inquiry (about disk space). STATUS inquiry (about settings). TAKE commands from file. TYPE display a local file. VERSION display PC Kermit program version number. The following SET commands are available in PC Kermit: BAUD Communications port line speed (synonym for SPEED) BELL Whether to beep at the end of a transaction BLOCK-CHECK-TYPE Level of error checking for file transfer DEBUG Display packet contents during file transfer DEFAULT-DISK Default disk drive for file i/o DESTINATION Default destination device for incoming files DISPLAY For selecting the type of file transfer display DUMP Screen dump file (or device) name END-OF-LINE Packet termination character EOF Method for determining or marking end of file ESCAPE Escape character for CONNECT FLOW-CONTROL Enable or disable XON/XOFF HANDSHAKE Half-duplex line turnaround option INCOMPLETE What to do with an incompletely received file KEY Specify key redefinitions, or "keystroke macros" LOCAL-ECHO Specify which computer does the echoing during CONNECT MODE-LINE Whether to display a mode line during terminal emulation PARITY Character parity to use PORT Select a communications port PROMPT Change the "PC Kermit>" prompt to something else RECEIVE Request remote Kermit to use specified parameters REMOTE For running PC Kermit interactively from back port RETRY Packet retransmission threshold SEND Use the specified parameters during file transfer SPEED Communications port line speed (synonym for BAUD) TAKE-ECHO Control echoing of commands from TAKE files TERMINAL Emulation and parameters TIMER Enable/disable timeouts during file transfer WARNING Specify how to handle filename collisions VI. CUSTOMIZING PC KERMIT The commands in the file MSKERMIT.INI are executed automatically each time you run PC Kermit. If you are dialing in from home, you may want to edit the MSKERMIT.INI file and change the "SET BAUD 9600" statement to match the baud rate of your modem. Then you would not have to reset the baud rate each time you logged on. When at UTC using a PC connected directly to the Gandalf network, you can use a baud rate of 9600 or 19200. However, if PC Kermit has too many retries when you are trying to transfer a file, you should set the baud rate down to 2400. The MSKERMIT.INI file contains three macros -- "IBM", "VAX", and "HP". You may alter these macros or create others if you wish. To execute a macro stored in MSKERMIT.INI, enter the macro name as a command or enter DO macro-name If you wish to execute a large group of Kermit commands, store them into a file other than MSKERMIT.INI and then use the "TAKE" command within a macro to execute the commands in the other file. For examples of the use of macros and of the "TAKE" command, look at the MSKERMIT.INI file and at the files IBMKEYS.SET, VAXKEYS.SET, and HPKEYS.SET. Copies of these are appended to the end of the handout. VII. SPECIAL NOTE FOR THOSE RUNNING PLOTS Unlike PCPLOT, PC KERMIT doesn't switch between text and graphics mode automatically when a plot command is issued. To toggle between VT100 and TEK 4010 modes, press ALT,- (minus on main keyboard) or Alt-w . PC Kermit 3.0 supports four terminal types, so you must press Alt,- or ALT,w three times to go from VT100 to TEK 4010 mode. MSKERMIT.INI -- ; General settings for IBM 4381, VAX 785, and HP 950 ; SET TERMINAL VT102 SET PORT 1 SET BAUD 9600 SET LOCAL-ECHO OFF SET PARITY EVEN ; ; Macros -- ; DEFINE VAX TAKE VAXKEYS.SET, ; DEFINE IBM TAKE IBMKEYS.SET, ; DEFINE HP TAKE HPKEYS.SET, ; DEFINE UTK SET PARITY NONE,SET BAUD 2400, ; ======================================================================== ; IBMKEYS.SET ; ; Sets IBM extended keyboard for use with IBM 4381. ; SET KEY \315 \27\49 ; Set F1-F12 to PF01-PF12 SET KEY \316 \27\50 SET KEY \317 \27\51 SET KEY \318 \27\52 SET KEY \319 \27\53 SET KEY \320 \27\54 SET KEY \321 \27\55 SET KEY \322 \27\56 SET KEY \323 \27\57 SET KEY \324 \27\48 SET KEY \389 \27\45 SET KEY \390 \27\61 ; SET KEY \852 \27q ; Set Shift-F1-F12 to PF13-PF24 SET KEY \853 \27w SET KEY \854 \27e SET KEY \855 \27r SET KEY \856 \27t SET KEY \857 \27y SET KEY \858 \27u SET KEY \859 \27i SET KEY \860 \27o SET KEY \861 \27p SET KEY \903 \27\ SET KEY \904 \27| ; SET KEY \4425 \27\44 ; Set gray Page Up key to PA1 SET KEY \4433 \27\62 ; Set gray Page Down key to PA2 SET KEY \4431 \27\127 ; Set gray End key to ERASE EOF SET KEY \4423 \27OM ; Set gray Home key to CLEAR SET KEY \270 \10 ; Set Backspace to NEWLINE SET KEY \4434 \27On ; Set Insert to INSERT SET KEY \783 \27\27OD ; Set left tab to FIELD BACKTAB ; SET KEY \2321 \Ktermtype ; Set Alt,w to toggle termtype ; ==================================================================== ; VAXKEYS.SET ; ; Set keypad on IBM *EXTENDED* keyboard as VT100 keypad. The Page Up ; key has been used as the "Gold" key because Num Lock can't be set. ; ; IBM PC key VT100 key ; --- -- --- --------- SET KEY \4425 \27OP ; Page Up PF1 (Gold) SET KEY \4937 \27OP ; Page Up upshifted PF1 (Gold) SET KEY \4399 \27OQ ; / PF2 SET KEY \311 \27OR ; * PF3 SET KEY \330 \27OS ; - PF4 SET KEY \327 \27Ow ; 7 7 SET KEY \839 \27Ow ; 7 num locked 7 SET KEY \328 \27Ox ; 8 8 SET KEY \840 \27Ox ; 8 num locked 8 SET KEY \329 \27Oy ; 9 9 SET KEY \841 \27Oy ; 9 num locked 9 SET KEY \334 \27Om ; + - SET KEY \846 \27Ol ; + upshifted comma (,) SET KEY \331 \27Ot ; 4 4 SET KEY \843 \27Ot ; 4 num locked 4 SET KEY \332 \27Ou ; 5 5 SET KEY \844 \27Ou ; 5 num locked 5 SET KEY \333 \27Ov ; 6 6 SET KEY \845 \27Ov ; 6 num locked 6 SET KEY \335 \27Oq ; 1 1 SET KEY \847 \27Oq ; 1 num locked 1 SET KEY \336 \27Or ; 2 2 SET KEY \848 \27Or ; 2 num locked 2 SET KEY \337 \27Os ; 3 3 SET KEY \849 \27Os ; 3 num locked 3 SET KEY \4365 \27OM ; Enter Enter SET KEY \338 \27Op ; 0 0 SET KEY \850 \27Op ; 0 num locked 0 SET KEY \339 \27On ; period (.) period SET KEY \851 \27On ; period num locked period ; ; Other VT100 keyboard settings. ; SET KEY \390 \10 ; F12 linefeed SET KEY \782 \08 ; Backspace upshifted backspace SET KEY \5495 \Kupscn ; Ctrl Home up page SET KEY \5493 \Kdnscn ; Ctrl End up page ; ; Backspace, Delete, Home, End, Page Down, and the arrow keys work as ; expected and have not been altered. ; ; Set Alt,w to \Ktermtype (toggle TEK 4010) to conform to PCPLOT ; SET KEY \2321 \Ktermtype ; ======================================================================== ; HPKEYS.SET ; SET KEY \270 \08 ; set Backspace to backspace ; ========================================================================