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- PHOENIX REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM DECEMBER 4, 1987
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- 11.1 HOW TO ACCESS THE SCHEDULER
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- The scheduler is accessed from the sysop menu. <1> will list
- the schedule events; <2> will create an event; and <3> will
- Remove, Disable, or Enable.
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- 11.2 SCHEDULES EXPLAINED
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- Schedule "A"
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- Schedule A will invoke the Phoenix Net-Mail option. This schedule
- should be set to run in the national net-mail time slot of 1am
- Pacific time, 4am Eastern time. The window length should be 60
- minutes and should be set to run every day.
- There is also a secodary NET event run from 21:00 to 21:30
- Eastern time on Mondays and Thursdays. Note that these net times
- DO follow the changes to Daylight Savings Time in the summer.
- Don't forget to reset your computer clocks!
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- Schedules "R - X"
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- These schedules allows you to automatically Drop to DOS.
- Phoenix will set the ERRORLEVEL.
- The P.BAT file included with Phoenix includes instructions.
- You may call the program name directly and when it is done,
- the P.BAT file will automatically bring Phoenix back up.
- This provides the ability to do automated backup (if your
- tape software allows it), run utilities, or call a different
- configuration of Phoenix in a different directory. Some sysops
- allow public access most of the day, and restrict access only
- to current users at a certain time. Whatever program you call,
- be sure it runs at least ONE MINUTE. If not, be sure that your
- next statement under the program you just ran calls a timer-type
- program to delay one minute before giving control back to P.BAT.
- If the time has not changed to the next minute, Phoenix will
- return and think that it must run the schedule again. One such
- excellent timer program is TIME(R).COM by Ryan Katri. It is
- available on most boards but if not, call 1-707-725-9612 up
- to 2400 baud and you can obtain the latest version directly
- from the author.
- Note, that when executing schedules R - X, unless you must
- do something special, specify a window of 1 minute. This way,
- as soon as the your program is done, Phoenix will return without
- waiting out the required time.
- If you must call a batch file, be SURE to call P.BAT at the
- end of the batch file. This is because batch files do not
- return to the calling file at the end of execution. If you
- have PC or MS DOS 3.3, you may use the new command "CALL"
- to call your batch file. When it is done, it will return
- control to P.BAT.
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- Schedule "Z"
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- This schedule will automatically pack your message base for you.
- This is just like compacting them from the Sysop Menu.
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