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- Setting up HS/Link with Searchlight BBS
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- Run CONFIG.EXE or press ALT-F from within SLBBS. Select the External
- Protocols option. Select an empty protocol definition.
- The following is an example of what should be entered in the editor.
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- Searchlight BBS External Protocols Setup Menu
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- 1. Protocol Name ................. HS/Link
- 2. Protocol Send Command ......... HS-U.BAT %P @C:\FILE.TMP
- 3. Protocol Receive Command ...... HS-D.BAT %P
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- Line 1 contains the description you choose to have displayed
- in the XProtocol Menu.
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- Line 2 defines the batch file to run when a user downloads a file(s).
- The %P passes the com port that is being used. The @C:\FILE.TMP
- command makes a temporary file called FILE.TMP in the root directory
- containing a list of filenames to transfer. You can name this anything
- you choose. If a path is not specified it defaults to the current
- directory (Usually C:\BBS). This file is referred to in the batch
- files so it must be the same in each.
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- Line 3 defines the batch file to run when a user uploads a file(s).
- The %P passes the serial port that is being used.
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- Now copy the HS-U.BAT and HS-D.BAT files into your BBS's root directory.
- These files can be edited and are well documented. We recommend using
- the alternative command outlined at the end of each of those files. The
- minimum setup is active in each batch file and should work with any SLBBS
- setup. We recommend using a batch file to run protocals, because SLBBS
- sometimes confuses commandline switches for meta-characters. This seems
- to be an intermittant problem depending on your setup.
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- The bi-directional transfers only work when the Download command is used
- because you cannot request files to be received. You may want to explain
- to your users that they will need to describe any files they upload
- while downloading AFTER the transfer is completed. (We wrote a bulletin
- about this and how to setup the protocol.) You should also tell them that
- if they use the auto-logoff function while doing a bi-directional transfer
- SLBBS will still request a filename for the uploaded file. Basically this
- means their account will be debited for the time it takes for the dead user
- kill switch. We'd also like to recommend that you keep the block size
- at 1024 bytes. With the larger block size error correction becomes more
- of an issue and in the event of some type of an abort, the smaller size
- eliminates a lot of garbage being dumped on the screen and into the bbs.
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- Note for systems running locked COM ports:
- We have found that if you use a locked DTE of 9600 or above, you will
- need to have a 16550 UART installed. Also, for rock solid performance
- you should ad the -HS (Handshake Slow) switch to your batch file.
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- This should get you set up in under 10 minutes. If you've got any
- problems, drop a line (Data) to Nachos, (703)385-2187 [9600 v.32]
- or (703)352-0370 [2400 MNP/Lap-M] and yell for Cosmic or St. Stephen.
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