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- Since it seems that so many new Nova Link sysops have big trouble trying
- to get it to work with their modem perhaps the following information will
- help you out.
-
- This is the text of a message posted in the BBS-RT and I thought it may
- be appropriate to post it in the library so it would be easy to find when
- you're having trouble.
-
- RALPH.YOUNT - Co-Host BBS-RT
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- Category 6, Topic 20
- Message 47 Sat Jan 14, 1989
- ALLENP at 00:31 MST
-
- MYSTERY SOLVED! (when all else fails, read the instructions!) In truth,
- the instructions ain't all that clear! Most of the information you need
- FIRST to set up NovaLink is buried in various places in the BACK of the
- docs ... and due to the unusual nature of the program, it isn't too clear
- to a first-time user that all the "text resources" mentioned by name like
- ModemInitA, ModemAnswerA, ModemHangup, etc. are "buried" in the STR file
- and can be accessed only by the built-in NovaLink line editor, after
- logging on in local terminal mode, getting into the "Treemap" menu
- selection, switching into the Extended Parser, getting the "help" file to
- learn the .L (list), .R (read), .K (kill) and .S (save) commands to list
- the test resource names, double check that the right ones are there, read
- them to see that the content is right, and kill the wrong ones and edit &
- save the new ones. SIMPLE!!
- Anyway, to work with NovaLink 2.1b24, I found that several "text
- resources" must be present in the STR file, as shown by the (L)ist (T)ext
- resources parser commands. If not, they must be added [(E)dit (T)ext
- {newfilename}] and the old ones, if any, must be (K)illed. (S)ave the new
- ones and away you go. When NovaLink boots, it calls up the STR file and
- invokes the imbedded text resources to initialize the modem.
- For the "first time user" who is used to more conventional approaches,
- separate text files in the NovaLink folder named ModemInitA, ModemAnswerA,
- etc. WILL NOT WORK!!
- HERE IS THE TEXT of a modem help file I found as a separate file to be
- used with the NovaLink 2.1b24 version. This version of Nova Link uses a
- new format of ModemAnswer files:
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- The name of the text resource for ModemAnswer is:
- "ModemAnswerA" for the Modem Port, and
- "ModemAnswerB" for the Printer Port.
- It consists of a number of lines, each representing a certain message the
- modem sends. The format is:
- :Pattern:Baudrate:Action
- Pattern is the end of the line that the modem sends you, which can be any
- number of characters.
- Baudrate is a number representing the baudrate to go to before doing the
- Action, or "-" to not change the baudrate.
- Action can be one of three things:
- A (This answers the caller at the given baudrate)
- T <name> (This prints the given text to the modem)
- C <rates> <name> (This cycles between the given baudrates
- trying to find the right baudrate)
- There are also special patterns:
- "[" is simulated for the ModemInit sequence
- "*" is simulated to hang up the modem
- "?" is simulated if the carrier is high for long enough, but no
- recognizable string comes in.
- For a 1200 baud hayes compatible modem, use the following setup:
- "ModemAnswerA" text resource:
- :[:1200:T ModemInitA
- :*:-:T ModemHangupA
- :?:-:C 1200/300 ModemAsk
- :CONNECT:300:A
- :CONNECT 1200:1200:A
- "ModemInitA" text resource:
- AT
- AT
- ATM0X1V1&C1S0=1
- "ModemHangupA" text resource:
- ```+++```
- ATH
- "ModemAsk" text resource:
- Press RETURN:
- For a 2400 baud hayes modem, it is the same except for the "ModemAnswerA"
- resource which is now:
- :[:2400:T ModemInitA
- :*:-:T ModemHangupA
- :?:-:C 2400/1200/300 ModemAsk
- :CONNECT:300:A
- :CONNECT 1200:1200:A
- :CONNECT 2400:2400:A
- The baudrate given in the first line (for modeminit) is the baudrate that
- the modem will be in during command mode...
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- The only change I had to make for a "non-memory" modem such as my Avatex
- 1200E is to change the modem init string to:
- AT
- ATZ
- ATM0X1S0=1
- All normal default switch settings stand: DTR-follows line; MESSAGE
- format- display words, not numbers); MESSAGE display on; COMMAND echo yes;
- AA disabled; CD follows line; COMMANDS recognized. Again, this is for the
- more conventional 1200 bps non-memory modems which I use.
- Hope this helps someone avoid unnecessary frustration!!!
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