Use this menu to show or hide special FastComm‚Ñ¢ windows, and to make a specific window the active window.
Shows the toolbar. The toolbar saves you time when doing most things with FastComm‚Ñ¢
Hides the toolbar.
Lets you type text to be sent to the remote computer into a separate window. All of your text will be sent at once rather than one character at a time.
Hint: This feature is useful for “conferencing” sessions.
Stops using the buffered keyboard mode.
Displays a “table of contents” style of help for FastComm™
Makes the terminal window the active window.
To save any changes made for the current entry, click this button.
To cancel any changes made for the current entry, click this button.
Enter up to 31 characters of text here to label this entry in the address book.
Enter up to 31 characters here which represent a valid phone number.
Hint: Leave the phone number blank to simply change settings and open a connection when “dialing”.
Select this option to use the default FastComm‚Ñ¢ environment for this address book entry. The default is 2400-N-8-1, TTY, and XMODEM.
FastComm‚Ñ¢ will use the default environment for this address book entry. The default is 2400-N-8-1, TTY, and XMODEM.
Select this option to use the current FastComm‚Ñ¢ environment for this address book entry.
FastComm‚Ñ¢ will change to the current environment for use with the current address book entry. FastComm‚Ñ¢ will remember connection, terminal, and file transfer settings.
To set connection, terminal, and file transfer tool options “on the fly” after clicking the Save button, click this box.
You must select the “Custom” option to activate this check box.
FastComm™ will prompt you to set connection, terminal, and file transfer tool options “on the fly” after clicking the Save button. You will be presented with all three “Custom” dialogs in succession.
To save any changes to the modem preferences settings, click this button.
To cancel any changes to the modem preferences settings, click this button.
To send a standard set of commands to the modem prior to the remote computer’s phone number, click this button.
A standard set of commands will be sent to the modem prior to the remote computer’s phone number.
To enter a custom sequence of modem “setup” commands to be sent prior to the phone number for the remote computer, click this button.
NOTE: This sequence will only be used with the “Serial Tool.”
The custom sequence of modem “setup” commands shown will be sent prior to the phone number for the remote computer.
To send a standard set of commands to the modem after hanging up on the remote computer, click this button.
A standard set of commands will be sent to the modem after hanging up on the remote computer.
To enter a custom sequence of modem “hangup” commands to be sent after FastComm™ hangs up on the remote computer, click this button.
NOTE: This sequence will only be used with the “Serial Tool.”
The custom sequence of modem “hangup” commands shown will be sent after FastComm™ hangs up on the remote computer.
This pop-up menu contains the most common options for speaker volume.
NOTE: Not all modems support the speaker volume command. A general rule is that if your modem has a manual volume adjustment, it probably won’t support the command.
This pop-up menu contains the most common options for speaker volume.
NOTE: Not all modems support the speaker volume command. A general rule is that if your modem has a manual volume adjustment, it probably won’t support the command.
To accept any changes made to the FastComm‚Ñ¢ preferences, click this button.
To cancel any changes made to the preferences, click this button.
To hide the terminal window and tool palettes during a file transfer, click this box. This is usually preferred.
The terminal window will be hidden during file transfers. To keep the terminal window visible, click this box.
To hide all FastComm‚Ñ¢ windows when FastComm is sent to the background, click this box.
All FastComm‚Ñ¢ windows will be hidden when FastComm is sent to the background. To keep them visible, click this box.
To receive a warning when no data has been transferred between FastComm‚Ñ¢ and the remote computer for a specified time interval, click this box.
FastComm‚Ñ¢ will warn you after the specified time interval has passed without a transfer of data with the remote computer. To disable the warning, click this box.
To alternate the FastComm‚Ñ¢ icon with the application switching icon in the menubar, click this button.
You need to enable the timeout warning before you can select one of the three warning methods.
The timeout warning will be to alternate the FastComm‚Ñ¢ icon with the application switching icon in the menubar.
To sound the system “beep” as part of the timeout warning, click this button.
You need to enable the timeout warning before you can select one of the three warning methods.
The timeout warning will be to sound the system “beep” in addition to the alternating icon of the “Subtle” method.
To place a message on your screen as part of the timeout warning, click this button.
You need to enable the timeout warning before you can select one of the three warning methods.
The timeout warning will be to place a message on the screen alerting you that the specified time interval has been exceeded.
To remove all control characters from captured text with the exception of “return” and “tab,” click this box.
All control characters will be removed from captured text with the exception of “return” and “tab.” To save all characters, click this box.
