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%ABC's of QL II Fax QuickLink II Fax provides the state of the art pull down menu, user interface. The program can be operated directly from the keyboard or with the use of a Microsoft or Mouse Systems compatible mouse. At the top of the screen is the QL II Fax Menu Bar. The area below the Menu Bar is the terminal window. Different functions, such as accessing this help window, will generate dialog boxes that allow you to perform specific opera- tions or provide you with special information. These dialog boxes temporarily cover portions of the terminal window, but the full screen with information intact is displayed when the dialog boxes are removed. The Menu Bar allows you to easily access the many functions provided with QL II Fax. _Accessing the Menu Bar You can access the Menu Bar by simply pressing the ALT key and then selecting the highlighted or underlined key shown for each Menu Bar item, such as "C" for the Connect Menu. If you are using a mouse, simply place the mouse pointer on the de- sired menu item and depress the left mouse button. Either of the above actions will cause the desired menu to drop into view. When operating from the keyboard, you could also use the left and right arrow keys to select the menu item. First depress the ALT key to activate the Menu Bar and press the desired arrow key to select the menu item. Press either the Return key or the down arrow to open the selected menu. Note that if you select the Diamond Menu you can directly access the Help Screen Topic scroll box by simply selecting Help on the Diamond Menu. _Selecting Menu Functions After selecting the desired menu item from the Menu Bar, the full menu for that item will drop into view. To select a function on the displayed menu, simply press the up or down arrow key to highlight the desired function. Press the Return key to select that function. Note also that the first letter of each menu function is highlighted or underlined if you are using a monochrome screen. You can select a menu function directly by pressing the key that corresponds to the first letter of the function. Some menu function also have ALT key equivalents which are displayed to the right of the menu function. Pressing the ALT key equivalents have the same effect as selecting the menu item from the menu bar and then selecting the desired menu function. If you have a mouse simply depress the left mouse button and drag the mouse pointer up or down the menu to highlight the desired function. Release the mouse button when the desired function is highlighted. You may also point the mouse cursor directly at the desired function and click the left mouse button to select. _Dialog Boxes Many menu selections will cause a Dialog Box to be displayed. Dialog Boxes can contain a number of entry fields of a variety of types. Textual information is entered by using a Text Box. Simple on/off selections use check boxes. Option Lists with a limited number of possible responses use option pointers for selection. Another method of selecting from a list of possi- ble responses is through the use of the scroll box. Lastly, a dialog box will also contain se- lection buttons. A button with a double border is a default button which can be selected at any time, with the exception of when a scroll box is active, by simply pressing the Return key. Press- ing the Escape key at any time will cause a dialog box to disappear and has the same effect as selecting a Cancel Button. Dialog Boxes may be repositioned on the screen by simply depressing the scroll lock key and using the arrow keys. If you are using a mouse, place the mouse cursor anywhere on the outer border of the dialog box and depress and hold the left mouse button to drag the dialog box to another location. If you have more than one dialog box visible on your screen, only the top dialog box will be movable. To move from entry field to entry field within a dialog box, simply press the TAB key. To reverse the order of movement between entry fields, press Shift-TAB. If you have a mouse, simply point the mouse cursor at the desired entry and press the left mouse button to select an entry item. _Text Boxes An Text Boxes is used to enter textual infor- mation such as the modem initialization string on the Modem Setup Dialog Box. When the current value contained in an Text Boxes is highlighted, pressing the Backspace key will delete the contents. _Check Boxes Check boxes either turn an option on or off by placing an "X" in the box. A Check Box will tog- gle between on or off by pressing the SPACE BAR when a Check Box field is active. When using a mouse, simply place the mouse cursor on the Check Box and press the left mouse button to toggle the Check Box. _Option Lists Option Lists allow you to choose an item in a list by simply moving the Option Pointer to the desired option, such as when selecting the baud rate in the Line Settings dialog box. Use the up, down, left or right arrow, or the mouse cursor to move the selection bullet. _Scroll Boxes Scroll Boxes allow you to select from a large number of possible options, such as when selecting the Help Screen topic. Pressing the up or down arrows or dragging the mouse cursor will cause the various options in the scroll box to be highlight- ed. Pressing the Return key or pressing the left mouse button will select the highlighted item. _Buttons Buttons perform specify tasks. The Ok button accepts all dialog entries as displayed and re- moves the dialog box. The SAVE button, permanent- ly saves the current status of the dialog entries. The CANCEL button removes the dialog box but does not use any changes made in the dialog entries. The HELP button causes the Help Screen Topic Scroll Box to be displayed with the topic high- lighted that corresponds to the dialog box for which help has been requested. To select a button, press the Return key when the button is highlighted or place the mouse cursor on the button and press the left mouse button. You can also depress the ALT key and press the key that corresponds to the first letter in the button title. .end %Account Information The Services function on the Setup Menu, allows you to define your account and password information and network telephone numbers for accessing CompuServe, Dow Jones and GEnie. This dialog box allows you to update the account, password and network information. _Account Data Enter the applicable account and password information to be used for connecting to each service. Leave blank the information for unused services. Select the network to be used for accessing each of the services. _Buttons The Ok Button accepts all changes and removes the dialog box from the screen. The Save Button permanently stores the information to disk. The Cancel Button removes the dialog box but does not apply any changes. .end %AT Command Set Most modems used with PC's implement the AT Command Set as a method of issuing commands to the modem. The actual implementation by your modem's manufacturer is documented in the hardware manual included with your modem. The chart below is a summary of many of the more commonly used AT commands. Many users may never find a need to use this command set, as QL II Fax does much of the work for you. _Command Description AT Attention command and precedes command line A/ Repeat preceding Command A Answer call immediately &Cn Data Carrier Detect (DCD) options, AT&C1, track state of modem carrier &Dn Data Terminal Ready (DTR) options, AT&D2, hangup on DTR drop DT Dial Touch Tone Mode DP Dial Pulse Mode E Command Echo Disabled E1 Command Echo Enabled &F Load Factory Default Values H Hangup (on-hook) H1 Off Hook I Output Product Code to PC L Speaker Volume (L0, L1, L2, L3) M0 Speaker off M1 Speaker on until Carrier Detect M2 Speaker always on M3 Speaker on from dial to Carrier Detect O Return to On-line Communications O1 Return to On-line Communications & Retrain Q Send Result Code Messages Q1 Do not Send Result Code Messages Sr? Read & Display Contents of Register (r) Sr=n Set Register (r) to Value (n), ATS0=0, disable modem from answering the phone (QL II Fax program will answer the phone with an ATA) ATS7=60, number of seconds to wait for a remote carrier V Result Code Messages sent in Numeric format V1 Result Code Messages Sent in English Word Format Xn Extended Result Codes, ATX1, ignore NO DIALTONE and BUSY ATX4, sense NO DIALTONE and BUSY Y Long Space Disconnect Z Reset and Initialize Modem +++ Escape Code from On-line to Command State .end %Capture Text The Capture Text function on the File Menu is used to save all Terminal Window I/O to a file. Text will be captured from the point that the Capture Text function is turned on. Text that was received prior to turning the capture mode on is not captured. Capture Text will capture as much text as can be held on the available disk space. Selecting Capture Text a second time turns the capture function off. _Capture File Path After turning the capture on, the QL II Fax standard file selection window will appear. At the top is the current DOS path. Below the path is a text box for entering the filename into which the captured text will be saved. Below the text box is a scroll box for selecting the path. You can either type in the path and filename or type the filename and select the path from the scroll box. When using the scroll box, selecting a direc- tory name opens that directory and changes the path. Selecting the double periods takes you back one directory level if you are in a nested direc- tory. Select the Continue Button when you have set the path and filename. If you enter a filename that already exists, QL II Fax will prompt you to be sure that you want to over-write it. .end %Color Setup The Color Setup function provides you with the capability to adjust the foreground, background and high light colors used if you have a CGA, EGA or VGA graphics adaptor and a color monitor. If you have a monochrome adaptor and monitor, this function will not be operational. Upon selecting the Color Setup function you will have the Color Setup Dialog Box displayed. The three scroll bars at the top of the dialog box are used to select the Foreground, Background and High Light colors. The Sample Window in the lower right portion of the dialog box will display the colors as selected. The Save Button will record the new colors selected. The Ok Button will accept any color changes and remove the dialog box from the screen. The Default Button will cause the default colors to be restored. The Cancel Button will disregard any color changes and remove the dialog box. The Help Button will cause the Help Window to be displayed. .end %COM Port Options This dialog box will allow you to customize your COM port. Before you change any of these settings, be sure to check your modem or serial card manual to see if these settings are supported. _IRQ Setting This allows you to select a specific IRQ number which your modem or serial card is set on. You must set the IRQ on your modem or serial card before the modem can be properly used (consult your hardware manual). The AUTO option is based on the following: COM PORT 1 and 3 uses IRQ 4 COM PORT 2 and 4 uses IRQ 3 The selection is based on the COM PORT that is currently selected. The IRQ by default is set to AUTO. If you specify a COM port address, you must select an IRQ number other than AUTO. _COM Port Address This edit field allows you to change the base address of the COM port which your modem or serial card is set on. If you select a COM address that does not use the standard addresses, the Modem Port selection on the Modem Setup dialog box will have Other selected. Note, that the COM port address is given in a hexadecimal number. Consult your hardware manual for more details. .end %Connection Setup This dialog box provides you with setup infor- mation for MNP/V.42/V.42bis parameters. If your modem does not require QL II Fax to assist in pro- viding MNP/V.42/V.42bis, this option cannot be selected from the Setup menu. The Connection setup dialog under the Setup menu controls the type of connection made during the answering of incoming data calls, and calls dialed with the Dial command under the Connect menu. For each entry in the Phone List, there is a separate Connection Setup dialog box. When you select Add from the Phone List dialog, a Phone List Entry dialog will appear. In this dialog will be a Connection Type button when selected will open the Connection Setup for that phone list entry. Once again, if your modem does not require QL II Fax to assist in providing MNP/V.42/V.42bis, this button will not appear in the Phone List Entry box. _Protocol Type This group of radio buttons selects which type of connection you wish to make. This is the most important selection in Connection Setup. V.42 Auto-reliable will instruct QL II Fax software to try to connect using V.42 first, then try MNP, then if both fail, connect as a standard modem. V.42 Reliable will only try to make a V.42 connec- tion and if no V.42 connection is established, the call will be terminated. MNP Only means that only a MNP connection will be tried. The None selec- tion will instruct QL II Fax to make a normal data connection without error correction. If you are having trouble connecting with the other selec- tions, try using the None connection type. _V.42bis Type If a V.42 connection is made, this option tells QL II Fax how to use V.42bis. The Both selection is the most common and is the default. If you wish to disable V.42bis with a V.42 connection, select the Disabled option. _MNP 5 compression If an MNP connection is made, this check box will control the use of the MNP 5 data compression method. If you wish to disable the use of MNP 5 during a MNP connection, uncheck this option. _Inactivity time This edit box contains the number if seconds to terminate a connection if there is no activity on the line. If you wish to disable this feature, enter 0 in the edit box, which is the default. This feature will not work if you have Protocol Type set to None. .end %Cover Page Setup The Cover Page Setup Dialog Box may be accessed from the Setup Menu. This dialog box allows you to define default information to be used when automatically generating a fax cover page. If you wish to send a cover page before send- ing a fax document, select the Include Cover Page check box on the Send Fax Setup Dialog Box. The information stored in the Company, From, Fax #, and Voice # text boxes will be printed on each automatic cover page you send. The Company name will also appear on the header of each page sent along with the date and time of the transmission. Press the Select button if you would like a logo or graphic image to appear on the top of each cover page. A file selection box will appear to allow you to specify the cover page graphic. Once you have selected the file, a file type dialog box will be displayed asking you for the file format. The default value is usually correct so you can just press the Ok button. QuickLink will now convert your graphic so that it can be merged onto your cover pages. Note, the graphic cannot be larger than have a page and cannot be a REC or QFX file type. To remove a cover page graphic, press the Select button and then press the Cancel button on the file selection box. You will then be asked if you wish to remove the cover page graphic. Select Ok if you wish to remove the graphic. This means that when you send a cover page, no graphic will appear at the top of the page. .end %Delete Fax The Delete Fax option on the Fax Maintenance hierarchical menu allows you to delete an unwanted file without leaving the QL II Fax environment. _Selecting File After selecting the Delete Fax function, the standard QL II Fax file selection window will appear. At the top is the current DOS path. Below the path is a text box for entering the filename and below that is a scroll box for selec- ting the path and file. You can either type in the path and filename or select them from the scroll box. When using the scroll box, selecting a direc- tory name opens that directory and changes the path. Selecting the double periods takes you back one directory level if you are in a nested direc- tory. Selecting a filename selects both the cur- rent path and places the filename in the text box. Select the Ok Button after typing in the name of the file you wish to delete. QL II Fax will question if you are sure you want to delete the file before removing it from the disk. To exit the Delete Fax option, select the Cancel Button after deleting all the desired files. .end %Dialer The Dialer allows you to quickly and easily dial a telephone number. Simply type in the number you wish to dial, select the Dial Button and QL II Fax will dial the number for you. The dialer will use the dial prefix and the dial suf- fix defined in the Modem Setup dialog box. If you need to pause when dialing, as when dialing through a switch board, place a comma in the number to cause a 2 second delay. Note the delay time of one comma can be changed by modem commands, please consult your modems user guide. .end %DOS Shell The DOS Shell function on the File Menu allows you to temporarily exit and perform DOS functions without Quitting out of QL II Fax. If you are online at the time of the DOS Shell, the modem connection will be maintained. When you are ready to return to the QL II Fax environment, simply type EXIT and press Return. .end %Export Fax This function allows you to export either a received fax file (.REC) or a converted fax file (.QFX) to a PCX or Tiff format. From the standard QL II Fax file selection screen select the file to export. An Export dialog will appear for you to select the export format, either PCX or TIF. You may also change the converted filename if you desire. If you wish to export a particular page from the fax document, select the Page option and then type the desired export page into the text box. The default is to export all the pages of a fax document. If you choose to export all pages, each export page will be named with the following convention. If the original document name was FAX0005.REC, page 1 will be named 0010005.PCX, page 2 will be name 0020005.PCX and so on. Select the Export button to start the export process. .end %Fax Archive The Fax Archive option, on the Fax Maintenance hierarchical menu, allows you to save fax docu- ments to an archive file to reduce the amount of disk space required to store fax files. _Archive Scroll Box Upon selecting the Fax Archive option, the Fax Archive Maintenance dialog will appear. In the center of the dialog is the Archive File scroll box. Above the scroll box is the name of the currently open archive file and the number of files in the archive. Each line in the scroll box represents a file that is a member of the open archive. The first column is the original file name. The next two columns are the date and time the file was last modified prior to being ar- chived. The next column shows the number of fax pages in the file. The last column is a free form comment area. _Archive Buttons Below the scroll box is a series of function buttons. The first is the Add button which allows you to select and add a file to the currently open archive file. A standard QL II Fax file selection dialog will open to allow you to select the file to add to the archive. You may also enter a comment (up to 27 characters) that will be stored with the file entry to aid in identifying the file at a later date. The Remove button will delete the file high- lighted by the scroll bar in the scroll box. A dialog will appear asking you to verify that you want to remove the selected file. The Unpack button will unpack the highlighted file from the archive and place it in the path indicated. If you wish to rename the file when it is unpacked, simply enter the new name on the Unpack dialog. Press the Unpack button to start the process. The View button will cause the document that is highlighted in the scroll box to be displayed. All keyboard commands available when viewing a fax from the Fax Menu are also applicable when viewing an archived document. Press ALT-H for a listing of keystroke command after the document is displayed. The New button allows you to select a new archive file into which you can archive documents. The Select button allows you to open an existing archive file. Selecting the Cancel button or pressing the ESC key will exit the Archive function. .end %Fax Document Convert The Fax Document Convert function allows you to select a file or multiple files for conversion and fax transmission. QL II Fax will convert the following formats: _ Creator Extension ASCII text .TXT PC Paintbrush .PCX Tiff .TIF Mac Paint .MAC HP LaserJet II (PCL-4) .PCL Windows Paintbrush .BMP Dr. Halo .CUT Intel Fax standard .DCX Ventura Publisher .IMG These files will be converted into a QL II Fax format (.QFX). Only converted files (.QFX) and received faxes (.REC) may be transmitted as a fax document. _Selecting Path After selecting the Convert Documents function on the Fax Menu or selecting a fax number to dial, the QL II Fax standard batch file selection window will appear. At the top is the current DOS path. Below the path is a text box for entering the filename and below that is a scroll box for selec- ting the path and file. You can either type in the path and filename or select them from the scroll box. When using the scroll box, selecting a direc- tory name opens that directory and changes the path. Selecting the double periods takes you back one directory level if you are in a nested directory. Selecting a filename selects both the current path and places the document in the filename text box. _Files Selected Window At the right side of the Fax Document Con- version dialog box is the Files Selected scroll box. As you select a document by entering the filename and pressing the Return key of selecting the Add Button, the document is added to the Files Selected list. You may select an unlimited number of files to convert and prepare for fax transmis- sion. .end %Fax Errors _Fax Log Error Codes _Error Codes: 100 - 199 Modem Errors 200 - 299 File Errors 300 - 399 Send Fax Errors 400 - 499 Receive Fax Errors 500 - 599 Miscellaneous Errors _Modem Errors: Error: 101 Unable to open COM port. Error: 102 Unable to detect modem. Error: 103 Modem not a fax modem. _File Errors: Error: 201 Unable to create necessary file. Error: 202 Out of disk space. Error: 203 Error reading file. Error. 204 Error writing file. Error: 205 Unable to close file. Error: 206 Unable to access file. Error: 207 Unable to open fax file. Error: 208 Unable to open exchange file. Error: 209 Unable to open setup file. Error. 210 Unable to create/send cover page. Error: 211 Unable to create/send headers. Error: 212 Unable to open file. Error: 213 Error reading exchange file. _Send Fax Errors: Error: 301 No dial tone detected from modem. Error: 302 Number dialed was not a fax machine. Error: 303 Number dialed was busy. Error: 304 No CARRIER detected after dial. Error: 305 Error occurred during fax training. Error: 306 No CONNECT message from remote. Error: 307 No End Of Page acknowledgment received. Error: 308 No phase D page response received. Error: 309 Unknown phase D error. Errol: 310 No End Of Page response received. Error: 399 Unknown send error. _Receive Fax Errors: Error: 401 Remote fax failed to train. Error: 402 Remote fax failed to train. Error: 403 Error during End Of Fax handshake. Error: 404 Error occurred during End Of Page. Error: 405 Unknown phase D error. Errol: 406 Receive no acknowledgment during End Of Page. Error: 407 Time-out on end of reception. Error: 408 Not end of transmission acknowledgment received. Error: 499 Unknown fax receiving error. _Miscellaneous Errors Error: 501 Unable to allocate memory. Error. 502 The selected document contains 0 pages. .end %Fax Log QL II Fax provides two fax logs, one for received faxes and another for transmitted faxes. Both fax logs provide detailed information as to what was sent or received by the fax modem. The Fax log will list all the faxes in order of transmission or reception time. When the fax log is initially displayed, the most recent entry will be at the bottom of the list. Press the Ok button to exit the View Fax Log function. Pressing the Remove button will delete the current highlighted log entry from the fax log. The Remove All button will delete the entire fax log list. Pressing return while a log entry is highlighted, double clicking on an entry, or pressing the Info button will bring up a Fax Log Information dialog. This dialog will display more information on the current highlighted log entry. Both logs have a fax status indicator for each log entry that is displayed. The fax status indi- cator will be Ok if the document was received without any problems or Error if some error did occur during the receive process. To see what the actual error code number is, press the Info button while the log entry is highlighted. If there was an error as a result of a Busy, No Dial Tone, or No Carrier, no error code will be displayed. _Receive Log Each log entry that is displayed in the list box contains the date and time the fax was re- ceived, the name of the received fax document, pages received, and a fax status indicator. The Fax Log Information dialog will display the remote fax I.D, name of the received fax docu- ment, pages received, fax resolution, received baud rate, date and time of reception, and a fax status indicator. If the fax status indicator is Error, then there will be an error code number displayed. Press Return to get back to the fax log entry list. _Send Log Each log entry that is displayed in the list box contains the date and time the fax was trans- mitted, the name of the destination, the phone number of the destination, and a fax status indi- cator. The Fax Log Information dialog will display the destination name, destination phone number, list of documents sent, pages sent out of the total pages and cover page information, duration of the fax transmission, fax resolution, transmit- ted baud rate, remote fax I.D, date and time of transmission, and a fax status indicator. If the fax status indicator is Error, then there will be an error code number displayed. Press Return to get back to the fax log entry list. .end %Fax Phone Entry The Fax Phone List Entry Dialog Box allows you to add or update an entry in the Fax Telephone di- rectory. The Name and Number text boxes must be completed, however the Attn and Group text boxes are optional. The Attention entry allows you to address a fax to a particular person within an organization. The Group field is used to assign, to the selected phone list entry, a Group identifier (any char- acter on your keyboard). The Group identifier signifies to which group the entry belongs. A fax can be sent to a group of numbers by selecting any entry that is part of a Group. If you do not wish to use the Group identifier leave the field blank. Select the Ok Button to record your entry and return to the Fax Telephone directory. .end %Fax Phone List The Fax Phone List function on the Fax Menu, provides access to the automatic dialing fax phone directory. The directory size is limited only by the amount of available memory. Use the scroll box to select the directory entry to edit or mark. The mark process allows you to specify those phone numbers to which you wish to send the selected fax documents. You must first mark an entry before you can send a fax. After selecting the entry, select either the Edit, Mark or Send Button to obtain the desired result. Select the Add Button to add a new entry to the table or Remove Button to delete an entry. The Sort button will sort the directory. _Adding/Updating Entries After selecting either the Add or Edit Button a dialog box will appear to allow you to update the fax number and name. _Group Identifiers Each phone list entry may be part of a group. The Group identifier (any character on the key- board) will appear in the left margin of the phone list. You may select an entire group of numbers by selecting any member of the group. You will be prompted as to whether you want to select the entire group or just the selected entry. .end %Hangup The Hangup function on the Connect Menu will cause QL II Fax to issue the hangup string, defined on the Modem Setup dialog box, to the modem. .end %Hardware Setup The Hardware Setup function allows you to set the printer port and printer driver to be used by QL II Fax and to change the monitor type from Color (CGA, EGA or VGA) to Black and White (Monochrome) or liquid crystal display (LCD). If you have selected Color as the monitor type cannot easily see all of the colors on your computer screen, first try to change the color mix by selecting the Color Setup function on the Setup Menu. If this does not correct your problem change the Monitor Type from Color to B&W. If you have a laptop computer you will want to select LCD. If you are using a monochrome screen with a standard monochrome adaptor, QL II Fax will not allow you to change the monitor type to Color. The name of the currently selected printer driver is displayed to the right of the Type button. Press the Type button to bring up the Printer type dialog for driver selection. The monitor mode currently selected is displayed to the left of the Mode button. Press the Mode button to bring up the Mode dialog box if you wish to use a non-standard monitor mode. Select the Save Button to record any changes made. Select the Ok Button to accept any changes and remove the dialog box. The Cancel Button will disregard any changes and remove the dialog box from the screen. .end %Line Buffer The Line Buffer on the Edit Menu is used to view data that has scrolled out of view on the Terminal Window. The line buffer will hold up to 200 lines of information which includes those lines presently in view. If you need to capture text, use the Capture Text function on the File Menu. Selecting Line Buffer will cause the menu bar will change and the contents of the Line Buffer will display below the menu bar. You will see the bottom most portion of the line buffer. If you wish scroll up, press and hold the up arrow key on your keyboard. To exit the Line Buffer, Press the Esc key, or type Alt-R to return. .end %Line Settings The Line Settings dialog box allows you to select the line speed and data format to be used during communications. The TAB key allows you to skip between entries. The Save Button will permanently save all changes. The Cancel Button will exit without using any changes. The Ok Button will allow exit without permanently saving changes. _Baud Rate Use the up and down arrows to select the baud rate or modem speed you wish to use. Note, if you have a fax modem that can send faxes at 14400, 9600, or 4800 baud, do not attempt to change the line speed. The fax baud rate will be set inter- nally by the program prior to sending the fax and after the modem has been setup for fax mode operation. _Data Bits The allowable options are 7 or 8 data bits. Use the up and down arrow keys to select the setting. The default setting is 8 data bits. _Parity Parity may be Odd, Even or None. None only applies only when 8 data bits are selected. The default setting is no parity. _Stop Bits The allowable settings are 1 or 2. Use the up and down error keys to select. The default setting is 1 stop bit. .end %Macro Keys The Macro Keys Function allows you to define a custom meaning for each of the 10 function keys on your keyboard. These Macro Key definitions can cause QL II Fax to send a literal string or launch a script file when the designated function key is pressed. The 10 function keys are divided into 2 sets of 5 keys each. Enter the literal string to be transmitted or the script file name to be launched when the function key is pressed in the Text Box to the right of the function key number. If the information entered in the Text Box is a script file name, select the script file check box. _Buttons Select the Ok Button to use any changes and remove the dialog box. Select the Save Button to permanently save any changes made. Select the Cancel Button to remove the dialog box and not implement any changes made. .end %Modem Port Setup The Modem Port Setup dialog will appear the first time you run the QL II Fax application. If you know the COM port that you have set up your modem on, press the down arrow key until the desired COM port is highlighted. Then press Return to select this COM port. QL II Fax will then verify that a modem has been installed to this port. If a modem is found, this dialog will close and the main application will be entered. If no modem is found, QL II Fax will prompt you if you want to try another COM port or if you wish to set the application to this COM port even though it has no modem. If you wish to try another modem, select the Yes button. _Auto Detect This feature will automatically find your installed modem and set the COM port properly. To use this auto COM port detection, press Return when Auto Detect is highlighted. If no modems are found, QL II Fax will ask you to select the default COM port where you will install your modem. If multiple modems are found, QL II Fax will ask you which modem you wish to use as the default. .end %Modem Setup The Modem Setup dialog box provides you with the ability to define the modem initialization, dial strings and hangup command strings. This dialog box also allows you to set the COM port and IRQ that the modem will use. As with other dialog boxes displayed by QL II Fax, you use the TAB key to skip between entries. The Save Button will permanently save all changes. The Cancel button allows you to exit the dialog box without using any changes. The Ok button accepts all changes for use during the current session but does not permanently save the changes. _Modem Initialization The modem initialization string is the command that QL II Fax issues to the modem when the pro- gram is first started. This init string defaults to AT&FE1L1V1&C1&D2S0=0S7=90. Note the init string may vary from modem to modem. It is not recommended to change any of the switches in the default initialization string. If you need to add additional AT commands, append them to the exis- ting init string. For an explanation of each of the default AT commands, see the AT Command Set summary here in the help system. _Dial String The dial string field contains the modem AT command which QL II Fax will use when dialing any phone number. This field will usually have ATX4DT as the default, but this may vary from modem to modem. If you need to dial a certain number to get an outside phone line, this is the place where that number would go. Put any numbers that the modem has to dial at the end of the string, and any modem AT commands should be inserted after the AT. _Dial Prefix/Dial Suffix The dial prefix and suffix make up part of the dial string which is issued along with the dial string and phone number. When dialing a phone number, QL II Fax sends the dial string first, dial prefix, then the phone number, and lastly the dial suffix. The dial prefix and suffix are most commonly used for phone calling cards and other phone company access numbers. Both of these fields are empty as default. _Hangup String The hangup string is the command QL II Fax issues to the modem when the Hangup option is selected from the Connect Menu. This string is preset to ATH, which is the AT command to hangup or go on-hook. _# of Rings/Answer Mode These next two entries are used by the back- ground Receive fax program for answering incoming telephone calls. The first entry specifies the number of rings after which QL II Fax will answer the telephone. The second entry asks under what circumstances you want the Receive fax program to answer the telephone. Auto Detect is the default setting. _Com Port Selection By using the left and right arrows you can select the standard COM port address, COM1 to COM4. If you wish to select a non-standard COM address or a non-standard IRQ number, select the Option button. This will bring up a dialog box that will allow you to customize the COM port. If you are using a non-standard COM address the selected COM port will be other. If you select a COM port that is not present in your computer, QL II Fax will respond with an error message. _Hardware Button This allows you to specify the fax class to use for your modem. The software will auto- matically determine which is the best selection for your modem when the program is first run. You can also specify the maximum send and receive fax baud rates. By default, the maximum send and receive baud rate will be 14,400. You can change the baud rate to a lower speed for difficult or overseas fax machines. .end %Monitor Mode Setup The Monitor Mode Setup dialog provides a way for you to force your monitor into a different video mode when viewing faxes. For example, forcing your VGA to use an EGA mode. If you do not want to use the Auto Detect mode, select the desired monitor type on the options list. As you change the monitor mode, the default mode number of that monitor will be dis- played in the edit field. Once you have selected the monitor mode, you can change the mode number to any valid value (you may have to consult your hardware manual to find the valid values). Once your choice has been made, press the Ok button to use the specified settings. If the monitor mode number is zero, Auto Detect will be used. .end %Network Numbers The Services function on the Setup Menu, allows you to define your account and password information and network telephone numbers for accessing CompuServe, Dow Jones and GEnie. This dialog box allows you to define the network access telephone numbers. _Networks Enter the local telephone numbers. For accessing Dow Jones or CompuServe enter the Telenet or Tymnet numbers. To use CompuServe's own network enter the Compunet number. To access GEnie enter the GEnie Net number. Use a comma to cause a 2 second delay in dialing when needed. _Buttons The Ok Button accepts all changes and removes the dialog box from the screen. The Save Button permanently stores the numbers to disk. The Cancel Button removes the dialog box but does not apply any changes. .end %Personal Editor Setup The Personal Editor Setup dialog allows you to define your own text editor to be used in place of the built in QL II Fax Editor. If you do not wish to use another editor leave this dialog with the default settings. The default setting is your QL II Fax sub-directory drive and path followed by QLEDIT.EXE. QLEDIT is the default QL II Fax Editor. In the text box provided enter the drive and full path and filename for accessing your desired editor. In the second text box enter any execu- tion time parameters (command line arguments) that you may normally need to specify for your editor. If you would like to select the file to edit before leaving the QL II Fax environment and entering the desired editor, select the first check box. If you wish to have the default path changed to the path of the desired editor, select the second check box. This second check box may be necessary if the editor relies on program or setup files in its own directory. When complete select the Ok button. .end %Phone List The Phone List function on the Connect Menu, provides access to the automatic dialing phone directory. The directory size is limited only by the amount of available memory. Use the scroll box to select the directory entry to edit or dial. After selecting the entry, select either the Edit or Dial Button to obtain the desired result. Select the Add Button to add a new entry to the table or Remove Button to delete an entry. _Adding/Updating Entries After selecting either the Add or Update Button a dialog box will appear to allow you to update the telephone number, the directory name, the data format to be used when dialed, the terminal emulator to be invoked and whether a script is to be executed when the number is dialed. .end %Print Fax The Print Fax function on the File Menu is used to print either received fax files (.REC) or converted outgoing fax files (.QFX). This function requires a graphics printer. The printer must be defined in Hardware Setup on the Setup Menu. _Selecting File After selecting the Print Fax function, the standard QL II Fax file selection window will appear. At the top is the current DOS path. Below the path is a text box for entering the filename and below that is a scroll box for selecting the path and file. You can either type in the path and filename or select them from the scroll box. When using the scroll box, selecting a directory name opens that directory and changes the path. Selecting the double periods takes you back one directory level if you are in a nested directory. Selecting a filename selects both the current path and places the filename in the text box. Select the Ok Button after selecting the path and file to print the fax. .end %Print File The Print File function on the File Menu is used to print text files downloaded as ASCII (text) data using Receive File or Captured using Capture Text. This is an off line print function. _Selecting File After selecting the Print File function, the standard QL II Fax file selection window will appear. At the top is the current DOS path. Below the path is a text box for entering the filename and below that is a scroll box for selecting the path and file. You can either type in the path and filename or select them from the scroll box. When using the scroll box, selecting a directory name opens that directory and changes the path. Selecting the double periods takes you back one directory level if you are in a nested directory. Selecting a filename selects both the current path and places the filename in the text box. Select the Continue Button after selecting the path and file to print. .end %Printer Type Setup The Printer Type Setup dialog provides a driver scroll box and resolution options for setting the proper print driver to be used when printing fax files. Select your printer name from the entries available on the driver scroll box. If you do not find the name of your dot matrix printer select either the 9 pin or 24 pin generic driver, depend- ing on number of pins in the print head of your printer. After selecting the printer driver, you can change the print quality by using the options to the right of the scroll box. You can print your fax using draft, normal, or high quality print. The default printer quality is normal. Note: the better the quality, the longer it will take to print. .end %Receive Fax The Receive Fax portion of QL II Fax is a background program separate form the QL II Fax environment. It is loaded by typing: _ RECFAX from the DOS Command line. Once it is loaded into memory he background program will answer incoming telephone calls and receive fax transmissions no matter what program is running in the foreground. When a fax is received the Receive log is updated and the fax is saved to a disk file. Check the Receive Log for incoming fax transmissions. An incoming fax may be viewed using the View Fax Document on the Fax Menu or printed using the Print Fax function on the File Menu. .end %Receive Fax Setup The Receive Fax Setup Dialog Box may be accessed from the Setup Menu. This dialog box allows you to define various options to be used by RECFAX, such as where received fax documents should be stored, loading options, and specifying the Fax ID. _Fax ID String This text box allows you to specify your Fax ID. This string is limited to 19 characters in length. The Fax ID is an identifier to the remote fax machine or fax/modem. _Path For Received Faxes This Text box allows you to change the path where you incoming fax messages will be saved. This field defaults to the sub-directory where QL II Fax was installed. If you change this path make sure that the new path already exists. _Dedicate CPU While Receiving Faxes This check box will allow you to dedicate your machine while receiving faxes. When a fax is received with this option checked, the computer will stop all other processes until the fax is finished. This feature is very useful if running on a network. _ RECFAX Load Options These three options allow you to control how RECFAX is loaded or unloaded prior to starting QL2FAX. The first option will leave RECFAX alone, whether loaded or not. The second option will load RECFAX (if not already loaded) before starting QL2FAX. This feature will be useful if you plan to send faxes in the background. The third option will remove RECFAX before starting QL2FAX and re- load RECFAX after exiting QL2FAX. This feature can be very useful if you do not have enough memory to run both RECFAX and QL2FAX at the same time. Since RECFAX will be removed from memory, you will not be able to send or receive faxes in the background. _Buttons If you wish to use these values as your system defaults, press the Save button. If you just want to use the settings temporarily, press the Ok button. .end %Rename Fax The Rename Fax option on the Fax Maintenance hierarchical menu allows you to rename a file without leaving the QL II Fax environment. This function is particularly useful for changing the name of a receive fax file from the assigned name to a name more meaningful to you. _Selecting File After selecting the Rename Fax function, the standard QL II Fax file selection window will appear. At the top is the current DOS path. Below the path is a text box for entering the filename and below that is a scroll box for selecting the path and file. You can either type in the path and filename or select them from the scroll box. When using the scroll box, selecting a directory name opens that directory and changes the path. Selecting the double periods takes you back one directory level if you are in a nested directory. Selecting a filename selects both the current path and places the filename in the text box. Select the Ok Button after selecting the file you wish to rename. _Rename Dialog After selecting the file to rename QL II Fax will display the Rename dialog. This dialog shows the selected file and provides a text box in which to enter the new filename. The new name must conform to standard MS/DOS filename conventions. After entering the new name, press the Rename button. To exit the Rename Fax option, select the Cancel Button after renaming all the desired files. .end %Run Script The Run Script function on the Connect Menu allows you to have QL II Fax execute a script file that has been created and stored on disk. A script file contains QL II Fax script language commands that instruct QL II Fax as to how you want it to function. These commands may cause a message to be displayed in your Terminal Window, cause a literal string to be transmitted or wait for specific information to be received from a remote computer. _Selecting Script File After selecting the Run Script function, the standard QL II Fax file selection window will appear. At the top is the current DOS path. Below the path is a text box for entering the filename and below that is a scroll box for selecting the path and file. You can either type in the path and filename or select them from the scroll box. When using the scroll box, selecting a directory name opens that directory and changes the path. Selecting the double periods takes you back one directory level if you are in a nested directory. Selecting a filename selects both the current path and places the filename in the text box. Select the Ok Button after selecting the path and file to run. _Command Summary The QL II Fax script language is comprised of the following commands: _ Command Meaning Baud Command to set the baud rate. ClearString This command will clear the contents of InString. Cls Command to clear the terminal window. Data Command to set the number of data bits. Dial Command to cause QL II Fax to dial a telephone #. Echo This command will cause a literal string that follows the command to be displayed in the local Terminal Window. End This command marks the logical end of a script file. Goto This command will transfer execution of a script file to a specified procedure name. If This command allows you to test for conditions. In This command will either cause QL II Fax to wait x seconds for string of characters to be received from a remote computer or will place one character at a time in a special accumulator called InString. Localecho Command to turn local echo on or off. Out This command will cause a literal string to be transmitted to a remote computer. Pause This command allows you to temporarily stop the execution of a script. Parity Command to set parity. RtsCts Command to RTS/CTS on or off. Stop Command to set the number of stop bits. Until This command will stop execution of a script until a specified time. Wait This command will cause QL II Fax to delay for x seconds before proceeding with the next script command. XonXoff Command to turn Xon/Xoff on or off. To send a carriage return after transmitting a literal string add '\r' at the end of the literal. To transmit a control character, sent the decimal value of the character in the format of '\ddd'. .end %Send Fax The Send Fax option allows you to quickly and easily dial a fax telephone number. Use this function for dialing numbers you do not wish to store in the Fax Phone List. You may include a Cover Page or schedule that fax to be sent at a later time. To dial a number, simply type in the number you wish to dial, select the Dial Button and QL II Fax will dial the number, and send the fax. If you need to pause when dialing, as when dialing through a switch board, place a comma in the number to cause a 2 second delay. .end %Send Fax Information The Send Fax Information Dialog Box will appear after you have selected the fax documents to send and to whom they are being sent. If the Include Cover Page check box has been selected on the Fax Setup Dialog, this dialog will have text boxes to fill in information for cover page information. The cover page will be transmitted as the first page, prior to sending the document. The To, Attn, and Fax # text boxes default to the Fax Phone List entry if sending a fax from the Fax Phone List. The Attention field is provided for directing the fax to a particular person within a company. The Note can have up to 255 characters of user defined text. Select the Ok Button when you have completed any desired updates. Select the Omit Button to cancel sending a cover page with this fax. If you do not have the Include Cover Page check box selected, only the scheduling portion of the Fax Information Dialog will appear. If you want to send the fax immediately, select the Ok button. If you wish to send the fax at a later time, enter the hour and minutes in the appropriate text boxes. Do not forget to select the option for am and pm. .end %Send Fax Setup The Send Fax Setup Dialog Box may be accessed from the Setup Menu. This dialog box allows you to define various options to be used in preparing and transmitting documents. _ Conversion Options _Center Text/Graphics On Page This option tells QL II Fax to center text and graphics at conversion time. If this option is not selected, images will be left justified. _High Resolution QL II Fax will transmit documents at normal resolution (100 dpi.) unless the high resolution option (200 dpi.) is selected. _Full Page Text/Graphics When this option is selected, QL II Fax will make all pages transmitted a full 11 inches in length. _Text Lines Per Page This edit field allows you to specify the total number of text lines per page. _Width of Tab Stops This edit field allows you to specify the number of spaces a tab character represents. _Top/Bottom Margin This edit field allows you to specify the number of blank lines that will appear on the top and bottom of a converted text page. _ Control Options _Include Cover Page If you wish to include a cover page with your fax transmission check this box. If this check box is not selected, you will not be able to send a cover page. _Delete QFX Files After Sending This option, when selected, instructs QL II Fax to delete the .QFX files after successful transmission of the document. _Dedicate CPU While Sending Faxes This check box will allow you to dedicate your machine while sending faxes. This feature will only take effect if sending in the background. When a fax is sent with this option checked, the computer will stop all other proces- ses until the fax is finished. This feature is very useful if running on a network. _Number Of Redials This option specifies how many times QL II Fax will attempt to fax to a busy fax machine. The default number of three means that the program will try a total of 3 attempts to send before it will log the fax attempt as Busy in the Send Fax Log. _Time Between Redials If you want QL II Fax to wait longer between busy redials, change the default value of 30 to a larger value. This value represents the number of seconds the program will wait before attempting a redial. _Buttons If you wish to use these values as your system defaults, press the Save button. If you just want to use the settings temporarily, press the Ok button. .end %Send/Receive File The Send and Receive File functions on the File Menu are for transferring files to or from remote computers. After selecting either function a hierarchical menu will appear that lists the transfer protocols supported by QL II Fax. You will need to select a protocol to begin the transfer process. _Protocols QL II Fax supports the following transfer Protocols; ASCII, Xmodem Checksum, Xmodem CRC, Xmodem 1K, Ymodem, Ymodem G, Kermit and Super Kermit. Both sides of a communications session must use the same protocol. All of these protocols, with the exception of ASCII and Ymodem-G, provide error correction. Ymodem-G must only be used with error correcting modems. _Selecting Path After selecting the protocol, the QL II Fax standard file selection window will appear. At the top is the current DOS path. Below the path is a text box for entering the filename and below that is a scroll box for selecting the path and file. You can either type in the path and filename or select them from the scroll box. When using the scroll box, selecting a directory name opens that directory and changes the path. Selecting the double periods takes you back one directory level if you are in a nested directory. When uploading, selecting a filename selects both the current path and places the filename in the text box. When downloading, you must type the filename in the text box. If you enter a filename that already exists, QL II Fax will prompt you to be sure that you want to over-write it. _Transfer Window After selecting the path and filename, select the Ok Button and the Transfer Window will appear. This window provides transfer status information and a Cancel Button for terminating a transfer in process. .end %Setup PCL Font This setup dialog allows you to set up the default font that will be used when converting PCL files. You can also define two custom fonts that can control what the output will look like. If you highlight one of the user defined fonts, you can press the Edit button to enter your own printer commands. Consult your HP LaserJet II manual for the desired results. The first check box allows the user to turn on and off the default font. If no font is speci- fied, a Courier 12 point font will be used for text. This font will only be used if the document you are printing has not specified a font and has not issued a printer reset command. The second check box allows a user to convert any ASCII text document and have LaserJet results. When selecting a text document to fax or view, instead of the file type of TEXT, PCL is used. .end %Terminal Options The Terminal Options dialog box allows you to set the terminal attributes you want QL II Fax to use. A number of check boxes are provided to turn options on or off. _Local Echo The local echo option tells QL II Fax to display all keyboard entries directly to the terminal window rather than let the remote computer echo the keystrokes back as is normal. If you cannot see what you type, turn this option on. If characters appear double (HHeellpp) turn this option off. _Flow Control Flow Control is the process of telling each computer to stop sending data and starting it again. This provides time to process the data received. Flow control is usually not needed and must be implemented simultaneously by both computers. Xon/Xoff is a software flow control that involves the sending of special control codes as part of the data. RTS/CTS is hardware flow control that is implemented in both software and the modem hardware. Therefore your modem must support the RTS/CTS standard for this method to be used. The RTS/CTS method is more reliable and is mandatory for use with MNP Level 5 and above modems. _Change CR to CR/LF This option tells QL II fax to translate all Carriage Returns to Carriage Return + Line Feed. _Line Wrap This option tells QL II Fax to issue a carriage return + line feed if more than 80 characters are transmitted on a single line. _Smart Mode This option is divided into two check boxes. The first tells QL II Fax to automatically re-dial a number when a busy signal is received and the second tells QL II Fax to reset the communications speed if the modem senses a speed other than the speed set when the modem was dialed. _Terminal Emulation Under the check boxes is a line that specifies the current terminal emulator being used. The scroll box allows you to change the emulator by providing you with a emulator list. The Edit and Reset Buttons function only if you are in VT100 emulation mode (see VT100 Setup for more help). The Reset Button may be used to return QL II Fax to text mode if you find yourself left in VT100 graphics mode. _Buttons The Ok Button accepts all changes to the Terminal Options and removes the dialog box. The Save Button permanently saves all changes to disk. The Cancel Button removes the dialog box and does not use any of the changes. .end %Text Editor The Text Editor is perfect for editing Script Files, creating faxes or other text documents. A file is limited to a maximum of 400 lines of text or about 5 type written pages. When you first enter the editor you will be placed in Edit Mode for editing the text file. The menu bar will change to only a Diamond, File and Edit menus. The File menu allows you to open other files, create new files, print files, shell to DOS, or return to QL II Fax. The Edit menu has functions for editing your text document like cut, copy and paste. When you are done editing, and have saved your document, press Alt-R or select Return to QL II from the File Menu to return back to QL II Fax. .end %User Registration Pressing the "Register" button after filling in the user registration information will call up the manufacturer of your modem and automatically register your modem with the company (in some cases you may be registering to Smith Micro Software). Pressing the "Save for later" button will allow you to save the information you have entered and let you continue at a later time. Pressing the "More..." button (this button may not be visible for some manufacturers) will present you with a survey to fill out which will be sent when the "Register" button is pressed. Note, before registering your information, fill out the survey (if available) and add a dial prefix to the "Number to dial" field if needed. If you accidentally delete the number to dial, press the "Save for later" button and return to the registration screen via the help menu (the diamond on the menu bar). After registering, you may be informed that the registration host has uploaded a text file to you containing special information. .end %View Fax Documents This function allows you to view a fax document in either the .QFX or .REC format. If you select a document that is not in a .QFX or .REC format, QL II Fax will convert it prior to displaying it. You must have a graphics adaptor, either CGA, EGA, VGA or Hercules to view a fax document. If you have changed the Monitor Mode on the Hardware Setup dialog, it will be used when viewing the fax. When a document is viewed, it is at full size and the upper left hand portion of the fax page is displayed. A number of keystroke functions are available when viewing a document. To see a list of the keystroke commands, press ALT-H for Help with a document displayed on the screen. .end %View Fax Schedule The View Fax Schedule function accessed from the Fax Menu allows you to see what fax transmis- sions are scheduled to be sent at a later time. Each line in the scroll box indicates a scheduled transmission. The date and time shown is the time at which the fax will be sent. The destination and phone number tell you where the fax is going. The locations field tells you how many destina- tions are in the schedule. If you are sending to more than one destination, the destination and phone number field represent only the first desti- nation. _Remove Fax Two buttons are provided below the fax sched- ule scroll box. The Remove Button, when selected, will cause the current highlighted entry to be removed from the schedule. Selecting the Remove All button will remove all the scheduled transmis- sions. Note that you cannot remove a schedule that is currently being sent. .end %VT100/102 Keys The special VT100 keypad and other special VT100 unique keys have been translated into PC keys as follows: _VT100/102 Key Equivalent PC Key 0 Alt 0 1 Alt 1 2 Alt 2 3 Alt 3 4 Alt 4 5 Alt 5 6 Alt 6 7 Alt 7 8 Alt 8 9 Alt 9 - Alt - , Alt A . Alt B Enter Alt = PF1 Alt F1 PF2 Alt F2 PF3 Alt F3 PF4 Alt F4 Del Del No Scroll Ctrl Q to resume Ctrl-Print Alt F5 (VT102) Shift-Print Alt F6 (VT102) .end %VT100/102 Setup By selecting the Edit Button on the Terminal Options dialog box with VT100/102 showing as the current emulator, the VT100/102 Setup dialog box will appear. _New Line Mode With this option off, a Return generates a carriage return. A linefeed (LF) moves the cursor to the next line maintaining the current column position. With this option on, a Return generates a carriage return and a linefeed. A linefeed moves the cursor to the left margin of the next line. _Wraparound Mode This option specifies where the next character will be placed when a line reaches the right margin. With this option off, QL II Fax will place the remaining characters in the 80th position of that line on the screen. With this option on, QL II Fax automatically displays the remaining characters on the next line. _Underline Color This selection applies only when using a color monitor. Use the color scroll box to select the desired color. Whenever underlined text is encountered, the text will be displayed with the selected color in the background. Color monitors cannot display underlines. _Tabs Up to 10 tab positions may be entered in the tab text box. Each tab position entry must be separated from the next entry by a space. _Answerback Message The text box contains a 1 to 20 character message that will be transmitted upon computer request or operator command. _Buttons The Ok Button will remove the dialog box from the screen and implement any option changes. The Save Button permanently writes changes to disk. The Cancel Button removes the dialog box from the screen but does not use any changes made. .end