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- Message # 24180 Area : 19 MSWindow
- From : Nill Toulme 10-18-91 11:02
- To : Steve Perry
- Subj : UNICOM 3.0 , Help?
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- SP>1. When I download from my local BBS, Qmail4 Door, the new packet
- SP>overwrites the old. I have attempted to configure the Zmodem setup to
- SP>protect the old file but the program reverts to its original setting.
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- This is a bug which has not been fixed as of 3.0a (don't know about b,
- but I think not there either). Only fix for now is to rename the old
- packet before dl'ing the new. I'm pretty sure this has been reported to
- David.
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- SP>2. I have written a script (see below) that signs on, downloads and th
- SP>hangs. I want it to continue after download; to upload my repli (if an
- SP>exist on my hard drive) and then hang-up and close Unicom.
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- Does your script just end there? You need another waitfor and
- continue. Here's the ul/dl portion of my script, which I think I cadged
- from Brian Gay:
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- Waitfor "Qmail Command?"
- FindFile "c:\comm\dl\FLAGEX.REP"
- If Found
- send "U^M"
- waitfor "000"
- SendFile "Zmodem" "c:\comm\dl\FLAGEX.REP"
- Waitfor "transfer was successful",180
- If Waitfor
- filedelete("c:\comm\dl\FLAGEX.REP")
- Endif
- Waitfor "Command"
- Endif
- Send "D^M"
- Waitfor "these messages",120
- Send "Y^M"
- Waitfor "000",120
- GetFile "ZMODEM"
- Waitfor "Qmail Command?"
- Send "G^M"
- Exit
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- SP>3. If I have Unicom running and my telephone rings (voice), my compute
- SP>locks up. Is there some setting I can change to eliminate this problem
- SP>Also if I am in the middle of a download and one of my children picks
- SP>an extension, I lose the ability to communicate to the remote board an
- SP>am forced to re-boot.
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- The first part sounds like you have call-waiting. You should disable
- this anytime you go online. On most phone systems you do with with *70
- or 1170... i.e., make your dialing string ATDT*70,###-####. The only
- answer I know to the second one is either to lock up your children or
- get a dedicated line.
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- SP>4. I have an Everex 2496 fax modem which has MNP 5 error correction. H
- SP>can I configure Unicom to utilize this feature? I had it working under
- SP>the last version but can't get it working with 3.0
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- You have to do this using the "User Entered" init string in the
- Config/Modem menu. Your modem manual will give you the commands you
- need. Be sure and lock the port at something higher than 2400, e.g.,
- AT$SB9600$BA0. Also, don't use MNP5 but rather MNP4 for transferring
- packed files... the MNP5 data compression is then redundant and actually
- slows things down a tad. My modem defaults to compression off; yours
- may or may not, but there'll be a command to change it.
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