Hi, everyone.

I've recently decided to set back up my dialup node again, so I dug up BT/2 and
set it up. However, BT's not answering the phone...

I'm using a USR Courier external v.everything modem (33.6). Does anyone have a
good init string for it?

Also, does anyone have the correct errorlevels for 26400, 33600 and 38400 bps rates to drop to the BBS?

I'm using BT/2-2.60 XH7 beta (siocomm patched), BTW.

Thanks,
Sean

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Hi! Sean,

In a message to All you wrote:

I've recently decided to set back up my dialup node again, so I dug
up BT/2 and set it up. However, BT's not answering the phone...
I'm using a USR Courier external v.everything modem (33.6). Does
anyone have a good init string for it?

Hey, I've got one of those too! (In 56k, though.) Here's a copy of that bit of my Binkley/Win32 .cfg file:

-----8<-----C-U-T--H-E-R-E----->8-----
; -=[ BINKLEY.CFG - Configuration File for BinkleyTerm 2.60-XEg6 ]=-
;
[%Task%==1]
Port %COM_PORT%
Baud 115200
Carrier 80
;
; NOTE! Refer to BinkleyTerm docs for dial translation characters
Init ATZ!|
;
TermInit ATL3M1W1X4&C1&D2&K3S0=0S95=47|
;
-----8<-----C-U-T--H-E-R-E----->8-----

I think I use the TermInit string as the *init* string on the Radius machine downstairs. (Bink is no longer connected to the modem.)

Also, does anyone have the correct errorlevels for 26400, 33600 and
38400 bps rates to drop to the BBS?
I'm using BT/2-2.60 XH7 beta (siocomm patched), BTW.

Sorry, I've never run a BBS out of Bink.

Cheers,
Paul.

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Hi Sean,

I've recently decided to set back up my dialup node
again, so I dug up BT/2 and set it up. However, BT's
not answering the phone...

Do you have a suitable EVENT covering the phone answering period?

I'm using a USR Courier external v.everything modem
(33.6). Does anyone have a good init string for it?

I always set Bink to use ATZ for all lines and nothing else. Then I manually configure each modem so that I can just swap modems between lines without re-configuring Bink.

Also, does anyone have the correct errorlevels for
26400, 33600 and 38400 bps rates to drop to the BBS?

Assuming your BT/2 below is the OS/2 version, then speeds/errorlevels are irrelevant as once its set with Bink, MAXP just inherits the File Handle from Bink for the modem, so it doesn't need to know any speed setting at all.

I'm using BT/2-2.60 XH7 beta (siocomm patched), BTW.

Cheers............pk.


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Peter,

*** Quoting Peter Knapper from a message to Sean Dennis ***

Do you have a suitable EVENT covering the phone answering period?

The only event I have is this one:

[%Task%==1]
Event "Loop" All 00:00 00:00 B

I only use BT for node 1 (my dialup).

Assuming your BT/2 below is the OS/2 version, then speeds/errorlevels
are irrelevant as once its set with Bink, MAXP just inherits the File Handle from Bink forthe modem, so it doesn't need to know any speed setting at all.

I'm using Telegard/2, so it picks up the handle too. Here's the problem: when my friend was calling, he didn't see anything-not BT/2 sending out an EMSI string, no banner string (which I have set up). When he pressed ESC, I actually saw it in BT's modem window as two backarrows. I wonder if there's something wrong in the negotiation somewhere? I forced BT to pick up, the two modems negotiated and they just sat there.

However, he was using Hyperterminal (yeech). He did switch to GT Term to try it out also and the same problem occured.

I'm just using this for the init strings now:

PreInit |v``^``ATZ|~
Init |ATS0=0|~
Prefix ATDT
Answer ATA|

The weird thing is that I've never had this problem before, but then again, I was using my old BT setup. This is a new one and I haven't had a dialup line in years...

Later,
Sean

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Also, does anyone have the correct errorlevels for
26400, 33600 and 38400 bps rates to drop to the BBS?

Error levels is mod 256. So, 300 is error level 3, 1200, level 12, 2400 level 244, 26400 is (264-256 =) level 8, 33600 is (336-256 =) level 80, and 38400 is
(384-256 =) level 128.

This is why I use a different method to start the BBS from Binkley....

Take care.....

Bob Jones, 1:343/41


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Hi Sean,

Do you have a suitable EVENT covering the phone answering period?

The only event I have is this one:

[%Task%==1]
Event "Loop" All 00:00 00:00 B

What does Bink show in its "Current Settings" window, Events: field when running? The Events field is the key to what Bink is able to DO should something happen...

I also suspect your event data is wrong, as I dont know what your "Loop" value is trying to do, and the other entries appear to be out of order. Lastly your times wont work, the END time MUST either not exist at all or be AFTER your START time (they can't be the same values, thats a 0 time event!!!), and the highest value for START or END is 23:59, as 24:00 is invalid. If you leave the END time off altogether, then you get an effective END of 23:59:59

So an all day event line should probably read something like this -

Event All 00:00 B
1 2 3 4
Indicating -
1 An event entry
2 Execute on all days of the week
3 Start at midnight and run ALL day
4 Allow BBS callers during this event


The docs indicate (watch wrapping) - ========================================================================
The syntax for the entries is:

Event <day> <start> [<stop>] [<string>] <flags/options>

Details of these parameters are as follows:

<day>

This tells BinkleyTerm which days this event line applies to. This
is a REQUIRED parameter. Options are:

All Every day of the week
Week. Weekdays, Monday through Friday only
WkEnd Weekends, Saturday and Sunday only
Sun Sunday only
Mon Monday only
Tue Tuesday only
Wed Wednesday only
Thu Thursday only
Fri Friday only
Sat Saturday only

Several <day> parameters can be linked with the pipe character (|)
to indicate more than one option. For example, "Mon|Wed|Fri" would
indicate that the event applies to Monday, Wednesday and Friday
only. No spaces may be used between the parameters.

<start>

This tells BinkleyTerm what time to start the event, in 24 hour
"military" time, in the format hh:mm, where hh is the hour and mm
is the minute. Note that <start> must NOT be greater than <stop>,
i.e., events may NOT stretch through the midnight hour. The
<start> parameter is REQUIRED.

==================================================================

Assuming your BT/2 below is the OS/2 version, then speeds/errorlevels
are irrelevant as once its set with Bink, MAXP just inherits the File Handle from Bink forthe modem, so it doesn't need to know any speed setting at all.

I'm using Telegard/2, so it picks up the handle too.
Here's the problem: when my friend was calling, he
didn't see anything-not BT/2 sending out an EMSI
string, no banner string (which I have set up). When
he pressed ESC, I actually saw it in BT's modem window
as two backarrows.

Ok, that sounds like no event was active at that time as Bink was not reacting to anything, so if the events are sorted you should be good for action.

However, he was using Hyperterminal (yeech). He did
switch to GT Term to try it out also and the same
problem occured.

No, forget all this, it sounds fine except for the events.

PreInit |v``^``ATZ|~
Init |ATS0=0|~
Prefix ATDT
Answer ATA|

Thats fairly standard, so it should be fine, as long as there is an event telling it to answer the call....

The weird thing is that I've never had this problem
before, but then again, I was using my old BT setup.
This is a new one and I haven't had a dialup line in
years...

I run BT/2 v2.60 myself, but the Bink 2.60 docs apply to BT-XE for the control files as they are compatible.

Cheers...........pk.


--- Maximus/2 3.01
* Origin: Another Good Point About OS/2 (3:772/1.10)

Bob,

*** Quoting Bob Jones from a message to Sean Dennis ***

This is why I use a different method to start the BBS from
Binkley....

I use BBSSpawn-is that what you're talking about?

Here's my (not completed) BT.CMD:

@echo off

rem Midnight's Hour BBS BinkleyTerm batch file
rem Last updated on 12 April 2002 at 2105 CDT

if NOT '%1' == '' goto Start
goto end

:Start
d:
cd\bt

:Loop
bt32.exe task=%1 %2 %3 %4 %5
If ErrorLevel = 254 Goto end
If ErrorLevel = 100 Goto Nightly
If ErrorLevel = 96 Goto BBS
If ErrorLevel = 90 Goto InetRun
If ErrorLevel = 54 Goto BBS
If ErrorLevel = 30 Goto MailReceived
If ErrorLevel = 24 Goto BBS
If ErrorLevel = 12 Goto BBS
If ErrorLevel = 1 Goto end
Goto end

rem --> Errorlevel 100
:Nightly
rem *** Pack all the Squish message bases ***
goto loop

rem *** Nightly door maintenance ***
goto loop

rem --> Errorlevel 30
:MailReceived
d:
cd \bt\in
rem ** Copy all mail to \MAILBAK in case
rem ** something goes awry
if exist d:\bt\in\*.* copy *.* d:\mailbak

d:
cd \bt
goto loop

rem *** Call the BBS via BBSBATCH.CMD ***
:BBS
d:
cd \bt
bbsbatch
goto loop

:end
...

Note that a lot of that is stuff that I dredged up from years before...I'm still having to relearn all of this!

Later,
Sean

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Bob,

*** Quoting Bob Jones from a message to Sean Dennis ***

This is why I use a different method to start the BBS from
Binkley....

I use BBSSpawn-is that what you're talking about?

With out looking, that sounds right.

Bob Jones, 1:343/41


--- Maximus/2 3.01
* Origin: Top Hat 2 BBS (1:343/41)

Hello Sean!

Sunday January 15 2006 16:29, Sean Dennis wrote to All:

I've recently decided to set back up my dialup node again, so I dug up BT/2 and set it up. However, BT's not answering the phone...

Darn it, I hate it when that happens!

I'm using a USR Courier external v.everything modem (33.6). Does
anyone have a good init string for it?

I've got one of those too. Here's what I use:

=== Cut ===
[Common]
Port %PORT%
Baud %RATE%

[%Task%==1]
; US Robotics V.everything

; OS/2 only: set window title format
; Attention, %%d and %%s must be BOTH present and be in this sequence:
; first %%d, second %%s !
WindowTitleFmt BT-XE #%%d : %%s
PutEnv ADAPTER=MODEM
PreInit |v``^``ATZ|~AT+FCLASS=2\.0|~
Init AT+FAA=1;+FLI="860\ 535-4284";+FNR=1,1,1,1|
Prefix AT+FCLASS=0&K3D
Answer ATB0&K1A|
; ARQ string filtering
NoFilter /ARQ
ModemTrans 1 ATB1X3DT0W/ /HST
ModemTrans 2 ATX3DT0W/ /V32
ModemTrans 4 / /ZYX
ModemTrans 8 ATX3DT0W/ /VFC
ModemTrans 16 ATX3DT0W/ /V32T
ModemTrans 32 / /V120
ModemTrans 64 / /X75
ModemTrans 128 ATX3DT/ /INH
AfterCall 21 ATI3I6|

ModemFax +FCO
ExtrnMail 1 +FCO
FaxBaud 115200

CostTimeCorrection 13 4
CostCPS 1500
=== Cut ===

Also, does anyone have the correct errorlevels for 26400, 33600 and
38400 bps rates to drop to the BBS?

BPS / 100 MOD 256. That gives us the following:

Speed Errorlevel
26400 8
33600 80
38400 128

I'm using BT/2-2.60 XH7 beta (siocomm patched), BTW.

I just updated to BTXE/2 2.60 XH7 here; it seems to work. Come to think of it,
I haven't applied the SIOCOMM patch yet, either.

Andrew

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Hello Sean!

Monday January 16 2006 08:35, Sean Dennis wrote to Peter Knapper:

The only event I have is this one:

[%Task%==1]
Event "Loop" All 00:00 00:00 B

Try changing the end time to 23:59.

Andrew

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Andrew .. and Sean ..

I'm using BT/2-2.60 XH7 beta (siocomm patched), BTW.

I just updated to BTXE/2 2.60 XH7 here; it seems to
work. Come to think of it, I haven't applied the
SIOCOMM patch yet, either.

What's the SIOCOMM patch?

Thanks!

Sleep well; OS/2's still awake! ;)

Mike @ 1:117/3001

--- Maximus/2 3.01
* Origin: Ziplog Public Port (1:117/3001)

Mike,

*** Quoting Mike Luther from a message to Andrew Leary ***

What's the SIOCOMM patch?

Patches BT to use SIOCOMM.DLL, which was written with SIO use in mind, not MAXCOMM.DLL, which had Maximus/2 in mind. :>

Later,
Sean

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Hello Mike!

Wednesday January 18 2006 08:57, Mike Luther wrote to Andrew Leary:

I'm using BT/2-2.60 XH7 beta (siocomm patched), BTW.

I just updated to BTXE/2 2.60 XH7 here; it seems to
work. Come to think of it, I haven't applied the
SIOCOMM patch yet, either.

What's the SIOCOMM patch?

It patches the EXE to use Ray Gwinn's SIOCOMM.DLL in place of MAXCOMM.DLL. To be honest, it doesn't seem to make much difference for me here.

Andrew

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Hello Bob!

Tuesday January 17 2006 18:57, Bob Jones wrote to Sean Dennis:

I use BBSSpawn-is that what you're talking about?

With out looking, that sounds right.

You have to use BBSSpawn under OS/2. IIRC, if you use BBSExit Binkley drops carrier on the user.

Andrew

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