Help Index
Table of Contents

Commands

File Menu

Edit Menu

View Menu

Diagnose Menu

Communicate Menu

Transfer Menu

Topics

Command Line Parameters

Working with Web Browsers

Key Mapping

VT220 Keys

AT386 and SCOANSI Keys

Screen Scrollback: see Review

File Transfer

Printing


File Transfer

The program supports:

Capture of incoming text to file or printer.

Pass-through print.

Kermit automatic download.

Zmodem protocol.

Most forms of file transfer are initiated by the software on the host system.


Key Mapping

Key mapping refers to the mechanism by which the program knows what control codes to send to the host for various function keys and special keys such as PgUp. Some keymap information is hard-coded into the program, and other information is contained in various keymap files. So, to work properly with a host program that requires function keys, you will probably have to load a key file, using the “File:Read Keys” menu item.

Keymaps have been supplied for all supported emulation types. For the VT220, there are three keymap files. See VT220 Keys for more information.

In Wyse50/60 emulation, the host can download key definitions. This is especially important in the Wyse because ordinarily <left-arrow> and <backspace> send the same code.

See also

Backspace

VT220 Keys

AT386 and SCOANSI Keys


VT220 Keys

The VT220 is a problematic standard, for two reasons. First, its keyboard doesn’t match well with the PC keyboard. Second, some keys can change behavior on command from the host. In attempting to support host systems that require a VT220, several assumptions must be made. Some of these are hard-coded, and some depend on keymap files.

FUNCTION KEYS

The VT220 has 4 keys (PF1 through PF4) inherited from the VT100. It also has 20 F-keys, but the first five do local operations, and don’t send codes to the host.

Hard-codes F1 through F4 as PF1 through PF4. The files “VT220.KYS” and “VT220N.KYS” add definitions for F6 through F12 that match VT220’s equivalent keys, and Shift-F1 through Shift-F10 to match VT220’s F11 through F20 (note two ways to do F11, F12). They also add a made-up definition for F5.

The file “VT220S.KYS” (“S” for “shift”), on the other hand, maps the PC’s F1 as the VT’s F6, etc.

BACKSPACE AND DELETE

On an actual VT220, the key in the backspace position generates a <DEL> code, decimal 127. The Backspace key can be configured to send out either 127 or 8 (that is, control-H). The <Del> key is hardcoded to generate decimal 127, but this can be overridden by a keymap definition.

ARROW KEYS

The VT220’s arrow keys can send out two different code sets, called “normal mode” and “application mode”. In “normal mode” (initiated by <ESC>[?1l), they send codes starting with <ESC>[. In “application mode” (initiated by <ESC>[?1h), they send codes starting with <ESC>O.

THE “GRAY” SPECIAL KEYS

The keys above the cursor pad, such as <Insert> and <PgDn>, are defined in the various VT keys files.

TO SUMMARIZE

VT220.KYS	Basic VT220 keymap

VT220S.KYS	Shifts function keys by 5

VT220N.KYS	Native set; defines numeric pad keys and more

The following table indicates the definitions in the three VT220 key files:

VT220 Key	Generated Sequence	VT220.KYS	VT220N.KYS	VT220S.KYS
PF1	<ESC>OP	F1	F1	ctrl-F1
PF2	<ESC>OQ	F2	F2	ctrl-F2
PF3	<ESC>OR	F3	F3	ctrl-F3
PF4	<ESC>OS	F4	F4	ctrl-F4
(none)	<ESC>OT	F5	F5
F6	<ESC>[17~	F6	F6	F1
F7	<ESC>[18~	F7	F7	F2
F8	<ESC>[19~	F8	F8	F3
F9	<ESC>[20~	F9	F9	F4
F10	<ESC>[21~	F10	F10	F5
F11	<ESC>[23~	F11 or shift-F1	F11 or shift-F1	F6
F12	<ESC>[24~	F12 or shift-F2	F12 or shift-F2	F7
F13	<ESC>[25~	shift-F3	shift-F3	F8
F14	<ESC>[26~	shift-F4	shift-F4	F9
Help	<ESC>[28~	shift-F5	shift-F5	F10
Do	<ESC>[29~	shift-F6	shift-F6	F11 or shift-F1
F17	<ESC>[31~	shift-F7	shift-F7	F12 or shift-F2
F18	<ESC>[32~	shift-F8	shift-F8	shift-F3
F19	<ESC>[33~	shift-F9	shift-F9	shift-F4
F20	<ESC>[34~	shift-F10	shift-F10	shift-F5
Find	<ESC>[1~	Home	Home	Home
Insert Here	<ESC>[2~	Insert	Insert	Insert
Remove	<ESC>[3~		Del
Select	<ESC>[4~	End	End	End
Prev Screen	<ESC>[5~	PgUp	PgUp	PgUp
Next Screen	<ESC>[6~	PgDn	PgDn	PgDn
num Enter	<ESC>Om		num Enter
num +	<ESC>Ol		num +
num -	<ESC>Om		num -
num 0	<ESC>Op		num 0
num 1	<ESC>Oq		num 1
num 2	<ESC>Or		num 2
num 3	<ESC>Os		num 3
num 4	<ESC>Ot		num 4
num 5	<ESC>Ou		num 5
num 6	<ESC>Ov		num 6
num 7	<ESC>Ow		num 7
num 8	<ESC>Ox		num 8
num 9	<ESC>Oy		num 9
num .	<ESC>On		num .
num ,	<ESC>Ol
Backspace	<DEL>	shift-Backspace		shift-Backspace
See also

Backspace

Key Mapping

AT386 and SCOANSI Keys


AT386 and SCOANSI Keys

The following table lists the standard key mappings for the above named terminal emulations. These are contained in the corresponding “.KYS” files. Note that VT-style arrow keys are hard-coded in these emulations, and so are not included in the keymap files.

Key Combination	At386.kys sequence	Scoansi.kys sequence
F1	<ESC>OP	<ESC>[M
F2	<ESC>OQ	<ESC>[N
F3	<ESC>OR	<ESC>[O
F4	<ESC>OS	<ESC>[P
F5	<ESC>OT	<ESC>[Q
F6	<ESC>OU	<ESC>[R
F7	<ESC>OV	<ESC>[S
F8	<ESC>OW	<ESC>[T
F9	<ESC>OX	<ESC>[U
F10	<ESC>OY	<ESC>[V
F11	<ESC>OZ	<ESC>[W
F12	<ESC>OA	<ESC>[X
shift-F1	<ESC>Op	<ESC>[Y
shift-F2	<ESC>Oq	<ESC>[Z
shift-F3	<ESC>Or	<ESC>[a
shift-F4	<ESC>Os	<ESC>[b
shift-F5	<ESC>Ot	<ESC>[c
shift-F6	<ESC>Ou	<ESC>[d
shift-F7	<ESC>Ov	<ESC>[e
shift-F8	<ESC>Ow	<ESC>[f
shift-F9	<ESC>Ox	<ESC>[g
shift-F10	<ESC>Oy	<ESC>[h
shift-F11	<ESC>Oz	<ESC>[i
shift-F12	<ESC>Oa	<ESC>[j
ctrl-F1		<ESC>[k
ctrl-F2		<ESC>[l
ctrl-F3		<ESC>[m
ctrl-F4		<ESC>[n
ctrl-F5		<ESC>[o
ctrl-F6		<ESC>[p
ctrl-F7		<ESC>[q
ctrl-F8		<ESC>[r
ctrl-F9		<ESC>[s
ctrl-F10		<ESC>[t
ctrl-F11		<ESC>[u
ctrl-F12		<ESC>[v
alt-F1		<ESC>[w
alt-F2		<ESC>[x
alt-F3		<ESC>[y
alt-F4		<ESC>[z
alt-F5		<ESC>[@
alt-F6		<ESC>[[
alt-F7		<ESC>[\
alt-F8		<ESC>[]
alt-F9		<ESC>[^
alt-F10		<ESC>[_
alt-F11		<ESC>[‘
alt-F12		<ESC>[{
Home	<ESC>[H	<ESC>[H
ctrl-Home
End	<ESC>[Y	<ESC>[F
ctrl-End
PgUp	<ESC>[V	<ESC>[I
ctrl-PgUp
PgDn	<ESC>[U	<ESC>[G
ctrl-PgDn
Insert	<ESC>[@	<ESC>[L
ctrl-Left
ctrl-Right
shift-Tab		<ESC>[Z
See also

Backspace

VT220 Keys

Key Mapping


Printing

The program can do screen printing as well as passthrough printing, in which the host system sends down data with control codes indicating it goes to the printer.

There is an inherent incompatibility between the passthrough-print model and Windows’ approach to printing. In Windows, the program paints elements onto a page, and groups pages into print jobs, which are usually spooled. But the passthrough-print approach is to feed a group of characters at a time to the printer, and the terminal program never knows when the job is finished. More on this below. Also, the data coming from the host may be just printable characters, or it may contain control codes for formatting a particular type of printer.

There are two methods of printing.

THE WPRN APPROACH

The standard method is called “WPRN”. This is a driver that interacts with the Windows printer driver you have selected.  It can print at three different levels, as set in Print Level“:

High	This method uses the Windows printer driver at the highest level.  It “paints” characters on a page at a chosen point size (see printer font and size) until the page is full (based on page size and font size), or a formfeed (FF) is received. At that point, WPRN closes the page. The document will remain open until it is “flushed”, as explained below. Depending on your Windows spooling options, the document may or may not start printing before it is flushed.  This method will not work during passthrough print if the data stream from the host contains control characters (escape sequences) for the printer, because those will be painted on the page instead of being obeyed.

Low	Low-level print still uses the Windows printer driver, at beginning and end of print job. At beginning of job, the Windows printer driver sends initialization code, which generally configures the printer for items in the Printer Setup dialog boxes such as paper bin, page size, and orientation.  At end of job, the driver generally sends code to eject the page and reset the printer.  In between, the program sends the data to be printed in a way that it goes directly to the printer.  Chosen printer font and size do not have an effect.

Raw	This method is essentially the same as what a DOS terminal emulator would do. That is, it writes the print data directly to “LPT2”, for instance.  The Windows printer driver is not involved.  All printer initialization, font selection, page feeds, etc. are the responsibility of the program generating the print data.

If in doubt, start with High, then proceed to Low and on to Raw until the results are as needed.

Also, the Print Wizard can greatly simplify your printing by automatically making setup decisions based on the data to be printed.

FLUSHING THE PRINT JOB

“Flushing” is the process of releasing a print job, so whatever spooling mechanisms are active will send it to the printer. This happens when a) the program quits; b) the user issues the “File:Eject” command from the menu; c) the user or a macro issues the “FLUSH” macro command; or d) the FLUSHTIMER times out.

The FLUSHTIMER is initialized at 5 seconds. Thus, 5 seconds after receiving the last printout information (whether from window print or passthrough print), the program releases the document. The timer value can be changed through the File:Flush Timer menu. To disable the flushtimer feature, set it to zero. You might want to do this, or set it very high, if your passthrough print documents were getting broken up into multiple jobs.


Command Line Parameters

Command-line parameters can be as follows:

Startup macro	Any one-character parameter

Host name	/h:host

Host name and port	/h:host:port

Settings-file name	See below

Macro definition	/d:<key><string>

Have user choose
a settings file	/c

Serial connection	/Ts

TCP/IP connection	/Tt

PicLan connection	/Tp

Novell WLibSock
connection	/Tn

Any parameter that is more than one character long, and does not start with ‘/’, is processed as follows: IF a file exists with that name, that file is used as the settings file; OTHERWISE, the parameter is used as a host name (URL).


Working with Web Browsers

Most Web browsers, such as Netscape, can be configured to invoke this program  when a telnet session is needed. In the appropriate place in the browser’s configuration screen, enter the following (change the path as appropriate):

   c:\<dir>\<programname>.exe

The browser will add to the end of this the host name and telnet port.

On newer versions of the browser, you can set up a “URL: Telnet Protocol” File Type, that will bring up the program whenever a telnet session is launched. This includes newer versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Netscape’s Communicator and Navigator. The File Type settings would be

   c:\<dir>\<programname>.exe %1

See also:

Command Line Parameters


File Menu

Open New File To Receive...

Open File To Transmit...

Background bitmap...

Clear Background Bitmap

Browse Directories...

Change Logged Directory...

Save Defaults...

Read Keys...

Save Keys...

Merge Keys...

Printer Setup...

Printer Font

Print Wizard

Print Level

Flush Timer

Print Screen

Eject

Quit

Note: Your particular version may not have certain listed items.


Edit menu

Copy

Copy Screen to Output File

Paste

Note: Your particular version may not have certain listed items.


View menu

Beep On

Beep Idle

Show Gauge

Show Status Line

Scroll On

Block Cursor

Window Title…

Track Window Position

Jump Scroll

Colors...

Screen Font

Zoom

Font Size

Screen Size

Note: Your particular version may not have certain listed items.


Diagnose menu

Monitor

Interpret

Review

Note: Your particular version may not have certain listed items.


Communicate menu

Send Break

Unlock

Auto Linefeed

Full Duplex

Lock On

Setup...

Network:Host name...

Network:Reconnect

Network:Auto connect on startup

Network:SOCKS Server...

Login:Login Wizard

Login:Username

Login:Password

Character Set

Terminal Type

TERM Name...

Environment...

Backspace

Upper Case

Scroll Lock is Hold

Answerback...

Dial...

Hangup

Note: Your particular version may not have certain listed items.


Transfer menu

Set Download Directory

Capture to Printer

Capture...

Transmit

Transmit With Trailer...

Transmit with Trailer Ctrl-D

Receive Quiet

grand Abort

Retransmit

Kermit

Zmodem

Delays...

Note: Your particular version may not have certain listed items.


Open New File To Receive...

Creates a file on the PC’s disk to receive data from the host.

See Also

File Menu


Open File To Transmit...

Opens an existing file on the PC’s disk, ready to transmit to the host.

See Also

File Menu


Background bitmap...

Using this menu item, you can open a bitmap to use as a background in your window. The bitmap can be “muted out” by adjusting its brightness and contrast, so that the work area is still usable for terminal emulation.

Bitmaps are not included with your software, but are available from a wide variety of sources. Start by looking in the “Windows” directory, as bitmaps are often used for Windows’ “wallpaper”.

For acceptable results, select a 256-color bitmap. Also, your video driver must be running in 256 colors.

See Also

File Menu


Clear Background Bitmap

Removes the background bitmap - the background becomes a solid color.

See Also

File Menu


Browse Directories...

This item simply lets you look at various directories on your disk, without bringing up the Windows File Manager.

See Also

File Menu


Change Logged Directory...

Allows you to change the current working directory.

See Also

File Menu


Save Defaults...

Saves all user settings.

See Also

File Menu


Read Keys...

Allows you to read a file of key definitions, that is, a key map file. All existing key definitions are deleted.

System of key definitions (macros) encompasses both the codes sent to the host when you hit a special key, such as a function key, and user macros.

See Also

File Menu


Save Keys...

Saves the macro keys to a disk file.

See Also

File Menu


Merge Keys...

Allows you to read a file of key definitions, that is, a key map file, merging them with those already in effect.

System of key definitions (macros) encompasses both the codes sent to the host when you hit a special key, such as a function key, and user macros.

See Also

File Menu


Printer Setup...

Brings up the standard Windows Printer Setup box, allowing you to select a printer and set printer-specific options.

See Also

File Menu


Printer Font...

Lets you select the font and size that will print.

The printer font size determines the line spacing. The line spacing, in conjunction with the page size, determines how many lines will fit on a page.

This setting is ignored if Print level is not “High”.

See Also

File Menu


Print Wizard

Turning Print Wizard on can greatly simplify your printing, by telling the program to determine character size and low-level settings automatically, based on the data to be printed.

Print Wizard affects only passthrough print and the PRINTFILE command.

It works like this: you choose the page size and orientation in Printer Setup. You also choose the font in Printer Font, but the size chosen there is ignored, as you’ll see below. The Print Wizard will buffer up several hundred lines of data to be printed, and then analyze it. If it finds escape codes, or a PostScript initiation sequence, Print Wizard will print it using the Print level “Raw” technique. Otherwise, Print Wizard will inspect it to determine maximum line length, and maximum page length (if page feeds are included). Using this information, and the size of the printable page, it will choose a character size and margins appropriately.

The result is that whether the data stream is an 80-column report, a 132-column report, a PostScript document, or contains codes for a specific printer, it should print correctly, especially on a laser printer.

Print Wizard is not included in all products.

See Also

File Menu

Printing


Print Level

Tells the program what method to use to print data such as screen prints and passthrough print. Possible settings are:

High	Makes full use of the Windows printer driver. Prints at requested font size (see Printer Font), etc.

Low	Uses Windows printer driver for job-level initiation, such as setting orientation.

Raw	Prints directly to the file/device, without using the printer driver at all.

A good strategy is to start out with “High”, and go down until results are good.

If these items are grayed, you may have Print Wizard on.

See Also

File Menu

Printing


Flush Timer...

The program needs to know when it should flush (dump) its print data and close the print job. This menu item allows you to set a value, in seconds. If the program has printed something, and this number of seconds elapses without receiving any more data to print, the program will flush the data and close the print job.

This value starts at 5, which should generally be sufficient. If you are doing passthrough print, and your print jobs are being broken into multiple jobs, increase this value.

To disable this behavior entirely, set this value to zero. Then you will need to manually flush the job, such as by doing a File:Eject.

See Also

File Menu

Printing


Print Screen

Copies the text from the screen to the “WPRN” printer buffer.

See Also

File Menu


Eject

Causes the program to dump its printer buffer to the printer, and close the job.

See Also

File Menu

Flush Timer


Quit

Ends the program

See Also

File Menu


Copy

Copies to the clipboard, in both text form and bitmap form.

If you have selected a rectangular area of the window with the mouse, only that area will be copied. Otherwise, the entire window will be copied.

See Also

Edit Menu


Copy Screen to Output File

Copies the text of the window into the current output file.

See Also

Edit Menu


Paste

Pastes text data (from the clipboard) through the program into the host system, just as though you had typed the same information.

See Also

Edit Menu


Beep On

If this item is checked, the program will cause the PC to beep when it receives a bell code (hex 7) from the host system.

See Also

View Menu


Beep Idle

Using this item, you can tell the program to beep every few seconds when the host system is waiting for you.

See Also

View Menu


Show Gauge

Tells the program to display a line gauge on the bottom line of the window.

See Also

View Menu


Show Status Line

Tells the program to display status information on the bottom line of the window. Information includes the state of the CAPS LOCK and NUM LOCK keys, as well as communication errors, etc.

See Also

View Menu


Scroll On

If this item is checked, the program will scroll the entire screen into the review buffer whenever it receives a clear-screen command from the host.

See Also

View Menu


Block Cursor

Lets you select a block (vs. an underline) cursor.

See Also

View Menu


Zoom

Zooms (or unzooms) the program window, just like clicking on the zoom box in the upper right corner of the window. By having this item in the menu, it can have a shortcut key (alt-Z) attached to it.

When the program’s window is zoomed, the program takes over the whole screen, by adding space between lines and on the right and left margins.

See Also

View Menu


Window Title…

Prompts for a title to be displayed on the program’s window. If this entry is blank, the program decides on its own title.

See Also

View Menu


Track Window Position

If on (checked), the program will save its window position between sessions (if you Save Defaults).

See Also

View Menu


Jump Scroll

These settings govern how the program deals with a rapid incoming stream of data.

If Jump Scroll is off, the program shows you every line of text.

If Jump Scroll is medium, the program will suspend scrolling until it is about one-half screenful behind.

If Jump Scroll is fast, the program will suspend scrolling until it is an entire screenful behind.

See Also

View Menu


Colors...

This item has three submenu items. Normal sets the program’s standard color table. Reverse sets up a green-on-black table. Custom takes you to the “Colors” screen, where you can set the program’s color translation table explicitly.

When the program is emulating a monochrome terminal, the host may send out video attributes such as reverse, underline, and blink. the program translates these attribute combinations into color combinations, according to the color table.

If the host sends out explicit color-setting escape sequences, according to the ANSI standard, the program will react properly if it is emulating a VT220 or related terminal (SCO ANSI, AT386, THE PROGRAM). This aspect of color handling requires no setup.

Changing the color table does not affect characters already on the screen - it affects only characters arriving after the change is made.

See Also

View Menu


Screen Font…

This item lets you choose a font to use for the screen. Only fixed-space fonts are shown.

TrueType fonts offer more flexibility in sizing, and tend to look better on high-resolution screens. Bitmap fonts may look better at smaller sizes.

In most cases you will want an OEM font, such as Terminal or MS Linedraw. OEM fonts give you the special line-drawing characters used in many terminal environments. However, they lack certain special characters. If you choose a non-OEM font, the line drawings will be made with “+”, “-“, and “|”.

In Windows 95 and Windows NT, you can now select “Courier New OEM”, which gives you the flexibility of a TrueType font, and the OEM character set.

You can choose fonts in other character sets, such as Cyrillic or Greek, if they have been installed on your system.

See Also

View Menu


Font Size

These various menu items allow you to choose the font size the program will use for the screen. They show the sizes available in the screen font selected in the View:Screen Font dialog. The easiest way to choose a font is to cycle through the available choices using alt-L for larger fonts and alt-S for smaller fonts.

When you change the font size, the program adjusts the window size accordingly.

See Also

View Menu


Screen Size

These menu items let you tell the program how many lines and columns you want. Note that this may need to be coordinated with the host system.

The program adds one more line, which is used for status and gauge information.

See Also

View Menu


Monitor

When Monitor is turned on, the program displays control codes it receives, rather than reacting to them.

See Also

Diagnose Menu


Interpret

This brings up the Interpret screen, which shows the last 2048 character received from the host.

In diagnosing certain emulation problems, you may be asked by to print and fax this information, as follows: 1) Run the program until the error happens; 2) do Diagnose:Interpret; 3) do <Alt-P> to print the screen; 4) Hit <Enter> to display the second screen of Interpret data; 5) <Alt-P> again; 6) <Enter> again, to return to the main screen; and 7) <alt-E> if necessary to eject the page.

See Also

Diagnose Menu


Review

Initiates Review (screen scrollback). The program maintains a buffer of lines that have scrolled off the top of the screen. The Review function allows you to scroll through them.

This feature is sometimes referred to as “screen scrollback”.

See Also

Diagnose Menu


Send Break

Sends a break signal to the host.

See Also

Communicate Menu


Unlock

Unlocks communication from the program to the host. Affects both XON/XOFF locking and NCR ITX locking.

See Also

Communicate Menu


Auto Linefeed

If this item is on, each carriage-return (CR) either entered or received will have a linefeed (LF) added.

See Also

Communicate Menu


Full Duplex

If Full Duplex is ON, that means the host system is assuming the responsibility of echoing your keystrokes back to you.

See Also

Communicate Menu


Lock On

Turns on a special locking protocol used with certain NCR host systems and with certain proprietary file transfer schemes.

See Also

Communicate Menu


Host System

Tells the program what kind of host operating system it is communicating with.

If uncertain, select Unix.

See Also

Communicate Menu


Terminal Type

Tells the program what kind of terminal to emulate. Note that changing this item does not change the key mappings for function keys, etc., because you may have some set up specially. So you may want to do a Read Keys operation after changing terminal types.

Following is a brief description of each terminal type:

N7900	An obsolete NCR terminal with no function keys and awkward attributes.

VIEWPOINT	The ADDS Viewpoint, plus enhancements made by Wyse and others. Supports only one attribute on-screen at a time.

WYSE50	The Wyse 50 has fewer features than the Wyse 60, and handles attributes differently.

WYSE60	The Wyse 60 has good monochrome attribute support.

VT220	The industry standard. Good attribute support. the program’s VT220 support also supports color. Uses ISO character set.

SCOANSI	Emulates the console of SCO Unix. Basically VT220 plus color, plus some quirks.

AT386	Emulates the console of ATT Unix V.4. VT220 plus color, with slight color differences from SCOANSI and THE PROGRAM.

C332	For Versyss systems.

TV965	Televideo 965

See Also

Communicate Menu


Character Set

Tells the program what character set is represented by the characters on the host system.

“International” refers to an 8-bit set, either IBM extended ASCII or ISO 8859-1, depending on the terminal type.

Other settings are collectively called “National Replacement Character” sets, or “NRCs”, and are identified by country. NRCs are 7-bit sets, where various special characters in the ASCII set are replaced with special characters required in the named country. Following is the table of translations:

Hex code	23	40	5B	5C	5D	5E	5F	60	7B	7C	7D	7E

ASCII	#	@	[	\	]	^	_	`	{	|	}	~

UK	£	@	[	\	]	^	_	`	{	|	}	~

Finnish	#	@	Ä	Ö	Å	Ü	_	é	ä	ö	å	ü

French	£	à	°	ç	§	^	_	`	é	ù	è	¨

Canadian	#	à	â	ç	ê	î	_	ô	é	ù	è	û

German	#	§	Ä	Ö	Ü	^	_	`	ä	ö	ü	ß

Italian	£	§	°	ç	é	^	_	ù	à	ò	è	ì

Swedish	#	É	Ä	Ö	Å	Ü	_	é	ä	ö	å	ü

Spanish	£	§	¡	Ñ	¿	^	_	`	°	ñ	ç	~

Norwegian	#	@	Æ	Ø	Å	^	_	`	æ	ø	å	~

Swiss	ù	à	é	ç	ê	î	è	ô	ä	ö	ü	û

See Also

Communicate Menu


TERM Name...

In environments where the host system can request a terminal type (i.e., a telnet session), this item allows you to set the exact response.

If this item is blank, the program will respond with the terminal name as in the Terminal Type menu item.

See Also

Communicate Menu


Environment...

With some host systems, connected through a telnet session, the program can send environment variables. This menu item prompts for the variables you wish to send.

Enter one entry, or more than one separated by semicolons. Entries are of the form NAME=VALUE.  VALUE is optional.  VALUE can also include a reference to a DOS environment variable, such as “${LOGNAME}”, or a special entry “${ANZ_IP}” which will be replaced by the program’s IP address.

Changes made will not take effect until the next login to the host.

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Backspace

Sets the code the program will transmit when you hit the Backspace key: 8, 21 (obsolete), or 127.

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Upper Case

If on (checked), the program forces keystrokes to uppercase when sending them to the host.

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Scroll Lock is Hold

If on (checked), the Scroll Lock key functions as a “Hold” key, suspending output from the host.

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Answerback...

Prompts for an answerback string, which is sent to the host in response to certain control codes.

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Setup...

Brings up the CrowComm setup dialog box.

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Host name...

Specifies which TCP/IP host you want to connect to.  Entering a new value causes the program to drop the current connection and initiate a new one.

The host entry can be either an IP address, of the form “nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn”, or a host name, assuming your TCP/IP setup has the means of translating the host name to an address.

You can specify a different TCP/IP port number by attaching it to the end of either the IP address or the host name, following a colon. That is:

    hostname:port

For PicLan, you can specify a list of port numbers to try in sequence, such as:

   pichost:51:52:53:54

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Reconnect

This item governs how the program will behave if the host end of a TCP/IP connection terminates.

If Reconnect is ON, the program will immediately attempt to reconnect, usually resulting in a new “login” prompt.

If OFF, the program will quit.

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Login Wizard

If Login Wizard is on, and you establish a network connection, and the program has username and/or password information, the program will attempt to login for you automatically.  Username and password can be entered either through the menu, or in the command line as part of the URL.

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SOCKS Server

SOCKS is a kind of firewall system. That is, when you want to telnet from inside a corporate network out to the Internet, you may need to go through another computer (a firewall system) that is running the SOCKS protocol.

If so, use this menu item to specify the SOCKS firewall’s name or IP address. You can optionally append a port number after a colon (the default port number is 1080).

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Auto connect on startup

On startup, if this item is ON, THE PROGRAM will immediately issue a connection request to the host name saved from the last session.

If OFF, the program will always ask you for the host name.

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Username

You can enter the user name (login name) here, for use by the Login Wizard.

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Password

Enter here the password required by your host system. the program’s Login Wizard will use this information.

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Dial...

For a serial modem connection, this item prompts for a phone number to be dialed.

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Hangup

For a serial modem connection, this item hangs up the modem.

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Set Download Directory

You can set what directory the program assumes it should use for file downloads and captures. If the “Locked” box is checked, then the program will allow downloads ONLY to that directory.

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Transfer Menu


Capture to Printer

When on (checked), the program captures incoming text to the Windows printer driver (WPRN).

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Capture...

Initiates a simple ASCII file capture to a file.  the program will prompt for a file to be created.

Clicking this item again stops capture and closes the file.

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Transfer Menu


Transmit

Initiates a simple ASCII file transmission, from the PC’s current open input file.

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Transmit With Trailer...

Initiates a simple ASCII file transmission, from the PC’s current open input file.

The program first prompts for a sequence of characters to be sent at end-of-file.

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Transmit with Trailer Ctrl-D

Initiates a simple ASCII file transmission, from the PC’s current open input file. At end-of-file, the program sends a control-D.

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Receive Quiet

If ON, causes file transfer (both directions) to NOT display on the screen.

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Transfer Menu


Grand Abort

Breaks the program out of every trap, endless loop, macro transmission, and file transfer.

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Retransmit

Resends the last data string or response code. Used with file transfer.

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Transfer Menu


Kermit

Items in this menu initiate Kermit file transfer.

Send	Prompts for a file to send to the host.

Receive	Prompts for a file to receive from the host

Auto reception	Checking this item allows automatic reception of a file via Kermit.

Command	Allows you to send various commands to a Kermit server.

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Transfer Menu


Zmodem

Items in this menu initiate Zmodem file transfer.

Send	Prompts for a file to send to the host.

Receive	Prompts for a file to receive from the host

Auto reception	Checking this item allows automatic reception of a file via Zmodem.

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Transfer Menu


Delays...

Prompts for two numeric values that cause the program to slow down its output to the host. Both are measured in units of approximately 10 microseconds.

Line Delay is a line turn-around delay, affecting communication when LOCK is ON, such as with NCR ITX systems and/or file transfer.

Delay is a delay between characters.

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Transfer Menu