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PHOENIX REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM DECEMBER 4, 1987
8.0 THE FUNCTION KEYS
F1 - Take five minutes from user
F2 - Give five minutes to user
F3 - Toggle Printer [on/off]
F4 - Toggle Sysop Available [yes/no]
F5 - Toggle Sysop Page Bell [on/off]
F6 - Toggle Screen Attached [on/off]
F7 - Change Callers Download amount
F8 - Terminate Caller
F9 - plus <ENTER> terminate Chat
F10 - Exit to DOS
ALT+F1 - This is the ALLOWED toggle
ALT+F2 - This is the ACCESS toggle
8.1 DEFINITIONS:
F1 (Take five minutes from user)
--------------------------------
If a user is ONLINE and you wish to deduct five minutes from his
time left on the system, you can do so by pressing F1. This is
helpful if you want to get on the system and a user has lots of
time left.
F2 (Give five minutes to user)
------------------------------
If a user is ONLINE and you wish to add five minutes to the time
he has left on the system, you can do this by pressing F2. This
is helpful if you want to give a user more time, or you are just
feeling generous that day.
F3 (Toggle Printer [on/off])
----------------------------
All of the information that is written to the CALLERS.LOG file
(e.g. Time on/off, Downloads made, messages written, etc. by
users) will be printed by your printer if 1) You have a printer,
and 2) If you have the Printer Toggle ON. If the Printer Toggle
bottom of the screen. You can at any time toggle the Printer OFF
or ON by pressing F3.
NOTE: If you have the printer toggled ON, and your
printer is "OFFLINE" Phoenix will freeze up, until you
either place your printer "ONLINE" or turn the printer
off. The same will happen if the printer needs attention
(ribbon or paper out).
F4 (Toggle Sysop Available [yes/no]
-----------------------------------
By toggling this parameter [ON or OFF] the sysop can decide
whether or not he can be paged. If the Sysop Available is ON,
the word "Page" will appear at your 5-line window at the top
of the screen (if in window mode) or if in full screen mode,
the toggle will appear as text on your screen.
Then the Sysop can be paged. If the Sysop
Available is OFF, the word "Page" will disappear from the 5-line
window, and a user will not be able to page the sysop. To
toggle it ON or OFF, just press F4. If in full screen mode,
you will see text on the screen indicating the state of this
toggle.
PHOENIX REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM DECEMBER 4, 1987
F5 (Toggle Sysop Bell [on/off])
-------------------------------
By toggling this parameter, the sysop can choose whether or not
sound will be made when he is being paged. This function will
only be in use if the Sysop Available is ON. If the Sysop
Available is ON, but the Sysop Bell is OFF, then the sysop can
be paged, but no sound will be made. But if the Sysop Bell is
ON, sound will be made in an attempt to attract the sysop's
attention. To toggle it ON or OFF, press F5.
F6 (Toggle Screen Output [on/off])
----------------------------------
When the Screen Output toggle is OFF, nothing that is fed to the
screen is shown. But if it is ON, everything is shown. This is
handy to have when you go away for a while and there is no
reason to have the screen ON. When you return, you can simply
press F6 and all data will show up on the screen.
NOTE: Your monitor does not have to be ON to
turn the screen toggle on, however, you will not see it until
you turn the monitor on.
F7 (Change User's download amount)
----------------------------------
If a user has used up his allowed amount of download k-bytes
for the day, he will not be allowed to download again until
the next day. You may over-ride that by pressing F7 and
giving him a new lower amount he has downloaded. Example:
If a user has downloaded 500k today, and that is the
limit you have set in CCONFIG, but you wish him to get
a certain file, you may press F7 and tell Phoenix that he
has only downloaded 10k. He will then be allowed to download
490k more today (in this example). The reverse is also true,
you may up his amount downloaded today if need be to limit him.
F8 (Terminate Connection)
-------------------------
If a user is ONLINE and you wish to disconnect him, simply press
F8 and the connection will be terminated. If you have a file
called "F8.BBS" created, this file will be dumped to the caller.
This file could contain, "Sorry the sysop needed to use the
system. Please call back later."
F9 + <ENTER> (terminate Chat)
------------------------------
Sysops of previous versions note that ^Z no longer works.
To end a chat you must press F9 followed by a
<RETURN> or <ENTER>.
F10 (Terminate Phoenix)
-----------------------
Pressing F10 will terminate Phoenix and return you to DOS.
PHOENIX REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM DECEMBER 4, 1987
ALT+F1 (Allowed)
----------------
Pressing this key combination while a user is online will
give him very special privledges. In combination with sysop
user level and the ALT+F2 keys, it creates "SUPER SYSOP" which
gives total access to everything in the system. This key alone
will give access,(assuming the user has the proper
user level to access the menu commands)
to the two special area commands in update message system,
Include To:/From:, and Public Only. It also allows a user who
can access the userlog, to see and change passwords, security,
overwrite, allowed, access to comments, and the lockout
and revoke toggles. In the message base, it gives him the
ability to see the to:/from: message headers in an area that
does not send those normally, also he can see the user
number displayed after the from: display. For sysop level, it
also gives access to more "read messages commands". This
toggle stays in the user record until you remove it.
ALT+F2 (Access to comments)
---------------------------
Without this keyset, it is impossible even for sysop level
to read comments. A normal user level may also be allowed to
read comments, but he will not have access to the sysop-specific
commands like public/private, move, kill, etc. This is the only
time a user lower than sysop level will be allowed to read
messages to someone other than himself or public. He will be
permitted to read comments. No other messages that are not his
or public will be available to him. This toggle stays in the
user record until you remove it.
PLEASE NOTE: We highly recommend that you experiment with
these two keys at various user levels to see exactly what
the system will permit or not. Although we tell you, it never
is as clear as when you experience it. Primarily, the differences
fall into two classes, sysop level and user levels. All user
levels will respond the same as long as the user level is equal
to or higher than what is needed to accesss a message base
or a particular sysop menu command.
Note that these are toggles, press them once and you have
permission, again and you don't. These work only for someone
online or logged in locally. There are other commands to give
a user these permissions (allowed and acccess) in the
user maintenance facility (sysop menu command number 5 in the
distribution menus) for someone who is not presently online.