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Since it seems that so many new Nova Link sysops have big trouble trying
to get it to work with their modem perhaps the following information will
help you out.
This is the text of a message posted in the BBS-RT and I thought it may
be appropriate to post it in the library so it would be easy to find when
you're having trouble.
RALPH.YOUNT - Co-Host BBS-RT
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Category 6, Topic 20
Message 47 Sat Jan 14, 1989
ALLENP at 00:31 MST
MYSTERY SOLVED! (when all else fails, read the instructions!) In truth,
the instructions ain't all that clear! Most of the information you need
FIRST to set up NovaLink is buried in various places in the BACK of the
docs ... and due to the unusual nature of the program, it isn't too clear
to a first-time user that all the "text resources" mentioned by name like
ModemInitA, ModemAnswerA, ModemHangup, etc. are "buried" in the STR file
and can be accessed only by the built-in NovaLink line editor, after
logging on in local terminal mode, getting into the "Treemap" menu
selection, switching into the Extended Parser, getting the "help" file to
learn the .L (list), .R (read), .K (kill) and .S (save) commands to list
the test resource names, double check that the right ones are there, read
them to see that the content is right, and kill the wrong ones and edit &
save the new ones. SIMPLE!!
Anyway, to work with NovaLink 2.1b24, I found that several "text
resources" must be present in the STR file, as shown by the (L)ist (T)ext
resources parser commands. If not, they must be added [(E)dit (T)ext
{newfilename}] and the old ones, if any, must be (K)illed. (S)ave the new
ones and away you go. When NovaLink boots, it calls up the STR file and
invokes the imbedded text resources to initialize the modem.
For the "first time user" who is used to more conventional approaches,
separate text files in the NovaLink folder named ModemInitA, ModemAnswerA,
etc. WILL NOT WORK!!
HERE IS THE TEXT of a modem help file I found as a separate file to be
used with the NovaLink 2.1b24 version. This version of Nova Link uses a
new format of ModemAnswer files:
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The name of the text resource for ModemAnswer is:
"ModemAnswerA" for the Modem Port, and
"ModemAnswerB" for the Printer Port.
It consists of a number of lines, each representing a certain message the
modem sends. The format is:
:Pattern:Baudrate:Action
Pattern is the end of the line that the modem sends you, which can be any
number of characters.
Baudrate is a number representing the baudrate to go to before doing the
Action, or "-" to not change the baudrate.
Action can be one of three things:
A (This answers the caller at the given baudrate)
T <name> (This prints the given text to the modem)
C <rates> <name> (This cycles between the given baudrates
trying to find the right baudrate)
There are also special patterns:
"[" is simulated for the ModemInit sequence
"*" is simulated to hang up the modem
"?" is simulated if the carrier is high for long enough, but no
recognizable string comes in.
For a 1200 baud hayes compatible modem, use the following setup:
"ModemAnswerA" text resource:
:[:1200:T ModemInitA
:*:-:T ModemHangupA
:?:-:C 1200/300 ModemAsk
:CONNECT:300:A
:CONNECT 1200:1200:A
"ModemInitA" text resource:
AT
AT
ATM0X1V1&C1S0=1
"ModemHangupA" text resource:
```+++```
ATH
"ModemAsk" text resource:
Press RETURN:
For a 2400 baud hayes modem, it is the same except for the "ModemAnswerA"
resource which is now:
:[:2400:T ModemInitA
:*:-:T ModemHangupA
:?:-:C 2400/1200/300 ModemAsk
:CONNECT:300:A
:CONNECT 1200:1200:A
:CONNECT 2400:2400:A
The baudrate given in the first line (for modeminit) is the baudrate that
the modem will be in during command mode...
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The only change I had to make for a "non-memory" modem such as my Avatex
1200E is to change the modem init string to:
AT
ATZ
ATM0X1S0=1
All normal default switch settings stand: DTR-follows line; MESSAGE
format- display words, not numbers); MESSAGE display on; COMMAND echo yes;
AA disabled; CD follows line; COMMANDS recognized. Again, this is for the
more conventional 1200 bps non-memory modems which I use.
Hope this helps someone avoid unnecessary frustration!!!
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