Quick Link II Fax (250-3027B) Data Communications Faxback Doc. # 3236 Setup Options In addition to permitting Quick Link II Fax to communicate with the myriad of standard data communication configurations, the SETUP menu contains the options to customize Quick Link II Fax to your system. Line settings Choosing LINE SETTINGS from the SETUP menu causes the LINE SETTINGS dialog box to appear. This dialog box allows you to select the line speed and data format; these settings are independent of the settings in the Data Phone List, but the same general guidelines for setting them apply. Clicking SAVE saves these settings for all future sessions; OK closes the dialog box and puts the settings into effect immediately. CANCEL will close the dialog box and ignore the new settings. Baud Rate Possible Baud rate settings may vary from 300 Baud to 115,200 Baud. The default speed is 2400 Baud for most modems. Refer to your modem manual for the maximum Baud rate that your modem will handle. Data bits The allowable options are 7 or 8 data bits - the default setting is 8 data bits. Parity Parity may be Odd, Even, or None. None applies only when 8 data bits are selected. The default setting is no parity. Stop bits The allowable settings are 1 or 2. The default setting is 1 stop bit. Modem setup The MODEM SETUP dialog box provides you with the ability to define the modem INITIALIZATION, DIAL, and HANG UP strings. This dialog box also allows you to set the COM port that the modem will use and define key information to be used by RECFAX for answering incoming calls. Clicking SAVE saves these settings for all future sessions; OK closes the dialog box and puts the settings into effect immediately. CANCEL will close the dialog box and ignore the new settings. Initialization String The modem initialization string is the command set that Quick Link II Fax issues to the modem when the application is first started. The default string works with most modems and fax/modems. If your modem has special features or commands, the AT commands needed to enable them are entered here. Check your modem manual for a detailed breakdown of the AT command set. An abbreviated set is listed in Appendix C. Dial String The Dial string is the command Quick Link II Fax issues to the modem when instructed to dial a number. This event occurs when dialing from the Data Phone List, using the Dialer, sending a fax, or connecting to either CompuServe, Dow Jones or GEnie. Hangup String The hangup string is the command Quick Link II Fax issues to the modem when the Hangup command is chosen from the Connect menu. This string is pre-set to ATH, which is the AT command to hangup the modem. Dial Prefix/Suffix The dial Prefix/Suffix strings are appended to the beginning and end of the telephone number when dialing. These strings are handy when you need to dial using credit card, or for long distance telephone access, or for dialing a digit to get an outside line. For example, if you need to dial a 9 to dial out of an office building, enter a 9 and a comma (,) in the Dial prefix (a comma is a 2 second pause). Number of rings to answer phone Quick Link II Fax will pick up the line and answer the phone on the number of rings specified in the Answer on field. Setting this number to 0 will keep RECFAX and Quick Link II Fax from answering calls. Some modems will answer 1 to 2 rings after the number specified due to the hardware. The default is 1. Answer Mode This entry asks under what circumstances you want Quick Link II Fax to answer the telephone. Fax only tells RECFAX to process fax calls only and hangup on all others - if RECFAX is not loaded, your fax/modem will pick up the phone only when the main application is running. With Data only selected, Quick Link II Fax will handle data calls and hang up on fax or voice calls. Auto Detect instructs RECFAX/Quick Link II Fax to answer all calls; with Auto Detect selected RECFAX will receive fax transmissions, transfer data calls automatically to the Quick Link II Fax main application, or display a message that a voice call is waiting and provide a limited amount of time to respond prior to hangup (some modems are not capable of Automatically Detecting the line). Modem Port/Option These radio buttons allow you to manually set your COM port for your fax/modem. It is normally configured when you run Quick Link II Fax for the first time. Clicking the Option button allows you to set a custom configuration for your fax/modem's IRQ and COM port ADDRESS. The IRQ setting must always match what you have set on your hardware; simply setting the IRQ here will NOT change the IRQ. Look for modem "RING" Most modems, when they sense an incoming call, send both a word RING to the screen, as well as send a special ring signal through one of the leads in the cable or to the COM port. Some modems, however, don't do both of these, and as such, won't be able to let RECFAX or Quick Link II Fax know that a call is, in fact, ringing through. This check box tells the program what indicator to look for. Redial on "NO CARRIER" Some modems are incapable of detecting a BUSY signal when the person you are calling has a busy line, and instead report NO CARRIER. Also, some overseas locations simply don't have a busy signal that sounds anything like that of North American locations. This check box tells the program to assume that a NO CARRIER message is resulting from a busy signal. Terminal options The Terminal Options dialog box allows you to set the terminal attributes you want Quick Link II Fax to use. A number of check boxes are provided to turn options on or off. Local echo The Local echo option tells Quick Link II Fax to display all keyboard entries directly to the terminal window rather than letting the remote computer echo the keystrokes back as is normal. If you cannot see what you type, turn this option on. If characters appear double, (lliikkee tthhiiss) turn this option off. Some telecom programs call this setting "Duplex/Half-Duplex". Change CR to CR/LF These options tell Quick Link II Fax to translate all outgoing and/or incoming Carriage Returns to Carriage Return + Line Feed. If incoming or outgoing lines are overwriting each other, turn the option on. Line wrap This option issues a carriage return + line feed if more than 80 characters are transmitted on a single line. Destructive backspace This option instructs Quick Link II Fax to erase a character when the backspace key is pressed. When this option is not selected, pressing the backspace key will move the cursor back one character but will not erase the character that may be above the cursor. Flow control Flow Control is the process of telling each computer to stop sending data and starting it again. This provides time to process the data received. Flow control is usually not needed for 2400 baud data connections. Xon/Xoff is a software flow control that involves the sending of special control codes as part of the data. It is usually necessary for ASCII file transfers. Hardware flow control (RTS/CTS) is implemented in both software and the modem hardware, therefore, your modem must support the RTS/CTS standard for this method to be used. The RTS/CTS method is more reliable and is necessary for use with modems equipped with V.42/V.42bis and MNP Level 5. The default setting is none. Smart mode Selecting REDIAL ON BUSY tells Quick Link II Fax to perform an auto-redial when your modem detects a busy signal. Selecting AUTOBAUD tells Quick Link II Fax to automatically reset the baud rate if the modem answers a call and makes a connection at a rate other than the rate specified at dialing. Smart Mode options apply at any time Quick Link II Fax dials the modem, such as when using the Dialer, Phone List, executing a Script Dial Statement, or connecting to CompuServe, Dow Jones or GEnie. You must also have an AT Command set compatible modem that detects and displays the connection baud rate. English responses must be set on. Terminal Emulation The Current Emulator list box allows you to change the emulation by providing you with an emulator list. Quick Link II Fax supports Teletype (TTY), Dec VT102, Dec VT100, Dec VT52 and ANSI terminal emulation. Terminal emulation is the ability of Quick Link II Fax to make your PC look like a specific type of terminal to a remote computer. In performing this task Quick Link II Fax translates the remote computer's special instructions for such things as screen cursor positioning, display color and text/graphics display. VT-100 / VT102 setup The EDIT button allows for additional settings for the VT100/VT102 emulation modes. By selecting the EDIT button the VT100/102 SETUP dialog box will appear. You should take special care in not changing the default settings unless you are certain that the host application absolutely requires a change. The default settings have been set to the most commonly used values. Altering options such as the Tab Stops may cause host applications to not operate properly on your terminal. The following options are found on the VT100/VT102 Terminal Setup: New line mode With this option off, a Return generates a carriage return. A linefeed (LF) moves the cursor to the next line maintaining the current column position. With this option on, a Return generates a carriage return and a linefeed. A linefeed moves the cursor to the left margin of the next line. Wraparound mode When this option is not checked, characters transmitted beyond the 79th character get printed on top of each other at the 80th column. When checked, these additional characters will get printed on the next line. Underline color This list box allows you to select the current color that Quick Link II Fax will display text in when the remote system underlines it locally. Tabs Stops Up to 10 tab positions may be entered in the tab text box. Each tab position entry must be separated from the next entry by a space. Answerback message The text box contains a 1 to 20 character message that will be transmitted upon computer request or operator command. Clicking SAVE saves these settings for all future sessions; OK closes the dialog box and puts the settings into effect immediately. CANCEL will close the dialog box and ignore the new settings. Connection Setup The CONNECTION SETUP dialog is only present when using a Class 1 fax/modem. Furthermore, it is only accessible for selected Class 1 fax/modems that require the software to assist in implementing V.42/V.42bis/MNP error correction. To allow you to change the modem connection settings, Quick Link II Fax includes the Connection Setup dialog box. This dialog box lets the user set various connection parameters. Protocol type This option group enables you to select the protocol at which the software will attempt connection. V.42 AUTO-RELIABLE means that the software will first attempt a V.42 connection, then try a MNP connection, then attempt speed matching if the others fail to connect. V.42 RELIABLE means that the software will attempt to make a V.42 connection. If no V.42 connection is made the software will hangup. MNP ONLY is a similar option, but will attempt to normal modem connection without error correction. V.42bis Type This option group only affects connections made with V.42. This option tells Quick Link II Fax how to use V.42bis. The default data compression is in both directions. MNP 5 compression This check box affects only MNP data connections. When this option is checked, MNP class 5 data compression will be enabled. Inactivity time The last option is a connection inactivity time limit. If you wish a connection to be automatically terminated after a set number of seconds of inactivity, type in the number of seconds in this edit box. The default is 0, which turns this feature off. This feature, if enabled, will only affect V.42 and MNP connections. The CONNECTION SETUP dialog box only affects incoming and outgoing data call connection, and outgoing connections dialed with the Dialer. For entries in the Phone List, there is a separate setup for each Phone List entry. When you add a Phone List entry, there will be a CONNECTION TYPE button in the ENTRY SCREEN. Clicking this button gives you a setup box similar to that displayed above, but the options you select here will only take affect when the selected number from the Phone List is dialed. Clicking SAVE saves these settings for all future sessions; OK closes the dialog box and puts the settings into effect immediately. CANCEL will close the dialog box and ignore the new settings. Color Setup The COLOR SETUP function provides you with the capability to adjust the foreground, background and highlight colors used if you have a CGA, EGA or VGA graphics adapter and a color monitor. If you have a monochrome adapter and monitor this function will not be operational. Upon selecting the Color Setup function you will have the COLOR SETUP dialog box displayed. The three scroll bars at the top of the dialog box are used to select the FOREGROUND, BACKGROUND and HI-LIGHTED colors. The SAMPLE WINDOW in the lower right portion of the dialog box will display the colors as selected. The SAVE button will record the new colors selected. The OK button will accept any color changes and remove the dialog box from the screen. The DEFAULT button will cause the default colors to be restored. The CANCEL button will disregard any color changes and remove the dialog box. The HELP button will cause the Help Window to be displayed. Hardware Setup The HARDWARE SETUP function allows you to set the printer port to be used by Quick Link II Fax and to change the monitor type from Color (CGA, EGA or VGA) to Black and White (Monochrome) or Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). Additionally, you can select the graphic printer driver used for printing incoming fax transmissions. It is important to note that your printer must have graphic printing capabilities. You must select the correct printer driver in order to ensure that your printed fax transmissions can be easily read and are printed with the correction proportions. The first set of Hardware Setup selections allows you to select the PRINTER PORT to which your printer is selected. The default setting is LPT1:. The second set of options allows you to change the MONITOR TYPE. This setting is initially set the first time you run Quick Link II Fax after installation. If you cannot easily see all of the colors on your computer screen, first try to change the color mix by selecting the COLOR SETUP function on the SETUP menu. If this does not correct your problem change the Monitor Type from Color to B&W (monochrome). If you are using a monochrome screen with a standard monochrome adapter, Quick Link II Fax will not allow you to change the monitor type to Color. The LCD (liquid crystal display) option is provided primarily for laptop computer users. The next part of Hardware Setup allows you to specify the type of printer you have by picking the appropriate graphic printer driver. This driver is used for printing fax transmissions. To select the printer driver, select the TYPE button and a scroll box will appear listing all the drivers provided. If you do not find a driver for your printer, you may find that you can use the generic 9 pin or 24 pin drivers. You may need to experiment with this selection, or call your printer manufacturer to see if your printer emulates a printer on the list. This dialog box also allows you to specify at which resolution you will print fax documents. NORMAL quality is the default selection and will give good results on most printers. If you wish to print at a higher resolution on your printer, select HIGH quality. If you wish to print your fax documents more quickly and quality is not as important, select the DRAFT option. When printing faxes, a fax page is normally compressed vertically to fit on a standard sheet of letter size paper. Checking ACTUAL SIZE PRINTING OF FAXES will force the printing of faxes at their actual size, regardless of the length. When you are satisfied with these settings, click the SELECT button to accept these changes. The final part of HARDWARE SETUP dialog box allows you to specify the monitor adapter mode used by Quick Link II Fax. The default selection is AUTO DETECT and Quick Link II Fax will automatically select the proper setting. To alter this default value, click the MODE button and a dialog box will appear. Select your adapter type from the option list. An adapter identifier will appear in the Text box. This number is the industry standard value for the selected adapter type. You may need to alter this value if the manufacturer of your adapter did not follow the industry standard. Click the SAVE button to record any changes made. Click the OK button to accept any changes and remove the dialog box. The CANCEL button will disregard any changes and remove the dialog box from the screen. (br/all-11/4/94)