Background information Capturing system messages for later printout Downloading whole files to your system Downloading part of a .LBR file to your system Uploading files to this system Printing while on-line with remote system :Background information There are hundreds of versions of MODEM7 currently in use. More are being written and modified every day. There is no way to adequately document the use of all versions. In the directions which follow, the most common commands are shown. If these commands are not correct for the version which you use, you must refer to the documentation for your version of MODEM7 or obtain a copy of a version which uses the command structure demonstrated here. :Capturing system messages To capture the system messages or a list of the files on this system, you must set up a text file. This is done by returning to the command prompt. Normally this is done with a ^E. You should then open a file and return to the terminal (communication) mode. Enter the terminal command followed by a filename. For example: T filename.typ If you want this file to be on drive b:, preceed the name with a drive indicator. A ^Y opens the buffer. Another ^Y temporarily closes the buffer. When you are finished saving material, return to the command line with a ^E. You will be reminded that the buffer is still open and present you with the possible options. :Downloading whole files to your system MODEM7 was specifically written to work with XMODEM for downloading files from this system to your system. You must tell this system which file you want. XMODEM is the program which sends files from this (or any remote) system to you. Note that on most FOG systems, you will not be able to download an entire library disk. The first step to downloading is to move to the section (drive and user area) where the file you are interested in is located. Additional details may be obtained by reading the XMODEM.HLP file (type HELP XMODEM at the prompt). If you wish to download an entire file, you start by typing: XMODEM S filename.typ at the A>. "filename.typ" should be the EXACT name of the file you want to download. XMODEM will check to see if it can find the file you want and then will compute the time to send you the file. If the sending time is more than 30 minutes, XMODEM will tell you that it cannot send you the file. If the sending time is less than 30 minutes, XMODEM will tell you how long it will take to send the file. At this point, you must tell AMCALL to receive the file. To tell your system to receive the file, enter a ^E to return to the COMMAND prompt. Now you tell MODEM7 to receive the file. You may enter the same name or you may take this opportunity to change the name. The format is: R filename.typ If you wish to save the file to a disk in your B: drive, preceed the filename by the B:. Sit back and wait until the transfer is completed and you again see this system's prompt. :Downloading part of a .LBR file to your system MODEM7 was specifically written to work with XMODEM for downloading files from this system to your system. You must tell this system which file you want. XMODEM is the program which sends files from this (or any remote) system to you. Note that on most FOG systems, you will not be able to download an entire library disk. The first step to downloading is to move to the section (drive and user area) where the file you are interested in is located. Additional details may be obtained by reading the XMODEM.HLP file (type HELP XMODEM at the prompt. If you wish to download a single file which is contained within a .LBR file, you start by typing: XMODEM L lbrname filename.typ at the A>. The "lbrname" is the name of the .LBR file. The "filename.typ" should be the EXACT name of the file you want to download. If you are not sure of the correct filename, use the type command to view the contents of the .LBR file: TYPE filename.LBR For more details on this command read the FILES.HLP. XMODEM will check to see if it can find the file you want and then will compute the time to send you the file. If the sending time is more than 30 minutes, XMODEM will tell you that it cannot send you the file. If the sending time is less than 30 minutes, XMODEM will tell you how long it will take to send the file. At this point, you must tell AMCALL to receive the file. To tell your system to receive the file, enter a ^E to return to the COMMAND prompt. Now you tell MODEM7 to receive the file. You may enter the same name or you may take this opportunity to change the name. The format is: R filename.typ If you wish to save the file to a disk in your B: drive, preceed the filename by the B:. Sit back and wait until the transfer is completed and you again see this system's prompt. :Uploading files to this system Basically, the difference between uploading and downloading is which system is sending and which system is receiving. First, tell this system to receive the file XMODEM R filename.typ Again, "filename.typ" is the name of the file you are sending. There is no need to tell this system where to put the file as it automatically puts it in the UPLOAD.PUB section. You should then set your system to send the file by returning to the COMMAND prompt with a ^E and then enter the name of the file you wish to send. Remember, if the file is on a disk in your B: drive, you will have to preceed the filename with the drive designator. For example: S d:filename.typ (Where d: = the drive the file is located on and filename.typ = the exact name of the file.) Sit back and wait for the transfer to finish. :Printing while on-line with remote system If you have a centronics printer, it is sometimes possible to print the messages appearing on the screen as they appear rather than storing the information to a disk file. The major drawback to this is that many printers will print too slowly. Since this will slow the transmission, this can increase the phone costs. You will need to check your documentation to see how to do this since I never bothered to learn how.