From: Chris Albertsen Area: Protocols To: Mike Ward 8 Jan 92 02:18:16 Subject: External Protocols UpdReq Hey Mike, Are you using the Opus Jmodem in your Protocal.ctl? Chris --------------= Brought to you compliments of Plastic Tower =--------------- From: Colin Wheat Area: Protocols To: Mike Tayeb 5 Jan 92 11:50:06 Subject: External Protocol Problems UpdReq MT> Thanks for your help with installing HS/Link. MT> I don't understand what the part that says @%x:HSLink%K.Ctl does. From the HS/Link Documentation: @FILELIST Transmit list of files contained in FILELIST to remote computer. This is used when you want to make a long list of files in advance, then transmit them all with a single command. It is also used by BBS programs to produce long batches of downloads. Maximus translates %x to the current drive letter, and %K to the task number in Hex. MT> Also, if I omit all the %K parameters in the entry for HS/Link MT> in Protocol.Ctl, it should make no difference in the operation MT> since I am not running more than one node right? That's correct. It should work for you as is though. Regards. --------------= Brought to you compliments of Plastic Tower =--------------- From: Melvain Donyes Area: Protocols To: Patrick Siglin 2 Jan 92 11:33:56 Subject: Re: External Protocol UpdReq Hi Patrick... A quick quote from your message of 27-Dec-91: MD>> Better question is, "Why would you want to?" :-) PS> To put in Dsz so I can take advantage of Mobyturbo SO THERE! 8-) Oh! Sorry, I hadn't thought of that... :-) Melvain --------------= Brought to you compliments of Plastic Tower =--------------- From: Brian Hampson Area: Protocols To: All 6 Jan 92 17:49:36 Subject: Bimodem external protocol UpdReq OK....here's the scenario....with the present entry in protocol.ctl for Bimodem, there is NO description passed for the file, since it is using the DSZ style log...There exists a way in Bimodem to create a binary log file containing the description. Here's what I would like to see...a simple quick (dirty and ugly if need be) little util that will read the binary log (as laid out in the Bimodem docs) then write a DSZ style log WITH a description included. This would be a WONDERFUL thing. Thanks, B. --------------= Brought to you compliments of Plastic Tower =--------------- From: Glenn Wilser Area: Protocols To: Billy Cash 31 Dec 91 04:50:08 Subject: External Protocol UpdReq PS> How do you get rid of the internal zmodem? MD> Better question is, "Why would you want to?" :-) --- MAX -xz (other command line paramiters) Glenn --------------= Brought to you compliments of Plastic Tower =--------------- From: Thomas Mackie Area: Protocols To: Scott Dudley 8 Jan 92 05:30:18 Subject: User ID Change UpdReq Sorry for the delay in getting back.. But I seem to have found what was causing Max to randomly change a users identity after completing a file transfer..Well.. it seems that Max will grab hold of an old RESTAR??.BBS file if there is one laying around, and think that is the current users ID. I don't currently have any external protocols added. Only the original, supplied with Max protocols are inplace.. All I do now, is make sure these RESTAR?? are deleted after each caller.. END OF PROBLEM... Hope this helps you find a solution.. Thanks for the great Max! --------------= Brought to you compliments of Plastic Tower =--------------- From: Ed Henry Area: Protocols To: All 9 Jan 92 01:52:14 Subject: Hyperprotocol UpdReq Several users have requested that I make Hyperprotocol available to them. I have obtained the archive hyp11e.zip, but if anyone can help I need the entries for the protocol.ctl as well as special .bat files or anything else necessary. Thanks in advance. Ed --------------= Brought to you compliments of Plastic Tower =--------------- From: Barry Corlazzoli Area: Protocols To: Steve Hughes 9 Jan 92 01:48:58 Subject: Hyperp protocol.ctl UpdReq > ever come across any > bug minor or major. Until now I've never heard of any > and my users have never reported any, they love it. As a matter of fact, I don't know them either! I just HEARD this through certain echoe's and friends etc... -> Barry Corlazzoli <- --------------= Brought to you compliments of Plastic Tower =--------------- From: Leo Vildosola Area: Protocols To: Tristan Young 8 Jan 92 01:08:00 Subject: MAXIMUS & Protocols UpdReq TY>Can anyone send me their PROTOCOL.CTL file with the following definitions: TY>Super Zmodem The following Protocol definition is the one I use and I don't see why it would not work for others. ___ SZmodem Protocol Definition Protocol SZmodem Type Batch LogFile DSZ%K.Log ControlFile SZmodem.Ctl DownloadCmd command /c SZXfer DSZ%K.Log SZ @SZmodem.Ctl UploadCmd command /c SZXfer DSZ%K.Log RZ %v DownloadString %s UploadString DownloadKeyword z UploadKeyword Z FilenameWord 10 DescriptWord 0 End Protocol ___ The respective batch file SZXfer.Bat is as follows: --- SZXfer.Bat @Echo off REM SZmodem upload/download batch file Set Dszlog=%1 c:\Szmodem\SZMODEM /CFGPATH /NOLOG /DL c:\Szmodem\ %2 %3 Set Dszlog= ___ The above batch file overrides any necessary setup done with SZConfig. The version of SZmodem I'm using is 1.60 but I have used the same batch file since 1.41. The only thing that I would suggest you do is place the directory where your SZmodem.Cfg can be found... Anyway I hope this helps. G'd day! X LeO X ___ X SLMR 2.1 X I'd go on welfare, but I'm not used to living that well!! --------------= Brought to you compliments of Plastic Tower =--------------- From: Leo Vildosola Area: Protocols To: Barry Carter 8 Jan 92 01:08:02 Subject: Gymodem UpdReq BC>Protocol Gymodem BC> Type Batch BC> Type Opus BC> LogFile Gymodem%K.Log BC> ControlFile Gymodem%K.Ctl BC> DownloadCmd Gymodem.Exe Gymodem%K.Ctl BC> -p%p -b19200 -t%k -m%d -f%D -r%t BC> UploadCmd Gymodem.Exe Gymodem%K.Ctl BC> -p%p -b19200 -t%k -m%d -f%D -r%t BC> DownloadString Send %s BC> UploadString Get %s BC> DownloadKeyword Sent BC> UploadKeyword Got BC> FilenameWord 1 BC> DescriptWord 4 BC> End Protocol I have never set up this protocol but I know what your problem is. Whenever Maximus gets the wrong info about the logfile it gives this mnessage. The only way to fix this is to give it the write info about the position of your 'words'. Let me take a look at one of the log files and I'll tell you exactly what is wrong... Another thing is that you may prefer to creatre a batch file for the call. Also, try placing the Send and Get command words in the Downloadcmd/Uploadcmd and leave the DownloadString as %s. Take out the %s from the UploadString unless you really need it. If you would have placed a copy of a log file a could help a lot more... G'd day! X LeO X ___ X SLMR 2.1 X I'd go on welfare, but I'm not used to living that well!! --------------= Brought to you compliments of Plastic Tower =--------------- From: Mike Ward Area: Protocols To: Chris Albertsen 9 Jan 92 01:09:00 Subject: External Protocols Rec'd UpdReq +--------- CA| Are you using the Opus Jmodem in your Protocal.ctl? +--------- No. ___ X PQ-Under-Trial 2.15 X --------------= Brought to you compliments of Plastic Tower =--------------- From: Lawrence Sullivan Area: Protocols To: Sir Roric 10 Jan 92 11:35:46 Subject: Re: Bad up loads UpdReq SR> as you can see her downloading works just fine. She has SR> used a couple of different protocols but all result in SR> aborts due to to many errors. I know this is probably SR> not a Maximus problem but I hav absolutly no idea on When I first converted from 1.02 to 2.00, I had a user who had just about the opposite problem. He could upload, which he did and that was great. But when he tried to download, it would timeout. I'd logged onto Max remotely and tested the protocols both ways. That wasn't the problem. It turned out that he hadn't created the directory that he'd setup his comm program for (to receive the downloads into). I dunno... ...wish them luck! Larry --------------= Brought to you compliments of Plastic Tower =--------------- From: Joshua Lee Area: Protocols To: Ken Thompson 11 Jan 92 15:44:14 Subject: Bimodem .GT. HS-Link UpdReq In a message of Ken Thompson (3:712/532) writes: KT> On the MAX side of things - yes - but I've seen too many users go KT> mad trying to get Bi running I've heard that HS-LINK is alot easier to setup than Bimodem, although it doesn't support a few features. I haven't run it before though. (Anyone in net 109 got this program?) I assume it works with Maximus in the new protocol.ctl file. JBL --------------= Brought to you compliments of Plastic Tower =--------------- From: Leo Vildosola Area: Protocols To: Ed Henry 11 Jan 92 01:11:04 Subject: Hyperprotocol UpdReq EH>Several users have requested that I make Hyperprotocol available to them. EH>I have obtained the archive hyp11e.zip, but if anyone can help I need the EH>entries for the protocol.ctl as well as special .bat files or anything else EH>necessary. Thanks in advance. EH>Ed Protocol.Ctl I use is as follows: Protocol HyperProtocol Type Batch LogFile Hyperp.Log ControlFile Hyperp.Ctl DownloadCmd command /c Hyper %P %W SEND @Hyperp.Ctl UploadCmd command /c Hyper %P %W RECEIVE %V DownloadString %s UploadString DownloadKeyword UploadKeyword Saved FilenameWord 2 DescriptWord 0 End Protocol A sample batchfile is as follows: @Echo Off BNU /Q HYPERP @HYPER.TXT PORT:%1 BAUD:%2 %3 %4 BNU /C Note that you need the FOSSIL disabled while using the protocol. A sample copy of HYPER.TXT is as follows: COMPRESS:OFF SUSPEND:ON HANDSHAKE:RTS/CTS TIMESTAMP:OFF LOGFILE:HYPERP.LOG DISPLAY:OFF OVERWRITE:ON On all our testing, we have determined the following 'must have': - Usage of 'Saved' as the UploadKeyword do to the nature of the Hyperp.Log. It contains more than one line of information totally useless to Maximus. - We had to have SUSPEND:ON at both ends for the system not to crash. I don't know why this is since we both have fairly discent systems. - DISPLAY:OFF is a must for unattended BBS use. The reason for this is that if you exclude this parameter you will have to be there to 'press a key' after all the Xfers. Hope this helps you and I hope that you do have the same version of Hyperp I have. Or maybe even a later version. BTW, the contents of HYPER.TXT can be put in the command line if your version does not support it. G'd day! BTW, if you need any more help, you know where to find me. X LeO X ___ X SLMR 2.1 X You didn't say what you said I said you said --------------= Brought to you compliments of Plastic Tower =--------------- From: Steve Hughes Area: Protocols To: Scott Dudley 12 Jan 92 19:25:34 Subject: PROTOCOL.MAX UpdReq Hi Scott, A query please. I run a network system using max.exe etc on every drive/node. I've noticed that I can silt from a different max.ctl on each drive and produce a custom max.prm for each drive/node. However, I seem to produce protocol.max only on my max system drive. This is screwing up my external protocols because I think they are being fed parameters from this file (does this sound reasonable ?). I cannot run max.exe etc. from only one drive because I need different modem init strings etc. Is there another way to solve this protocol.max problem ? Cheers Steve. --------------= Brought to you compliments of Plastic Tower =--------------- From: Scott Dudley Area: Protocols To: Steve Hughes 13 Jan 92 00:41:08 Subject: PROTOCOL.MAX UpdReq SH> max.prm for each drive/node. However, I seem to produce SH> protocol.max only on my max system drive. This is SH> screwing up my external protocols because I think they SH> are being fed parameters from this file (does this SH> sound reasonable ?). The external protocol driver will always read from protocol.max. Do you need a different set of protocols for each node or something? SH> I cannot run max.exe etc. from only one drive SH> because I need different modem init strings etc. Is SH> there another way to solve this protocol.max problem ? How are init strings related to this? --------------= Brought to you compliments of Plastic Tower =--------------- From: Ed Henry Area: Protocols To: Leo Vildosola 13 Jan 92 22:41:34 Subject: Hyperprotocol UpdReq EH>Several users have requested that I make EH>Hyperprotocol available to them. EH>I have obtained the archive hyp11e.zip, but if EH>anyone can help I need the Thanks for the help Leo..Hope it works as well for me as it does you. Ed --------------= Brought to you compliments of Plastic Tower =--------------- From: Ervin Jay Area: Protocols To: Bill Drake 13 Jan 92 01:13:08 Subject: Mail downloading UpdReq On 01-11-92 Bill Drake wrote to Joshua Lee... BD> BD>> Hi, Scott. Thanks for the reply. Is there a possibility of adding BD> BD>> ASCII download capability to Max2? Is this terribly difficult? Find a file called OATE_100.ZIP and add the ASCII protocol to the Protocol.CTL file.......instant Ascii downloads. Cheers Erv... ... OFFLINE 1.34 * CAUTION:I brake for Bauds (If I see 'em) --------------= Brought to you compliments of Plastic Tower =--------------- From: Bill Drake Area: Protocols To: Ervin Jay 16 Jan 92 11:23:28 Subject: Mail downloading UpdReq EJ> Find a file called OATE_100.ZIP and add the ASCII protocol to the EJ> Protocol.CTL file.......instant Ascii downloads. EJ> Cheers Erv... Thanks Erv - will begin the hunt. EJ>... OFFLINE 1.34 * CAUTION:I brake for Bauds (If I see 'em) Hmmm. Do you brake for the shapely, curvaceous V.42bis/V.32bis ones only,or do you brake for the frumpy 1200/2400 bps non-error-correcting ones as well? Inquiring minds want to know... ;-) Bill