TeleShare DOS Remote Access Page 1 This Product is Shareware, if you continue to use it Please Legalise your usage through Registration. _______ ____|__ | (R) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| Member UPDATED: December, 1994 This manual provides some suggestions on using TeleShare with other sofware. Normally it assumes that you can or have read the other software's manual(s). Whats covered here: Using TeleShare with TELIX: Using TeleShare with DSZ: Using TeleShare with PCZ: Using TeleShare with DIALER: Using TeleShare with SCOMM: Using TeleShare with NCOMM: Using TeleShare with the WIZARD: Using TeleShare with the RUNT: Using TeleShare with GATHER: Using TeleShare with AT and DTR: Using TeleShare with HYDRACOM: Using TeleShare with TELIX: Telix is a very popular shareware communications package. There are many other similar packages, but we will use Telix for the example. You can use Telix normally with Teleshare. Its a good idea to load the host TSH before you run Telix, but TeleShare DOS Remote Access Page 2 the TELE.TXT shows simpler examples for just answering the telephone. The remote TSR can be loaded either before or after running Telix. Otherwise, just quit without hanging up once any call or connection that includes Teleshare is complete. Then start the Teleshare session. Using TeleShare with DSZ: DSZ is Omen's well known industry standard file transfer tool. You should ensure the batch files are correct, including the port, baud, and cache settings. Telefile assumes that the file list will be in the FILES.UP file. DSZ has many features, including the capability to transfer files using direct connections. See its DSZ.TXT for more usage and product payment information. Using TeleShare with PCZ: PCZ is a free file transfer tool that is a similar subset of DSZ. You normally use it much like you would use DSZ. It does not have direct connection capability. Using TeleShare with DIALER: Dialer is a very nice free small phone dialer that is included in most TeleShare distributions. It was designed to work with tools like DSZ. You need to check the TELEFILE.INI file and any batch files to ensure that it is properly setup. Normally TELEFILE will transparently use DIALER once the telefile.ini is properly setup, so you do not need to know much more about it. However, the DIALER.TXT is the best source for more information. Using TeleShare with SCOMM: SCOMM is a free communications tools, akin to Telix but much smaller dumber and simpler, that is included with some TeleShare distributions. You can use SCOMM to dial and maintain your phone number list. Use Telefile, XM, and external protocols for file transfers. SCOMM has a nice built-in editor called TWRP. It also has its own manual SCOMM.TXT. SCOMM is a variant of Al Steven's smallcom program from Doctor Dobb's Journal. The c language source for smallcom is available on Compuserve. TeleShare DOS Remote Access Page 3 Using TeleShare with NCOMM: NCOMM is our name for Barry Nance's Byte Magazine communications program. NCOMM is designed as a tsr or resident program and is useful for background file transfers. It will not remove itself from memory while a connection is active, so you 'lose' about 50k while its active. Its c language source is freely available on Compuserve. Using TeleShare with the WIZARD: The Wizard is a shareware program which will run any other program, and make it appear to that program that a user is typing commands at the keyboard. Actually the "typing" is done automatically by the Wizard as specified in a script file. The Wizard's scripts also allow it to monitor the contents of the computer's screen and elapsed time and take actions based on the screen contents and/or the time. These capabilities help you quite a bit when you start to automate file transfers and such matters. The Wizard should work with any program that uses DOS or the BIOS for keyboard input, or that uses the BIOS data area directly. The normal Teleshare release will do the job now if you want to do something like off site backups every night at 11PM. However, when you find yourself repeating something quite a bit, or a more complex backup process, you should explore using the Wizard with Teleshare. Using TeleShare with the RUNT: The RUNT, or RUN Timer, is the P. C. Softsmith automatic scheduler and maintenance tool. It allows you to run other software at scheduled intervals (eg at night), and includes passwords and a screen saver. There are a fair number of things that can be basically automated so someone can dial in for a short period and check or download the results. An example: # at 6:30PM echo the ATS0=0 command to the modem on com1 # this tells the modem to NEVER answer the phone. 18:30 ECHO ATS0=0 > COM1 # change the setting to answer on the second ring. 20:00 ECHO ATS0=2 > COM1 TeleShare DOS Remote Access Page 4 # other stuff # Send the files listing in the FILES.UP file # (This assumes another machine is setup to automatically # dial up for downloading. ) 21:30 XM S files.up # reboot the machine 22:00 REBOOT Using TeleShare with GATHER: Gather is P.C. Softsmith's simple file manager. It is mostly command line oriented, but can be run from Telemenu's menu system. It can use the FILES.UP file generated by Telefile. You can use gather to archive only the files changed in the last day, or 3 days or whatever, as part of a RUNT schedule. The archive file can then be backed up off site for additional security. If you use PKZIP or similar technology the archive file can be encrypted. You can COPY, ERASE, MOVE, and TRANSFER files using gather. See the GATHER.TXT for more information. Using TeleShare with AT and DTR: First, you might find more than one AT in a TeleShare distribution, because various people have developed AT utilities. The normal use of an AT is something like "AT COM1: 454-3434" to dial the phone. We include an AT for a simple dialer, but expect you to be more likely to use it with other non-Teleshare applications. DTR runs the DTR on a communications port. You can use it to force the modem to hang-up. An example: REM Use this command set in a batch file to reset a modem REM on com port 2 DTR COM2: ON AT COM2: Z DTR COM2: OFF You can look for the AT.TXT, SETMODEM.TXT, and AT1-4.TXT depending on the specific AT included. Using TeleShare with HYDRACOM: TeleShare DOS Remote Access Page 5 Hydracom is a very nice free fast file transfer tool. It includes a terminal, chat, and two way file transfers. However, Hydracom 'takes over' the serial port and disables the host TSH. Still, you might try it to see how it works for you. Its c language source is available on Compuserve. Warranty THE DOCUMENTATION AND ASSOCIATED SOFTWARE ARE DISTRIBUTED AND SOLD WITH NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING ITS MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENTATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE AND DOES NOT REPRESENT A COMMITTMENT ON THE PART OF THE VENDOR. OTHER PRODUCT AND BRAND NAMES MENTIONED ARE TRADEMARKS OR REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE HOLDERS.