DELRINA TECHNOLOGY INC. 895 Don Mills Road 6830 Via Del Oro 500-2 Park Centre Suite 240 Toronto, Ontario San Jose, California Canada M3C 1W3 U.S.A. 95119-1353 Product Support Numbers BBS:(416)441-2752 WinFax PRO 3.0 Only:(416)441-0921 Fax Back:(416)443-1614 All Other Products:(416)441-1026 Fax:(416)441-0774 ====================================================================== T E C H N I C A L N O T E S Product: WinFax PRO 3.0, WinFax PRO 2.0 Document No.: 2033 Document Date: October 7, 1993 ====================================================================== Subject: OS/2 v2.0 and v2.1 Operating System--Running WinFax Situation: ========== You have a Class 1 or Class 2 Fax/Modem and are running WinFax PRO under OS/2 v2.0 or v2.1. (When running under OS/2, WinFax PRO has access to only 1000 interrupts per second, which is not enough for WinFax to fax at 9600 baud.) Solution: ========= There are a number of settings that need to be altered for WinFax PRO to function correctly under a WIN-OS/2 v2.0 or v2.1 session: - WinFax should be run in a full-screen WIN-OS/2 session, and any applications that you wish to fax from must be running in the same session. - The session that WinFax is running under should be left in the foreground during fax reception or transmission. - If you have migrated WinFax from a DOS-based Windows installation, you should reinstall WinFax from a WIN-OS/2 session. This is required because the OS/2 migration utility will not transfer all of the configuration information that WinFax needs. - Change the following WIN-OS/2 settings: IDLE_SENSITIVITY=100 IDLE_SECONDS=60 COM_HOLD=ON HW_TIMER=ON INT_DURING_IO=ON Note: Setting IDLE_SENSITIVITY to 100 and IDLE_SECONDS to 60 may reduce system performance, and may not be necessary in all cases. For more information, see your OS/2 manual. If you are running an Enhanced Mode Windows session under OS/2 v2.1, make the following changes to the [386Enh] section of the SYSTEM.INI file: COMxBUFFER=2048 COMBOOSTTIM1024E=20 COMxFIFO=0 Note: The "x" refers to the COM port that the fax/modem is connected to. If you are using WinFax PRO 3.0 (April 93 or later) with a Class 1 Fax/ Modem and do not have a 16550 UART chip, insert the following lines in the [General] section of the WINFAX.INI file: MaxTxSpeed=7200 MaxRxSpeed=4800 Note: This will limit WinFax to sending at 7200 and receiving at 4800. Valid entries for MaxTxSpeed are 14400, 12000, 9600, 7200 or 4800. Valid entries for MaxRxSpeed are 14400, 9600, or 4800. To operate at higher speeds, you must use a 16550 UART chip. OS/2 v2.1's serial port driver uses the buffering capability of this UART to increase the reliability of serial port communications running at 9600 baud or faster. For more information on migration, Win-OS/2 settings, and SYSTEM.INI settings, see your OS/2 manual. For more information on the 16550 UART chip, see your hardware dealer or modem anufacturer. For more information on your modem Class and WINFAX.INI settings, see your WinFax PRO 3.0 manual. For information on determining your release date and updating WinFax PRO 3.0, see Technical Note 2074.