Mini help file for demo version of BATFAX. This version of BATFAX is licensed for 7 days from date of installation. Using BATFAX through any means after the 7 day period is a violation of the limited license. Considering the author is a licensed attorney, using BATFAX in violation of the 7 day license is a risky move. With a cost of $25.00 for an unlimited single use license of BATFAX, software piracy is both uneconomical and unethical. $25.00 is a small price to pay for a full featured CLASS 2 fax program. Try it out on your computer and make sure it works with your modem. If it does and BATFAX mets your needs, send for the full version (loaded with other goodies). 1. Setup To set up BATFAX for use, select the SETUP menu option. A. Modem setup Set up the modems baud rate, flow control and other information by selecting MODEM SETUP. Make sure the baud rate is set to atleast the maximum baud rate of the modem. XON/OFF flow control should work but has not been fully tested. RTS/CTS should be used. Select the modem ID. The modem ID is sent to the receiving modem during transmission. B. Directory setup Select where files are located. The parameter file will be placed in the MISC directory. Received faxes will be placed in the DESTINATION directory. Sending faxes will default to the SOURCE directory. If a cover page is to be created, the MISC directory is used. C. Phone setup A list of ten phone numbers and names can be stored. Enter the phone numbers first without any spaces. Dashes and commas are allowed. To clear the list, select the CLEAR ICON. To delete one entry, select the phone number then select the DELETE icon. To select phone number(s) to call, just select the phone number. Select SAVE to store the changes or CANCEL to ignore them. D. Paramter setup Either SAVE or LOAD current parameters. Various values in BATFAX will be save or loaded. These include, phone numbers and names, cover page options, modem setup, fonts and directories. E. Font setup Current fonts can be selected here. Two default fonts are provided: NORMAL.FNT and FINE.FNT. NORMAL.FNT will produce a 20x20 character matrix while FINE.FNT will produce a 20x40 matrix. Different fonts can be used as long as the character width is 20 pixels. Other sizes will produce garbage fonts. 2. Send There are 3 options in the SEND menu: SEND FAX, SEND LIST and COVER PAGE. A. Send Fax Select this menu item to send fax files. Before a fax can be sent, the phone number(s) must be selected, fax files must be selected and optionally, the cover page must be set up. Phone numbers are selected in the PHONE NUMBER menu item under SETUP. Fax files are selected under SEND LIST menu item. Cover page is set up under COVER PAGE menu item. The various information fields are updated as the send operation proceeds. Once all fax files are sent or an error occures, press any key to return to main menu. A log of the send session is created automatically. To view this log select the LOG menu item (refer to LOG). To abort the sending operation, press either SHIFT key until the user abort status message appears. B. Send List Select which files to send here. 1. Select files Select the area after the file number then press the ADD icon. Enter the fax file name in the file selector box. 2. Remove files Select the file name then press the DELETE icon. To delete all files, press the CLEAR icon. 3. Save/Cancel Press the SAVE icon to save the changes or the CANCEL icon to abort the changes. C. Send Time Select this menu item to setup, enable or disable the delayed send feature. Enter the starting date and time to be used. Either activate or disable the feature here by selecting the button. When the send feature is activated, the system clock is checked. When the entered time matches, a send operation starts. The phone number(s), fax files and cover page must be set up prior to the send date/time. If not, the send will fail. The program must be at the main menu for the delay feature to check. If some other activity is occuring, the delay will wait until the main menu is active. D. Cover Page Select this item to set up the cover page. Use of the cover page can be disabled by selecting the proper button. A header can be changed, enabled or disabled here. The cover page will retain the basic form of the input form. Enter sending name, destination name, voice and fax phone numbers and upto 6 lines of message information. If no destination name is present, then the name field attached to the phone number will be inserted. A time/date stamp can be enabled here. If the cover page is active, a check mark will be place infront of the COVER PAGE menu item. 3. Receive Faxes are received here. Either manual modem answer or automatice answer can be enabled. Enter the number of rings to wait for here. To abort, press either SHIFT key until the abort status message appears. Activity will be logged in the same manner as with SEND. Receive information will be displayed as the receiving operation proceeds. The receive buffer is a fixed amount of space. It should be set to a large value (> 131,000 bytes). This value is set in the MODEM SETUP form. The default value is 131,072. If the receive buffer box overflows, this value should be increased. The received faxes will be placed in the DEST directory. The File names will be in the format: BFMMDDYY.J??. 4. View/Print Faxes can be viewed or printed here. The active printer driver is selected here. A. View/PRINT Select the VIEW STE icon to view a fax using the hardware of the STe/TT computers. Select the VIEW ST icon to view a fax on any ST series computer. Select the PRINT FAX icon to print a fax. Enter the fax file name when the file selector box appears. 1. View Use the mouse to scroll the fax. Press any mouse button to end view. 2. Print Make sure a printer driver is loaded, the printer is turned on and on-line. Press either SHIFT key to abort printing. A printed fax Will be 1728 pixels wide and what ever length in line long. One fax file will not fit on one page unless its size fits on one page. B. Printer Driver Select which printer driver is to be loaded here. All the current drivers are displayed. Currently, there is only one - FX-80. Most printers will emulate this type of printer. Select the down arrow to scroll the available printer drivers. 5. Convert Select this menu item to convert either ASCII or 1STWord¿ file into a fax file. The FAX file will be in STraightFAX¿ format. A. Convert ASCII Select this menu item to convert an ASCII file into a fax file. Various parameters should be set up or the defaults will be used. Line justification option allows all the lines to either be right, left or center justified. Select a resolution icon for the fax resolution. Select the ASCII FAX icon to start the conversion. Select the FAX NAME icon if an user supplied fax file name should be used. The default fax file name is the input file name with the extention J?? (starting at the lowest available value.) Press either SHIFT key to abort the conversion. B. Convert 1STWord¿ Select the menu item to convert a 1STWord¿ file into a fax file. Select a resolution icon for the fax resolution. Select the 1ST FAX icon to start the conversion. Select the FAX NAME icon if an user supplied fax file name should be used. The default file name is the input file name with the J?? extention. Press either SHIFT key to abort the conversion. 6. Log The current send or receive log can be viewed or saved here. Select the arrow buttons to scroll through current log entries. Select SAVE or APPEND to save the current log entries to a file. The log will be reset each time SEND or RECEIVE is selected from the main menu. After a SEND or RECEIVE operation is complete, the log should be saved or appended or it will be lost when the next SEND or RECEIVE is started.