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Your first trip online. Typical pitfalls and simple solutions http://home.eunet.no/~presno/bok/v3.html The Online World resources handbook Appendix 3: Online with the world Your first trip online. Typical pitfalls and simple solutions [INDEX] [Expanded Index] [Search] [NEXT] [BACK] Practical data communication Assembling the equipment Installing the program The dial tone Does your computer have contact with the modem? Does your modem have contact with the phone line? NO DIALTONE Configuring your general purpose communications program Configuring Trumpet Winsock Dialing What may go wrong? When dialing through a switchboard (PBX) No answer from the remote computer Sorry, no luck! Testing a BBS Partial success Practical data communication Downloading programs Downloading text The term "append" The term "strip" National characters Protocol transfers XMODEM XMODEM/CRC YMODEM Batch Kermit Super Kermit ZMODEM Downloading public domain software The protocol transfer method explained Decompression of files Transfer problems Uploading Sending electronic mail Slow down with "pacing" Protocol transfers may be easier The first thing novices want to know is how to set up the modem and computer for communication. This may take more time than expected and often seems complex for the uninitiated. You can save yourself much sweat and frustration by asking others for help. To enable your computer for communication is a one time job. Once done, you can almost forget what you did and why. There are so many different modems, computers and programs out there. We just cannot give practical advice on the use of all of them in one short appendix. Instead, we will use one example. Your job is to "translate" the text into a terminology that fits your tools. Once your system is set up for communication, your first job will be to find what keys to 1 of 14 23.11.2009 15:50
Your first trip online. Typical pitfalls and simple solutions http://home.eunet.no/~presno/bok/v3.html press to get the job done. How you use your communications program may vary considerably from our example. In general, however, it will be the same for most people doing manual communication. Once online, the environment is the same for all users. If you plan to use automatic communications as explained in Chapter 16, this chapter may not be that important. Your program will do the job for you. Still, take a few minutes and browse through the text. It may enable you to handle unexpected problems better. Our example assumes that you have an MS DOS computer. Not because this is the best microcomputer in the world, but because there are more of them than anything else. We assume that you have an external, intelligent Hayes compatible modem and the communications program Procomm (version 2.4.2). Assembling the equipment You have the modem, the cable (to connect your modem with the computer), a phone cable (to connect your modem with the phone or the wall jack), and a communications program. Check that the modem's power switch is off. Place the modem by the computer, and plug the power supply cord (or the power adapter cord) into the AC wall socket. Switch on the modem. Do NOT use 115 volt equipment in 250 volt sockets! Connect modem and computer using the modem cable. There may be several optional sockets on the computer. These are usually marked RS 232, COMMS, MODEM, or just nothing. The connector may be of a flat 25 pins, 9 pins, or a round 8 pins type. Use communication port number 1, 2, or whatever else is available for this purpose. If you have several options, and the socket for communication port number 1 seems free, use this. If not, try one of the others. Next, connect the modem to the telephone line. If in luck, the modem came with a phone cable that works with your setup. If so, it is simple: 1. 2. Disconnect the phone cable from the telephone. Insert the modular plug into the right jack on the modem. This jack is often marked with the word LINE, with a drawing of a modular wall jack, or another understandable icon. You may be able to connect the phone to the modem using the phone cord that came with the modem. This may allow you to use the phone for voice, when the line is not busy with communication. (You may have to make changes in this cord to make it work with the connected phone.) This concludes the technical assembly of your equipment. Next step is to install the communications program. When this is done, we will check it out. Installing the program Let us assume that you have received Procomm on a diskette, and that it is set up with its default configuration. PROCOMM.EXE is the program. The other files have no importance here. Enter Procomm and press ENTER. Our first task is to prepare it for communication: If you are using a monochrome display, use the command PROCOMM /B The program will greet you by a welcome text. At the bottom of the screen, the message 2 of 14 23.11.2009 15:50
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