File MSVHP1.HLP							2 March 1991

System-dependent source for MS-DOS Kermit 3.10 for HP 150 in
MSUHP1.ASM and MSXHP1.ASM.  MSVHP1.LNK is the link input file.  Output
is MSVHP1.EXE.

                Features of Kermit 3.10 for the HP 150


The application softkeys have been programmed to common commands in
connect mode. These are as follows.

1. f1 toggles between the firmware Tektronix emulator and and HP 2622
ascii mode.  (As with the IBM version, the Tek emulator is
automatically entered with ESC ^L or ESC [?38h. Automatic exit is with
ESC [?38l or ^X. "SET TERM DISABLETEK" will disable automatic
entry/exit.)
2. f2 clears the screen.
3. f3 enters the firmware terminal for DOS version greater than 2.01.
The firmware terminal emulator is capable of much higher speed than is
kermit. Press SHIFT-STOP when you wish to return to kermit.
4. f4 pushes to DOS. Type "exit" to return to kermit.
5. f5 hangs up the phone if you are connected to a modem.
6. f6 is only active during session logging.  This key allows you to
turn session logging on and off. When the key is labeled "Start
Logging", the session log file is open but logging is not taking
place. Pressing f6 will now start logging and the key label will
change to "Stop Logging".  Press "Stop Logging" if you want to quit
logging.  If you want to close the session log, type "close session"
at the MS-Kermit> prompt.
7. f7 is unused.
8. f8 exits connect mode. You can also exit connect mode with EXTEND
CHAR -x and the standard two key sequence ^]C.

Note that the application softkeys are not active if user or system
softkeys are displayed. The application softkeys are automatically
selected when kermit enters connect mode.  They can also be selected
with Shift-User/System.

The default is to have datacomm in 8 bit mode with transparency
enabled and the port in raw mode. If these settings are not
satisfactory they can be changed with the following:

set term raw    ; raw mode  (default)
set term cooked ; cooked
set term 7bit   ; 7 bit  (default)
set term 8bit   ; 8 bit  (default for DOS >2.01)
set term OnTransparency   ; dc transparency on (default)
set term OffTransparency  ; dc transparency off 

With the port in 8 bit mode, the firmware flow control
will not be enabled, even if it is selected in the port
configuration menu. (Port configuration menus are accessed 
by pressing USER/SYSTEM twice, f8, and the either f3 (port 1)
or f4 (port 2)). If you are running at a baud rate of 4800 or 
more, you will want to enable firmware flow control by 
setting the receive and transmit paces in the port configuration
menu to XON/XOFF and setting datacomm to 7 bits with 
"set term 7bit". Be careful to have the correct parity and bits
setting in the port configuration menu when datacomm is in 7 bit 
mode. My experience is that 8 data bits and no parity works best.

Expect a maximum baud rate without flow control of about 3600.
Note that the "SET FLOW" command in kermit is just recognized 
when logging the session. (I tried to set the flow control from
with the program by using code from the HP 150 programmers 
library from compuserve, but I was not successful. It was 
possible to change the baud rate, but changing the port configuration
with firmware calls always resulted in a disabling of firmware
flow control. Help in this matter will be appreciated!)

Let me know if you have any questions, comments, or encounter problems.

John Nyenhuis     nyenhuis@ecn.purdue.edu
Purdue University
School of Electrical Engineering
West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
(317) 494-3524   FAX: (317) 494-6440

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