ERROR TRAPPING ***** ******** Consistent with the Model 100/102 basic premise, the program has been made as user friendly as possible. Extensive new error trapping and reporting has been added since earlier versions. As well as using all the Model 100/102 error codes, and those of connected devices, the following new error messages have been included: ERROR # MESSAGE ******* *************** 80 Bad format in out- going mail file. 81 Addressee's ID not in specified file 82 No modem tone after 20 phone tries 83 CIS access phone # not in file named 84 CIS ERROR message "? no current file" 85 CIS ERROR message "file not found" 86 CIS ERROR message "requested file not found in PER area". 87 Bad format in Forum outgoing msg file 88 CIS service unavailable or busy. 98/99 CIS message: "PER area accesss denied In the event of an Error after log-on to CIS, the program will automatically log-off CIS, record usage, and leave a message for the user showing the date, time, error, and the program line number in which the error was experienced. This information will appear in the file EM8ERR.DO. 26 FINALLY ******* There are two more screens used by EM8SIG.400. We will close our discussion with them. If, at the Option Screen, page 4, you had answered "N" instead of "Y", you would immediately jump to the manual log-on screens. The first of these is the Access Number Screen. ______________________________________ | | | Compuserve EasyPlex& Forum (SIG) | | | | PHONE # AND PASSWORD | | IN ADRS.DO AS ? | | = CIS | | EM8SIG.100 (ver4.0) ? | |______________________________________| If you are using the log-on sequence which is titled CIS, just press . If, however, you wish to use one of the other log-on sequences in your ADRS.DO file, you simply enter in the correct title. Suppose you wished to dial through another access number you have titled CIS2. Then on this screen, simply type in "CIS2" without the quotes and press . In either case you will then go to the Auto-Time Screen. NOTE: If you use the "Quick Start" or Function Key method of acessing CIS, EM8SIG will -always- use the first CIS in your PIN.DO file. Therefore, the acess number used the most should be your first entry in that file. ______________________________________ | | | Compuserve Easyplex&Time:00:00:00 | | | | EMAIL time, or (N)ow: | | | | = Now | | EM8SIG.100 (ver4.0) | |______________________________________| In the upper right hand corner of the Auto-Time Screen you will see the current time running. If you wish to immediately log on, simply press . If you have option 6 on the "Auto-Forum (Sig) Option Menu" screen, page 8, set to "NO" EM8SIG will log-on, access ONLY the EMAIL section and then log-off. If you wish to manually log-on and access a forum as well as EMAIL, you must change option 6 to "YES". 27 AUTO LOG-ON AT PRESET TIME To me, this is one of the neatest features of EM8SIG.400, particularly if you have to call long-distance to get onto CIS as I do. Look at the screen presentation on the previous page again. Now, let's assume you wish to have EM8SIG log on for you at 11:00 p.m. Remember that the M100/102 uses a 24 hour clock. Type in "23:00:00" without the quotes. You must type a seconds entry even if it is "00". Don't forget to separate the hours, minutes and seconds with a colon ":". The time must be in six digits. 9:00 a.m. would be typed, "09:00:00". After entering your time, press . The middle line of your screen now changes to: Auto-Email set for: 23:00:00 EM8SIG.400 will wait until the time sequence and your entry match and then will run through the auto-log-on procedure just as if you had been there at 11:00 p.m. and pressed . Long distance rates are cheaper at night. Also, not many people, except maybe Stan Wong or Mike Nugent are up communing with CIS at 01:00 or 02:00 a.m. Therefore the system runs faster and on-line time is shortened. There is one Caveat I must mention though. If, during the timed log-on, for any reason the CIS network locks-up, which does happen occasionally, EM8SIG does not know it should log-off. Eventually, the CIS network will disconnect you. But that could be some time in the nature of 20 to 30 minutes. In the meantime EM8SIG.400 just sits and waits for something else to happen. (We could program just so much intelligence into this thing you know.) I know of no way around this problem. However, I have used EM8SIG in this manner many times and only experienced the lock-up twice. But I did want you to know it could happen. 28 APPENDIX A ******** * PROFILE SETTINGS Your CIS parameters must be set to certain values for EM8SIG to operate correctly. GO DEFAULT or GO PROFILE to check your terminal settings. Select the "Session vs. Permanent" menu selection. You should get the following listing: SESSION VS. PERMANENT SERVICE OPTIONS PERMANENT ONLY First Service at logon [MAIN] * EasyPlex Waiting [NOTIFY ONLY] * Personal Menu established [NO] PERMANENT SESSION TOP goes to [MAIN] [MAIN] Online editor [EDIT] [EDIT] Forum mode [COMMAND] [COMMAND] * (1) DISPLAY OPTIONS PERMANENT SESSION PAGED display [NO] [NO] * BRIEF prompts [YES] [YES] CLEAR between pages [YES] [YES] BLANK lines sent [YES] [YES] Line feeds sent [YES] [YES] TERMINAL TYPES/PARAMETERS PERMANENT ONLY Micro inquiry sequence at logon [NO] * PERMANENT SESSION TERMINAL type [OTHER] [OTHER] * Screen WIDTH [80] [80] * (2) LINES per page [0] [0] * Form FEEDS [SIMULATED] [SIMULATED] Horizontal TABS [SIMULATED] [SIMULATED] Chars. rec'd (CASE) [U/L] [U/L] Chars. sent in CAPS [NO] [NO] * (3) PARITY [ZERO] [ZERO] Output DELAYS [1] [1] ERASE when backspacing [YES] [YES] 29