® APPLICATION NOTE Mailing Address: PO Box 11400 • Tucson, AZ 85734 • Street Address: 6730 S. Tucson Blvd. • Tucson, AZ 85706 Tel: (602) 746-1111 • Twx: 910-952-1111 • Telex: 066-6491 • FAX: (602) 889-1510 • Immediate Product Info: (800) 548-6132
EXCHANGING FILES ON THE CUSTOMER SERVICE ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD
by Tom Parkes, Applications Engineer (602) 741-3970
Burr-Brown maintains an Electronic Bulletin Board Service TBBS Welcomes JANE Q. PUBLIC (BBS) for the convenience of all customers. The BBS is a Is this correct? y # Chars per line on screen(10-132)? 80 valuable tool for accessing information about Burr-Brown Vidtex VT-52
This document is intended as a reference to the file exchange Can your terminal print lower case? Y Does your terminal need Line Feeds? Y features of the BBS. The initial sign on procedure for the BBS How many Nulls (0-50, normally 0)? 0 Can your terminal display ANSI codes? N is covered, then downloading files from the BBS public Can your terminal display IBM Graphics Characters? N Do you wish to have a pause after each display page (Y/N)? Y software section, and lastly the procedure for attaching and How many lines per Display page (10-80)? 24 Please Enter a 1-8 character Password to be used for future logons. This receiving files in the private mail section. password may have any printable characters you wish. Lower case is considered different from upper case and imbedded blanks are legal. REMEMBER THIS PASSWORD. You will need it to log on again.
Your password? public You are caller number 1514 LOGGING ON TO THE BBS You are authorized 45 mins this call New users of BBSs should first familiarize themselves with a personal computer communications software package and FIGURE 2. Determining Terminal Type. their modem. Procomm, CrossTalk, Reflection, and White Knight are a few of the more popular PC communications packages. displays transmitted to the user’s computer. Several common The Burr-Brown BBS operates 24 hours a day. The modem terminal/terminal emulation types are listed to select from. If number is (602) 741-3978 operating at 2400/1200/300 baud the type of terminal/software program in use is not listed, the with 8 data bits/no parity/1 stop bit. When the user connects user should type
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First Name? Jane Q. Last Name? Public
Not in User file, start an account for you(Y/N)? y
FIGURE 1. BBS Sign on Screen. FIGURE 3. User Profile Survey Screen.
1991 Burr-Brown Corporation AN-176 Printed in U.S.A. May, 1991 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::: Burr-Brown Customer Service Bulletin Board :::::::: Type P to Pause, S to Stop listing :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
[A] Application Notes and [S] Software Resources FILE NAME SIZE DESCRIPTION (DATE) Spice Model Files and Utilities ------DEMO1.ZIP 14153 TDL/II two warehouse inventory demo [M] Messages and Technical [X] Component Cross- TM9KCOMM.ZIP 3306 Demo routines for talking to the TM9000 Questions Reference Guide FILEXFER.ZIP 22804 Programs to read TM9000 queues (source) PRODIGY.TDL 3683 TDL/II demo for Prodigy barcode printer [L] Order Product Info [P] U.S. OEM Pricing MACHMON.ZIP 1896 Machine monitor TM8436 demo programs and Application Notes Database VOICE.TDL 6016 TDL/II driver for TM5100 voice system TMCHAR.ZIP 55680 Programs to tie terminals to PC COM port [D] ELECTRONIC DATABOOK SUPER.ZIP 18286 Demo programs for TM9000 and terminals ------TM9KV113.ZIP 60041 TM9000, TDL/II version 1.13. [W] What's New With Burr-Brown TMKYBD.ZIP 13861 Redefine terminal keyboards from your PC ------TAT2.ZIP 13827 Demo program for TM4500,TM8600, & TM8x01 TM900BUF.ZIP 2204 TDL/I (TM900) code to access the TM8600 [C] Change User Settings [B] BBS Information TM9KIO.ZIP 4992 C and PAS low and hi level comm routines [R] Remote Maintenance Menu NEWSTART.EXE 17995 TM9000 Startup utility (for fast CPU's)
[H] Help [G] Goodbye rotocol, Command: FIGURE 4. BBS Main Menu. FIGURE 6. Listing of Available Files. PUBLIC AREA DOWNLOADS 4) A list of the file transfer protocols supported by the BBS Customers can access an extensive list of downloadable files will appear. Type the number of one that is supported by by calling the BBS. A collection of software tools, utilities, the communications software in use. Most packages will updates, demonstrations and example programs is maintained support Xmodem, Ymodem and Kermit. by Burr-Brown design, marketing, and applications engineers 5) After the BBS displays “Awaiting Start Signal expressly for this purpose. These programs include a Compo- (Ctrl-X to abort),” start the file download proce- nent Product Selection Guide, active filter design program, dure from the communications software. For example, if SPICE models for Burr-Brown’s IC products, and source using Procomm communications software, hit pgdn to code examples for use with Burr-Brown’s higher level prod- start the download sequence. For other programs, refer to ucts. the software documentation regarding file transfers. Steps The following steps can be used to download files from the 3-5 are depicted in Figure 7. Software Resources and Utilities section of the BBS: 1) Log on to the Burr-Brown Bulletin Board and select Selection or d rotocol, ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::: Software Resources and Updates ::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 6) If the transfer is not successful, type [L] to display the list [*] BBS/Communication Utilities of files again and then repeat steps 3-5. ------Board Level Products ------[0] PC-bus [1] VMEbus To save time and space, many of the files available for [2] Multibus 1 [3] Standard Bus [4] Factory Data Collection / Bar Code download from the BBS are stored as an archive in a .zip [5] Short Haul Industrial Modems format. These files must be de-archived after they are ------Digital Signal Processing ------[6] AT&T's DSP32/32C [7] TI's TMS320xx downloaded (and after logging off of the BBS). Use ------Component Product Design Utilities ------ .zip [8] Active Filter Design PKUNZIP to de-archive a file by typing at the [9] Other Component Design Utilities [A] Component Selection Guide DOS prompt: [H] Help C:\pkunzip 2 PRIVATE FILE EXCHANGE ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Files may be exchanged privately between BBS users by ::::::::: Message Base / Technical Questions ::::::::: sending the user a private mail message and attaching a file to ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ------Public Messages ------the message. The procedure is covered by the following steps. [S] Scan Public Messages [R] Read Public Messages Steps 1 and 2 are shown in Figure 8, steps 3-9 are shown in [C] Choose Sections To Read Or Scan Figure 9, and steps 10-12 are shown in Figure 10. [P] Post A Message or Technical Question ------Private Mail ------1) Log on to the Bulletin Board and select [M] (Messages [1] Send A Private Mail and Technical Questions) from the main menu. [2] Read Private Mail [L] Look Up Name(s) In Userlog 2) To send a private mail, type [1]. [H] Help 3) Type the first and last name of the person the file is being [E] Exit To Main Menu [G] Goodbye Command: 1 sent to, followed by return: Who is the message to? John Smith 5) If this information is correct, then type Y. Correct spelling Who is the message to? John Q. Public What is the subject? File for fun of the user’s name is necessary to properly route the To: JOHN Q. PUBLIC Subj: FILE FOR FUN message. If the name entered is not in the BBS user log, the Is this correct(Y/N)? y BBS will inform the user and ask if the message should be Submit Prepared Msg Text(Y/N)? n sent anyway. Spellings for all the names in the BBS user Enter text of message. completed. To complete a message, hit return on a blank Select from the following transfer protocols: line. For example, type: 1 - Prompted ASCII 2 - ASCII, XON after screen, select [F]ile to send a file. When the BBS prompts Choose one (Q to Quit)? 5 “Enclose a file with this message?(Y/N)”, Protocol=X/YMODEM type Y for Yes. File open, ready to receive (Ctrl-X to abort) 9) Enter the name of the file being sent followed by return: *Enclosed File: fun.exe Enter 1-12 char full file name: 3 RECEIVING A FILE ATTACHED TO A MESSAGE To download a file that has been attached to a message, first Type P to pause, S to stop, N to skip to next msg read the message. If a user has unread messages waiting when Read Electronic Mail: The information provided herein is believed to be reliable; however, BURR-BROWN assumes no responsibility for inaccuracies or omissions. BURR-BROWN assumes no responsibility for the use of this information, and all use of such information shall be entirely at the user’s own risk. Prices and specifications are subject to change without notice. No patent rights or licenses to any of the circuits described herein are implied or granted to any third party. BURR-BROWN does not authorize or warrant any BURR-BROWN product for use in life support devices and/or systems. 4ave, or uit? f Enclose a file with this message(Y/N)? y message, a user would have to start an account with the Enter 1-12 char full file name: fun.exe exact user name the message was sent to. Select from the following transfer protocols: 6) BBS will ask “Submit prepared msg text (y/ n).” Type N for no. This is not the place to attach the file. 7) To attach a file to a message, first a message of at least one FIGURE 9. Sending a Private Mail Message. character of text is needed in the message buffer. The option of sending a file is given only after a message is
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top? e message text will start the download sequence which is completed by following steps 4 and 5 above under Public Area Downloads. If the download is unsuccessful, select E again FIGURE 11. Receiving a File Attached to a Message. and retry.