Tome Commander ISDN Console User Guide

ISDN Console

Setup Utility

User’s Guide

Contents

Introduction ............................1

System Requirements....................1

README.TXT file ......................1

Connecting the PC to the 2260d Console .........1

Using the Setup Utility ......................2

Starting the Program ....................2

Changing Com and Printer Ports ..............2

Online Help .........................2

Status Bar ..........................2

Menus ............................3

Selecting and Editing ....................4

Exiting the Program .....................4

File and Console Operations ...................5

Creating a New Database..................5

Loading a Database from Disk ...............6

Saving a Database to Disk.................7

Loading a Database from the Console ...........8

Sending a Database to the Console ............8

Name Database .........................9

Viewing the Name Database ................9

Editing an Existing Entry ..................9

Adding a New Name Entry.................10

Deleting a Name Entry...................11

Deleting All Name Entries .................11

Saving Changes to the Name Database .........11

Console Setup .........................12

Factory Default Settings ..................12

PDN and SPID Numbers .................12

Button Mapping ......................14

Queue Assignments ....................15

Timers ...........................17

Loop Usage ........................18

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Error Logs ............................19

Viewing an Error Log ...................19

Clearing an Error Log ...................19

Console Usage Statistics ....................20

Viewing Statistics .....................20

Clearing Statistics .....................21

Printing Reports .........................22

Console Program Updates ...................23

Menu Selections ........................24

File Menu .........................24

Names Menu .......................26

Setup Menu ........................26

Errors Menu ........................27

Statistics Menu ......................28

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Introduction

The ISDN Console Setup Utility allows you to easily configure a Tone Commander 2260d or 40d120 console from an IBM-compatible PC. Console setups can be saved to disk and reloaded or modified at any time. Creating or editing a large name database is much easier and faster using this program than with the dial pad on the console.

Console setups, name databases, error logs, and usage statistics can be printed from this utility. It also allows the installation of console program updates.

System Requirements

DOS 3.2 or higher

· 575 KB minimum free RAM

· serial communication port

(57600 baud minimum speed)

README.TXT file

A README.TXT file may be included on the program disk. This file will contain new information that was not available when this manual was printed. Please read this file before installing or running the ISDN Console Setup Utility. Use any text viewer or editor, or enter the following command:

type readme.txt <Enter>

Connecting the PC to the Console

A serial cable for console-to-PC interconnection is supplied with the console. Plug one end into the 9 pin connector on the back panel of the console. Plug the other end into a PC serial port; use the 9 or 25 pin connector as appropriate. Refer to Changing Com and Printer Ports on page 2.

Make a note of the com port you are using (usually Com

2). This will be helpful when the program asks you to select the com port that the console is connected to.

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Using the Setup Utility

Starting the Program

This program should be run from the floppy disk only.

Insert the ISDN Console Setup Utility disk into the floppy drive of your PC (usually drive A or B), log onto the drive, then run the program by typing:

a: (or b: if the disk is in drive B) <Enter>

consutil <Enter>

Changing Com and Printer Ports

Com port 2 and printer port 1 are used by default. If you need to change either port setting, select Configure Ports from the File menu, then choose Select Console Port or Select Printer Port from the submenu. The currently selected port will be highlighted in the next submenu. Any changes you make to the port settings are immediately saved to disk, and will be used the next time the program is run.

Online Help

Quick help for the currently available options is always shown in the hint bar at the bottom of the screen.

More extensive help for any menu or dialog box item can be displayed by pressing the F1 key while the item is highlighted. Close the help window by pressing the

Esc or Enter key.

Status Bar

The current file name, switch type, and console type are shown in the status bar at the upper right of the screen.

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Menus

Hint Bar

Status Ba

Drop-down menus are used to select the various functions in the Setup Utility.

Press the Alt key to activate the menus. Select the desired menu with the left or right cursor (arrow) key, then press the Enter key or up/down cursor key. An item in the selected menu can be selected by moving to the item with the up or down cursor key, then pressing the Enter key. Any menu or menu item can also be selected by pressing the appropriate highlighted (red) letter key. For example, Alt-F-O selects File Open.

Menus can be closed without selecting an item by pressing the Esc key.

You may need to press the Esc key to clear the screen and cancel the current operation, such as name database display, before menus can be activated.

A description of each menu item is included at the end of this manual.

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Selecting and Editing

The currently selected field in a dialog box or edit box is shown in reverse (white text on a black background in dialog boxes, gray text on a black background in lists such as the name database). You can move to the next field by pressing the cursor down key or, in some areas, the Tab key. The cursor up key or Shift-Tab moves to the previous field.

An editable field, such as a file path or name entry, can be edited by moving the cursor to the desired location and typing. Characters will be inserted or will overwrite the existing text, depending upon the current editing mode. The editing mode, Insert or Overtype, is shown in the right side of the hint bar. You can change the editing mode by pressing the Insert key.

To delete characters in a field, use the Delete key (deletes characters to the right of the cursor) or the Backspace key (deletes to the left).

Most list displays or edit/dialog box operations can be aborted by selecting Cancel or pressing the Esc key.

Exiting the Program

· Select Exit from the File menu (Alt-F-X).

If you have made any changes to names or console setup, be sure to save these changes to disk or to a console before exiting.

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File and Console Operations

Name/number entries and console setup parameters can be saved to disk, and recalled later for viewing or modification. Console usage statistics and error logs, if currently in the PC memory, are also saved. Saved configurations provide a convenient backup, useful if you need to reprogram or replace a console.

All disk and console operations are accessed from the File menu.

The term “database” is used in this manual to refer to all name/number entries and console setup parameters for a given console configuration.

Creating a New Database

If you have made any changes to an existing database, select Save, Save As, or Send To Console before using the New option, otherwise all changes will be lost.

· Select New from the File menu to clear any loaded

information from the PC before creating a new database. Console setup parameters, such as button assignments and timer values, will be set to the factory defaults.

· First, you will be prompted to select the ISDN version that is in use at the telco central office. Press the space bar to change the version in the highlighted (reversed) field, then press the Enter key. This setting determines the available configuration features.

The ISDN version can be changed later in the SPID/PDN dialog box - see page 12.

Next, press the space bar to select the console type (2260d or 40d), then press the Enter key.

“un-named” will be shown in the status bar until the database has been saved to disk.

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You can then add name entries, make changes to

console setup parameters, and save your changes to disk or to a console. To add names, select any of the sort options from the Names menu. You will then be prompted to type in a name entry. Name entry is explained on pages 9-11.

Loading a Database from Disk

If you have made any changes to an existing database, select Save, Save As, or Send To Console before using the Open option, otherwise all changes will be lost.

Select Open from the file menu. The Open File

dialog box will be shown. Available console database files on the floppy disk will be shown in the Available Files list.

· Press the Tab key to move to the available files list, then select a file with the cursor keys; or, type the file name in the File Name box.

· Press the Enter key.

You will see a warning message if the console setup file is not found. The program will use the factory default settings for console setup.

You can now add name entries, make changes to console setup parameters, and save your changes to disk or to a console.

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Saving a Database to Disk

Select Save from the File menu. If this is a

database that was loaded from disk, it will be saved with the same file name; existing files will be overwritten.

The Save As dialog box will appear when saving a new database or one loaded from a console. Save As can be selected from the File menu to save an existing database to the floppy disk using a new file name.

In the File Name field, enter the new file name to

use for the current name database, console setup, statistics, and error logs. The name must not exceed 8 characters. Do not include a file extension; extensions will be added automatically.

You can also select a name in the Available Files list to replace an existing file.

· When you are ready to save the files, press the Enter key.

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