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0KERMIT								    HELP1

Select one of the following topics by entering the associated index:

	1	Kermit Overview
	2	File Transfer
	3	Soft keys

Select topic: 

0KERMIT		    Overview					    HELP1

Kermit provides three modes of operation:

[1] Terminal Emulation:  This mode enables one to  communicate with the host
    as if we were a terminal. We are currently in this mode
[2] File Transfer: This mode enables one  to transfer files to,  or from the
    host.
[3] Setup:  This mode enables one to reset  parameters of operation, such as
    baud rate.

This  version  of  Kermit differs  in  two ways from  the  standard version.
Firstly it 'Comes up' in terminal mode, rather than having to be  explicitly 
'Connected' and disconnected. Secondly,  it uses softkeys.

0KERMIT		    File Transfer				    HELP1

In the file transfer mode of operation, KERMIT  transfers source files to or
from the host system.  Prior to  sending or  receiving files the user should
adjust any of the required communications parameters, such as baud rate.

During transmision  if we are  unable to transmit  or  receive from the host
KERMIT will continue looping waiting for a response. Every (about) 10 seconds
KERMIT will scan the keyboard and beep.  All keys are ignored except for the
RETURN key, and the DEL key.

If the RETURN key was struck, KERMIT will retry the transmision. If the  DEL
key was struck, the file transfer will be aborted.

0KERMIT		    File Transfer				    HELP1

During transmision the following screen will be displayed:

			  Transmision Statistics
0		   Send   Receive	        Accumulated Data          1
Message Type:                          Transmision State:
Message Number:			       Number of Messages:
Data Length:			       Number of Characters:

The information on the left is associated with each message transfered with
the information displayed under the  Send  or  Receive colum, which ever is
appropriate.  Information  displayed  under the   Accumulated  Data  column
applied to the entire file transfer.

Message Type: Describes the type of message (see KERMIT manual)
Message Number: Modulo 64 message identifier
Data Length: Number of character of data in the package
Transmision State: R-receiving data; S-sending data; W-waiting for data
Number of Message: Number of messages processed
Number of Characters: Number of characters pf data processed
			    
0KERMIT		    Soft Keys					    HELP1

The function keys have the following meanings:

pEXIT   q   Used to return control back to the local operating system

pSEND   q   Used to initiate a file transfer to the host. 

pRECEIVEq   Used to initiate a file transfer from the host

pSET    q   Used to reset parameters of operation

pSHOW   q   Used to display current settings of parameters

pTRACE  q   Used to display the last 256 message transactions

pHELP   q   This message

pEXEC   q   Used to execute a MS-DOS command - Not implemented


0SET									HELP1

Set  enables  one  to  reset  the  parameters  of operation of  Kermit.  The
procedure is to select the parameter to be reset via the appropriate softkey.
You will be prompted  for more information  as it  is required. When all the
desired parameters have been reset,  hit the  p RETURN q softkey to return the
the main menu. The softkeys are:

pBAUD   q   This key is used to modify the baud rate.

pECHO   q   This key is used to turn on/off local echoing of keys

pWARNINGq   This  key is used to enable/disable file warnings. A file warning
          is issued if the host sends a file with the same name as one locally.

pPARAMS.q   This key enables one to modify certain parameters

pRETURN q   This key returns control to the main menu

pHELP   q   This message

0YES/NO								HELP1

This menu enables the operator to set an option/parameter ON (yes) or OFF (no).

pYES q      This key is used to turn on or activate an option

pNO  q      This key is used to turn off or deactivate an option
 

0ECHO									HELP1

If ECHO is turned on (i.e. YES) then all characters typed in at the keyboard
are  echoed to  the screen.  If echo is off,  then characters  typed are not
echoed.

Generally,  echo  should be off,  since  the host  computer will  return the
characters sent to it (i.e. Full duplex).

pYES   q    This key is used to turn on or activate the echo option

pNO    q    This key is used to turn off or deactivate echoing

pRETURNq    This key is used to return without changing the state



0WARN									HELP1

If WARN is turned on (i.e.YES), then when a file is RECEIVED from the host a
check  is made to ensure  that no files exist locally with the same name. If
such a name is used locally,  the operator is  warned of this situation, and
thus has  the option of renaming the incomming file, or overwritting the old
file.

pYES   q    This key is used to turn on or activate the warn option

pNO    q    This key is used to turn off or deactivate warnings

pRETURNq    This key is used to return without changing the state
 
0BAUD									HELP1

This allows one to select the baud rate ( the transmision speed of data ).
The baud rate is selected by stricking the appropriate softkey.

0TRACE									HELP1

The trace buffer maintains a list of the last  255  transactions between the
local and the host systems. Two columns of data are  displayed, titled local
and host. The column labled local list messages eminating  from your  Victor
while the column labeled  host  lists those messages sent from the connected
computer. 

Transactions are listed starting with that one most resently dispatched end-
ing with that most historical one (upto 255 transactions ago).

The following softkeys are available:

pPAGE  q    This key is used to print the next 10 transactions

pNEXT  q    This key is used to print the next transaction

pPREV  q    This key is used to print the previous transaction

pRETURNq    This key is used to return to the main menu

0GET CHARACTER								HELP1

Enter the character to be subsistuted as the parameters. Some characters can
not be entered in there character form.  In these cases striking the pNUMERICq
key allows one to enter the decimal representation of the character.

pENTER  q    This key is used to confirm/entre the character entered

pNUMERICq    This  key is used  to enter the  decimal representation of a char-
	   acter. This is especially useful for entering characters suchas ^C
	   or ^@.

pHELP   q    This key is used to display help (what you are currently reading)


