дружественная программа последовательной связи (friendly serial communication program)
DIALING DIRECTORY
By pressing C-A D the program puts you in the dialing directory.
Select a command by pressing the capitalized letter or moving
cursor right/left with the arrow keys or the h/l keys and
pressing Enter. You can add, delete or edit entries and move them
up and down in the directory list. By choosing "dial" the phone
numbers of the tagged entries, or if nothing is tagged, the
number of the highlighted entry will be dialed. While the modem
is dialing, you can press escape to cancel dialing. Any other key
will close the dial window, but won't cancel the dialing itself.
Your dialing directory will be saved into the file ".dialdir" in
your home directory. You can scroll up and down with the arrow
keys, but you can also scroll complete pages by pressing the
PageUp or PageDown key. If you don't have those, use Control-B
(Backward) and Control-F (Forward). You can use the space bar to
tag a number of entries and minicom will rotate trough this list
if a connection can't be made. A '>' symbol is drawn in the
directory before the names of the tagged entries.
The "edit" menu speaks for itself, but I will discuss it briefly
here.
A - Name
The name for this entry
B - Number
and its telephone number.
C - Dial string #
Which specific dial string you want to use to connect.
There are three different dial strings (prefixes and
suffixes) that can be configured in the Modem and dialing
menu.
D - Local echo
can be on or off for this system (if your version of
minicom supports it).
E - Script
The script that must be executed after a successful
connection is made (see the manual for runscript)
F - Username
The username that is passed to the runscript program. It
is passed in the environment string "$LOGIN".
G - Password
The password is passed as "$PASS".
H - Terminal Emulation
Use ANSI or VT100 emulation.
I - Backspace key sends
What code (Backspace or Delete) the backspace key sends.
J - Linewrap
Can be on or off.
K - Line settings
Bps rate, bits, parity and number of stop bits to use for
this connection. You can choose current for the speed, so
that it will use whatever speed is being used at that
moment (useful if you have multiple modems).
L - Conversion table
You may specify a character conversion table to be loaded
whenever this entry answers, before running the login
script. If this field is blank, the conversion table stays
unchanged.
The edit menu also shows the latest date and time when you called
this entry and the total number of calls there, but doesn't let
you change them. They are updated automatically when you
connect.
The moVe command lets you move the highlighted entry up or down
in the dialing directory with the up/down arrow keys or the k and
j keys. Press Enter or ESC to end moving the entry.
