PCBMON v1.0 THE PUB ------------------- (C) COPYRIGHT 1995 NET EQUINOX - ADVANCED INTERNET RESEARCH - ____________________________________________________________________ :::REGISTRATION::: TO REGISTER THIS APPLICATION, PLEASE SEND $15.00 US BUCKS, MONEY ORDER OR CHECK TO THE NET EQUINOX OFFICE, AT: RICHARD P. SRERY 3312 HIGHWAY 50 EAST SPACE #18 CARSON CITY, NEVADA 89701 ONCE YOUR REGISTRATION IS RECEIVED, THEN YOU CAN LOG ON OUR SOLE DISTRIBUTOR ALTERED EGO BBS @ (702) 888-9683 AND RECEIVE YOUR REGISTRATION NUMBER. ____________________________________________________________________ :::INSTALLATION::: THIS APPLICATION IS A FAIRLY SIMPLISTIC ONE TO SET UP. THE FIRST STEP IS TO CREATE A DIRECTORY OFF OF THE \PCB\PPL CALLED PCBMON. SO THE DIRECTORY WOULD APPEAR LIKE THIS.: \PCB\PPL\PCBMON\ . OKAY, NOW THAT YOU HAVE COMPLETED THIS STEP. SIMPLY COPY THE FILE CALLED PCBMON.ZIP INTO THIS NEW DIRECTORY, AND UNZIP IT. AFTER YOU HAVE UNZIPPED THE FILE, THEN YOU WILL FIRST WANT TO EDIT THE FILE CALLED PCBMON. THERE IS NO FILE EXTENSION ON THIS FILE, AND IT SHOULD REMAIN THAT WAY IN ORDER FOR THE APPLICATION TO RUN. EDITING THIS FILE IS REALLY EASY. FIRST USING YOUR FAVORITE ASCII EDITOR OPEN THE FILE, THEN ON THE FIRST LINE REPLACE THE INFORMATION WITH YOUR REGISTRATION/LICENSE NUMBER. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A REGISTRATION/LICENSE NO., THEN LEAVE THIS LINE ALONE. IF YOU ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THIS NUMBER, AND IT IS NOT THE NUMBER PROVIDED BY NET EQUINOX, THEN THE PROGRAM WILL SIMPLY FAIL TO OPERATE..... THE SECOND SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH THE NAME OF YOUR BBS. THE THIRD LINE IS THE SECURITY LEVEL YOU HAVE SET UP WITHIN PCBOARD TO ALLOW A DROP TO DOS. THE FOURTH LINE IS THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF LICENSED NODES YOU HAVE PURCHASED FROM EITHER PCBOAD, OR A RECOGNIZED DISTRIBUTOR. THE REMAINING LINES SHOULD BE THE PATH STATEMENTS FOR THE LOCATIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL NODE DIRECTORIES. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU LIST 25 NODE DIRECTORIES HERE. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO CREATE 25 NODE DIRECTORIES, HOWEVER YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE SURE, THAT IF YOU HAVE A 5 NODE LICENSE, THAT YOU HAVE AT LEAST 5 NODE DIRECTORIES SET UP PROPERLY. EVEN IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE OR TWO LINES RUNNING. AFTER THAT, IT WILL THEN BE NECESSARY TO EDIT THE CMD.LST FROM YOUR MAIN MENU/ CONF. AND ADD A SELECTION TO EXECUTE THE PCBMON.PPE. THE ONLY OTHER AREA OF SET UP IS THE INIT.PPE FILE. THIS CAN BE SET UP IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. ON MY SYSTEM I HAVE OPENED UP ALL OF MY MENUS, AND HAVE ADDED THE LINE !D:\PCB\PPL\PCBMON\INIT.PPE TO THE TOP OF THE MENU. NOW THERE IS ONE SMALL PIECE OF INFORMATION LEFT, AND THAT IS AT THE END OF THE COMMAND LINE FOR THE INIT.PPE, IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO TYPE A TEN DIGIT LOCATION NAME. THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE IF YOU PLACED THE INIT.PPE COMMAND IN THE MAIN MENU SCREEN: !D:\PCB\PPL\PCBMON\INIT.PPE MAIN MENU @X17------------------------------------------------------------@X07 @X17Ý @X1MENU MENU @X17Ý@X07 AS YOU CAN SEE I PLACED THE LOCATION NAME AFTER THE .PPE WITH A PRECEDING SPACE. THIS WILL ALLOW PCBMON.PPE TO LET THE USERS VIEW THE LOCATIONS OF THEMSELVES AS WELL AS OTHERS. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO THIS IN ALL OF YOUR MENUS, AND SIMPLY ADJUST THE TEN DIGIT LOCATION NAME RESPECTIVELY. THE OTHER PLACE YOU CAN PUT THIS INIT.PPE WOULD BE IN THE PCBTEXT FILE, AS A REPLACEMENT FOR WHATEVER YOU WANTED. THAT IS IT. YOU ARE NOW READY TO RUN THE PCBMON.PPE. END OF FILE