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                               Version 4.21




                    By  Tsung Hu, White River Software






               Copyright (c) 1988-1996 White River Software.

                            All rights reserved.




Using TMStat
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    TMStat is a small utility that takes information in TM.USE, the usage
    file, and produces a useful statistical report on your usage of
    Telemate. The command line format of TMSTAT.EXE is

        TMStat [usage.USE] [phone.FON] [/ddd] [/LDnnn.nn] [/p]

        usage.USE : uses a different usage file instead of TM.USE
        phone.FON : uses a different phone directory instead of TM.FON
        /ddd      : reports for the last ddd days
        /LDnnn.nn : calculates long distance charge nnn.nn per minute
        /p        : pauses after each screenful of information

    where <usage.USE> is the name of the usage file, default is TM.USE,
    <phone.FON> is the name of the phone directory, default is TM.FON and
    <ddd> refers to the last <ddd> days to report on. The '/LD' option
    estimates how much it cost if <nnn.nn> dollar per minute is charged in
    long distance service. The '/p' option pauses the display after
    each screenful of information.

    For example, if you would like  TMSTAT to compile a report with long
    distance evaluation on your usage for the past week you would type at
    the DOS command line:

          TMStat TM.USE /7 /LD0.25 /p

    Below is a sample report for a 10 day period. Almost everything in
    the report is self-explanatory, but a few comments are added in the
    brackets [ ].

      TMStat Version 4.21

      Session time    8:24:33  [how long Telemate is executed]
      Online time     5:07:48  [how long Telemate is online]
      Receive time    1:40:01  [time used for receiving files]
      Send time       0:42:16  [time used for sending files]

      Transfer     Receive    Receive    Send       Send        Average
      Protocol     Number     K bytes    Number     K bytes         CPS
      -----------------------------------------------------------------
      Zmodem            4         175         1         180         258
      Ymodem-G          8         620         0           0         282
      -----------------------------------------------------------------
      Total:           12         795         1         180         270


      BBS Name         Connection   Time   Receive   Send   CPS      LD
      -----------------------------------------------------------------
      SouthWest Connect      15    3:46:02     620    180   277   56.50
      Southern Reaches        3    1:21:46     175      0   253
      -----------------------------------------------------------------
      Total:   2 BBS         18    5:07:48     795    180   270   56.50



                Telemate Usage Chart             Online  АААААААААА
                                                Session  ББББББББББ
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           1.3  Г                                              Б   Г
           1.2  Г                                          Б   Б   Г
           1.2  Г                                         АБ   Б   Г
           1.1  Г                                         АБ БАБ   Г
           1.0  Г                                         АБ БАБ   Г
           0.9  Г                                         АБ БАБ   Г
           0.8  Г                                         АБ БАБ   Г
           0.8  Г                             Б           АБ БАБ   Г
           0.7  Г                          АБ Б   Б       АБ БАБ   Г
           0.6  Г                          АБ Б   Б       АБ БАБ   Г
           0.5  Г                          АБАБ  АБ       АБАБАБ   Г
           0.4  Г                          АБАБ  АБ       АБАБАБ   Г
           0.3  Г   АБ                     АБАБ  АБ      БАБАБАБ Б Г
           0.2  Г   АБ                 АБ  АБАБ БАБ      БАБАБАБ Б Г
           0.2  Г АБАБ                 АБ  АБАБАБАБ     АБАБАБАБАБ Г
           0.1  Г АБАБ                 АБ  АБАБАБАБ     АБАБАБАБАБ Г
       Number   Г  1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Г
      of Hours  Г  2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Г
                РФФФФФФФФ AM Hours ФФФФФФФСФФФФФФФ PM Hours ФФФФФФФй


The Long Distance Flag in TM.FON
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    Telemate Version 3.0 and higher has a 'Long Distance' flag in the phone
    directory. TMStat checks the flag to determine if it is a long
    distance phone call. In the example above, 'Southern Reaches' does
    not have the flag set in TM.FON, so the LD field appears blank.

    IMPORTANT: Edits your phone directory and sets the flags for all long
               distance entries. Otherwise, TMStat will not report the
               LD cost correctly.


More About Long Distance Charge Calculation
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    Although the /LDnnn.nn option gives you an approximate amount of your
    phone bill, you may want to calculate the cost according to the phone
    company discount rate in different hour of a day or different day
    of a week. In addition, different areas may have differents rates.

    You can provide these information in the optional TMSTAT.CFG. If
    the file is present, TMSTAT.EXE will use it to calculate the long
    distance charge. The format of TMSTAT.CFG is as follows:

    1. Lines start with a '%' are comments. For example,

            % This is my TMSTAT.CFG



    2. There should be a line starting with '>'. This line is the cost
       specification for all boards unless there is other specification for
       a particular board. This line will be overrided by the 'LDnnn.nn' if
       present.

       The format of the cost specification after the '>' is

            cost [SAT cost] [SUN cost]

       The [SAT cost] and [SUN cost] fields are optional which represent
       the cost specification of Saturday and Sunday respectively.

       The <cost> field can be further divided into several sub-fields:

            common_cost [the_hour:cost_per_minute] [...]
            common_cost [from_hour-to_hour:cost_per_minute] [...]

       The first sub-field is the cost per minute of the day unless
       otherwise specified. For example,
            > 0.4
       denotes a $0.40 per minute for the day.

       The following sub-fields are optional. They can be of two formats.
       The first format is
            the_hour:cost_per_minute
       which denotes the cost is <cost_per_minute> for every minute of
       <the_hour>. <the_hour> is in 24 hour format. For example,
            > 0.4 22:0.25
       denotes a $0.40 per minute for the day except the hour from 10:00pm
       to 10:59pm which is $0.25 per minute.

       The second format
            from_hour-to_hour:cost_per_minute
       allows you to specify a range of hours. For example,
            > 0.4 0-7:0.25 20-22:0.25
       denotes a $0.40 per minute for the day except the hours from 12:00am
       to 7:59am and 8:00pm to 22:59pm which is $0.25 per minute.

       You can mix the two formats in one line. For example,
            > 0.4 0-7:0.25 20-22:0.25 23:0.2
       which is almost the same as the previous example except that it is
       $0.20 per minute for the hour 11:00pm to 11:59pm.

       Phone companies usually offer a lower rate on Saturday and Sunday.
       For example,
            > 0.4 SAT 0.3 SUN 0.2
       denotes a $0.40 per minute from Monday to Friday, $0.30 on Saturday
       and $0.20 on Sunday. This is a simple example, but you can apply
       the optional sub-fields to the cost specification of Saturday
       and Sunday too.



    3. To specify the cost for a particular board:

            board name > cost [SAT cost] [SUN cost]

       The <board name> should be an exact match with the one in the usage
       file TM.USE. But it need not be in your phone directory TM.FON.
       For example,
            User To User > 0.4 SAT 0.3 SUN 0.25
       denotes the cost specification for the board 'User To User'.

       You can have as many specifications as you like.

    For example, the TMSTAT.CFG may look like this:

            %
            % > cost [SAT cost] [SUN cost]
            % board name > cost [SAT cost] [SUN cost]
            %

            > 0.4 0-7:0.25 20-22:0.25 23:0.2 sat 0.3 0-7:0.25 sun 0.25

            PC Connect > 0.4 SAT 0.3 SUN 0.3
            User To User > 0.4 SAT 0.25 SUN 0.25


    With the TMSTAT.CFG, you should be able to compile a more accurate
    phone cost report and perpare for the phone bill.