ReFax/2 for OS/2 1.00
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ReFax/2 1.00
OS/2 version
ZyXEL Recievefax for mailer and BBS systems
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Copyright 1993, NewAge productions, All rights reserved
ReFax/2 for OS/2 1.00
Introduction
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When the excellent modem ZyXEL U-1496 was introduced it added a new
dimension to the mailer/BBS community by allowing the modem to
automatically detect wether an incoming call was a fax or a modem.
With modern mailer/BBS software it was suddenly possible to recieve
fax transmissions interchangable with ordinary modem calls. There was
only one little problem - the RCVFAX software. Even if it works in
most DOS environments, it is not a native OS/2 program, and will not
work together with native OS/2 mailers or BBS systems.
To solve these problems we decided to write a replacement for RCVFAX,
to be used in true OS/2 mailer/BBS environments only, and this
replacement is the ReFax/2 software. ReFax/2 uses the OS/2
communication port handles for communication. This means that if your
mailer/BBS works in a given environment - then ReFax/2 will work
equally well, since it is OS/2 that handles all the hardware related
COM port handling. ReFax/2 simply recieves the fax transmissions and
exits.
ReFax/2 is not a true replacement for RCVFAX, since it is only
intended to be used together with a mailer or BBS system. ReFax/2 can
only pick up after the mailer/BBS has already made the connection, and
it is not capable of going "resident" to handle fax transmissions as a
background task.
Given the above limitations, ReFax is a full-fledged batch fax
recieveing program with the following features:
� A true OS/2 program, works with IBM or Microsoft OS/2 1.3 or higher.
� Optionally shows/logs extended connection information.
� Optional verbose recieved fax log file.
� A DOS/FOSSIL version is readily available.
Credits
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Program ported to C and OS/2 environment by Anders Brink.
Original ReFax program design and coding by jonny bergdahl.
ReFax/2 was compiled using Microsoft C 6.0.
Documentation was written and produced by jonny bergdahl.
Special thanks goes to Anders Brink, Patrik Sj봟erg and Joaquim
Homrighausen.
ReFax/2 for OS/2 1.00
Disclaimer and legal matters
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The ReFax/2 software and documentation is subject to the following
license terms and conditions.
� ReFax/2 is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties,
expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties
of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author
assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may
result from the use of the ReFax/2 software.
� ReFax/2 is distributed as a "shareware program" and is provided at
no charge to the user for evaluation for a period not extending 30
days, after which You are required to register. Feel free to share
it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as
part of another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is
to provide personal computer users with quality software without
high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to
continue to develop new products.
� The ReFax/2 distribution package, all programs, the documentation
and support files are copyrighted 1993 by NewAge productions. All
rights are reserved. You may copy this package for backup purposes.
You may also copy and share unmodified copies of the whole
distribution package, providing that the copyright notice is
reproduced and included on all copies.
� You may not sell the product for a fee and/or distribute the product
along with other products without written permission, nor may you
modify or remove the Copyright Notices from the programs or the
documentation files. User clubs, if they are NOT commercial, are
allowed to ask a small amount of money for distribution and storage
when they want to share this package amongst their members.
� It is expressively forbidden to modify, adapt, translate, reverse
engineer, decompile and/or disassemble the software in the ReFax/2
package. Patching the medium at places that carry the software is
seen as a program change and is also forbidden.
� The registered software is licensed to run in conjunction with 1
(one) ZyXEL modem only. Thus You will have to purchase one license
for each of your fax recieveing mailer/BBS lines.
Acknowledgement
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This document makes reference to a number of third-party products. All
copyrights, trademarks and reserved rights held in these products are
acknowledged.
ReFax/2 for OS/2 1.00
Fast installation
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Place the REFAX2.EXE executable file in a directory of your choice,
and change your mailer/BBS setup to run ReFax with a parameter line
that contains at least the parameter.
Example:
REFAX 5
This setup will tell ReFax/2 to use com-handle 5, recieved fax files
will be put in the current directory.
Sample BinkleyTerm installation
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Requires BinkleyTerm 2.50 EE-beta-D or similar.
1. Add the following lines to your BINKLEY.CFG:
EXITBAUD -99 FAX
PREINIT |^v`^``AT#B1+FCLASS=6|`AT#P46 291 10150|`AT+FLID=SoftSpeed
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inserting your fax phone number and fax identification were
appropriate.
At least you must have the following init string:
INIT A#B1+FCLASS=6|
2. Create the command file EXITBAUD.CMD in your BinkleyTerm default
directory and make it look something like this:
@ECHO OFF
REM %3 is the hot com-handle passed by the parent process
CD \FAX
ReFax2.EXE %3 C:\FAX\IN
CD \BINKLEY
3. Make sure MAXCOMM.DLL exist in the DPATH search path.
ReFax/2 for OS/2 1.00
Command line parameters
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ReFax/2 accepts the following command line parameters:
REFAX2
[path]
Hot COM-handle to use. Must be a HOT COM-handle passed by the
mailer or fax answering program, You can not use 1 for COM1,
it will not work.
[path] Recieved fax file path. This should be a valid existing path.
All recieved fax files will be placed in this directory.
This parameter is optional. If not specified, ReFax/2 looks
for the FAXPATH environment variable, if FAXPATH is not found
it will use the default directory to store incoming fax files
and the log file REFAX2.LOG
Example:
REFAX2 5 C:\FD\FAX
Screen logging
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When run, ReFax displays the progress on screen in the following
manner;
ReFax/2 1.00; ZyXEL Recievefax for OS/2 mailers
Copyright 1993, Anders Brink & NewAge productions, All rights reserved
Registered version, do not distribute.
� Creating Fax file [93Mar03.009]
� Initiating fax recieve
� Page 1 [14791]
� Remote confirmed disconnect [46 036 175513]
where the byte recieved counter is updated once a second. If the
parameter /x is specified, extended connection information is logged
to screen as well.
ReFax/2 for OS/2 1.00
Recieved fax log file
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Specified by using the parameter.
Sample recieved fax file (compressed for display purposes):
ReFax/2 1.00; ZyXEL Recievefax for OS/2 mailers
Copyright 1993, Anders Brink & NewAge productions, All rights reserved
Registered version. Do not distribute.
Date Time File Remote fax number Speed Pages Size Conf.
----------- ----- ----------- ----------------- ----- ----- ----- ----
1993-Mar-04 00:07 93Mar04.000 46 036 175513 9600 1 42562 Yes
1993-Mar-04 00:10 User abort
1993-Mar-04 00:22 93Mar04.001 46-291-10150 14400 2 87465 Yes
Viewing and printing
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To view and/or print the recieved fax, use the ZFAX software bundled
with your ZyXEL modem.
Example:
ZFAX 4 93Mar03.000
This will show the fax on screen.
Support
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Support is available from the author via several channels:
Snail mail:
NewAge productions
jonny bergdahl
Lillgatan 34 B
S-554 51 J셄K셆ING
Sweden
Netmail (Crashmail capable):
2:204/503@fidonet
9:463/101@virnet
BBS:
NewAge BBS, +46-36-121323, 1200-16800 ZyX.
Fax:
+46-36-121323 (Using ReFax/FOSSIL)