旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � TimeZone PCBoard 15.21 PPE Time Slot Manager! � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 The installation of TimeZone is fairly simple. TimeZone should be in- stalled into logon script questionnaire (my setup is shown below). Run PCBSetup, go to File Locations and then to the Questionnaires section as shown below. Now in my setup, the file defined below as "LOGON" is not actually a script questionnaire, but it's really a text file, also shown below. Substitute file names and paths that apply to your setup. You must also enable the "Notes PSA" in the user records. 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That's the installation, now to configure it... The configuration file must be located in the same directory as the TIMEZONE.PPE and must be called TIMEZONE.CNF. Config File Details 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Intelec Online � -> Who registered to (a BBS name or SysOp name) � 00000 � -> Registration number (00000 if unregistered) � ##### � -> Validation code (assigned upon registration) � A or B � -> See notes on A/B switch (You will love this) � 60 � -> The "exempt" security level (blank if none) � 22:30 � -> The time when TimeZone is to be "activated". � 06:30 � -> The time when TimeZone is to be de-activated � 1 � -> Which note line to write time slot or EXEMPT 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 to in user's record. Enter time slot as (ex) 02:30-03:30 in the 1st 11 spaces in the note field. Don't put anything else in this field! See note below on the EXEMPT flag in the user record notes. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � TimeZone PCBoard 15.2 PPE Time Slot Manager! � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 The A/B Switch! There are now two methods of operation in TimeZone now! A, the standard way I've seen any time slot utility operate, is that you assign a user a "minutes window". If they call in any time during that window then they are granted access with their full amount of allotted time. Problem here is that if a user has 30 minutes allotted and calls at the very "end" of his or her window, there's the possibility of this user running into the next users "window". Scenario: John Smith has a time slot of 06:30-07:00 and Jim White has a window of 07:00-07:30. They both have 30 minutes per day allotted to them. If John Smith calls at 06:59 he can tie up the BBS until 07:29. Now, Jim White has only 1 minute in which to make his time window. Thus the B Switch! When using this B method of operation you can prevent the above scenario from happening. If John Smith calls at 06:45, instead of having his full 30 mins, now he only has 15 mins, preventing him from interfering with Jim White's time slot. I do this by adjusting the "time left" info in the user record, *not* the time used info. This way if they call back when TimeZone is not enabled they have their full allotment of unused time. But there are the traditionalists who will prefer to run this the "standard" way, and if so, just use the A Switch. Exempt Flag Options There are two ways of exempting users from being effected by TimeZone's operation. One is exempting all user with xx security level or higher by entering this desired security level on line 5 of the config file. (Ex:) If you want to exempt level 60 users and higher from being "cut off" by TimeZone, place a 60 in line 4 of the config file. If there's a user who has a securoty level below 60 and you want to exempt this user as well, then place EXEMPT in the first 6 spaces of the notes field. Note: If you are using the "B method" of TimeZone, this "exemption method" won't let them have more time than what would exceed TimeZone's "starting time". The other way of exempting users on an individual basis is to place the string EXEMPT in the designated user record note field. This method WILL totally exempt the user from any type of time adjustments that TimeZone would normally attempt to make on the user regardless of who's time slot this user may infringe upon. This should not be used too frequently but has been included to make TimeZone the most effective and flexible way to manage time slots on your system. What It Does To Who If a user calls you when TimeZone is enabled, and they do not have a slot, they will be displayed the time, the time frame that TimeZone is enabled, and then logged off. If a user calls you when TimeZone is enabled, and they DO have a time- slot, if they called when it was their proper time they will be shown a screen showing that TimeZone has let them pass. But if they called outside of their assigned time slot, they'll be displayed the current time, and what their time slot IS, and then it logs them off. Also, if you want to run TimeZone on one node only (or specific nodes) then on this (or these) nodes you'll need to update that nodes' PCBOARD.DAT to reflect a "different" logon script that contains TimeZone in it only.