System Operator Pager v1.4
Copyright (C) 1995, by Cutting Edge Online
All rights reserved.
Programming and Documentation by John Marx
Cutting Edge Online (318) 537-7089 Voice
6372-B Kucinski Street (318) 537-7746 BBS
Fort Polk, LA 71459 Hayes Optima 28.8k
U.S.A. FidoNet: 1:3817/9
System Operator Pager v1.4
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System Requirements
The requirements for using this PPE are as follows:
a. PCBoard 15.21+ (This program was created with PPLC v3.0 and will
not work with any version less than 15.21.)
b. Enough space on your hard drive for installation of the
program.
c. It's not needed but placing this PPE and all your PPE's into
different subdirectories is helpful. This allows you to more easily update
or remove a PPE with it's accompanying files. Plus if you place more than
one PPE in a directory you may run into the program trying to use a file it
shouldn't.
This is all that is needed to run this program.
System Operator Pager v1.4
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Program Overview
This program was designed for the fact that PCBoard didn't allow multiple
times to be paged. If any of you are like me then you know that you're not at
your computer the same time everyday. This program will allow you to set the
times which you are available for each day and each hour you feel you will be
available to be paged.
Some of the features which help set this program apart are:
þ 100% multilingual
þ All commands, colors, etc are 100% SysOp definable.
þ No NAG-me-to-death screens. This is a risk we're taking on our part
to make the program available to you and we hope that if you use it
you will support the shareware concept.
þ Holiday support with special times for holidays
þ Normal day support
þ Optional Screen display if the system operator isn't available for
chat at the time of the page
þ Option to turn the sound off if you don't wish to hear the paging
user
þ Special user overide. Users who may page whenever they feel like
bugging you.
þ Bad user list of users who cannot use the page command no matter
what there security level is.
þ This replaces your (O)perator page command and doesn't interfere
with your chat program. So whether you use PCBoard's internal chat
feature or a PPE this program is right for you!
þ Show your users whether you're available for chat or not upon logon.
Just follow the step by step instructions below and you will be running
in no time.
System Operator Pager v1.4
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Program Installation
With this quick installation we will have you up and running in no time
flat. Just follow the step-by-step guide below and you'll be ready to use this
program in just a few short minutes.
1. unZIP this program into its own respective subdirectory.
2. Edit the following files to suit your needs:
a. SAMPLE.CNF This is the sample configuration file. When you
save it save it as PAGE.CNF.
b. BADUSER.DAT This is the bad user list. These are the users
who absolutely cannot page you for any reason.
One name per line.
c. HOLIDAY.DAT This file is a list of all the days which are
considered a holiday to you. You may have upto
65,000 holidays. Each holiday is on one line
in MM-DD-YY format. If you place a 00 in either
the month, day, or year then this will be
considered a wildcard and will work for every
month, day, or year. As an example, see below:
01-01-00
02-14-00
07-04-00
10-31-00
12-25-00
NOTE: The more holidays you have the longer it
will take the program to load!
d. HOL-TIME.DAT This is the valid times allowed to be paged if
there trying to page on a holiday. The format
will look like the following:
0000000000111111111122222
0123456789012345678901234
SU NNNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYNN
MO NNNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYNN
TU NNNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYNN
WE NNNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYNN
TH NNNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYNN
FR NNNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYNN
SA NNNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYNN
Note that the first two lines are the time. The
time is in military format. The first three
rows are the days (SU for Sunday, MO for Monday,
etc). The rest is a box of either Y or N for Yes
I may be paged or No I may not be paged. So if
we place a Y in 09 the user will be allowed to
page you from 09:00 to 09:59. The NOR-TIME.DAT
file works in a similar manner as this.
e. NOR-TIME.DAT This is the times in which you are allowed to be
paged when the date is not a holiday. The format
of this file is the same as the HOL-TIME.DAT and
will not be re-explained for you should already
have grasped this concept.
f. OVERIDE.DAT This is a list of users who are authorized to
page you no matter what time it is, whether it's
a holiday, etc. One name per line.
g. BADUSER.* This file is displayed to the if they're
designated as a bad user on the system. This is
a multilingual file.
h. STATUS.* This file you may decide to show your users
upon logon to let them know what your status
is; whether you're available or not. To use
this on the logon process add the following
statement to your LOGIN file:
[drive]:\[path]\PAGE.PPE STATUS
3. Now that we have the hardest part done lets add the command to our
CMD.LST file so that the changes will take effect.Make the following
addition to your CMD.LST file:
O 10 [drive]:\[path]\PAGE.PPE
That's all there is to it. Now your operator page will go by whatever time
you've designated for whatever day it is. Enjoy.
System Operator Pager v1.4
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Possible Error Codes
There are several reasons for error codes. The main reason is something
went wrong in the program. Even though all efforts have been made to remove
any and all possible errors there still may be some configuration we haven't
thought of. As such we've included extensive error checking in all of our
programs to eliminate any and all possible errors.
Errors will be shown to the caller on the screen explaining what went
wrong and why if the program can determine without a doubt what it was.
All errors will be logged to the callers log! This allows you to
correct any problems that your users might not tell you. A lot of times when
an error occurs the users like "that's nice." We feel that even as nice as
it would be for the user to explain to the SysOp what they were doing when
such errors occur, we know not to expect it so we've added this to the code
as well. When it logs this information to the callers log it also logs the
exact saying that it gave to the user. This gives you the most complete
information we can.
You may also wish to check out the "Frequently Asked Questions" at the
end of this document for it may cover a question you are currently having
about PCBoard and PPE's.
ySystem Operator Pager v1.4
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Contacting the Author
I can be reached on either my BBS or through my home phone number at any
time. If I'm not home and you receive the answering machine just leave your
name and number with a short explanation, if you can, of the problem. I WILL
call you back as soon as I can and if you gave me a description of your
problem will more than likely have an answer for you when I do call you back.
When you do call us with information about a bug in the program please
give us the following information. This information will help us determine
what the problem is:
1. Program name and version number.
2. Type and brand of computer, hard disk, plus any peripherals.
3. Version of DOS plus any TSRs or device drivers in use.
4. Explanation of your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files.
5. Description of what is in memory from the MEM command (DOS 4
and above users only) or a similar utility.
6. The exact problem you are having. Please be as specific as
possible. Having a printout of the screen and/or being at your
computer will be helpful.
The Cutting Edge Online BBS operates 24 hours a day, is using a Hayes
Optima 28.8k modem, PCBoard 15.2/10 and the number is (318) 537-7746. You
will be able to download if you wish on the first call. There are no
callback doors. We do use CALLER-ID for just this purpose. I personally
don't like callback doors and am sure many others feel the same. We've
recently upgraded the system bringing the system to 13.2 Gigs online with
5 CD-ROMs.
I'm available also on the PCBoard Support BBS, Salt Air. I only call
once a week, normally on Saturday so the replies won't be as quick as you may
like. I'm also in the FidoNet PCBoard, PCB-Net conferences. Our FidoNet
address is 1:3817/9.
If you have a problem, suggestion, comment, download or just wish to
talk please call and we will be more than glad to serve you. We're not happy
until YOU are happy so let us know if we're doing something wrong. If we're
doing it right tell your fellow PCBoard SysOps, if not tell US!
