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Frequently
Asked Questions
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When I have the
Print Driver set to Windows Default I get my screen print. When I
change it to Pass Through Printing I don't get anything.
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I have the Print
Driver set to Pass Through Printing but I don't get any output when
printing from my host application. When I select Windows Default I get
the printout but the formatting is wrong.
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How do I configure a Serial
Connection in MS92 for Windows?
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How do I paste text from MS92
into an Excel spreadsheet?
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How do I upload large ASCII files?
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How
do I eliminate the Splash screen?
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How
do I limit MS92 to one session?
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How
do I eliminate the Splash screen and limit MS92 to one session at the
same time?
1. When
I have the Print Driver set to Windows Default I get my screen print. When
I change it to Pass Through Printing I don't get anything.
When you select Pass Through
Printing the print output is sent directly to the printer. A lot of the
inexpensive printers on the market today no longer have any internal fonts
built into them. They are relying on the Windows print driver to supply
the font information. With these printers Pass Through Printing will not
work. You have to use Windows Default or upgrade your printer to one that
has internal fonts.
See Also: Unsupported Printers
2. I
have the Print Driver set to Pass Through Printing but I don't get any
output when printing from my host application. When I select Windows
Default I get the printout but the formatting is wrong.
As mentioned above,
when you use Pass Through Printing the print output is sent directly to
the printer. This includes all printer escape sequences sent by the host
application. When you use Windows Default as your Print Driver these
escape sequences are ignored and not sent to the printer.
See Also: Unsupported Printers
3. Configuring a
Serial Connection in MS92 for Windows
During high speed serial communication
between software running under Windows and a host computer, you may
experience serial communications errors (known as Sercom errors). Most
commonly, you may experience such errors while you are dialing into a host
computer, since the modem connection is serial. There are several things
you can do to alleviate these problems:
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Verify the flow control settings
in MS92 for Windows. Go to Configuration, Comms and Network. Both XON/XOFF
items should be checked (enabled).
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If you use a software driver for
sound on your PC, enable interrupts. To enable interrupts for your
software sound driver or check to see if you are using one:
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Go to the Control Panel in
Windows.
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Double-click the Drivers icon.
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Highlight the Sound Driver for
PC-Speaker driver.
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In the PC-Speaker Setup dialog
box, select the option for enabling interrupts during playback.
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If the PC-Speaker entry exists
and you do not see a check box for enable interupts, you must
either update the driver or remove it.
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Upgrade to (or enable) a 16550
UART. Many new PCs have this type of UART, but it is not enabled.
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Check your current UART status
using the Microsoft Diagnostic program (MSD.EXE) provided with
Windows. To use the MSD program:
From a DOS prompt, type MSD and
press Enter.
Select COM Ports. A screen
displays the UARTs installed on your computer. If none of the UARTs
displayed is a 16550, you may need to upgrade. Consult your computer
dealer.
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To enable the serial buffer in the
16550, modify the SYSTEM.INI file to include the following line in the
[386Enh] section (the sample assumes port two):
COM2FIFO=1 You may see a value of
YES or TRUE. These are not valid and should be replaced with the
numeric one.
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To increase the processing time
allocated to the serial port, modify the SYSTEM.INI file to include
the following line in the [386Enh] section:
COMBoostTime=8 The default is two.
Try other values until a good balance is made on your system.
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Install a third-party application
for improving serial communications with 16550 UARTs, such as TurboCom,
COMM56, CYBERCOM
1.14, or WINFAX
comm driver. The primary advantage of these drivers is to enable
interupts to the CPU with a smaller number of characters in the
receive buffer. By default, the Windows driver will notify the CPU
when it has 14 characters in a 16 character buffer. This allows the
CPU only two characters of time to start servicing the UART.
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If you are using Windows for
Workgroups, there is an updated SERIAL.386 driver to correct problems when using the 16550 UART.
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Windows 95 has advanced support
for the 16550 UART built in. You may need to decrease the
receive buffer value. This will cause the UART to interupt the CPU
with more space left for additonal characters.
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Limit the number of active
applications on your computer while you are online. The more programs
you have open, the less processing time Windows has to deal with the
information being retrieved by your modem.
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Limit the number of disk-intensive
processes on your computer while you are online. If Windows has to
keep reading your disk, it has less time to deal with the information
being retrieved by your modem.
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Reduce your communication speed.
In the Configuration menu, go to Configuration, Comms and Network, and
select a slower speed.
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Decrease the processing time
needed for screen updates:
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Obtain an updated driver for your
video adapter.
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Decrease the number of colors to
256 or fewer. Go to Windows Setup and choose a driver with no more
than 256 colors.
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Decrease the screen resolution. Go
to Windows Setup and choose a resultion of 640x480 or 800x600.
4. How to paste text from MS92 into an Excel
spreadsheet.
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In MS92, select and copy the data
to be pasted.
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Call up Excel, and select the
starting column and row.
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Paste the data into Excel. Leave
all the rows in the first column selected.
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In the Data menu, select the Text
to Columns item. Select Delimited. Click the Next button.
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Check Space, and check Treat
Consecutive Delimiters As One. Click the Next button.
5. Uploading large ASCII files.
Prior to version 2.0.5.6, WS92LINK (and all versions of
MS92LINK) defaulted to a maximum ASCII file size of 50,000 records. With
version 2.0.5.6 and later, you may upload ASCII files of any size without
special file equations.
To determine the version of WS92LINK, type the following
at your system console:
VERSION WS92LINK.PUB.SYS
In the following example, the version of WS92LINK is
2.0.5.7 :
VERSION C.60.00 Copyright (C) Hewlett-Packard
1987. All Rights Reserved.
WS92LINK.PUB.SYS
SOM #1
@(#) HP30315 A.05.11 98/07/15 NRT0 Startup routine
WS92LINK - 2.0.5.7
FTSUBS - 2.0.5.5
FTFILIO - 2.0.5.5
MAX STACK SIZE: 393216
MAX HEAP SIZE: 81920000
CAPABILITIES: BA,IA
UNSAT PROC NAME:
ENTRY NAME:
LIBRARY SEARCH LIST:
To upload large ASCII files (greater than 50,000 records)
with an older version of the host upload program, use a file equation in
the format of: FILE filename;DISC=# of records. For example:
FILE MYFILE;DISC=75000
The file equation must be entered at the MPE prompt prior
to starting the file transfer.
6. How do I eliminate
the Splash Screen?
Rename WS92_32.EXE to: WS92_32Q.EXE
7. How do I limit MS92 to
one session?
Rename WS92_32.EXE to: WS92_32S.EXE
8.
How do I eliminate the Splash Screen and
limit MS92 to one session at the same time?
Rename WS92_32.EXE to: WS92_32QS.EXE
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