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WorkStation
Telex/Fax/400
International Presence plc
WorkStation 2
for Windows 95/98 and NT4/2000
User Guide
Welcome
Welcome to the next generation of Telex/Fax/400 - our 32-bit WorkStation software for Windows
95/98 and NT4. With this software, Telex/Fax/400 messaging services can be made available at the
users workstation with just a simple TCP/IP connection to your AS/400.
Why TCP/IP?
TCP/IP is rapidly being adopted as the communication protocol standard. Because of this, vendors
including IBM and Microsoft are shipping support for TCP/IP as standard in their latest operating
system releases.
The TCP/IP protocol is one level removed from your local area networking protocol and may be run
over Ethernet or Token Ring networks quite transparently, the interface drivers being supplied by the
operating system.
By using the TCP/IP protocol to communicate between the WorkStation client and the Telex/Fax/400
host system, the need for any third party connectivity software is removed thereby saving cost and
valuable system resources.
As an added bonus, the TCP/IP subsystems are very fast since they are intended to handle large
volumes of network data. This makes the WorkStation client software extremely responsive when
compared to other connection methods.
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- Page 1 Welcome to the next generation of Telex/Fax/400 - our 32-bit WorkStation software for Windows 95/98 and NT4. With this software, Telex/Fax/400 messaging services can be made available at the users workstation with just a simple TCP/IP connection to your AS/400.
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Page 2: What's New In Version
Address Book The address book can contain any number of categories which can be private, departmental or public, either stored locally or on the Telex/Fax/400 host machine. A corporate database can even be ® incorporated by the use of a Microsoft Access Query Link. -
Page 3: Minimum System Requirements
Windows 95 or Windows NT4 CD-ROM Drive or connection to a network where the installation CD can be copied to. AS/400 OS/400 Release 3.1 or later Telex/Fax/400 Release I (PTF level V2.10 or later) Connectivity TCP/IP connection between client PC and AS/400 wsmanual.doc... -
Page 4: Client Software Installation
OK. The WorkStation installation program should start and you will be presented with a Welcome screen. Click next and follow the on-screen instructions. You will need your Telex/Fax/400 host systems IP Address, and also the Username and Password that you use to sign on. - Page 5 International Presence plc Telex/Fax/400 AS/400 Configuration To configure your Telex/Fax/400 host to recognise the new Windows 95/NT4 clients you will need to run through a configuration screen within Telex/Fax/400. From the main Telex/Fax/400 menu select Option 41 - “Work with environment” and then sub- option 42 - “WorkStation 95/NT parameters”.
- Page 6 AS/400 Host IP address (Internet address) You need to enter here the AS/400 IP address in the form as shown in the screen excerpt. This entry will be validated to check that a valid address has been entered.
- Page 7 “2” to change against your User profile (or “1” to create if your profile is not already defined to Telex/Fax/400). First select a “1” to maintain “ID details”. This will allow you to set up your message “Confirmation and Failure notifications”. You will see a new entry of “4” to indicate Win95/NT notifications.
- Page 8 Address Book The Address Book enables you to keep a number of categorised addresses in a central place for use when sending messages through Telex/Fax/400 WorkStation. It has a drag and drop interface to the WorkStation addressing screen. Create E-mail This simple editor enables you to quickly compose E-mail messages, with attachments, for sending via the WorkStation product.
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Page 9: Message Management
Message Management When you start the Message Management program, you will be presented with an explorer type screen. The left pane contains a tree view of users, and the right pane a message log view. At the top of the window, there is the usual pull down menu system, and also a row of buttons. From left to right, the buttons are: Queue View Mailbox View... -
Page 10: Log View
User Tree By clicking on the plus/minus symbol to the left of the World icon, you can explore the Telex/Fax/400 user tree. The tree is presented in the form Company, Division, Department and User in the normal Telex/Fax/400 style. By clicking on a tree member, a log view may be obtained as viewed from that level. For example, if a user is clicked on, then the log will relate to that users messages, if a department is clicked on, then the log will relate to that departments messages. - Page 11 WorkStation Telex/Fax/400 International Presence plc Hold Changing a queue message to Held will prevent it from being sent at this time. Cancel Cancelling a queue message will cause it to be dropped from the queue log during the next housekeep operation.
- Page 12 Properties The properties dialog gives detailed information about a message. Depending on the selected log, and the message type, the above information may vary. If the users authorities allow, then the message properties can be modified from this dialog. Message Information Addressing Information Transmission Parameters Owner...
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Page 13: Setting Preferences
This value should normally be set to a minimum of 60 seconds to avoid excess processor overhead on your Telex/Fax/400 host system. Auto Re-query Interval Going a stage further than the above, it is sometimes useful to watch messages come and go from the queue for queue monitoring purposes. - Page 14 Monitor has three main functions: a) To Log in to your Telex/Fax/400 host. b) To monitor for notification messages from the Telex/Fax/400 host system. c) To graphically render messages ready for display by Imaging for Windows. By clicking on the monitor icon with the mouse, the Select Notifications dialog can be selected.
- Page 15 A description of the message must be entered, this will appear on the queue. Letterheads First Page Defines the letterhead that will be automatically added by Telex/Fax/400 to the first page when the message is transmitted. Others Defines the letterhead that will be automatically added by Telex/Fax/400 to pages other than the first when the message is transmitted.
- Page 16 Click on Hold if you wish the message to be placed on the queue, but not sent until manually released. No Log If you have a log printer active on your Telex/Fax/400 system, all outgoing messages will be printed as they are transmitted. Check this option to prevent this message from being printed on the log printer.
- Page 17 WorkStation Telex/Fax/400 International Presence plc The next section shows the currently selected addresses for the message. To review the details of an address, click on it and the details will be moved into the Addressing Information section. To delete an address, click on it and press the Delete key.
- Page 18 International Presence plc Adding Shortcode, Group Code or Mailbox Addresses By downloading the Telex/Fax/400 Address Books from the host system, it is possible to quickly add addresses to a message from one of these files. Click on one of the buttons at the top of the window and a list of available members will be presented.
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Page 19: Using The Address Book
To open the address book, either click on the toolbar button from within the addressing screen, or go to the Programs - Telex/Fax/400 WorkStation section on the Start Menu and select Address Book. The screen is once again split explorer style. On the left hand side is the list of available categories within the address book, and on the right, the members of the currently selected category. - Page 20 International Presence plc Create New Category When creating a new category you have the choice of storing either locally (for private use only) or on the Telex/Fax/400 host machine (for public/departmental use). Stored Locally Category Name You may enter a category name which will appear in your list of categories.
- Page 21 You may change the ‘Usage Authority’ to reflect who you want to have access to the category. Note that you may only change this to the level of your own category maintenance authority within Telex/Fax/400. Refresh Policy All categories in your category list are, by default, cached on your local disk. Depending on how often they are likely to be updated, and how long they take to refresh from their source, you may wish to modify the refresh policy for the category.
- Page 22 Add to list is used to add categories to your category list that have already been created at an earlier time. Host Category Enables you to add a category that another user has created on the Telex/Fax/400 host machine. Some host categories are read only from within the Address Book (e.g. Telex/Fax/400 Users). Link to External Query One of the major features of the Address Book is its ability to query an external database to create a category.
- Page 23 WorkStation Telex/Fax/400 International Presence plc Category Members To display the members within a category, click on the Category in the left hand pane of the window. The members will be displayed in the right hand pane of the window. To create a new member, right click in the right hand pane and menu will pop up.
- Page 24 WorkStation Telex/Fax/400 International Presence plc Searching for a Member Select ‘Find’ from the Member menu and the following dialog will appear: You may type any key word, and the search may be performed across one or all of the Key Field (if present), the Addressee, the Address and the Attention field.
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Page 25: Address Type
This field specifies the Address that the message is to be sent to. For example, in the case of a Fax type of Address, this field contains the number to be dialed. Also, in the case of Fax and Telex addresses, an optional CSI/Answerback may be specified by separating it from the number with a comma. - Page 26 Alt Address Type The first character of this field is used to identify the type of address contained within the Alt Address Field. Available options are:- Fax, Telex, Internet. Other characters are treated as None. Alternative Address This field specifies the Alternative Address that is used if the message could not be sent to the primary address.
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Page 27: Troubleshooting
Go to an MS-DOS Prompt under Windows 95 or NT4. At the C: prompt, type the word ‘ping’ followed by the IP Address of your AS/400 in its dotted format. If you have a working connection then you should see a response similar to the above. If you do not...