Chapter 5: Advanced Features; Automatic Log-On; Creating A Log-On Sequence.27 - Atari XM301 Owner's Manual

CHAPTER 5
ADVANCED FEATURES
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The XE Term program comes with two powerful features that make
communication easier and more flexible for the advanced user.
The automatic log-on feature, one of the commands in the Dialing
Menu, allows you to log on to one selected service or bulletin
board by pressing a single key. The Options Menu lets you adjust
the standard communications attributes such as parity, duplex
mode, and translation.
Also included on the XE Term Program Disk is a special document
file, named HANDLER.DOC, that contains the technical specifica¬
tions for the XM301 Modem. The advanced user can either read
the information on the screen or print it out. HANDLER.DOC ex¬
plains how to use HANDLER.OBJ, the device driver.
AUTOMATIC LOG-ON
XE Term lets you create and store a sequence of commands that
will automatically log you on to a service or bulletin board. The
automatic log-on works on the same principle as the XE Term
phone book, but is more powerful. In addition to automatically dial¬
ing a phone number, the log-on waits for messages from the other
system and enters the required log-on responses.
Set up an automatic log-on to the bulletin board or information
service you use most often. It will save you having to log on
manually every time you call that service.
Creating a Log-On Sequence
To create or edit a log-on sequence, follow these steps:
1. Go to the Dialing Menu (press
D
in the Functions Menu).
2.
Type
L.
The screen prompts:
Edit or Do log-on?
3.
Type
E.
The screen tells you to Edit log-on sequence and displays
two empty lines.
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