@DATABASE DTerm.guide @WORDWRAP @NODE MAIN @TITLE "DreamTerm © 1992-1994 By Pasi Ristioja (20 Jul 1994)" General... @{" Introduction " LINK introduction } @{" Requirements " LINK requirements } 200 MHz @{" Disclaimer " LINK disclaimer } Mushroom @{" License " LINK license } Control @{" Discussion " LINK discussion } FAQ @{" Problems " LINK problems } Is power on? @{" Terminology " LINK terminology } What the heck local means? @{" Contact " LINK contact } @{" Thanks " LINK thanks } How to use... @{" Crypting notes " LINK cryptology } They're after you @{" Emulations " LINK emulations } @{" Menus " LINK menus } But what they do? @{" MUI iconify " LINK iconify } Do not use @{" Windows/Gadgets " LINK gadgets } Past, present and possible future... @{" History " LINK history } Read ME! @{" Future plans " LINK future } Do not believe:-) @{" Tech notes " LINK tech } @ENDNODE @NODE Iconify DreamTerm will always close window when you press iconify but serial will remain active if you have called bbs and modem is still online. Note that custom screen is not closed because MUI will close/open window before notifying program about user action. And as you can imagine system do not like windows to open on non-exist screen... This is not actually bug in MUI but I can say that it is little bit annoying. @ENDNODE @NODE Emulations ANSI/VT102 Internal ANSI emulation with some VT102 commands, will work with majority of bbs systems. Is also fast as everything is written in asm, just compare how much slower xemibm is using DirectPrint. Use XEm VT340 if you need full DEC-VT emulation. HEX Translates incoming chars to hex, may be some use if you need to know what you really receive. XEm Unfortunately you cannot use external emulations with hardware screen. Configuration is also little bit complicated because xem specs do not say anything about colors/pens. Due that DreamTerm's xem implementation will always use first 8 colors which you can specify if you use custom screen but not when Workbench screen is used. So you lose flexibility of automatic pen allocation. Note that incoming char conversion is disabled but output (keyboard/send ascii) is still on. It is also possible that xem will not use font which is specified in charset. Another thing is that sometimes whole screen/window is not used, this is due the problem that DreamTerm cannot know which font xem will use and thus size is mostly wrong if you use other than 8x8 fonts. Tech: I could use XEmulatorInfo() but it has only console size, probably author expected that everybody uses 8x8 fonts forever. :) When you change xem library version you should reconfigure emulation because old options may be changed. First use reset button and after that change options, otherwise library may get confused. For interested this is due the fact that DreamTerm will keep xem configuration files within its own config files and extract them when needed using XEmulatorPreferences() command. Unfortunately most xem libraries do not support load option and thus it has no use to change xem options in configuration window. (xemascii works:-) Well, I personally feel that xem documentation was crap, it also contained some errors and differences between includes, sources and examples... Notes about different xem libraries: @{"xemAmiga" LINK xemamiga } @{"xemAscii" LINK xemascii } @{"xemBBS " LINK xembbs } @{"xemIBM " LINK xemibm } @{"xemVT340" LINK xemvt340 } @{"Test results" LINK results } @ENDNODE @NODE xemAmiga o Uses charset font @ENDNODE @NODE xemAscii o Uses charset font but do not work correctly if it is other than 8x8 @ENDNODE @NODE xemBBS o Uses charset font Known bugs Console is misaligned in WorkBench screen. @ENDNODE @NODE xemIBM o Uses own font (IBM) @ENDNODE @NODE xemVT340 o Uses own font (IBM) @ENDNODE @NODE Results Comparison between DreamTerm's internal ansi emulation and xem ansi emulations using A1200 with real fastram. 1798877 bytes long ansi animation (no scrolling), 640x256x16 (80x25) screen without statusline, priority 3. | hardware scr | | Emulation | secs ( cps ) | secs ( cps ) | note -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANSI/VT102: 1.08 (26454) | 1.27 (20676) | 8 colors, pcansi off, strip off ANSI/VT102: 1.08 (26454) | 1.22 (21937) | 8 colors, pcansi off, strip on ANSI/VT102: 1.09 (26070) | 1.23 (21673) | 16 colors, pcansi on XEM bbs : | 4.43 ( 6356) | 8 colors (3.4 times slower) XEM ibm : | 4.04 ( 7372) | 8 colors (2.9 times slower) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (colors = how many colors emulation uses) Actual speed may seem high enough as with v32bis modems you mostly receive about 3000 chars in second. Well, you should remember that real speed goes down as you use bigger/deeper screen, capture, review etc. @ENDNODE @NODE Cryptology Before using phonebook crypting read this carefully, you also should read documents of library which you plan to use. And if you really are interested about security, crypting, politics, patents etc. you may want to read PGP documentation. Saving DreamTerm will first save phonebook without crypting to its temporary directory and then crypt it using some xpk library, after that non-crypted file will be overwritten and deleted. This is little bit risky as some fragments may be left in disk, so ideally tempdir should be ram:. Crypt mode will also delete name, phone, password and function keys from current settings before saving them. Logfile is not automatically disabled as someone might want to use it. Loading Generally same as saving. Note that password is NOT checked and so phonebook loading may fail without warning if password is wrong. General You must not use ENCO library as it is very unsafe! I advice you to use IDEA.100 which probably is the best algorithm available on Amiga (and xpk). In some countries it could be crime to keep your privacy as government may want to have total control over you. @ENDNODE @NODE Thanks Antti Nurkka Kimmo Mustonen Topi Kanerva Ville-Pertti Keinonen o First to code xpr2.001 support for his bbs software. @ENDNODE @NODE Menus @{" Project " LINK project } General settings & environment @{" Phonebook " LINK phonebook } Phonebook handling @{" Transfer " LINK transfer } Data sending & receiving @{" Serial " LINK serial } @{" Screen " LINK screen } @{" Emulation " LINK emulation } @{" Special " LINK special } There is no explanation for menuitems which can be changed in phonebook entries as those just change current settings and are overrided after dialing. So only some kind of action items and enviroment settings are explained. NOTE: Do not use 'multiselect', due my laziness it will not work correctly. @{b}Status line@{ub} 00:00:00 000.0$ 038400 8N1 CR* 0000 TXD/RXD: 0000/0000 00000000/00000000 00:00:00 - Connection time 00.0$ - Connection cost (very rough) 038400 - DTE CRO - CTS/RTS/ONLINE 8N1 - Databits/Parity/Stopbits 0000 - Overruns, if this starts to increase it means that your DTE rate is too high. Well, technically means that new char was received before previous was read (char is lost). Also different screenmodes, harddrive usage etc. can cause this. Available only with hardware serial. 0000/0000 - txd/rxd cps rate. Available only with hardware serial. ..00/..00 - txd/rxd bytes. @ENDNODE @NODE Project @{b}Current settings...@{ub} Opens window where you can change all current settings at once. @{b}Pickup table...@{ub} Opens window where you can edit pickup table. Read @{"terminology" LINK terminology } to learn what you edit. @{b}Pickup phone prefix@{ub} Edits pickup table phone prefix directly. This is handy if you need to change which company to use for long distance calls. Of course requires that you have setted prefix to be in global state in those long distance phonebook entries. @{b}Character sets...@{ub} Edit charset list. @{b}Protocols...@{ub} Edit xpr protocol list and options. @{b}External emulations...@{ub} Edit external emulation list (XEM). @{b}Load configuration@{ub} Load saved charset, protocols and pickup table. @{b}Save Configuration@{ub} Save charset config, protocol config, pickup table and current settings. These settings will be used when DreamTerm is started next time. @{b}Titlebar@{ub} Toggle titlebar on/off. @{b}InitString (enviroment)@{ub} This string will be sent to modem when DreamTerm started. @{b}Temporary directory (enviroment)@{ub} Directory where DreamTerm will place its temporary files, used only with xem and crypting. @{b}Crypt settings... (enviroment)@{ub} Opens small window where you can change crypting library and password. @{b}Phonebook crypting (enviroment)@{ub} If you think that someone may be interested what your phonebook contains set this on, also will remove name/phone/password/fkeys from current settings. NOTE: If auto phonebook save was on then backup file is still uncrypted! You must save config & default phonebook, quit DreamTerm and run it again to make it crypted too. @{b}Priority (enviroment)@{ub} Adjust program priority. @{b}Auto phonebook save (environment)@{ub} 1) Backups phonebook and droplist in start. 2) Saves phonebook to disk after you have disconnected from bbs so that last call/cost etc. information will be preserved. Another way is to save phonebook before quitting but I think it is too easy to forget. @{b}Logfile@{ub} @{"Read online help." LINK help.guide/bbs } @{b}About@{ub} Display some information. @{b}Quit@{ub} Quit program. @ENDNODE @NODE Phonebook @{b}Directory...@{ub} Opens phonebook directory where you can edit, delete, dial etc. phonebook entries. @{b}Create entry...@{ub} Create new phonebook entry. @{b}Load default phonebook@{ub} Load default phonebook entry list. @{b}Save default phonebook@{ub} Save default phonebook entry list and droplist, this will be used when DreamTerm is started next time. @{b}Dial number@{ub} Dial directly to some number. @{b}Dial next selected@{ub} Starts to dial through selected phonebook entries, no need to reopen directory. @{b}Send current password@{ub} Send password to modem and add return to end. @ENDNODE @NODE Transfer @{b}Upload@{ub} Opens file requester where you can choose which files to upload (press shift if you want to upload multiple files). @{b}Upload using list@{ub} Upload files which are in upload list. It is probably good idea to disable auto transfer or remove auto upload string from every protocol if you use this often. @{b}Download@{ub} Start download. @{b}Send Ascii@{ub} Send ascii text, normal char conversion is done so generally you send ISO text (normal Amiga text) using this. @{b}Send Ascii (no conv)@{ub} If you want to send text which is already converted to right format then use this. @{b}Abort send@{ub} Abort ascii send or upload/download. @{b}Edit upload list@{ub} Just what it says. @{b}Upload path@{ub} Change upload path. @{b}Download path@{ub} Change download path. @{b}Protocol@{ub} Change protocol. @{b}Auto transfer / Minimal transfer status / Double buffer@{ub} @{"Read online help." LINK help.guide/transfer } @{b}Review buffer (environment)@{ub} Active - Review active View - View buffer Size - Change buffer size, automatically changes to smaller if not enough memory for requested size. @{b}Capture (environment)@{ub} Capture options. @ENDNODE @NODE Serial @{"Read online help." LINK help.guide/bbs } @ENDNODE @NODE Screen @{"Read online help." LINK help.guide/screen } @ENDNODE @NODE Emulation @{"Read online help." LINK help.guide/emulation } @ENDNODE @NODE Special @{b}Direct print@{ub} Print some text directly to screen using current emulation. Handy if you want to look those Ansi animations etc.:-) @ENDNODE @NODE Gadgets Just press @{"HELP" LINK help.guide/main } above activated window/gadget. @ENDNODE @NODE Tech Old 1.0 - 1.3 format logentry: Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 1993 Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 1993 (%24 in, %24 out) DreamBBS (name) 9700-cost (phone) 00000 0000000000 (%5 overruns, %10 seconds online) 00000 0000000000 (txd: %5 avr. cps, %10 bytes) 00000 0000000000 (rxd: %5 avr. cps, %10 bytes) (empty line = $a) New 1.4 format logentry: Mon 01-Jan-94 00:00:00 Mon 01-Jan-94 00:00:00 DreamBBS (name) 9700-cost (phone) 00000 0000000000 (%5 overruns, %10 seconds online) 00000 0000000000 (txd: %5 avr. cps, %10 bytes) 00000 0000000000 (rxd: %5 avr. cps, %10 bytes) (empty line = $a) Average cps is calculated like this: (bytes)/(seconds with char transfer). @ENDNODE @NODE Future @{b}To do... (Various ideas which I may code someday)@{ub} - Add cr->lf, lf->cr etc. (Currently you must use conversion table) - IEMSI - Optional dial time adding to connect time - Optional keep serial when user iconify's - Error count to xpr status - Fast! macro window (stealed from Term:-) - Packet window (stealed from Term:-) - Status window - Connection cost table (automatical using phone number) - Possibility to edit conversion table - alt/shift qualifiers to func & cursor keys - Some useful Arexx commands - Possibility to remember bbs name when it is in droplist - Quit should tell which configs aren't saved yet - Better review (current one is useless) + review search - Async requesters (also change ReqTools to ASL) + serial also - Possibility to define keymap - Possibility to define system pens - Support for external non-xpr protocols? (Hydra/SModem) - Etc... @ENDNODE @NODE "Introduction Welcome to DreamTerm, advanced and flexible telecommunication tool for Amiga personal computer system. Features o Hardware screen & serial for those who want maximum speed. o Xpr 2.0 and 2.001 support, no internal protocols at all. o XEm 2.0 support for possibility to add new emulations without upgrading main file. o Internal Ansi/VT102 emulation for use with bbs systems, very fast. o Prescroll to speedup scrolling o Phonebook entry count limited only by available memory o Possibility to crypt phonebook using Xpk libraries. o Most options can be configured individually for every phonebook entry. o Pickup table for sharing options between different phonebook entries. o Uses MUI for windows allowing user (you!) to configure interface look. o Console can use any fixed size font. o Screenmode support. o Realtime input/output conversion. Missing features DreamTerm is still in development and due that some features are not yet ready, however those are not used very often if ever and should not create problems. @ENDNODE @NODE Requirements Amiga A500-A4000T KickStart 3.0 or newer Magic User Interface 2.1 or newer ReqTools library 2.0 or newer Motorola 68000 or newer Requirements may seem to be little bit too high and I am first to admit that everything could be done with older software/hardware. However I want to use new routines and I'm absolutely too lazy to code any kludges to somehow make it work with KS2.0. And because this is not shareware project there is no point to reach every paying user. Well, if there is any... :) @ENDNODE @NODE History (ADDED ) - Added feature/option (BUGFIX) - Fixed some annoying bug (CHANGE) - Changed feature/option (REMOVE) - Removed feature/option (BETTER) - Optimized feature/option @{b}V1.42 : 20-Jul-94@{ub} So typical... argh! (BUGFIX) Interactive xpr setting was broken. @{b}V1.41 : 18-Jul-94@{ub} (ADDED ) Prescroll. (ADDED ) In protocol config you can use also interactive setting instead of initstring if protocol supports it. (ADDED ) Shift cursor. (ADDED ) Various modem strings. (REMOVE) No more custom scrolling. (CHANGE) No space between dial prefix and phone number anymore. (CHANGE) Capture versions of conversion files will now strip some controls. (CHANGE) Phone entry window is hopefully easier to use. (BUGFIX) SendAscii also converted \\n etc. (BUGFIX) CTRL-] (^]) etc. didn't work. (BUGFIX) XEm keys weren't working. (BUGFIX) Crashed if you tried to upload using empty list. @{b}V1.4 : 03-May-94@{ub} (ADDED ) XEM support (and lots of bugs with it). (ADDED ) Capture and review buffer. (ADDED ) Possibility to crypt phonebook using xpk. Remember that forces of evil (or good as they claim) are always snooping around. (CHANGE) Fileid is now upload list. (CHANGE) Default ZPriv is removed from protocols. (BETTER) Optimized code a bit making code more compact and smaller. (BETTER) Changed Ansi-C memory/file functions to Amiga ones. (BUGFIX) Failed try to open xpr library disabled xpr. (BUGFIX) Chars ^ and / were stripped if entered from keyboard. (BUGFIX) You could not set listview or emulation to global state. (BUGFIX) Interface was messy with proportional font. (BUGFIX) Dial number could crash machine and prefix was added to number. (BUGFIX) Software serial crashed if device couldn't be opened. (BUGFIX) Total hardware serial lockup if you used xpr protocol and double buffer was off or protocol sent more than 2048 chars at once. (BUGFIX) Pickup phone prefix requester was canceled if you entered empty string. (BUGFIX) I experienced some mysterious crashes with large droplist but this version seems to be working, not actually sure if I fixed it... @{b}V1.3 : 20-Feb-94 (sort of panic version)@{ub} (ADDED ) Different sort categories in phonebook. (BETTER) Now using MUI 2.0. (BETTER) Multitasks better, previous versions used something like 'sliced' CPU which leaded to massive CPU usage... (BUGFIX) MUI images/background changed colors after changing screen depth (or pens). This is __MUI__ bug but fortunately I found a way to correct this. (BUGFIX) ANSI cursor save/recall was not recalling cursor position more than once. (BUGFIX) In 2-8 color screen it was hard to read some requester texts because they used background color... :) (BUGFIX) Droplist compare was not working fully. (BUGFIX) Some gadgets were not in MUI tabcycle. V1.2 : 12-Feb-94 *** Improvements - ANSI/HEX pen color editing - Better custom screen color handling - DTR hangup and initstring - Info clear in phonebook - Comparing phone number against droplist uses now only numbers *** Fixed bugs - Charset/Protocol lists weren't sorted in menus - Shell window using ISO trashed after quitting DTerm - Minimal transfer status completion % was broken - Pick table set/clear was still crap... should work - <->Beta text was still in status line V1.1 : 13-Jan-94 *** Improvements - More informative phonebook directory (Last call date/cost/calls/time). - Clone create new entry for phonebook. - Dialer now uses selection order. - Possibility to use double buffering with any protocol. *** Fixed bugs - Pick table set/clear was not working properly (only strings). - If there wasn't enough colors in Wb screen some colors(pens) were drawed with background color (hard to read I think:-). - With hardware screen other than 8x8 charsets were selectable from menus. - Normal serial wasn't handling CTS. - Serial throughput wasn't optimal. - Send Ascii failed sometimes. - Logfile avr. cps was sometimes messed up. - Priority handling & dial number was forgotten... :) - If using some background images in MUI then custom screen colors changed if keep wb was off. - If screen open failed program exited (now tries to open in Wb screen). + some minor bugs/misfeatures... V1.0C: 13-Dec-93 Well, I was expecting this... - Blue color was white in ansi-emulation if normal screen was on and keep wb off. - Upload wasn't working very good (stupid serial bug). - ZModem initstring was wrong: OR (resume) should be OY (overwrite)! V1.0 : 12-Dec-93 Changes - Code now requires KickStart3.0/MUI/68000. - GUI and some other parts are now written in C. All time critical routines are still 68000 assembly. - New config/phonebook format. Improvements - Screen: height can be changed (1-x lines), scrolling is faster, not anymore system copperhack which is too unreliable to use with AGA machines. (I think that commodore has promised not to change OCS/ECS registers...) Also normal system screen added. - ANSI/VT102: Some sequences added. - GUI: now coded with C, loads of new features added. + numerous changes and improvements (and bugs). @ENDNODE @NODE Contact Bug reports, questions, ideas, suggestions: FIDO: 2:229/888 (Pasi Ristioja) INTERNET: pasi.ristioja@pcb.mpoli.fi If possible then use internet email as it is far more reliable and faster than fido netmail. Anyway if email bounces back use netmail -> for some reason system which I use started to change everything and result is that some mail can vanish before I get it. You can also use PGP to encrypt you message if you want to. Use my public key which is in the package or ask that I send it to you if you are uncertain that it is my key. Yep, reading PGP docs is secure way to paranoia:-) Memory cards/harddrives/A4000T's or other gifts: Pasi Ristioja Urpiaistie 8 96400 Rovaniemi Finland Unfortunately I don't have support BBS but I tend to upload latest version to following bbs's: L.A.H.O 964 4140400|964 4141516 TECHNOBBS DEVEL.CENT. 90 635 296 (You can use DModem here, in fact every TechnoBBS can use it but it seems that this is only one which is actually installed it. I don't know why as every comm prog or bbs which supports xpr can use it at least in one way transfer and it cannot hurt that TechnoBBS also supports bidirectional transfer.) Don't expect to see my messages there, I'm very lazy message writer and mostly file freak;-) @ENDNODE @NODE Disclaimer THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. @ENDNODE @NODE License `DreamTerm' - Communication program for Amiga computer Copyright © 1992-1994 Pasi Ristioja You may make and distribute verbatim copies of this documentation if the contents are unchanged or the author has agreed to any changes made. No guarantee of any kind is given that the program described in this document are 100% reliable. You are using this material on your own risk. `DreamTerm' must NOT be included with commercial programs or products. You must not make any money by distributing `DreamTerm'. A small copy fee for data media (US$ ? maximum) or the inclusion of `DreamTerm' in Public-Domain collections such as Fred Fish's Amiga Library of Freely Distributable Software is permitted though. @{b}Gift-Ware fee@{ub} The author is susceptible to all kinds of donation and gifts so long as it is assured that they are useful to him. Therefore anyone pleased by `DreamTerm' is welcome to remunerate my programming efforts as he/she thinks that it matches my efforts - a lot of thanks! If you have got no ideas yet, here is a (by no means complete) list of suggestions: - Good quality PAL-VHS video's (anything from cartoons to xxx-rated) - CD's (preferably some MTV crap) - Good english(or finnish) language fantasy books - CD-ROMs - MPEG movie files and JPEG/GIF image files. - Cash is always welcome @ENDNODE @NODE Discussion @{b}Why DreamTerm do not support Remote Imaging Protocol?@{ub} It is too 'heavy' protocol, I mean that it has TOO much commands to do simple things and it is also designed PC (yäk) machines in mind. @{b}Why system screen is so slow sometimes?@{ub} You may notice how char print speed varies, especially when BBS sends megs of those ANSI menus. This is mostly system's fault which is somewhat slow changing colors/positions (they are changed lot in those ANSI drawings). Hardware screen is more than adequate work-around if you don't own one of those fancy and expensive graphics cards. With A1200/A4000 it probably can print much more chars in second than serial port is capable receiving. Remember that with old chipset you cannot use 16-color screen, use 8-color screen instead. If you have A1200/A4000 put 'Enable AGA Burst' on and you have 2x bandwidth which offers possibility to use 16-color hardware screen with any DTE. This switch is there because there is no official information about AGA and how to enable 2x/4x bandwidth modes. @{b}When to use internal ANSI and when XEM@{ub} Use XEM only if you really need VT320 emulation, currently all other libraries are worthless junk. Also some problems may appear due XEM limitations but I have tried to make it as flexible as possible. Well, I'll try to reach XEM designer and discuss if some new features could be added, like smart color pen definition which would allow nice Workbench use. Why DTerm is free? Because I trust YOU to send me nice gift... Well, it may be that this is last free version and I'm going to shareware but nothing is decided yet. @ENDNODE @NODE Problems Q: Why MUI window font sometimes is reduced to unreadable size? A: Your probably opened window on tiny screen, minimum size where all windows are designed to work is 640x200. There is of course MUI bug/feature which do not recalculate the font for other windows if it was minimized for some other window. @ENDNODE @NODE Terminology @{b}Enviroment setting@{ub} Options which cannot be configured from phonebook entry. I created these because there are some options which make no sense to be configurable from every entry. Anyway, if you feel that some of them should be moved to entry then let me know and I might do it. @{b}Pick table@{ub} To avoid 'configurable = configure everything' effect there is so called pick table which is used to share settings between phonebook entries. It simply means that you can select for every phonebook entry which settings are copied from pick table. Generally you should try to use it as much as possible and use local values only for phone numbers, passwords etc. If you do so it will be much easier to change some setting only from pick table when needed. In elsewhere this product I will call option which is picked from table as global. (Every time when I add new options they will be in global state in old phonebook entries.) @ENDNODE @ENDNODE