anyone care to refresh my memory on Com port numbers and handle numbers

I have a problem with my 12 year old OS2 BBS -- ive connected it to internet as I want to give up the dial connection -- created
a new Maximus window using COM4 and have SIO /VMODEM loaded and going Connection over ethernet using TCPIP works just fine with upload/ download
/ off line readers etc also working ok

BUT when the above is fired up my dial users can no longer download their mail -- they fail with a message as follows
" 20 Dec 22:33:15 MAX Return from: "maxpipe.exe 3 zip -jk -b -4 d:\ziptmp
D:\Mail\Olr\node03\GENBOARD.qwk D:\Mail\Olr\node03\*.* d:\mail\olr\*"
20 Dec 22:33:15 MAX Archiver error (errorlevel 255)"

for some reason the TCPIP VMODEM connetion is interfering with the dialed in user - if I close down the TCPIP MAXIMUS session and close down VMODEM then dial in returns to full function again
Elwyn Goldsbury

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* Origin: GenBOARD/2 (Wellington, New Zealand) 64-4-479-1960 (3:771/160)

Hi Elwyn,

Long time no chat...

" 20 Dec 22:33:15 MAX Return from: "maxpipe.exe 3 zip -jk -b -4 d:\ziptmp
D:\Mail\Olr\node03\GENBOARD.qwk D:\Mail\Olr\node03\*.* d:\mail\olr\*"
20 Dec 22:33:15 MAX Archiver error (errorlevel 255)"

I can't be 100% sure (its been a LONG time since I saw that message ), but this
rings bells with me regarding a SHARING problem. Is something hard configured to look for a specific COM port or BBS LINE no. somewhere? Or perhaps the BBS line no. is not being passed through.

Good luck...........pk.


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Hello, Elwyn!

Replying to a message of Elwyn Goldsbury to Sean Dennis:

BUT when the above is fired up my dial users can no longer
download their mail -- they fail with a message as follows "
20 Dec 22:33:15 MAX Return from: "maxpipe.exe 3 zip -jk -b -4
d:\ziptmp D:\Mail\Olr\node03\GENBOARD.qwk D:\Mail\Olr\node03\*.* d:\mail\olr\*" 20 Dec 22:33:15 MAX Archiver error (errorlevel 255)"

Hmm... here's my SIO setup in CONFIG.SYS:

DEVICE=C:\SIO\SIO.SYS (COM1:38400,3F8,IRQ4,-) (COM2:57600,INTERNET:2F8,NONE:3,-) (COM3:57600,INTERNET:3E8,NONE:4,-) (COM4:57600,INTERNET:2E8,NONE:3,-)
DEVICE=C:\SIO\VSIO.SYS
DEVICE=C:\SIO\VX00.SYS


Also, here's what I have for the archiver:

Archiver ZIP
Extension ZIP
Ident 0,504b0304 ; "PK^c^d"
OS2 Add zip -9Dj %a %f
OS2 Extract unzip -Csoj %a %f
End Archiver

That works fine here for both dialup and telnet connections.

Later,
Sean

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my log file MAX05.log for the internet seesion looks like this -- all is OK


+ 31 Dec 18:31:40 MAX Begin, v3.01 (task=5)
: 31 Dec 18:31:41 MAX Waiting for caller (event in 1440 mins)
+ 31 Dec 18:34:25 MAX Connected at 57600 bps (ARQ/TEL FROM 202.135.62.226)
+ 31 Dec 18:35:30 MAX Elwyn Goldsbury calling
# 31 Dec 18:35:36 MAX Given 1136 min.
: 31 Dec 18:36:21 MAX Msg.area LIST.R_NZL
+ 31 Dec 18:37:53 MAX Elwyn Goldsbury off-line. Calls=3135, Len=2, Today=307
: 31 Dec 18:37:53 MAX End, v3.01 (5)

my log file for the dial session looks like this

+ 31 Dec 18:31:02 MAX Begin, v3.01 (task=3)
! 31 Dec 18:31:02 MAX SYS0089: Cannot open com port (handle 3)
! 31 Dec 18:31:02 MAX Communications driver not properly installed
+ 31 Dec 18:42:54 *LOG Spawning BBS: 115200 33600 3 1440 /Arq/V34/Lapm
+ 31 Dec 18:42:54 *LOG maxp -b33600 -p3 -n03 -l\bbs\logs\max03.log max.prm

+ 31 Dec 18:42:56 MAX Begin, v3.01 (task=3)
: 31 Dec 18:42:56 MAX Caller at 33600 bps
+ 31 Dec 18:43:05 MAX Elwyn Goldsbury calling
! 31 Dec 18:43:08 MAX Bad pwd "cabbage"
# 31 Dec 18:43:14 MAX Given 1134 min.
: 31 Dec 18:43:32 MAX Download QWK packet
# 31 Dec 18:44:43 MAX External program: "maxpipe.exe 3 zip -jk -b -4 d:\ziptmp : 31 Dec 18:44:44 MAX Return from: "maxpipe.exe 3 zip -jk -b -4 d:\ziptmp D:\Ma
! 31 Dec 18:44:44 MAX Archiver error (errorlevel 255)
+ 31 Dec 18:45:19 MAX Elwyn Goldsbury off-line. Calls=3136, Len=2, Today=309
: 31 Dec 18:45:20 MAX End, v3.01 (5)


the cannot open com port message is a bit strange -- yet the only effect is cant download ??

I dont get the com port error meassgae when I havnt got the internet Vmodem connection running

Elwyn Goldsbury



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* Origin: GenBOARD/2 (Wellington, New Zealand) 64-4-479-1960 (3:771/160)

Hi Elwyn,

my log file for the dial session looks like this

+ 31 Dec 18:31:02 MAX Begin, v3.01 (task=3)
! 31 Dec 18:31:02 MAX SYS0089: Cannot open com port (handle 3)
! 31 Dec 18:31:02 MAX Communications driver not properly installed
+ 31 Dec 18:42:54 *LOG Spawning BBS: 115200 33600 3 1440 /Arq/V34/Lapm
+ 31 Dec 18:42:54 *LOG maxp -b33600 -p3 -n03 -
l\bbs\logs\max03.log max.prm

I think this may be your prblem right here... The HANDLE number (3) looks to be
too low to be a true handle. Maxp 3.01 COM port handle no.'s usually start around 5 or 6 and upwards. A handle of 3 is more like an actual (virtual) COM port no. (COM3). Do you have this value hard coded somewhere?

My SPAWNBBS.CMD line used to pass from Binkley to Maximus looks like this -
Maxp max -b%2 -p%3 -t%4 -n%TASK% -lMax%TASK%.log -s38400
where -p%3 is the handle for the COM port passed from Binkley. Your telnet node
has to do something similar, but using the handle from Vmodem (whatever that might be). Check the Vmodem docs on exactly what is required here.

I used to have ">> MAXSP.LOG" appended to the end of that line so I had a log of the actual values passed, but its not currenty on there so I can't advise what actual values I get at the moment.

Good luck..............pk.


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