Tip of the Day
Here are the hints and tips displayed by the Tip of the Day
dialog box:
· The Tip of the Day dialog box is displayed when you start
Minicom. You can change this so that tips are turned off when
Minicom is started. If you turn the Tip of the Day off and later
want to see the tips, choose Tip of the Day from the Help menu.
· If you are new to Minicom, read the readme.txt, the help
files and the Tips of the Day. Also you can check out the website
for more information. http://csjami.netfirms.com
and EMail to jamixoom@email.com
· Install Minicom on all the PCs that you want to connect
to. You can then connect using your local network, a modem
dial-up line or via the Internet.
· If you have opened a window and then go to Select A PC the
window will disappear from the screen. To find the window again
select Menu/ Windows.
· To add a PC go to the Select A PC window. You can press
the Insert button or select Menu/ Edit/ New. You can also run
Auto-update to find all the PCs on your network.
· Minicom and Minirem communicate using either the TCP-IP or
IPX protocols.
Minicom and Minirem use a default Port of 2600.
You can change this using Configure Host.
· When you have installed Minicom on your PCs, first Select
A PC then select a command , for example Screen from the Toolbar.
· You can run Auto-Update when you go to Select a PC. This
will list all the PCs on your Local Area Network that have
Minirem installed.
· To Add a new PC to your list, go to Select a PC. For
TCP-IP connections over Internet use the Permanent or Temporary
TCP-IP address. For other TCP-IP connections enter the name of
the PC.
· Using Select a PC you can select more than one PC to
connect to. Hold the Control button down when you click the PC.
· To establish a Dial-up modem link to another PC, create a
Dial-up link in the Dial-up network or My Connections. The other
PC must have Incoming Connections enabled.
· On LAN, Dial-up and internet connections you may have to
enable the Minicom Port if you have a Firewall. NT hosts have an
optional Firewall which is set in Incoming Connections. Also you
should enable the Auto-update port 2800.
· To enable Minirem as a host on XP for Dial-in and Internet
connections you have to add Minirem as a service. See Network
Connections, Internet Dial-up, Network Tasks, Advanced.
· When you are connected to the Internet you can see your
Internet TCP-IP address by running Minicom and looking at the
Help menu, Network Help
· To establish an Internet connection to another PC you have
to know the TCP-IP address of the other PC. You can use Minicom
EMail to send the address to you. You could also use a Pager or
Instant Messaging.
· If you are sending an EMail from a remote PC set Auto
Disconnect and the number of minutes so that the PC disconnects
from the Internet.
· To set the Full Size screen key in Minicom select
Configure Host and Select a PC, then Configure Minicom.
· To enable or disable Minicom functions select Configure
Host and Select a PC, then Configure Minicom.
· To change the Screen connection colors go to Select a PC,
click on the PC and select Modify and then OK. You can select 4,
8, or 16 bit. ( 16, 256 or 65536 colors )
· To optimise a slow Screen connection, for example over a
dial-up modem line, set the number of colors to the lowest you
can work with.
· The default Screen connection is Control. This allows you
to work on the other PC.
· Using a Screen connection set to Monitor you can only
watch the remote screen.
· You can allow other Minicom users to watch the remote
Screen with you, this is the default. To block other users select
Screen, Modify, OK.
· You can copy files from one PC to another. Select File
Manager and then two or more PCs and OK. Use Control C, Control V
or the Copy and Paste commands.
· You can find files on other PCs and your own using File
Manager. You can also search for text in files.
· You can shutdown or restart one or more PCs. Select
Shutdown and using Select a PC select the PCs to shutdown
· You can Text Chat with one or more PCs. Select Chat and
and using Select a PC select the PC to chat to. Chatboard
requires Minicom.exe as well as Minirem.exe to be installed on
the other PC.
· You can use Clipboard to send the contents of your text
clipboard to another PC and to get the contents of the other PCs
text clipboard.
· You can use Time to synchronise the time on your PC with
another PC.
· You can use MyPhone to talk to users on other PCs. MyPhone
and Minirem must be installed on both PCs.
· MyPhone uses automatically adjusted compression levels to
compensate for varying delays. With Internet this can be useful
:-)
· Using AutoScheduler you can run one or more tasks on your
or other PCs and these can be run once or every day.
· To stop an AutoSchedule Task select Configure Host, Select
a PC, Ok, Schedules and Remove Schedule.
· You can use EMail to automatically connect your PC to the
Internet and send the Internet TCP-IP address in the EMail.
· If you have a problem sending EMail switch the log file on
and when you have tested EMail switch the log file off. Use
Configure Host, Select a PC, Log File. The log file minirem.log
shows if you have a problem connecting to the modem or the ISP,
and which parameters have been set.
· You can use AudioRouter to send music from one PC to
another or attach a microphone and listen to the baby.
· With Modem you can connect and disconnect modems on other
PCs.
· We use CSJami Minicom to develop CSJami Minicom.
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