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.

· This is the last Tip ·· · · · · ·

 

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