Boca Systems PRO/6, Installation Manual

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8. Software Setup Tips
8. Software Setup Tips
If you are not going to use the supplied software then following
are some tips for setting up the software of your choice. Every
form of Communications software usually requires a few setup
options as outlined below.
Set the software for the correct COM port.
• If your modem is on COM2 then make sure that you set it for
COM2 in the software
Set the speed at which the computer is going to talk to the
modem.
• This is called Terminal Speed, Port Speed or Baud Rate
• If you have a 14400bps (14.4k) modem then set the Terminal
Speed at 19200
• If you have a 28800bps (28.8k) modem and a 16550 UART
card, choose 57600 or 115200 as the Terminal Speed in the
software
Set the form of Flow Control that you will be using.
• Flow Control should be set for Hardware, also known as
RTS/CTS Flow Control
If you are going to be calling Bulletin Board Systems (BBS)
then set the Terminal Emulation to ANSI.
• Also set Data Bits to 8, Parity to None and Stop Bits to 1