******************************** * * * Installing AmigaFax * * * ******************************** 1. Install AmigaFax on your on Hard Drive Decide where you would like to install the software. The installation script creates the drawer if necessary. Insert AmigaFax diskette. Open the disk icon. Then open the Install_Now icon. Or just highlight Install_Now, and open the drawer where you want the software installed. If you are working from a Shell window, change to the appropriate directory, eg. cd df0:AFaxDemo or cd df0:AmigaFax type: Install or: Install disk:drawer where disk:drawer is the directory path where you want the software installed. If one is not provided, the installation script will ask for the name of the disk and drawer. It will also create the drawer if necessary and copy the software into it. If you already have AmigaFax installed and you are updating to the current version, your configuration files will not be overwritten. 2. The installation procedure will create a file afax:s/User-Startup. You must edit your user-startup or startup-sequence to include the contents of that file. 3. If your devs:MountList doesn't contain an entry for the NULL: device, append the MountList file from the devs directory on the AmigaFax diskette to it. You must also ensure that the null: device is mounted somewhere in your startup sequence, with the line: Mount NULL: 4. Edit the file afax:s/AFAX-Start to bring the system up the way you want. I normally just run up the GETTY, (not FAA), and only run the FaxSpooler when I need it. (AFAX will auto-run it). 5. Edit the files in the FaxLib: directory (Config, Aliases, Address, Letter) to reflect your preferences. (The system will operate if you don't, but your faxes will have my address!) 6. Many AmigaFax commands require a large stack. Use 20000 or more. Add the line: stack 20000 to your s:shell-startup file. 7. There are some sample documents in the FaxDoc: directory. The current UserGuide is a Beta version, the release documents are not complete. 8. FONTS - There have been instances of the standard Amiga fonts not working correctly. If this is the case, you can overwrite them from the install script. Do NOT do this unless you have problems with your original fonts. The newer ones may not be compatible with your workbench release. 9. Using a terminal program while FAA or GETTY is running. If you want a terminal program, such as VLT, to be able to access the serial port while FAA or GETTY is running, you must use the LockSerial program which comes with the AmigaUUCP package. A copy of this program is provided in the afax:uucp/c directory. The syntax is: LockSerial [-D device] [-U unit] "command" For example, I use the following alias to run up the VLT program in background, arbitrating with GETTY/FAA for use of the port: alias vlt runback lockserial vlt 10. Note that at this stage it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you use the Getty front-end, rather than faa in standalone mode, even if you do not intend to receive data calls, or use UUCP. This allows a lot more freedom in configuring the software to different FaxModems. For those who wish to run solely from the WorkBench, an faa configuration window may be provided in the future. Let us know if you would find this a useful feature.