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***      CONSOLE Documentation
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***      Version 2.0
***      January 18, 1999
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***  MarshallSoft Computing, Inc.
***  POB 4543 Huntsville AL 35815
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***  Phone: 256-881-4630
***  email: ports@marshallsoft.com
***    web: http://www.marshallsoft.com
***    ftp: ftp://ftp.marshallsoft.com/marshallsoft

The latest version of CONSOLE can always be found in the PORTSxx.ZIP archive on
our web site at

     ftp://ftp.marshallsoft.com/marshallsoft/other

Look for PORTSxx.ZIP where "xx" is the version number.

*** Introduction

CONSOLE is a freeware WIN32 Console Mode utility for testing the functionality
of a serial port from Windows.

Run the PORTS and TEST programs first. Read the PORTS.TXT and TEST.TXT
documentation for details.

Like the DOS based TEST program, the WIN32 CONSOLE program writes everything
typed on the keyboard to the serial port, and everything incoming from the
serial port to the display screen.

CONSOLE uses the Windows serial port driver. If you have just installed a new
serial port card, you must install the Windows serial port driver for the new
port before running CONSOLE.

*** Setup

Windows will not allow access ("ACCESS DENIED") to your serial ports once you
have accessed the serial ports from any DOS based program. Exit from all
command windows to allow access from Windows, and then create a new command
window in order to run CONSOLE.

*** Usage

CONSOLE is a WIN32 console mode program. It will run under Windows 95/98/NT,
but not Windows 3.x. Start CONSOLE from the command line by typing

   CONSOLE port baud

For example, to start CONSOLE on COM4 at 38400, type

   CONSOLE 4 38400

*** Come Visit Us

If you are in the market for a DOS or Windows (3.1/95/98/NT) serial port
library, then come take a look at us at http://www.marshallsoft.com. We have
developed libraries for C/C++, Pascal, Visual Basic, PowerBASIC, Delphi,
Fortran, COBOL, and MATLAB.

