Using Trumpet Winsock v 2.0b with INK

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Changing connection script variables
Changing the modem initialization string
Disabling autodial on load
COMM OVERRUN errors

For more information, check The Trumpet Home Page.

Changing connection script variables

 Q. Trumpet always asks for the login password. How do I get it to remember my password so I don't have to enter it every time?
Q. How do I change my user id after Embarque has been installed?
Q. How do I change my password after Embarque has been installed?
Q. How do I change my dialin number after Embarque has been installed?
A. Start Winsock.
  1. Hit the ESC key twice.
  2. Choose the Dialer menu.
  3. Choose 1. setup.cmd from the menu list.
  4. You will get a dialog box for:
    1. Login Id (enter your new login Id and press Enter to save, or press ESC to keep old one.)
    2. Password (enter your new password and press Enter save password. Winsock will stop asking for it. To change Winsock to ask for password each time, erase the entry that is there and press Enter.)
    3. Access Number (enter your new Dialin Access number and press Enter to change, or ESC to keep the old one.) Winsock will now use these new parameters.

Changing the modem initialization string

Start Winsock.
  1. Hit the ESC key twice.
  2. Choose the Dialer menu.
  3. Choose 2. modem.cmd from the menu list.
  4. You will get a dialog box fwith the caption: Enter your new Modem Init string. Change the data and required and press Enter to save, or press ESC to keep the old one. The Modem will now use this initialization string before dialing.

Disabling autodial on load

 By default, Trumpet Winsock will automatically dial INK on startup. It will also hang up automatically when closed. To disable this feature, start Trumpet Winsock.
  1. Press ESC twice.
  2. Press ALT-D to open the Dialing pull-down menu.
  3. Select Options
  4. Select No Automatic Login.

COMM OVERRUN errors

Comm overrun errors are commonly caused by a baud rate that is set too high for the modem or the port. Try slowing down the speed to 38400, 19200, or 9600 baud.

Start Trumpet WinSock.

  1. Press ESC twice (if autodial has not been disabled)
  2. Press ALT-F to open the File pull-down menu
  3. Choose Setup
  4. Place the cursor in the Baud Rate box and change to desired speed.
If you have an external modem, one culprit might be the comm port. Many computers still have 8250 UARTs installed. These comm ports can only handle an effective maximum speed of 9600 baud. For a faster baud rate, a card with a 16550 UART must be used. To see what you have, exit Windows.
  1. From the command line, type MSD
  2. When MSD finishes searching the hardware, select COM Ports
  3. At the bottom of the window, check the line UART chip used
DO NOT RUN MSD IN WINDOWS. It won't hurt anything, but MSD will not get an accurate evaluation of your hardware.

The comm driver, COMM.DRV, provided with Windows 3.1 only handles a maximum speed of 9600 baud. Some 14.4+ modems are mindful of this, and install a replacement comm driver. To see if you are using the old comm driver, open Notepad (or your favorite file editor).

  1. load C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI
  2. Search for the line comm=. If it reads comm=comm.drv, the default Windows 3.1 comm driver is being used
To handle a higher baud rate, you will need another comm driver, like CyberCom.

This does not apply for the Windows 3.11 environment.

For more information, check the Windows Support of the 16550 UART document from Microsoft and Lynn Larrow's COMM OVERRUN documentation.