RFSM-8000. Short user’s manual.

RFSM-8000 main window.

This document contains short description of main menu and some options.If a menu item is not available, it will be disabled (grayed).A button may be the same in some menus (copied them).If a button item is not available, it will not be grayed. Press it, and it will do noth-

ing.

Chapter 1. Main menu.

Menu "Connection"

- "Connect" . Show the "Connection" window (allow user selection) and start the connecting procedure. This sub-menu is only available when in a dis-connected state.

- "Disconnect" . Show confirmation window and start the disconnecting pro-cedure. This sub-menu is only available when in a connected state.

- "Exit". Exit program.

Menu "File transfer".This entire sub-menu is available when in a connected state. First, second, and

third sub-menus will only work, if the remote user selects the ability to accept "FTP-requests" (operation as a FTP-server).

- "Read directory" . Send a request for reading a remote users download direc-tory and send the file list back to the local user.

- "Change directory" . Show "Change subdirectory request" window and send a request for changing (and reading) to a subdirectory in the remote users download di-rectory. Status of request is reported back.

- "Get file" . Show "Get file request" window and send a request for receiving a file from the remote users download directory.

- "Send file" . Show "Open File" dialog, then show confirmation window, and send request for sending a file to the remote users upload directory.

- "Stop transfer". Show the confirmation window and stop the transfer of current file (and send a "stop" request to the remote user).

Menu "Mail-client".This entire sub-menu is available when in a connected state.All sub-menus will only work, if the remote user selects the ability to accepts

"MAIL-requests" (operation as a MAIL-server).

- "Read mail-box" . Send a request for reading the content of the user's remote mailbox. The server will send a "mail list" to the user.

- "Receive mail" . Show "Receive mail request" window (allow select the mail-file) and send a request for receiving mail from users remote mailbox. Allow op-tion "delete mail from mailbox after receiving".

- "Create new message" . Show/hide "Create new message" window. User can make new e-mail message, and save it as EML-file, or send it to server (if connection is established and remote user work as mail-server). If sending is started, window will close automatically.

- "Send existing mail" . Show "Send mail" window (allow select type of a mail (EML or private mail-file), select address and the EML/private mail-file) and send a request for sending a EML/mail-file to the server (for the specified address or for send-ing to Inet).

- "Delete mail". Show "Delete mail request" window (allow select a mail-file) and send a request for deleting mail from the mailbox. Result status of the request is report-ed back to the user.

Menu "Mail-server".All sub-menus available and work if the options "Periodically send/receive

email..." is enabled.

- "Start checking e-mail". Manually start process of receiving and sendind e-mails, and show window "E-mail transfer progress".

- "E-mail transfer progress". Just show/hide window "E-mail transfer progress".

Menu "Options".All sub-menus available and work any time.

- "Remote users list" . Show the window for simple editing of user database, and assign to some users "Privileged" status.

- "Preferences..." . Show "Options" window. Most important options will be described later.

- "Tuning to signal" . Show/hide "Tuning to signal" window. Allow see Spec-troscope/Raw received data/IQ-diagram, display the shift of carrier frequency and al-low its correction.

- "Packet monitor" . Show/hide "Packet monitor" window. Allow the viewing of all correctly received packets (even without connection).

Menu "Broadcast".All sub-menus available and work any time.

- "'Beacon' mode" . Enable/disable 'beacon' mode (periodically seinding signal to ether). After enable, show the "Start 'beacon'" window. Allow 'beacon' data-file se-lection, beacon signal mode selection, and beacon timer setting in seconds.

- "Broadcast chat" . Enable/disable sending broadcast-chat messages (in un-connected state only). Broadcast messages must be typed in chat-input window (as well as simple chat messages).

Menu "View".All sub-menus available and work any time.- "Show toolbar". Show/hide toolbar (bar with the tool-buttons in the top of the

main window).- "Show macros-bar". Show/hide macros-bar (bar with the macros-buttons in the

bottom of the main window).- "RX/TX pictures". Show/hide special "RX/TX pictures" window. Allow pre-

viewing of transmitted picture, and viewing of received picture (in broadcast beacon signal only).

Menu "?".- "About...". Show a small "About" window (show the version, license and contact

information).- "Enter license key...". Show special dialog, which allow enter of license key

(and activation key).

Chapter 2. Some options.

Page "Connection".- "Limited count of connecting attempts". Enabled - program will do limeted con-

necting attempts, disabled – unlimited.- "Limited maximum connection time". If enabled - program will automatically

disconnect after time limit is reached.- "Automatically disconnect (if traffic is empty)". Enabled - RFSM will do dis-

connect, if there is no data-transfer and timeout is reached.- "AutoConnecting with other users (not required confirmation for accept connect-

ing) ". Enabled - allow auto-connecting with all users, grayed - allow auto-connecting with users from privileged list, disabled - don't allow autoconnect.

- "Do not allow make connection for users from 'Black' list".

Page "File transfer".- "AutoReceiving of files (not required confirmation for accept of file-transfer)".

Enabled - allow auto-receive all files, grayed - allow auto-receive files for users from privileged list, disabled - don't allow autoreceiving.

- "AutoResume of part-received files (not required confirmation for resume of file-transfer)". If enabled - allow auto-resume transfer of uncompleted files.

- "Use built-in compression of transferred files". If enabled - allow built-in com-pression for transferred files.

- "Use file-based IPC (inter-process communications)". If enabled - allow simple file-based remote control and IPC.

- "Delayed output of user messages". Enabled - display user messages only when sent, grayed - display when typed (gray color) and when sent, disabled - display when typed (old style).

- "Maximum count of retry's (when program don't 'hear' answer)". Set maximum counts of retry's.

Page "Server-mode".- "Operational as FTP-like server (public file-exchange)". If enabled - allow work

as public FTP-server (allow reading (downloading) files from DOWNLOAD directory and writing (uploading) files to UPLOAD directory).

- "Overwrite existing public files". Enabled - new files (in UPLOAD directory) will overwrite existed files (with equal names), disabled - names of new files will be modified (for avoid overwriting).

- "Operational as local MAIL-server (private file-exchange and E-mail-support)". If enabled - allow work as local MAIL-server (features: read mail-box, get mail, send mail, delete mail)".

- "Periodically send/receive E-mail (work with POP3- and SMTP-servers)". If en-abled, program will automatically poll POP3 server for receiving new emails, and check all mailboxes for sending emails to SMTP-server.

- "After connect, output special 'greetings' message". Allow automatically output of special message to chat-output window after connect (useful for servers).

Page "E-mail (server)".Please, set correct POP3/SMTP settings for your email account.

Page "Directory".- "Root DOWNLOAD directory" - remote users will get (download) files from

here (and from any subdirectories)"- "UPLOAD directory" - remote users will put (upload) files to here.- "Root MAILBOX directory" - mail-server uses this directory tree for storing

mail-files.- "INBOX directory" - user will receive mail-file from server to here.

Page "Modulation".Group "Modulation type" allow select type of used modulation:- "MIL-STD 188-110A/B - band 0,3-3,3 kHz - 2400 baud - carrier 1800 Hz";- "Non-standard - band 0,3-2,7 kHz - 2000 baud - carrier 1500 Hz" (adapted for

ham rigs);- "Non-standard - 'dumb modem' mode - IPC only".Group "Modulation/demodulation options".- "Default TX carrier frequency, Hz". Allow select value of carrier frequency in

transmitted signal.- "Default RX carrier frequency, Hz". Allow select value of carrier frequency in

received signal.- "Pilot tone length, msec". Allow select length of pilot-tone (just carrier frequen-

cy, without signal). Useful for tuning and AGC. - "Use Hi-Speed modes (4800-8000 bps) for file-transfer". - "Use Low-Speed mode (300 bps) for file-transfer".

Page "Hardware"- "DirectSound audio capture device for INPUT"/"WaveIn audio capture device

for INPUT". Allow select of used soundcard for input of signal.- "DirectSound audio playback device for OUTPUT". Allow select of used sound-

card for output of signal.- "RX required frequency", "TX required frequency". Allow select used frequency

of discretization for receiving/sending of signal.- "RX real card frequency", "TX real card frequency". Allow small adjusting of

used frequency of discretization (for “non-ideal” soundcards).- "Use SSE2 optimization". Program will automatically detect SSE2 feature. Us-

age SSE2 feature will reduce CPU utilization.