Bikerbob Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 As those of you on the BBSs know we have all been buying the Wimodem232 from the CBM guy. I did as well.. but I also went and bought 2 12e NODEMCU boards and CV0025 FULL BREAKOUT 9pin ttl rs232 board. These two together make the same thing.. EXCEPT THE FIRMWARE. So.. options. well there are a few.. but guess what??? SO far none of them work perfectly.. OR I have to know how to build a Adrunio .ono file for flashing.. or ? or?? GRRRRRR So .. Just letting you all know.. I am working on it. The total cost of this modem hardware wire was $15 canadian. The big expense being the CV0025 to get the full signal breakout. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerbob Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 Well I got my Wi232modem from the CBMstuff guy Jim.. I cannot get it to connect to my wifi Router not found. James Got it.. seems for that wifi unit I was TOO close to the router. All good now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Yeah, I also noticed that if you don't use the "list" it doesn't always seem to find it if you type in the SSID... then again, it just might be my cryptic SSID. /s /ps Welcome to our Wi little Modem club member 232! /s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerbob Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 So my build is now done. Here are the pics. The first is the original Avatex 1200 modem cleaned up so as to take the new parts in places. The 2nd is my TTL to RS232 (FULL breakout) 3rd is the ESP board soldered onto a project board. 4th is my soldering. 5th the back of the RS232/TTL 6th is the placement.. and 7th is it all wired up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPolka Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Very cool! My first 1200 baud modem was an Avatex 1200. This brings back memories. Please post some pics of the LEDs in operation. -JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerbob Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 There ya go John, I now have it working.. although the firmware I have on the module in the modem at the moment is not my favorite, I have now done something that will not allow me to program it. I need to wipe it back to factory I think, and then program again. Have to figure that out. SD is send data and RD is receive data.. they are hard to see but RD is flashing in the picture. RI is ring indicator, and although lit.. it really should only flash when an incomming call comes in. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPolka Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 (edited) Looks good! And I remember the Avatex 1200hc too. The hc stands for "Hayes Compatible". I had just the "Avatex 1200" which had the same case and buttons, just not the "hc". As you can guess, the "Avatex 1200" (without the hc) was not 100% Hayes Compatible. The "Avatex 1200hc" came out shortly after "The Avatex 1200". Because the "Avatex 1200" was not 100% Hayes Compatible, a SysOp friend of mine called it the "Avayuck".hahahahahaha. After using the Avatex 1200 on my BBS for a year or two, I upgraded to the "Avatex 2400hc". Same modem as this one, but it supported 2400 baud. I think the case was the same, but the color of the buttons may have been different. Also, the face plate said "Avatex 2400hc". These were great modems because they were a lot cheaper than the "Hayes" and "USR" brands; but they still worked great. The only thing I did not care for on these modems was the "Data/Voice" button. It was really easy to turn off Data and forget to switch it back on. BBS Express Pro! takes the modem off hook when you logon locally. So, you would get a dial tone blaring through the speaker. One way around that would be to select Voice on the "Data/Voice" button (I think the setting was "voice" when the button was pushed out). But if you forget to set it back to "Data" after finishing your local BBS session, no one can log onto the BBS until it's manually set back to "Data". There were certainly a few times I forgot to set it back to "Data" and no one could log onto the BBS for a few hours. -JP Edited June 11, 2021 by JohnPolka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerbob Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 Wow, last post here by John was June 11 2021!!! OMG, I am just now using my Avatex 1200hc on a regular basis, it is amazing the delays between projects in a hobby such as this. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerbob Posted January 15, 2023 Author Share Posted January 15, 2023 Hey - anyone here good with the Arduino coding?? I am not even sure if its a standard language ? C oriented or something?? As many of us have - the Wimodem232 is a fantastic device. Jim Drew has done a great job on it, and is very responsive. His code is his own. I am not arguing that. I would like to implement some of the features and or straighten out some of the stuff in ZImodem that we have in the WImodem232 - So why dont I just use a Wimodem because I have ESP8266 12f modules that can be used to make your own hardware and Jim will not sell his code (again I understand) but I want to build my own devices like into the modem case above - or a case with my own leds - there are others that make purpose built kits to go into USR Courier cases etc.. The only firmware that is out in the domain to work on is Zimodem - BUT the way he handles incoming or running a BBS is not working with FoReM or ForeSight or Turboboard.. God knows it could be me missing settings, but I have played with it a fair amount and that does not seem to be in. There are some AT commands a bit different than what Jim does in WImodem232 but its VERY close. ANyone willing to work on the Zimodem firmware with me? James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 what exactly did they miss? I am trying to find what's not there other than turning off +++ escape sequence, which to this day is the bane of BBS existence ATZ : closes all open socket connections (preserving the Access Point connection), stops all listeners, and resets the state of the Command processor to the saved configuration, preserving the current baud rate and wifi connection. A/ : Repeats the previous command ATI : re-shows the startup message, including wifi connection information. ATI0 : same as ATI ATI1 : Shows the current common variable settings, common 'S' registers. ATI2 : Shows the modem's current IP address ATI3 : Shows the modem's current Wireless Router connection ATI4 : Shows only the firmware current version ATI5 : Shows all the current variable settings, all 'S' registers. ATI6 : Shows the current mac address. ATI7 : Shows the current formatted time (see AT&T). ATI8 : Shows the firmware build date/time ATI9 : Same as I3, but also includes any static settings, same order as ATW ATI10: Shows the last printer url used. ATA : If a server listener has generated a RING, then ATA will switch the last rung connection to Stream mode (see ATD). ATAn : Causes the modem to create a server listening on port n. When a connection is received, the terminal will generate 1 or more RINGs according to the ATS0 register, followed by a normal CONNECT respose. At this point, all other commands related to connections may be used normally, unless ATS41 is > 0, in which case incoming connections are automatically sent to Stream mode as per ATD or ATA. Listeners are listed along with other connections using ATC0. ATAPn : Adding a P modifier causes all incoming connection input to be translated to PETSCII ATATn : Adding a T modifier causes connection streaming input to be translated per TELNET when the changed to Stream mode ATAEn : Adding a E modifier causes connection terminal echo to be enabled when the changed to Stream mode ATAXn : Adding a X modifier causes connection XON/XOFF flow control to be enabled when the changed to Stream mode. ATN0 : Shuts down all listeners, leaving client connections open ATNn : if n > 0 then same as ATAn ATE0 : Turns serial terminal echo off for command mode. ATE1 : Turns serial terminal echo on for command mode. ATV0 : Turns off verbose responses mode (Uses Terse Numeric response mode) ATV1 : Turns on verbose responses mode (Uses Word response mode) ATX0 : Turns off extended response codes (1/CONNECT instead of 5/CONNECT 2, etc..) ATX1 : Turns on extended response codes (5/CONNECT 2 instead of 1/CONNECT, etc..) ATF0 : Turns on rts/cts flow control. ATF1 : Turns on xon/xoff flow control. ATF2 : Turns on xon/xoff flow control, sets XON mode (if necessary), and, in command mode, will immediately go to XOFF when a single connection packet is received. This is very useful when the client wants to ensure it only receives one packet to process. You can think of this as an alternative way to use xon/xoff by having XOFF automatic between packets. ATF3 : Similar to ATF2 except that the default is XOFF, and, in command mode, a XON code from the user will immediately trigger either an empty packet response [ 0 0 0 ], or a real packet if one is available. After this, as in ATF2, XOFF is automatically set. ATF4 : Turns off flow control for command mode ATQ0 : Turns off quiet mode (Sends response codes) ATQ1 : Turns on quiet mode (Stops sending response codes) ATR0 : Suppresses linefeed (\n $0a) in end of lines. Will only send carriage return (\r $0d). ATR1 : Sends \r\n ($0d0a) as end of line string. ATR2 : Sends \n\r ($0a0d) as end of line string. ATR3 : Suppresses carriage return (\r $0d) in end of lines. Will only send linefeed (\n $0a). ATBn : Sets a new serial Baud Rate. Takes effect immediately. ATB"n,xYz" : Sets baud rate n, bits x, parity (E,O,M, or N) for Y, and stop bits z. ATW : List all wireless network access points scanned within range. The response for each entry is the SSID, following by the RSSI, followed by an * character is the connection is encrypted. ATWn : Where n > 0, this lists up to n wireless network access points scanned within range. The response for each entry is the SSID, following by the RSSI, followed by an * character is the connection is encrypted. ATW"[SSI],[PASSWORD]" : Connects to the wireless access point with the given SSI, using the given password. ATW"[SSI],[PASSWORD],[IP],[DNS],[GATEWAY],[SUBNET]" : as ATW, but with more options ATWP : Adding a P modifier is the same as all forms of ATW, with both arguments and results presented in PETSCII. ATD : Start a streaming connection between the current opened connection. Use "+++" to exit back to Command mode. ATDn : Where n > 0, this will start a streaming connection between the previously opened connection with an id the same as n. Use "+++" to exit back to Command mode. ATD"[HOSTNAME]:[PORT]" : This opens a streaming connection between the terminal and the given host/port. Use "+++" to disconnect and exit back to command mode. ATDP"[HOSTNAME]:[PORT]" : Adding a P modifier causes connection input to be translated to PETSCII during the streaming session. ATDT"[HOSTNAME]:[PORT]" : Adding a T modifier causes connection input to be translated per TELNET during the streaming session. ATDE"[HOSTNAME]:[PORT]" : Adding a E modifier causes terminal echo to be enabled that streaming session. ATDX"[HOSTNAME]:[PORT]" : Adding a X modifier causes XON/XOFF flow control to be enabled that streaming session. ATDnnnnnnn : Where n=0-9, if the digits exist in the phonebook (see ATP), it will try connect to that host, with those modifiers, from the phonebook. ATC : Shows information about the current network connection in the following format "[CONNECTION STATE] [CONNECTION ID] [CONNECTED TO HOST]:[CONNECTED TO PORT]" ATC0 : Lists information about all of the network connections in the following format "[CONNECTION STATE] [CONNECTION ID] [CONNECTED TO HOST]:[CONNECTED TO PORT]", including any Server (ATA) listeners. ATCn : Where n > 0, this changes the Current connection to the one with the given ID. If no connection exists with the given id, ERROR is returned. ATC"[HOSTNAME]:[PORT]" : Creates a new connection to the given host and port, assigning a new id if the connection is successful, and making this connection the new Current connection. The quotes and colon are required. ATCP"[HOSTNAME]:[PORT]" : Adding a P modifier causes all connection input to be translated to PETSCII ATCT"[HOSTNAME]:[PORT]" : Adding a T modifier causes streaming input to be translated per TELNET when the changed to Stream mode ATCE"[HOSTNAME]:[PORT]" : Adding a E modifier causes terminal echo to be enabled when the changed to Stream mode ATCX"[HOSTNAME]:[PORT]" : Adding a X modifier causes XON/XOFF flow control to be enabled when the changed to Stream mode ATH : Hangs up (disconnects and deletes) all open connections. Does not close Server listeners. ATH0 : Hangs up (disconnects and deletes) the current opened connection. ATHn : Hangs up (disconnects and deletes) the open connection with the given id. Closing a Server (ATA) listener does not close any connections received from that listener. ATO : Re-enters a Streaming session (see ATD) under the previous settings, with the current (previous) connection. ATP : Lists all existing phonebook entries, with the format phone number followed by ATD modifiers, followed by the host and port. Add ? to also get notes. ATP"[NUMBER]=[HOSTNAME]:[PORT],[NOTES]" : Adds or Modifies an entry to the phonebook with the given 7 digit number, host, port, and notes. Use ATDnnnnn.. to connect. ATPP"[NUMBER]=[HOSTNAME]:[PORT],[NOTES]" : Adding a P modifier causes connection input to be translated to PETSCII when connected to that entry. ATPT"[NUMBER]=[HOSTNAME]:[PORT],[NOTES]" : Adding a T modifier causes connection input to be translated per TELNET when connected to that entry. ATPE"[NUMBER]=[HOSTNAME]:[PORT],[NOTES]" : Adding a E modifier causes terminal echo to be enabled when connected to that entry. ATPX"[NUMBER]=[HOSTNAME]:[PORT],[NOTES]" : Adding a X modifier causes XON/XOFF flow control to be enabled when connected to that entry. ATP"[NUMBER]=DELETE" : Removes the phonebook entry with the given number. ATS0=n : Changes the number of RING messages received before a CONNECT response is sent, on incoming Server listeners. ATS1=n : Unimplemented, always returns OK ATS2=n : Change the escape character (n = 0-255), Defaults to ASCII decimal 43 ("+") ATS3=n : Change the Carriage Return Character (n = 0-127), Defaults to ASCII decimal 13 (Carriage Return) ATS4=n : Change the Line Feed Character (0-127), Defaults ASCII decimal 10 (Line Feed) ATS5=n : Change the Backspace Character (0-32), ASCII decimal 8 (Backspace) ATS6 ... 39=n : Unimplemented, always returns OK ATS40=n : Change the size of the connection packets (n > 0), Defaults to 127 bytes ATS41=n : When n > 0, all incoming Server listener connections are immediately sent to Stream mode. If n=0, connections remain in normal command mode (default). ATS42=n : Set the CRC8 for an attached Transmit command. e.g. ATS42=123T"[MESSAGE]" returns error unless 123 is CRC8 of "[MESSAGE]". ATS43=n : Sets a standby baud rate n for the next incoming or outgoing connection only. ATZ clears. ATS44=n : Sets an automatic delay of n milliseconds after most bytes written to the Serial port. This is for computers that support a baud rate, but can't really keep up, and you don't want to use flow control. ATS45=n : Changes how packet and at&g data is delivered. 0 is normal binary with normal headers, 1 is 78 char HEX digit streams followed by EOLN with hex digit headers, 2 is decimal digits followed by EOLN, with decimal digit headers, 3 is normal without SUM header. Add 4 to add packet numbers. ATS46=n : Changes DCD status. n=0 is default DCD=HIGH=online. n=1 is DCD=LOW=online. n=2 always HIGH. n=3 always LOW. ATS47=n : Changes DCD pin number, n=2 is default ATS48=n : Changes CTS status. n=0 is default CTS=HIGH=active. n=1 is CTS=LOW=active. n=2 always HIGH. n=3 always LOW. ATS49=n : Changes CTS pin number, n=0 is default on ESP01, and default is 5 otherwise ATS50=n : Changes RTS status. n=0 is default RTS=HIGH=active. n=1 is RTS=LOW=active. n=2 always HIGH. n=3 always LOW. (N/A on ESP01) ATS51=n : Changes RTS pin number, n=4 is default (N/A on ESP01) ATS52=n : Changes RI status. n=0 is default RI=HIGH=active. n=1 is RTS=LOW=active. n=2 always HIGH. n=3 always LOW. (N/A on ESP01) ATS53=n : Changes RI pin number, n=14 is default (N/A on ESP01) ATS54=n : Changes DTR status. n=0 is default DTR=HIGH=active. n=1 is RTS=LOW=active. n=2 always HIGH. n=3 always LOW. (N/A on ESP01) ATS55=n : Changes DTR pin number, n=12 is default (N/A on ESP01) ATS56=n : Changes DSR status. n=0 is default DSR=HIGH=active. n=1 is RTS=LOW=active. n=2 always HIGH. n=3 always LOW. (N/A on ESP01) ATS57=n : Changes DSR pin number, n=13 is default (N/A on ESP01) ATS60=n : When n > 0, immediately saves existing listeners and automatically restores them later. n=0 to clear. ATS61=n : When n > 0, sets the number of seconds to timeout a print job stream (AT+PRINT). Default is 5 seconds ATS62=n : When n > 0, enables/disables telnet support in the ATD (Dial) command. Default is 1 (enabled). +++ : With a 1 second pause with no other characters afterwards, this will disconnect the current opened connection. ATT"[MESSAGE]" : Transmit the given text string, with \r\n at the end, on the current connection. ATTn : Where n > 0, this starts a transmit of exactly n bytes to the current connection. The \n from entering this command must be followed by the n bytes to transmit. ATTP"[MESSAGE]" : Transmit the given text string, translating petscii to ascii, with \r\n at the end, on the current connection. ATTPn : Where n > 0, this starts a transmit of exactly n bytes to the current connection, translating petscii to ascii. The \n from entering this command must be followed by the n bytes to transmit. ATT+"[MESSAGE] : A + argument may be used to force the 'T' command to return the CRC8 of the message instead of OK, when successful. ATL0 : Re-sends the most recently sent data packet again ATLn : Re-sends the most recently sent data packet for connection id n. Prefix n with 0 for earlier packet. AT&H : Shows a help file from the web, or brief help otherwise. Use &H6502 to reiforce web download. AT&L : Reloads the saved configuration. AT&W : Saves the current configuration: WiFi settings(ATW), baud rate (ATB), end of line (ATR) settings, flow control (ATF), echo mode (ATE), extended responses (ATX), verbose responses (ATV), quiet responses (ATQ), PETSCII mode (AT&P1), pin statuses (ATS46 - S58), Rings (ATS0), Listener Stream-mode (ATS41), and Listener restore (ATS60), printer spec (AT+PRINT), and busy message. AT&F : Restores the modem to factory default settings. Use &F86 to reformat the SPIFFS. AT&On : n is 1 to turn on internal serial-reception log, n is 0 to turn off or view a previously turned-on log, n is 88 to turn on ESP32 debug port. AT&U : Checks the firmware home page to see if a new version is available. AT&U6502 : Will update the firmware from the home page on the web. AT&U=x: Will update the firmware from the web to custom version x. AT&Kn : Flow Control, similar to ATFn, n=0,1,2: disable, n=3,6: rts/cts, n=4,5: Xon/Xoff AT&Pn : Where n > 0, all command mode input and output will be translated to/from PETSCII before internal processing. This will not affect received packet data, or the stream mode. AT&Nx : Shows the status of ESP module I/O pin x AT&Mn : Adds the byte denoted by n to a list of mask-out bytes. These are bytes that are not transmitted to the serial port in command mode incoming packets. If this command is followed by a C, N, or A command on the SAME LINE, then the setting will apply ONLY to that connection or listener. AT&M : Resets the mask-out bytes list. No bytes will be masked-out. If this command is followed by a C, N, or A command on the SAME LINE, then the setting will apply ONLY to that connection or listener. AT&Dn : Adds the byte denoted by n to a list of delimiter bytes. These are bytes that will compose the last byte in a command-mode incoming packet that is still shorter than the limit set by ATS40. This is useful for CR-LF formatted data. If this command is followed by a C, N, or A command on the SAME LINE, then the setting will apply ONLY to that connection or listener. AT&D : Resets the delimiter bytes list. No bytes will be delimited, and packets will contain as many bytes as are received and allowed by ATS40. If this command is followed by a C, N, or A command on the SAME LINE, then the setting will apply ONLY to that connection or listener. AT&S"40=[HOSTNAME]" : Change the modem hostname AT&S"41=[TERMTYPE]" : Change the telnet 'termtype' response string AT&S"42=[BUSYMSG]" : Change the stream connection 'busy message' AT&T"[TIMEZONE],[TIME FORMAT],[NTP URL]" : set up the NTP clock. DISABLE to disable. Format is like Java SimpleDateFormat, but with % escapes. Each argument is optional. AT&G"[HOSTNAME]:[PORT]/[FILENAME]" : Streams a file from an HTTP source on the internet. The header contains channel 0, file length, and an 8-bit sum of all the bytes in the forthcoming file, followed by the bytes of the file, all formatted as a normal packet. An ASCII 3 (CNTRL-C) received during the transfer will abort. The S44 register can be used to create artificial delays in this output. XON/XOFF Flow control also remains in effect with, on a byte-by-byte basis for the auto and manual flow control systems. Requires flash space for caching, or S45=3 to eliminate the SUM header. AT&Y : Resets the state machine string. No state machine will be executed. AT&Yn : Change the current state (for command mode AND current connection) to state n, where n is a decimal number. AT&Y"[CODED STATE MACHINE]" : Adds the coded format string to a state machine. If this command is followed by a C, N, or A command on the SAME LINE, then the setting will apply ONLY to that connection or listener. State Machine Format: MMcCCNN ... States are numbered by their order in the list starting with 00. Non-matches automatically go to the next state until a match is made. 'MM' is hex byte to match (or 00 to match all). 'c' is one of these commands :e=eat byte, p=push byte to que, d=send byte, q=send all queued, x=flush queue, r=replace with byte represented by hex CC. 'C' is either '-', one of the command letters above, or a hex byte value if the first command was 'r'. 'NN' is the next state to go to, with 00 being the first state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerbob Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share Posted January 16, 2023 https://github.com/bozimmerman/Zimodem/discussions/94 Thats my issue. Almost every BBS program Starts by issuing the Modem an ATZ - its written right in the code. So it would be better if the modem could remember what was saved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 did you try writing and then loading it? AT&W AT&L then ATZ do not do F ! also use 46 to lock out telnet from streams etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerbob Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 19 hours ago, _The Doctor__ said: did you try writing and then loading it? AT&W AT&L then ATZ do not do F ! also use 46 to lock out telnet from streams etc. Yeah.. same. Ill keep working on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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