BPQ (Appendix 3)

# BPQ.

(Appendix 3)

    G8BPQ-node (uses TNCs in KISS-mode, DRSI cards, etc...).

     If you plan to use BPQ-node with this software, you must make some changes.
    Before you start FBB, you must load the BPQ-program.

     From version 4.05 of BPQcode, separate ports can be declared. Level 2
    connections issue to the MultCh in the same order as PORTs declared in the
    BPQCFG.TXT (G8BPQ distribution) file. First port corresponds to MultCh 0.
    Level 4 connections (from the network) always issue to MultCh 0.

     In PORT.SYS you must use 2 in INTERFACE, and Q in type host mode. Version
    4.05 or up is recommended. COM can be from 1 to 8, but will exclude existing
    COMs. Choosing 8 is a good solution to keep existing COMs.  We recommend
    that you use COM 8.

     Only the INITTNCx.SYS for the 1st port must exist. You must check that there
    is only one INITTNCx.SYS file for all BPQ-ports, otherwise you will have
    big problems! The parameters for other ports will be taken by default, and then
    no conflict should happen between ports. If you want to define the streams
    differently on each port, you can do it with the INITTNCx.SYS file, but be sure
    to give the right configuration.  INITTNCx.SYS will look like this:
    A1
    R0
    UMAIL
    M1
    N1

     If paclen is equal to 0, then the default BPQ paclen of the port will be
    taken, otherwise the specified paclen will overwrite the default BPQ paclen.

     If you have validated the gateway, you must configure ENABLE_LINKED=A in
    BPQCFG.TXT to give to the stream the callsign of the user.

     Here is an example of PORT.SYS with BPQ-node and 2 TNCs:

     #
     #Ports TNCs
     1      2
     #
     #
     #Com Interface Address (Hex) Baud
     8    2         0            4800
     #
     #
     #TNC NbCh Com MultCh Pacl Maxfr NbFwd MxBloc M/P-Fwd Mode Freq
     1    8    8   0      230  4     1     10     30/60   UQYW VHF
     2    1    8   1      80   1     1     5      30/60   UQYW HF
     #

     Example of INITTNCx.SYS for BPQ 4.05 (Only ONE INITTNCx.SYS) :

     A1      Number of application
     R0      Returns to node (0=No,1=Yes)
     UMAIL   Unproto MAIL
     M1      Monitor (0=No,1=YES)
     N1      Number of first stream

    The parameters for other ports will be taken by default, For instance, as the
    first stream of the first port is 1, the first stream of the second port will
    be 9. (8 channels defined in PORT.SYS for port 1). This will be done
    automatically, and the second INITTNCx.SYS should not exist.

     In FORWARD.SYS there are a few changes, here is a short example:

     A LA2D
       #
       P B
       #
       C C SWITCH       Connect first BPQ switch.
       C C 2 LA2D       Connect LA2D on port 2 of BPQ.
       #
       B LA2D
       F LA2D
       #
     ---------

    For WinFBB:

    If you are using WinFBB together with BPQ-code you have to copy the files

    	BPQCODE.386
    	BPQDLL.DLL

    to the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. These files are normally included in the
    BPQ programpack.
    After this you starts BPQ in the same way as with DOSFBB, but before starting
    WINDOWS.  The best is to start BPQCODE from AUTOEXEC.BAT.

    For LinFBB:

    BPQ cannot be used with LinFBB....

    This page was last updated 17-Apr-99