FileLink Specifications

Supports Kermit, Xmodem, Ymodem, and Zmodem

General Features

• Powerful script language for completely unattended operation
• Support for popular file transfer protocols including Kermit, Xmodem, Ymodem, and Zmodem
• Integrated FileLink Script Editor for script file editing
• Auto-dial and auto-answer with Hayes compatible modems
• Direct connection for modem-less connections
• Up to 56K bps over dial-up lines; up to 115.2K bps for direct async modem connections
• COM/OLE interface for programmatic control from user-written applications
• "Hot send" feature for automatic file transmission
• Automatic naming of received files
• Terminal applet for interactive TTY sessions
• Support for custom ASCII-EBCDIC translation tables
• Complete session log with date and time stamps
• Built-in diagnostic message logging and debugging window
• Multiple simultaneous sessions from a single system (FileLink XE only)
• Configurable for COM1 up to COM9 (FileLink XE permits simultaneous use of COM1 through COM48)

Script Language Features

• Execute scripts from the command line, batch files, parent processes, or the FileLink menu
• Execute external processes and evaluate results
• Command line parameter substitution
• Call scripts from within scripts
• Powerful scheduling commands to run scripts at any time, day or night, weekly, etc.
• Send and receive e-mail messages
• Advanced event scheduling commands
• Uniquely name files using time and date variables
• Branching and looping commands
• Extensive result codes and error testing
• Commands to display messages and prompts to interact with an operator
• User-defined string variables
• Numeric operations on variables
• Read and write local files
• String and sub-string manipulation
• Shell out to run DOS window command line commands (e.g., DIR, COPY)
• Commands for interactive prompting and messaging
• Authenticate remote user names and passwords
• Zip and unzip commands
• View the complete list of commands

Async Features

• ASCII mode for simple, unblocked transmission and reception of text files
• Kermit, Xmodem, Xmodem1K, Ymodem, and Zmodem protocols for blocked, error-correcting transmission and reception of text and binary files
• Override control on remotely named files sent to FileLink
• Configurable compression control and 7- or 8-bit data path (Kermit)
• Both 128 and 1K block size; configurable CRC or LRC block check methods (Xmodem and Xmodem1K)
• Configurable CRC or LRC block checking
• Configurable ACK control (referred to as the G-option for the Xmodem1K and Ymodem protocols)
• Configurable Zmodem sliding window
• Configurable sliding window; "over-write" file control; and crash recovery (Zmodem)

Documentation and Support

Call us at (512) 345-2211 for more information.