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II Help Menu 
The Help menu offers online help for CAT program operation. procedures, and for VP 100 
programming and system commands. The folio\\-ins is an example of the 
Help screen. Th.e list 
that is displayed in the 
Help screen varies accordin< to the software release of the VP System 
selected. . 
CAT Version 
Command Summary 
Configuration 
Introduction 
Maintenance 
Procedures 
Reports 
Help on CAT (Configuration Application Terminal) software 
The following explains how to access the Help menu while in terminal emulation. 
Action CATNP 100 Description and Response 
1. aH’ The Help menu appears. 
To highlight the desired topic. Selection is highlighted. 
Help windo\.\- appears. 
Use the arroiv and page keys to scroll through the text. 
Information in 
Help \vindow scrolls. 
5. Escapel To return 10 terminal emulation. when finished. Returns 
to terminal emulation. 
us% Pressing lAlfl followed by any letter that is not a valid (first letter) menu choice 
automatically highlights the pop-up 
Help menu. 
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n EXIT 
The Exit menu is used to terminaie the C,\T program and return rhe PC to the DOS prompt in _ 
the C:\VMXCAT subdirectory. Prior to qiting the CAT program. make sure your 
communication session with the seiected s-stem is complete and that the 0 prompt is displayed 
from the VP 100. When you exit the CAT program. any open CAT.LOG file is closed and 
saved. 
The following is an example of the 
Exit screen. .*- 
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Exit to DOS 
The following explains how to use the EXIT menu. 
Action CAT/VP 100 Description and Response 
1. jAltlEor/AltJX 
TO exit the CAT program while in terminal emulation 
Menus appear with Exit option selected. 
2. -1 
Return the PC to the DOS prompt. DOS prompt is 
displayed. 
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) q TERMINAL 
The Terminal menu oprions provide control of terminal emulation activities. The menu 
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7.2 BACKUP PROCEDURES 
This section describes how to backup the VP LOO configuration and select combinations of 
Greetings, Names. Scripted. and Sequential Messages t 
GNSSM). The VP 100 should be backed up 
using this procedure, then archived to a floppy diskette after the initial installation and whenever 
major changes are made to the VP 100. The backed up information is required to restore a system in 
the event of a hard disk drive failure. 
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Information in this section describes the following. 
l Prepare for a backup. 
l Backup information from a VP 100. 
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Archive a VP 100 to a floppy diskette. 
The Backup menu option is only available when a system.is selected. All backup data is stored 
within the selected system’s subdirectory. Refer to the CAT chapter, Software Description. 
The Backup procedure is a two-step process: 
13. The CAT program is used to backup data from the VP 100 to the CAT hard disk., 
14. The backed up data on the CAT hard disk is archived to floppy diskette. 
b WARNING 4 
The Backup procedures should be performed at 19200 baud or less. Backups 
should 
not be performed at 38400 baud. 
The following is an example of the 
Backup screen. 
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n Backup Preparation 
The following explains how to prepare for the VP 100 Backup procedure. 
Action , CATVVP 100 Description and Response 
1. Start the CAT program 
2. Select/add system to backup 
3. Set baud rate 
4. Establish connection 
5. Log on 
Select System screen appears. Refer to the CAT 
chapter. 
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Terminal emulation begins. Refer to the Select System 
Screen section in this chapter. 
Baud rate is displayed on the status line. Refer to the 
CAT Chapter and Quick Reference Guide. Choose 19200 
baud for onsite backup, and 1200 (300) for remote 
backup. 
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VP 100 password prompt appears. Connection can be 
onsite (cabled) or remote (modem) with the VP 100 to be 
backed up. Refer to the INSTALLATION chapter. 
VP 100 @ prompt appears. Enter the maintenance or 
administrative level password. 
us7 Refer to the specific procedure in this chapter for detailed instructions on performing the 
procedure. 
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q Backup - System Configuration 
This procedure backs Up ths system configuration database from the VP 100 to the CAT hard 
disk. The length of tin12 this procedure takss to complete varies depending on the baud rate 
selected (on site or remote connection), and the configuration to be backed up. 
Prepare for a backup a- described earlier in the Backup Preparation section, then follow the 
steps below. 
Action CAT/VP 100 Description and Response _ 
1. gB With the @ prompt displayed, obtain the Backup menu 
and move the cursor to highlight the desired backup 
option. 
Backup menu appears. 
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System Configuration. Selection is 
highlighted. 
3. rzzq Data transfer begins. 
-l. Wait for completion As each step begins and ends, the screen is updated. At 
completion. the 
Data Transfer Complete screen appears. 
Returns to terminal emulation (VP 100 @ prompt). 
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6. Archive to floppy diskette See -*chive VP 100 System to Floppy Diskette section 
in this chapter. 
lzc If an error message, appears during the procedure, refer to Appendix B - Data Transfer ’ 
Messages. 
cz= To abort this procedure. press 1 EscaF: j at any time. 
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-. n Backup - Greetings, Names, Scripted, & Sequential Messages 
(GNSSM) 
. This procedure backs up recorded voice information from the VP 100 to the CXT hard disk 
drive. Recordings that can be backed up &e Greetings. Names, Scripted. and Sequential 
Messages (GTSSM). hlessapes stored in a mailbox cannot be backed up_ 
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Recorded voice requires a lot of space on the disk. therefore, a large amount &PC disk storage 
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space may “L. ,LLrIu”b”. _J n ~U1ULU11L.) ,-..:,3‘?.1:-0 approxitnate;y !77K bytes of disk spat* is isquiied ;o 
backup each minute of recorded voice. 
The time this procedure takes to complete varies depending on the number of GNSSM to be 
backed up, and the length of the recordings. This operation should be performed onsite with a 
cabled connection at 19100 baud. 
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Is Due to the length of time required to backup recorded voice, it is recommended that this 
operation be performed locally, 
not remotely. 
The following is an example of the 
Backup GNSSM screen. An explanation of the fields 
follows. 
Begin Procedure Greetings/Names/Script & Seq Msgs 
Getting User Input. 
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Greetings: Y 
Names: Y 
Script & Seq Msgs: Y 
Mailbox: All 
cos: 
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B Entering Information 
The default value of each option is NO. To move the cursor within the menu. press 
IEnr-; or use the * or t .keys. The fields are described below. 
Greetings, Names, Enter Y in the’ 
field of the option you wish to backup. After 
Script & Sequential entering Y, you are automatically advanced to the next option. 
Only Y and N are valid characters in the option fields. 
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ALL to backup all mailboxes in the USER Table?he CAT 
checks the VP 100 database for valid entries. If an invalid 
mailbox number is entered, the VP 100 sends the following error 
message: 
Mailbox does not exist. 
cos To backup all mailboxes for a specific COS, enter the COS 
number for backup. 
w Either a mailbox number or a COS is entered, not both. 
Prepare for a backup as described earlier in the Backup Preparation section, then follow the 
steps below. 
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Action CAT/VP 100 Description and Response 
1. =B 
-J 
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_) J. ~ Enter . 
1. 
Enter information for GNSSM 
Backup menu 
3 Entt: 
6. I\*ait for completion 
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Enter I Returns to terminal emulation (VP 100 @ prompt).  With the @ prompt displayed, obtain the 
Backup 
menu and move the cursor to highlight the desired 
backup option. 
Backup menu appears. 
Move to 
Greetings/Names/Script & Seq Msgs. 
Selection is highlighted. 
The 
GNSSM Backup menu appears. 
Refer above to the description of each field. 
Once the COS is entered, the procedure begins 
immediately. The 
GNSSM Backup menu disappears 
and data transfer begins. 
As each step begins and ends, the screen is updated. 
The length of this procedure is determined by the 
amount of voice data being backed up. Xt 
completion, the 
Data Transfer Complete screen 
appears. 
Ls If 311 error message appears durin g the procedure, refer to Appendix B - Data 
Transfer hlesssges. 
us To abort this procedure, press -1 at any time. 
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n Archive VP 100 System to Floppy Diskette 
All information backed up for eacli VP 100 stored on the CAT hard disk can be archived to 
. floppy diskerrs by using the procedure shown beloiv. Systems must be backed up to the CAT 
hard disk then archived to floppy diskette to produce a copy of critical system information. 
Systems should be archived to floppy diskette before deleting a system from the CAT hard disk 
drive. Refer to the CAT Hard Disk Drive Operations section in this chapter. 
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55 T.$-o >ets Of aic:,;ve diskettes are iecoi‘ii,iei*+; for each systsiii. 
Information archived for each system includes the backed-up system configuration, backed up 
GNSSM, and all session log files. 
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be required to complete this operation. Each diskette should be 
labeled with the following information: 
0 VP 100 serial number.’ 
0 Date of backup. 
0 Type of PC used for backup. 
a Backup diskette number. 
0 DOS \-ersion installed on PC. 
l Maintenance leveLpassword at time of backup. 
b WARNING 4 
This 
procedure uses the DOS backup utility stored in the C:\DOS 
subdirector>-. and is unique for each PC. Backups made on one PC type may 
not be able to be restored to a different type of PC. Always identify the type of 
PC used for the backup. 
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To archive ri VP 100 from the CAT hard disk to floppy, follow the procedure below. 
1. Be sure rhat the VP 100 resident on the CAT hard disk is the latest copy of that system’s 
configuration. Complete any activity with the VP 100 2nd exit from the CAT program 
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2. Format snough tloppy diskettes required for the archive. Refer to the CONFIGURATION 
APPLIC.I\TIONS CHAPTER, Appendix A - DOS Commands. or to your PC Olvner’s 
Manual. for formatting instructions. 
3. With the DOS prompt C:\VMXCAT> displayed. type the following command, where 
XXXz?3X is the system serial number: 
SYS_BeaCK XXXXXX [Enter/ 
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