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    From Cozmo@21:3/135 to All on Wednesday, July 21, 2021 20:22:16
    What would cause the message "Lost Carrier" when trying to run a door? I'm using Netfoss as my fossil.
    Menu Command: c:\mystic\netfoss\nf.bat /N%3 /H%0 c:\mystic\doors\ultslots\ultslots.bat %3 %0
    Netfoss loads but i get "Lost Carrier"

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  • From Wall E. Weasel@21:2/121 to Cozmo on Thursday, July 22, 2021 22:00:00
    Cozmo wrote to All <=-

    What would cause the message "Lost Carrier" when trying to run a door?
    I'm using Netfoss as my fossil.

    The most common reason would be that the door doesn't use a FOSSIL driver, instead it is attempting to perform it's own hardware I/O over the UART. You would need to use the DOSXTRN option in Mystic and forgo using NetFoss at all.

    What's the door that is doing this?

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  • From Sneaky@21:1/152 to Wall E. Weasel on Saturday, July 24, 2021 20:21:24
    Hi Wall E. Weasel

    What would cause the message "Lost Carrier" when trying to run a door?
    I'm using Netfoss as my fossil.

    The most common reason would be that the door doesn't use a FOSSIL driver, >instead it is attempting to perform it's own hardware I/O over the UART. You >would need to use the DOSXTRN option in Mystic and forgo using NetFoss
    at all.


    I have been running bre game on my bbs for quite a few year and all of a sudden I haveing trouble with "Lost Carrier" as well I using netfoss, and I noticed this and thought try this DOSXTRN option

    I changed to D3 Exec /w DOSXTRN (Win32)
    Data c:\bbs\mystic\mydoors\fsxnet\bre\bre.bat %3

    but after the no to enter bre it didnt enter jast came back to menu

    so can you or any one help me to get bre working via DOSXTRN option

    Thank you

    Ian 2nd Choice Core Nz

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/10/31 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: 2nd Choice Core : New Zealand (21:1/152)
  • From Wall E. Weasel@21:2/121 to Sneaky on Sunday, July 25, 2021 00:01:00
    Sneaky wrote to Wall E. Weasel <=-

    I have been running bre game on my bbs for quite a few year and all of
    a sudden I haveing trouble with "Lost Carrier" as well I using netfoss, and I noticed this and thought try this DOSXTRN option

    What version of NetFoss are you using? There was previously an issue (fixed in 1.23R or sometime around there) which caused a false loss of carrier from time to time. Is BRE getting this situation every time the door loads or just on occasion? The NetFoss bug was pretty intermittent.

    I changed to D3 Exec /w DOSXTRN (Win32)
    Data c:\bbs\mystic\mydoors\fsxnet\bre\bre.bat %3

    but after the no to enter bre it didnt enter jast came back to menu

    D3 is used to shell to 32 bit doors. It doesn't actually load DOSXTRN. You'll need to use DX instead. Also, have you manually installed DOSXTRN.EXE to the Mystic directory and SBBSEXEC.DLL to Windows\System32?

    Don't forget to stop loading NetFoss when using this option. DOSXTRN provides its own FOSSIL driver.

    To stop using FOSSIL support in BRE you'll need to edit the game's RESOURCE.DAT file and set the FOSSIL option to NO. Depending on your setup you might have more than one of the resource files to edit.

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  • From Wall E. Weasel@21:2/121 to Sneaky on Monday, July 26, 2021 21:20:00
    Okay my netfoss version is 1.14R but for same reason it working now
    but what to use it without fossil if I can.

    Might want to grab NetFoss 1.25 just in case. Don't install it yet unless you want to update it for other reasons.

    Yes I notice I put it on D3 instead of DX but done now and downloaded DOSXTRN.rar from mysticbbs\downloads and put Mystic directory and SBBSEXEC.DLL to Windows\System32?

    I downloaded this version and tried it. This version of DOSXTRN does not have UART emulation. It does function as a FOSSIL driver, but that's what you're attempting to get rid of.

    Be patient for a day. A newer version may somehow appear on your BBS.

    okay is is my Data c:\bbs\mystic\mydoors\fsxnet\bre\bre.bat %3 line

    Can you post your BRE.BAT file if it isn't too huge? I don't think it's the problem but let's make sure.

    I had a go at but doesn'y work for me, nothing happens after I press
    the no of bre on the menu

    What do you see in the BBS window for that node when it attempts to run the game?

    Do you have a physical serial port at COM1 on the BBS machine? If so, BRE is using that if it runs with the Fossil option set to No. You should see the game running but with no data going to the remote user.

    If you don't have one I would expect the NTVDM to barf when BRE attempts to
    un.

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