User Manual |

7. Configuring the software |

Contents of this page |

7.1 Introduction 7.2 Enigma main settings 7.3 Direct text window 7.4 Scrambler and wheel settings 7.5 Serial port settings 7.6 Internet links

7.1 Introduction |

|  | From version 1.00 onwards, the default settings of !Enigma can be altered and saved by the user. For this feature, !Enigma makes use of a helper program, called !ConfiX. ConfiX is also developed by us and is freely available for download from our website via the link below. Select Choices... from the iconbar menu. If ConfiX is not found on your machine you will be prompted to download it. ConfiX should be placed inside your !Boot.Resources folder so that it is 'seen' before Enigma is started. Download ConfiX

A configuration window will open, showing all user configurable settings of !Enigma. The top of the window shows a number of TABs, each referring to a group of settings. Click the appropriate TAB to view the settings. Make any changes as required and click Save once you are satisfied with your new choices. The changes will have immediate effect. Please note the Profiles... button at the bottom left of this window. When clicked it will reveal a menu (if available) with preferred settings that you may have saved earlier. Saving a profile is possible via the menu inside this window. |  |

7.2 Enigma main settings |

This first TAB holds the main settings for your Enigma. Although most items will be self-explanatory, a brief description is given in the help line just above the buttons at the bottom of the window. The options is this window control the overall usage of the Enigma Simulator, its graphical performance, sound effects, etc. The first option can be turned off if you don't want to open the main Enigma window when the program is started. As the keyboard doesn't contain a space, you may want to substitue another character for it, just like the Germans did in WWII. In some cased they used the X to replace a space, but there are also messages where the space is completely left out, and X is used to indicate a line break (i.e. Return). They reason that X was used for this is that this letter is hardly ever used in common German language. |  |

7.3 Direct text window |

This TAB hold all configurable settings for the Direct text window. The top part determines the default settings of the same options in the Message menu. The lower part allows full control over the appearance of the text in both the input and output window. You may select any font available on your system, but the best results will be achieved when a monospaced font is used. By default the font OCRB will be used and if it is not available on your system, it will be replaced by Corpus.Medium. Additionaly, you may want to alter the size of the text and/or the window. As most German messages were recorded in groups of 4 letters, the program will automatically insert a space after every 4th letter. You may want to alter this, as certain messages were recorded in blocks of 5 characters, or turn it off altogether by settings the value to 0. |  |

7.4 Scrambler and wheel settings |

The settings in this TAB can be used to control a few features of the Scrambler window. By default the Scrambler uses a white background so that the colours used to show the current flow stand out clearly. The current flows from right to left (red by default) and, once reflected by the UKW, from left to right again (blue by default). |  |

7.5 Serial port settings |

From version 1.30 onwards, a new feature has been added to allow communication through the serial port of your computer. This way messages can be sent out, e.g. to another computer running !Enigma. A detailed description of the use of the serial port can be found in chapter 8. By default the serial port is disabled to prevent clashes with other software, such as a modem or serial mouse. If you want to use the serial port, check carefully whether the required port is available and free. As Enigma uses the serial BlockDrivers, it can be used with most third party serial add-on cards, provided a BlockDriver for that card is available. All options are described in more detail in chapter 8. |  |

7.6 Internet links |

As Enigma makes use of some other third pary applications, it may be necessary to replace them from time to time, if and when new versions become available. As the URL for such an external program may change over time, you may want to change them here. The top section refers to our own applications, whilst the rest refers to third party software. |  |

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