With TinyTERM’s display language set to German, the Help file may not come up. The workaround is to locate the ttus.hlp file in C:\Program Files\Century\TinyTERM and double-click it. This was fixed in version 4.12.

You may need to change the number of columns displayed in TinyTERM manually during an active session. Rather than changing the Session Properties every time, TinyTERM version 4 can do this with a single keystroke.

Open the Session Properties and go to the Keyboard tab. Click the Edit button to bring up the keyboard map. In the map, click on the key you want to use. Change the Action field to COMMAND. In the Value field, type this as one long string:

if(teobj.NumColumns==80) {teobj.NumColumns=132; eobj.redraw();} else {teobj.NumColumns=80; teobj.redraw();}

Click the Set button, then close the keyboard map. On the Keyboard tab, click the Save As button to give the new keyboard scheme a name. OK everything and save the session. Hitting the selected key will switch the number of columns displayed between 80 and 132 columns on the fly.

On a PC using the NTFS file system, you may see “Error (1808) Could not run CSL entry point: main” from a desktop shortcut. Running TinyTERM from the Start menu works fine, though.

This is caused by an incomplete shortcut. In the shortcut properties, check the “Target” line. It should read something like this:

“C:\Program Files\Century\TinyTERM\tt.exe” -P52 default

It’s the path to the executable, then a dash option matching the first three letters of the serial number, and then the name of the .tpx file. Any other format can cause this error.

You may also need to relax security on the shortcut itself. All users must have read permission, of course. In some cases write permission is also required.

The problem does not happen on FAT or FAT32 drives. The additional security features available in NTFS contribute to this issue.

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This error means that a system somewhere in the connection sent a reset signal, which will disconnect TinyTERM or TERM. Any system from the PC to the server — and any router, firewall or gateway in between — can generate this error.

To find the source of the problem, you will need to run a packet capture utility such as Ethereal. That will show you which system is sending the reset signal. With that information you can correct the error on that system.

This is a display bug in some versions of TinyTERM 4. There is no patch to fix it.

It does not affect functionality at all, though. You can ignore the display.

This is normal. When your PC enters power save or sleep mode, it shuts down power to most peripherals. If power is lost to the network card or modem, that will cause TERM or TinyTERM to disconnect. The solution is to adjust your computer’s power save settings.

When connecting via modem, TinyTERM fails with a Windows protection error. Sometimes the error doesn’t come up until you have connected, then started typing.

This is caused by a problem with the modem driver in Windows. Update the driver and the errors should stop.

When installing a new version of TinyTERM over an older version, you will generally need to restart Windows when the install is done. Sometimes this will give a message that TinyTERM is updating DLLs, and ask you to restart the PC again. This loop doesn’t end if you keep clicking OK.

To bypass the error, cancel out of it. Uninstall all versions of TinyTERM through Add/Remove Programs, then delete the C:\Program Files\Century folder. Also delete any copies of CenLic32.dll that may be left in other folders such as C:\Windows\System32.

You will also find in Start | Programs | Startup a “Century Repair” or “Cenrep” icon. Delete that, then restart the PC. You will be able to install the new version of TinyTERM after that.

This error usually means the specified serial port does not exist on the system. If the serial port physically exists, check to make sure the drivers are loaded. It’s possible the operating system doesn’t recognize the port. That might also indicate a hardware problem in the port itself.

This error means that TinyTERM isn’t detecting a dial tone. When you get this error, first check to see if other Windows programs — HyperTerminal, a dial-up Internet connection, etc. — can use the same phone line.

If not, then check to make sure the telephone line is properly plugged into the modem and the wall. If it is, try plugging a telephone into the same line. That will tell you whether the problem is in the line or the modem itself.

If other Windows applications can use the modem, first try updating your modem driver. After updating the driver, if TinyTERM still can’t use the modem, there’s a compatibility problem. You’ll need to dial the modem manually. Instructions are in our knowledge base here.