The default configuration file, "wtc.stp" in the WTC installation folder, is organised so that it can be used as a template for an active settings file. The active settings file is "wtc.wtc" by default, and is created as a copy of "wtc.stp" if you open the settings file from either the directory dialling/setup or communications settings menu when it does not already exist.

You can open the default settings file as above, or if your settings editor can open two files together, the default configuration file is opened alongside the active settings file. You can also open "wtc.stp" independently from outside WTC in an editor, as it is all plain text. Whatever your means of access, the default configuration file serves as a reference point for all available WTC settings.

The settings are listed with comment lines (lines beginning with a semicolon that are not processed) providing an explanation of what they do and how to use them. The first line of the file is a comment line containing a general heading, and the second is a commented out line similar to a typical setup line generated by the communications automatic setup routine, containing a port number and modem initialisation string (the Launchpad automatic setup routine does not suggest a modem initialisation string, as it usually is not necessary for voice-to-voice dialling).

The Third line of the default configuration file consists of text in square brackets ("[ ]"), so the file from then on is not taken into account. Because the first and second lines also do not contribute any settings changes, if you create the settings file as a copy of the default configuration file, it has no effect and WTC runs with its built-in default settings unless the command line or registry is used to make changes.

The square bracketed text indicates that if the line is commented out, the rest of the file will be processed. Rather than delete the square bracketed line, you can put a semicolon at the beginning so that it is not processed and WTC continues with she subsequent lines, then it can easily be put back.

When using the default configuration file as the initial settings file itself to build your required setup, it is often only the second line that needs editing and the square bracketed line can remain untouched. Remove the semicolon from the beginning of line 2 to activate the serial port configuration. If you are setting up for Launchpad telephone use, you can usually delete the modem initialisation string altogether, or turn it off by changing the ":" after "pm" to "-". If you want to communicate text-to-text by telephone with the Windows Text Communications features, you will need to modify the modem initialisation string so that it configures your modem correctly, as described in the software installation guide, and also change the "H" in the angle brackets to "C" to set text-to-text dialling. You can copy and paste settings from further on in the file to a location before the square bracketed line so they do get processed, and make necessary adjustments to them. Although the rest of the file installs only default settings, having processing terminated once you have changed everything that you need is advantageous in that it prevents unnecessary reading and testing of lines during startup processing.

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Default Configuration File Organisation