Communicate now uses a control file in which the network information is encrypted.

To create the Communicate control file, CommunicateControlFile.txt, use a text editor to make a control file named CommunicateControlFile_In.txt, formatted as described in the help files. For example,

// Communicate control file for station EKU  2013-4-26 (PS)
NetworkEntry  "Jon" "111.222.33.44" "UserMe" "MyPassword" "local PW1" 12301 45601
NetworkEntry  "JWM" "url.somewhere.edu" "UserYou" "YourPassword" "local PW1" 12301 45601

MessageDirectory "NOT YET IMPLEMENTED"

The control file must begin with a comment line, as in th example above. Normally, that line will contain a description of which station it is to be used at, the author, revision date, etc.

Next, run the program CommunicateControlFile_Setup. The input control file CommunicateControlFile_In.txt must be in the same directory as the program 

In this example, the program and the input control file are in the diretory C:\A3O\CommunicateControlFile_Setup.

Select the operation “Encrypt” (the default). Note the input and output files listed (you cannot change these). Click “OK” and the encrypted control file will be created. For example,

// Communicate control file for station EKU  2013-4-26 (PS)

MessageDirectory "NOT YET IMPLEMENTED"
Version v0.04  3/29/13
Network
DBB1848C85243FC4A882C70F9F26BA184239029E1E115F50FD0B1E47A1AFD1287AFCE6B4CE54C956
E0610A54D06C742DD25ABFF34B1FE5C8E307D5DE65E8A2D6E8882086FB85FA3E374B6339C7C86E41
10812E6957DE465FDEF34A2E9D07CB595FCE82026ADF111700AC310C84248C986BEFF21FCB5D63AB
B25727BED38A3263824BA9CE5CAE2866BF325BA88BB2C7A3893AFAD7B6E667C72A459E553161AA0D
E3B3F96E77E3B3B02276FB743CB1B573
Checksum 6954FA09

If you need to modify the control file, you can either repeate the above process, or you can recover the unencrypted control file from the encrypted one with the “Decrypt” operation, which produces CommunicateControlFile_Out.txt from CommunicateControlFile.txt. You cannot edit CommunicateControlFile.txt directly.