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Boundless Technologies ADDS 3153 ASCII User's Manual

1. Language U S U K Danish Finnish French German Norwegian Portuguese Spanish Brazilian Swedish Dutch Belgian Flemish Fr Canadian Italian Latin American Swiss French Swiss German Turkish Greek Hungarian Czech Slovak Polish Rumanian Slovenian Croatian Bosnian Serbian Latin Russian Hebrew Select the language type which matches your keyboard s layout Es Language U S U K Danish Dutch Finnish Belgian Flemish French Fr Canadian German Italian Norwegian Spanish Swedish Swiss German Swiss French Turkish Select the language type which matches your keyboard s layout Char Set Mode PC ANSI ASCII Choose which NRC set to use This selection is only available in N ational M ode and foreign languages In VT emulations the default isaNsi To determine which sets are loaded for each mode refer to the 3153 Programmer s Reference Guide Key Mode ASCII ScanCode Select whether keys transmit A SCII codes or the ScanC ode The ScanC ode transmits a make code when a key is pressed and a break code upon its release W hen ScanC ode is selected Comm M ode is forced to Full Duplex and Character Set is forced to M ultinational 8 bit Keyclick On Off Choose whether pressing a key results in a clicking sound The default is off in SCO Console emulation and IBM 3151 Key Repeat On Off Choose whether keys including function keys will repeat when pressed fo
2. Local Keys 71 E In Scan Code M ode this chart applies only when Local L eadin deal ison Local Keys 72 NOTES 1 This function is operational only if EIA Aux Rcv Prtcl Xon X off XPC or DTR 2 In ANSI emulations this keystroke toggles in and out of A uto Print M ode 3 This function is operational even if Screen Saver is set to off 4 This function unlocks the keyboard turns off all print modes and re initializes the serial ports for setup parameters 5 The length of the Break Signal is dependent on the setup parameter of EIA Aux Break 6 This keystroke is dependent on the Disconnect setting in the K eys F5 setup menu 7 The Increment Scroll Rate toggles the scroll rate to the fastest smooth scroll This function also stops at the jump scroll The Decrement Scroll Rate toggles from jump scroll to the fastest smooth scroll toward the slowest smooth scroll 8 These functions are not available in A N SI emulations 9 The Change Status L ine function will toggle in the status line display from Indicator to Host W rite to Both to Off in ANSI Emulations and Standard to Extended to Off on ASCII Emulations 10 For other keystrokes for these functions see the Setup chapter 11 Keystrokes for these functions are only operational if the Desk A cc Sh Ctrl F keys in the setup menu 12 When a Split Screen is not enabled these keys select the next or previous pages W rapping takes place
3. Car ar 15 gt Ine ave al Host Printer Port 2 Pin Assignments devices hosts modems or printers e Refer to the Installation chapter for details on the connection of all pc ts to serial Parallel Printer Port This port labeled PAR is designed for connection to a parallel printer which has a Centronics interface with a 25 pin D shell female connector This port unlike the others is a uni directional device which means that it only serves to output data to the printer and cannot receive The pins and signals supported are shown below Parallel Port Pin Assignments These signals are held high in an inactive state will appear on the status line when any PRINT operation is done T clear the If you have opted to use a parallel printer but itis not connected an rror message messaae nress Ctrl Shift Tab Terminal to Modem DCE or Host Refer to the diagram below to understand why a null modem adapter may be needed when connecting the second serial port SES2 A U X to a modem ora DCE host The first host will connect directly without a null modem sinceitisa DTE device Communications 11 Transmit ping pin2a Transmit Receive in2 in2 Transmit Receive O pini Receive Transmit ing Receive DTR pin20 pin20 DTR DTR in20 in20 DTR DSR pins pin6 DSR a E sii DSR Terminal to Host DTE or Printer Refer to the diagram below to understand why a null modem adapter may be needed when connecting th
4. 2d Connections G and H Parallel Printer seem 21 STEP 8 Emulation Setup Selection sssseee e 21 STEP 9 Additional Setup Options cette He 22 STEP 10 SaveP arameters s x anaon Fiet Ir e npe EE er ee Pe EE a da 22 STEP 11 Establish Communications seee nana nancnnnncnnnons 22 Common Setups A Eumene eset nena andas nent Dee a dette cath tes tained suet 23 Host Printer Connection G uide 24 ES O 26 27 jeje a E 27 Saving Parameters ZO M ovement Inside M enUS cooccccccccnncncnncnnnrnnoncnnnncnnnncnnorannnrannnnanaranos 28 Action Fields nienia i a ie eed erecti uto 29 Dual Sesion M ode a eaten s ee ses d e cr dee nett Bel gna 29 KIEL 30 DUCK SEIS eR en aei at rip e aA ra x lc ae Dane 32 GENERAL Et 34 DISPLAY F3 we 36 KEYBOARDS FA a A Mina px eee anne vag hae dca dod ii qti 38 REY SE FS TEE IEEE 40 PORTS Oui da a eed rct 43 PST A7 acc detect vot ida 45 NS ors A ensies ces mer y RU epa E E A sacs iemeumer er Ex eU UTI V MuR 47 EM ULATIQONSEU uo eret tirada A r een EE AA CER CU a dau 48 ASCIISEm lations s ns are ooh tan setate utes ud etude erede nce eode ea e 48 ANSI Efulations cio e endete Git eit end bod eerta e an IX ER 50 IBM Emulation Contents iii TABS Di deae ee adeat e xeu en b i p e pal lb ok aS E RE A A 52 ANSNERBACKE II eate pei poet orca BO er ee A d PORK EROR 53 PROGRAMA toi DESC EA 54 EXECUTE PrntSc 56 EditFieda Se RO o 57
5. Display 2 Character Sets PM 2 Communications stet EES S EE ea are Pet ced epe pce eee er 2 Keyboard cde A et etude aate dt dame arsch tone delta 2 D esk Accessories oo nt te cerdo ur c d et Da t d dc d 3 Communications cd Eee aet exte eee t t dedi dante e on BEN eo Hua 8 Receive Flow Control erus ota nean rni HR aL eMe un rex e RID IR RE Transmit Flow Control Host Printer Port 2 Parallel Printer POrt aiseria na taiea ainka t eL rere E ient Terminal to Modem DCE orHost sssssesee apaean eaa Terminal to Host DTE or Printer seseseee m Bottom Status Label Line Display VOW POMS secc c Visual Effects of Screen and Page Lengths Installation 17 ii Contents Setup STEP 1 KNOW Y Our DEVICES oo ites ae nen tede dd d d ax 17 STER 2 Physical Connections id ae 18 STEP 3 Number of Sessions Selection ssseee me 18 STEP 4 Linking Portsto Sessions LO STEP S gt No Printer O pti Nito eaa eR I Ee ne ERR e EPOR LE COE edd 19 STEP 6 Know Y our Serial Port S Protocol eseee m 19 STEP 7 Communications Setup Selections ssee eee 19 Cornnection A HosbD CE dec b deb eet d ta i c cad 20 Connection B HOSED I E acie cine rh oven cp uci e i ne EXE EQ D dp Dex d 20 Connection C RS 232 with M odemnie eee 20 Connection D RS 232 C with M odem 20 Connection E Printer 21 Connection F RS 232 C Printer
6. Some examples are Protect M ode Graphics M ode Insert M ode Aux M ode Split Screen Transparent M ode Character Set mappings Setup Language and Sessions Page Reset Page resets are executed when the session or terminal is reset or defaulted W hen a page reset is performed it affects all pages and the following events occur the page is erased the cursor is homed and scrolling regions are defaulted A II line attributes such as double high wide locked lines are reset to normal Split screens are cleared to a normal single screen and protect mode is turned off chapter Desk Accessories Thisterminal features five desk accessories which can be accessed one at a time through pop up windows Overview Desk Accessory Menu To display this pop up window to choose any of the five desk accessories press Ctrl c Function keys F 1 F5 are used to display the clock calendar calculator A SCII chart and diagnostic menu respectively T To accessthis menu with a PC keyboard the selection DeskAcc lt mustbe chosen in the K EY S F5 Setup menu T ismenuis always available with the AN SI keyboard 61 Overview 62 Direct Access To display any desk accessory directly without the desk accessory menu the following keystrokes are used Clock press Ctrl Shift F 1 Calendar press Ctrl Shift F 2 Calculator press Ctrl Shift F 3 ASCII Chart press Ctrl Shift F 4 Diagnostic Menu pr
7. from the device Xany Xoff DTR DSR uses software and hardware flow control me Flow control is recommended to protect against data loss EIA Aux Xmit No Protocol Xon Xoff DSR DTR Both Thisis similar to EIA Aux Recv except that it applies to the data transmitted from the terminal to the primary or secondary host or printer DSR is the hardware signal for D ata Set R eady pin 6 interpreted as data and should not be selected as a form of Protocol fae In ADDS M VP emulation and W P Graphics mode DC1 and DC3 c 1 be EIA Aux Xmt Pace Baud 35 cps 60 cps 150 cps D efine the maximum number of characters per second that the terminal can transmit W hen a characters limit 35 cps 60 cps or 135 cps is set the delays are averaged between characters for the selected baud rate This is also known as pacing The Baud option provides no pacing allowing data to be transmitted at the specified baud rate HOST F7 43 HOST F7 Break 250 ms 170 ms 500 ms Off Choose the duration of the break signal in milliseconds This is an interruption in data flow and can be disabled Modem Control On Off If a modem is being used to communicate with the primary or secondary host modem control should be on To perform a disconnect the terminal dropstheDTR signal In full duplex the terminal keeps RTS high and checks for a CD signal before sending data to the modem In half duplex it raises RTS and awaits a clear
8. Control Disconnect Turnaround Char Send Null Suppress Ignore CTS Modem Control F8 Print Prnt Line Term Prnt Block Term Prnt Region Prnt Mode Secondary Recv Print Chars Indep Pass Thru E F9 Emulation Attribute Bright Video Fkey Speed Page Edit WPRT Intensity WPRT Reverse WPRT Underline WPRT Blink Display NV Labels Save Labels Char Set Status Line Enhanced Attributes WP Graphics Force Insert Set Control Emulation Numeric Kpd Cursor Kpd Send Data Status Line ANSI ID Char Set WP Graphics Function Key Lock Feature Lock Emulation mu Char Set Statis Lome WP Graphics Force Insert Set Control F10 Tabs Auto Init Tabs Default Tabs Tab F11 Answerback Answerback Mode Answerback Conceal F12 Program Key Program Key Dir PrtSc Execute Save Terminal Recall Terminal Default Terminal Save Session Recall Session Default Session Reset Terminal Reset Session Reset Ports Clear Screen Default Session UDKs Pause Exit Setup Save all parameters Y N or Ctrl Setup 32 Setup QUICK F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Genrl Disp Kybd Keys Emulation IBM 3151 Enhance On Comm Mode Full Duplex F6 F7 F8 Ports Host Print Parameters EIA Baud Rate 9600 Aux Baud Rate 9600 Language U S F10 F11 F12 Print Tabs AnsBk Prog Exec EIA Data Format 8 1 N Aux Data Format 8 1 N Sessions One Host Printer ElA Para Choices ADDS VP Wyse 60 Wyse 50 PC Term SCO Console VT300 7 VT300 8 VT200 7 IBM 3151 TVI 925 AT386 Exit Setup Key
9. Glossary A aaae Eaa aSpa Aa SE ore ubt ni beea ree Fk etant 58 Terminal Parameters 11 n ideado jan ie 58 Session Parameters ii e ni e ete dane street ar e e dha Pen stb 59 Page ROSE n 59 Desk Accessories 61 OVEN A O OO 61 D sk Accessory Mena ose cerea ro ther ra ela 61 Direct ACCESS RP AMI 62 EXit Keystrokes EE 62 Inhibiting A ccess 62 A A O E EE 63 CLOCK A NO 63 Calcula ds Ia 64 A O EA 66 Diagnostic M Uni ate db uta e eeu a 67 Appendix 69 LOC Kirai shy oda ce iad nad dd a iaa 69 Page Configurations Single and D ual Session acca 72 Preface Thisproductisin conformity with the protection requirements ofEU Council Directive 89 336 EEC on the approximation of the laws of the M ember States relating to electromagnetic compatibility Boundless Technologies cannot accept responsibility for any failure to satisfy the protection requirements resulting from a non recommended modification of the product including the fitting of non Boundless T echnologies option cards vi Preface This guide isa user s manual and contains all of the information necessary to install setup and use the 260 product M ore detailed information on programming using control codes and escape sequences default strings and character sets international language support etc can be obtained by calling the Boundless Technologies Hotline at USA and Canada calls 1 800 231 5445 International calls 1 516 342 7400
10. Parity Parity Check Flow Control In Flow Control Out Modem Control In most cases these parameters should not be the same Incoming flow control on the host should correspond to EIA or Aux Rcv Outgoing flow control on the host should correspond to EIA or Aux X mt 27 chapter Setup The Setup menu is your control panel for this terminal It permits you to configure the terminal to communicate with the host computer as well as to suit your personal preferences Overview The Setup menus have been designed to allow maximum flexibility with a minimum investment of time Thirteen menus provide you with the flexibility and the features below contribute to ease of use The Quick menu is the first screen upon entry It contains the param eters critical to the operation of the terminal with the host Function keys permit easy access to any menu The function keys are labeled at thetop of every menu Setup is smart Thatis it provides only the options that are valid for the hardware and current emulation K eystrokes and H elp M essages are at the bottom of every menu Valid choices for the selected parameter are displayed at the bottom of the menu Entry and Exit PC Style Keyboards Press Ctrl Scroll Lock to both enter and exit setup A Iso press Esc or Pause to exit mu E BM 3151 emulation Press Ctrl Setup to both enter and exit setup ANSI Keyboard entry is depe
11. Recv and EIA X mt selections Seethe Setup chapter for more information on the individual settings 20 Installation Connection B Host DTE 1 Enter the Setup menu If the A ux port is to be assigned to Session 2 then switch sessions Ctrl Enter num Remain in session 1 if it is to be assigned to that session 2 Inthe Setup Quick F 1 menu set the H ost portion of the H ost Printer selection to A ux without changing the current Printer option A ux Xxxx The Printer will be set in another connection procedure if needed 3 Inthe Ports F6 menu set the proper communications settings for the A ux Baud Aux Data Format A ux Parity Check Aux Recv and Aux Xmt Seethe Setup chapter for more information on the individual settings Connection C RS 232 with Modem 1 Follow all procedures of Connection A step 1 through step 3 2 Ifyou are connecting to a modem in the Ports F 6 menu set the EIA Modem Control parameter to On Connection D RS 232 C with Modem 1 Follow all procedures of Connection B step 1 through step 3 2 Ifyou are connecting to a modem in the Ports F 6 menu set the Aux Modem Control parameter to On Connection E Printer 1 Inthe Setup Quick F 1 menu set the Printer portion of the H ost Printer selection to EIA without changing the current H ost option xxxx EIA The Host will be set in another connection procedure if needed 2 Fol
12. Session L oad all defaults associated with the session selected Reset Ports Clear the transmit buffers for the host and printer port and receive buffer for the host port U nlocks the keyboard and clears its buffer data Clear Screen Clear the screen and the entire page Default Session UDKS Set the contents of all the function and edit keys associated with the chosen session to their factory default states Edit Fields 55 Edit Fields Setup uses overwrite mode in text editing fields That is the cursor keys cannot be used to move to a location in the text to insert characters U pon entry to a text field the cursor is placed at the last text location U se the following keystrokes Backspace M ove cursor left by deleting that character Shift Backspace Reset the field to its default value Alphanumeric keys enter text in the normal shifted or control state To generate a control character 00h 1F h add 40h and use Ctrl with the character in the new position 40h 5F h For example to insert CR LF 0D h OA h codes press Ctrl M Ctrl J 4D h 4A h The compose and meta functions can also be used to generate 8 bit characters 56 Setup Glossary of Terms Some of the terms that are used in the E xec PrtSc menu are defined below Terminal Parameters Terminal parameters includes session parameters defined later and non session parameters that affect the terminal globally without regard to the session The non se
13. display the message Press Ctrl Enter Kpd to Toggle Sessions at the bottom of the screen The current session is displayed at the upper left corner of the status line either by a SES1 or SES2 indicator To changethe active session press Ctrl and Enter on the numeric keypad simultaneously Host Printer EIA Aux EIA Para EIA None Aux EIA Aux Para Aux None None EIA None Aux None Para None None The first part of the selection indicates the host either the EIA port or the AU X port and the second part of the selection indicates the printer port if a serial printer is used either the EIA or Aux port can be used to connect to the printer but if a parallel printer is being used the PAR port should be used The active sessi on drives the printer EIA Para is the default for session 1 and A ux N oneisthe default for session 2 GENERAL F2 a This chapter lists all possible parameters for each menu and all possit e choices for each parameter D epending on the emulation selected and the key m de ASCII or ScanC ode Setup will only present the valid set of parameters and ct ices in each menu 34 Setup Emulation Select the personality of the terminal See the Quick menu earlier in this chapter Enhanced Choose whether the terminal can respond to commands beyond the limitations of the current emulation See the Quick menu earlier in this chapter Auto Wrap On Off Select whether th
14. interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Properly shielded and grounded cables and connectors must be used in order to meet FCC emission limits Boundless T echnologies is not responsible for any radio or television interference caused by using other than recommended cables and connectors or by unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment U nauthorized changes or modifications could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This device complies with Part 15 or the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Canadian Department of Communications Compliance Statement This equipment does not exceed Class A limits per radio noise emissions for digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference R egulation of the Canadian D epartment of Communications Avis de conformit aux normes du minist re des Communications du Canada Cet quip
15. is a multiple of 43 instead of 42 with a screen length of 44 lines Status Line Standard Extended Off Select the type of the status line In standard cursor row and column session indicator print indicator Caps Lock and communications mode are displayed In extended only session indicator Caps Lock communications mode protect and write protect are displayed Char Set National Multinational Select whether the character set used is the 7 bit national chart or the 8 bit multinational chart when L anguage is not U S If U S is chosen the character set is multinational Enhanced Attributes Off On W hen set to on gives a better display presentation in overscan and reverse video modes The blink and dim video attributes will affect the foreground text instead of the background This selection is only available in reverse video mode on a per session basis and is disabled in a split display screen 48 Setup Bright Video Off Mode 1 Mode 2 Provides a brighter display when set to M ode 1 or M ode2 In M ode 1 both normal and dim text are brighter than in the standard mode In M ode2 only normal text is brighter resulting in a greater contrast between normal and dim text in theinactive session te This parameter setting affects both sessions but will not affect an AN 51 emulation WP Graphics Off On Selects whether W ord Perfect G raphics commands are processed or ignored psy ANSI Emulat
16. of the current page is sent to the host when the Send K ey is pressed and Send K ey is selected for page T he Contents of the current line is sent to the host when the Send K ey is pressed and Send K ey is selected for line E E Insert Character Mode Space Mode enters insert mode when the insert key is pressed Space a space character is inserted at the current cursor position when the insert key is pressed EEM Local Leadin On Off This parameter is only available when Key M ode in the K ybd menu is ScanCode If Local Leadin is off the only local function shown in A ppendix A that is available is Ctrl Scroll Lock Ctrl Select on the A N SI keyboard to enter Setup If Local L eadin is on the Setup keystroke introduces the keystroke as local and then local functions can be generated using the keystrokes listed in A ppendix A For example to enter Setup when ScanC ode and Local L eadin are on press Ctrl Scroll Lock to introduce this as a local function LEA D will appear in the status line and then Ctrl Scroll Lock Ctrl Select on the ANSI keyboard to enter Setup e Local L eadin will not work if Comm M odeissetto Half Block or Ft Block 5 bos selections apply to the PC style keyboards Disconnect Disabled Pause Alt Pause Select the keystroke that will generate a modem disconnect Backspace BS DEL DEL BS DEL CAN BS BS Choosethe codes sent by the backspace key in the normal
17. will be used for your second host in Session 2 ElA Aux or None The same port should not be used as the host port for both sessions Then determine which port will be used asthe printer port in Session 1 EIA Aux Parallel None Do the same for the printer option in Session 2 STEP 5 No Printer Option 19 N ote that it is not general practice to assign the host port in one session as the printer port in another session but this can be done if desired M If RS 422 daughter board is installed in the EIA port it cannot beus d with a printer STEP 5 No Printer Option If you did not optto install a printer did not complete E F G or H you must set the Printer portion of the H ost Printer selection in the Quick F 1 Setup menu to None Choosethe combination of H ost Printer that properly represents which terminal port you are connecting the host to and N one asthe printer For example if the EIA portis connected to the host or modem the setting would be EIA None If you are running in dual session mode press Ctrl Enter num N ow set the Printer portion of H ost Printer to N one in Session 2 preserving the current H ost setting STEP 6 Know Your Serial Port S Protocol Consult your system administrator to find out the communication settings on all the serial devices you ve connected to including EIA or A ux baud data bits stop bits parity parity checking on off X mt and Rcv flow control prot
18. 00 9600 19200 38400 57600 768000 115200 134400 See the Quick menu earlier in this chapter ElA Data Format 7 1 N 7 1 0 7 1 E 7 1 M 7 1 S 7 2 N 7 2 0 7 2 E 7 2 M 7 2 S 8 1 N 8 1 0 8 1 E 8 1 M 8 1 S 8 2 M 8 2 N 8 2 O 8 2 E 8 2 S Seethe Quick menu earlier in this chapter EIA Aux Parity Check On Off Choose whether the parity bit will be checked W hen parity check is on and the parity bit received is inconsistent with the data received indicating an error in communications an asterisk 2A h is displayed instead of the character Aux Baud Rate 110 134 5 150 300 600 1200 1800 2000 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 Seethe Quick menu earlier in this chapter AUX Data Format 7 1 0 7 VE 7 1 M 7 1 S 7 2 N 7 210 7 2 E 7 2 M 7 2 S 8 1 N 8 1 0 8 1 E 8 1 M 8 1 S 8 2 N See the Quick menu earlier in this chapter EIA Aux Recv No Protocol Xon Xoff XPC Xany Xoff XPC DTR DSR Xany Xoff DTR DSR Choose the form of flow control for data received from the primary or secondary host Software flow control uses x on x off DC 1 11h and D C3 13h xPc is used by Scan Code mode because it uses DC 1 and D C3 as data x any x off X PC iS similar to Xon X off except that any character transmitted to the host is treated as an X on so data from the terminal is buffered rather than being sent to the host DTR DSR for A ux relies on the hardware signal DTR or DSR pin 20 or pin 6
19. 200 7 VT 100 SCO Console and A T 386 applies to SCO Console and A T 386 emulations only es appliesto IBM 3151 emulation only MM parallel attribute emulations onty which includes all emulations except A D D S VP and W yse 50 which are field attribute emulations LA applies to ASCII key mode only ESD applies to Scan Code key mode only Eis to the PC style keyboards PC and EPC only Eiso the ANSI keyboard only Communications 7 Communications This terminal is equipped with three ports The two serial ports are intended for connection to either a host modem or a serial printer The remaining portisa Centronics compatible printer port The port you use asthe printer port depends on whether you have a serial or a parallel interface to the printer Another factor affecting your port selection is your choice of connecting the terminal to one or two host computers The first host printer serial port SES1 EIA can communicate with your computer or printer at a baud rate of 110 to 134 400 baud bits per second The second host printer serial port SES2 A U X can communicate at speeds from 110 baud to 38 400 baud Either port can be used to connect to a host computer modem or serial printer In single host mode you have the choice to use the second serial port or to use the parallel printer port as your printer interface In dual host mode the natural choice is to use the parallel port although other option
20. 320 VT 220 VT 100 2 Introduction a PC Terminal SCO Console AT 386 TVI 925 Display D ual session available in full or split screens 100 Hz refresh rate flicker free Selectable overscan borders a Selectable screen saver 26 30 44 or 52 row display with top and bottom status lines 80 or 132 column display Double high double wide display Upto 10 pages of memory Tilt and swivel base small footprint Character Sets N umerous standard graphic and supplemental character sets Communications Serial RS 232 C host printer port 1 operating from 110 to 134 400 baud Optional RS 422 host port 1 EIA only Serial RS 232 C host printer port 2 operating from 110 to 38 400 baud Parallel IBM Centronics compatible printer port Keyboard PC 104 105 key keyboard ANSI keyboard Upto 35 shiftable and programmable edit and function keys Desk Accessories Calculator capable of transmitting results M onthly Calendar Clock with alarm settings ASCII and Diagnostic charts Features 3 Physical Features 1 Keyboard Connector Push in the keyboard connector here 2 Tilt and Swivel Base Usethetilt and swivel arrangement to adjust the viewing angle Grasp the lower corners of the terminal and push up or down or twist left or right 3 Power Switch 0 is off 1 ison Leave the terminal s power switch in the off position 0 until powe key
21. A uj Lxx D CL A mS Connection D Connect a null modem adapter between the host or modem cable and the AUX port Not applicable Mosthost computers are configured as DTE devices TheADDS M entor System is an example of a D CE host system 1 1e above connections assume R S 232 configuration for the EIA port 26 Installation DTE Serial Printer E A e Connection E Connection F Connection G Connect a null Connect the serial This is an option if modem adapter printer cable you connect a between the serial directly to the parallel to serial printer cable and AUX port converter between the ElA port the serial printer cable and the PAR port P rallel Printer C sntronics IB 1 EE i c Not applicable Not applicable Connection pp ne Connect the parallel printer cable to the PAR port M ost serial printers are configured as DTE devices The above cc inections assume RS 232 configuration for the EIA port User Settings Use the chart below to document your system and terminal settings Parameters Exan ales Your sttings ok User Settings Connections made Number of sessions Host Printer Session 1 Host Printer Session 2 Emulations Session 1 Emulations Session 2 Host 1 Baud Data Bits Stop Bits Parity Parity Check Flow Control In Flow Control Out Modem Control Dual Host mode only Host 2 Baud Data Bits Stop Bits
22. ADDS 3153 ASCII Display T erminal User s Guide TECHN GIA g F 6 df Before using this information and the product it supports be sure to re the general aH information under N otices Itisthe policy of Boundless Technologies Inc to improve products as new technology components software and firmware become available Boundless T echnologies therefore reserves the right to change specifications without prior notice All features functions and operations described herein may not be marketed by Boundless Technologies in all parts of the world In some instances photographs are of equipment prototypes Therefore before using this document consult your Boundless T echnologies representative or Boundless Technologies office for information that is applicable and current N ote that Boundless T echnologies appreciates receiving suggestions and comments on its publications After reading this guide please comment and return the comment sheet that has been provided Copyright O Boundless Technologies Inc 1996 H auppauge N ew Y ork All rights reserved Printed in USA Contents Preface v This guide te eet A can e oth axe eE te vi How to Connect Disconnect the Terminal e e vii Loo viii Trademarks and Service M arks Electronic E mission N otices AX Safety NOCES 1m coe laea east eoo dte Pega Taat a A aaea deR xi Introduction 1 Feat tres ti AAA A ds 2 Compatibility 2
23. At the options menu press 2 for Product Information then press 2 for Products or Program Information M ailed to Y ou and request the following ADDS 3153 Programmer s Reference Manual Number 598 0010707 This manual is offered to our customers at no additional charge W hen calling to order please have your terminal s serial number available How to Connect Disconnect the Terminal vii How to Connect Disconnect the Terminal To Connect To Disconnect First turn everything OFF First turn everything OFF Attach all cables to devices Attach signal cables to receptacles T Turn deviceON Y ou may now take it with you Note In theUK by law thetelephone cable Note In theUK by law the power cord must must be connected after the power cord be disconnected after the telephone line cable Mii Preface Notices References in this publication to Boundless T echnologies products programs or services do not imply that Boundless Technologies intends to make these available to all countries in which Boundless T echnologies operates A ny referenceto a Boundless Technologies product program or service is not intended to state or imply that only Boundless Technologies product program or service may be used A ny functionally equivalent product program or servicethat does not infringe any of Boundless Technologies intellectual property rights may be used instead of Boundless Technologies product pr
24. Data Terminal Ready signal If EIA Rec is DT in Setup and the terminal s receive buffer fills to the level mentioned above the terminal will set the DTR signal low to inform the serial host device to stop sending data On the SE S2 AUX port theincoming DSR D ata Set Ready signal servesto signal the host serial device that the terminal is not ready to receive more data if A ux Recv is DSR in Setup 8 Introduction Transmit Flow Control Likewise the terminal will understand the X on and X off requests from the host when itis transmitting data provided the EIA or Aux X mt is X on X off in Setup This is referred to as transmit flow control This terminal will stop transmitting data to the host or printer when it receives an X off D C3 code If however the terminal needs to send a receive protocol character it will transmit that character even if it has received an X off code W hen the terminal stops transmitting the data will be buffered in the transmit buffer 64 characters for the first host printer port and 64 characters for the second host printer port Once the buffer is full additional keyboard data will be lost W hen an Xon DC1 character is received the terminal can again send data to the attached serial device In addition to software transmit flow control X on X off the serial host printer ports support transmit hardware flow control whereby DSR on theSES1 ElA po
25. Emulation ADDS VP Wyse 60 Wyse 50 PC Term VT300 8 VT300 7 VT200 8 VT200 7 VT100 IBM 3151 SCO Console AT386 TVI 925 Select the personality of theterminal the way in which it responds to commands Notethat SCO Console and AT 386 emulations are not available with the A N SI keyboard If you are using PC T erm emulation refer to the Local L eadin selection in the K eys F5 section for access to local hot keys VT200 8 VT100 Enter S Enter Next Prev Choice T 2 1 Parameter All associated defaults are loaded when the emulation is changed De iult choices are in bold Some defaults may vary depending on the selected emul tion Comm Mode Full Duplex Half Duplex Full Block Half Block Select the method of communication to match the host computer EIA Baud Rate 110 150 300 600 1200 1800 2000 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 76800 115200 134400 Select the number of bits communicated per second to match the speed at which the primary host or printer expects to communicate Aux Baud Rate 110 134 5 150 300 600 1200 1800 2000 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 The speed at which the secondary host or printer expects to communicate GENERAL F2 33 Enhanced On Off Normally the terminal responds to a set of commands that correspond to the emulation selected W hen Enhanced mode is on the set of commands is extended to those printed in boldface in the Programming chapter EIA D
26. Print M sg if print key attn is enabled Sn Msg Send Null Suppress Off On Off Trailing null characters are converted to space characters when data is sent to the host system On Trailing null characters are removed when data is sent to the host system PRINT F8 Print Mode Normal Auto Controller Select the way in which printing is controlled Normal indicates that printing is to occur when a print request such as print screen is received Auto prints a line when the terminal receivesa LF a FF oraVT code or when autowrap occurs Controller indicates that host data is sent to the printer pass through mode Printing is controlled by the host computer Print Block Term lt ETX gt lt CR gt Select the character which indicates to the printer that the block of data to be printed has ended The options above are for A SCII emulations In AN SI emulations the choices are None lt FF gt EMULATION F9 45 5 E Print National Line Drawing Multinational Choose the set of characters used when printing H E Print Region Screen Scroll Indicatethe region of the screen that isto be printed the entire screen or a certain section of it called the scrolling region A scrolling region is a limited portion of the screen which applications such as word processors may designate to be the user s region ASG Ex Print Line Term lt US gt lt CR gt lt LF gt Indicate the character
27. SCII chart Diagnostic Menu Diagnostic Menu 67 This desk accessory is used to display terminal configuration information such as the amount of memory RAM in the terminal the style of keyboard that you are using and the firmware revision level An example of the diagnostic menu is shown below 265 Screen RAM Character Attribute CGEN RAM Scratch RAM NVRAM Code ROM 3C10 Keyboard Type Video Timing ElA port AUX port PARALLEL port 598 XXXXXXX P0000 P0000 P0000 P0000 P0000 P0000 P0000 000000 P0000 P0000 P0000 P0000 000000 If you require technical support this menu provides a means for our support team to quickly assess your terminal installed options Appendix Local Keys Scan Code Action Mode PC Ke board ANSI Ke board No Toggle Caps Lock Lock Toggle Num Lock Num Lock Toggle Scroll Lock Scroll Lock Toggle Auto Print rl Print Screen F2 Toggle Block Mode rl Shift Pause Toggle Monitor Mode rl Shift 1 End Shift 1 num Toggle Ins Replace Ctrl PF4 Instant Screen Saver Ctrl Shift PF3 Soft Reset hift Scroll Lock Hard Reset Power On rl Shift Scroll ck Break rl Pause F5 Modem Disconnect Shift F5 Send Answerback hift Pause Ctrl F5 Print Page rl Shift Del Ctrl Shift Continued 69 Continued Local Keys 70 Scan Code Action Mode PC Ke board ANSI Ke board Increment Scroll Rate Decrement Scroll Rate Raise Split Lower Split Split Fu
28. ard or video mode Emulation Enhanced EIA Data Format Aux Data Format Emulation Auto Font Load Monitor Mode Warning Bell Session Display Page Length Display Cursor Columns Screen Length Refresh Rate Comm Mode Language Host Printer Enhanced Auto Page Screen Saver Cursor Dir Bell Length Screen Video Scroll Width Change Clear Speed Pages Viewport 1 Bottom Row Viewport 2 Bottom Row Language Margin Bell Key Lock Num Lock Enter Key Alt Key Return Key Repeat UDKs Insert Character Enter Key Compose Key Return Key Repeat and key UDKs EIA Baud Rate Aux Baud Rate EIA Xmt Aux Xmit Key Repeat Key Mode Key Rate Code Page Return Key Pound Key Desk Acc New Line Return Key Pound Key F1 to F5 keys and ElA Data Format Aux Data Format ElA Recv Aux Recv ElA Baud Rate Aux Baud Rate Sessions Auto Wrap Auto Scroll Bell Volume Sessions Setup Language Cursor Overscan Borders Auto Adjust Viewports Keyclick Char Set Caps Lock Backspace Local Leadin Disconnect Send Key Del key Local Leadin Disconnect lt key ElA Parity Check Aux Parity Check ElA Xmt Pace Aux Xmt Pace Setup Map 31 Key Menu Parameters Available Not all will display for a given emulation keyboard or video mode F7 Host Comm Mode Local Recv lt CR gt Recv lt DEL gt Send ACK Send Line Term Send Block Term Send Region Send End Null Suppress Alt Input Data Break Line
29. ata Format 7 1 N 7 1 0 7 1 E 7 1 M 7 1 S 7 2 N 7 2 0 7 2 E 7 2 M 7 2 S 8 1 N 8 1 0 8 1 E 8 1 M 8 1 S 8 2 N 8 2 0 8 2 E 8 2 M 8 2 S Select a data bits stop bits parity combination which matches the data format of the primary host or printer Parity abbreviations are O odd E even S space M mark and N none AUX Data Format 7 1 0 7 1 E 7 1 M 7 1 S 7 2 N 7 2 0 7 2 E 7 2 M 7 2 S 8 1 N 8 1 0 8 1 E 8 1 M 8 1 S 8 2 N Select a data bits parity bits stop combination which matches the data format of the secondary host or printer Parity abbreviations are O odd E even S space M mark and N none Language U S U K Danish Finnish French German Norwegian Portuguese Spanish Brazilian Swedish Dutch Belgian Flemish Fr Canadian Italian Latin American Swiss French Swiss German Turkish Greek Hungarian Czech Slovak Polish Rumanian Slovenian Croatian Bosnian Serbian Latin Russian Hebrew Select the language type which matches your keyboard s layout 3 esse U S U K Danish Dutch Finnish Belgian Flemish French Fr Canadian German Italian Norwegian Spanish Swedish Swiss German Swiss French Turkish Select the languagetype which matches your keyboard s layout Sessions One Two Select the number of sessions that the terminal will run One session is required per connection to a host W hen two sessions are selected the Setup menu will
30. board and communication connections are made 4 Contrast Dial A djust the contrast between characters of different intensities by rotating the dial 5 Brightness Dial A djust the overall screen brightness by rotating the dial 6 Power Connection Plug the female end of the power cord into this connector and the male end of the cord into a properly grounded receptacle The Canadian Standards A ssociation CSA recommends that the pov er outlet be near the terminal and easily accessible at all times 7 Parallel Printer Port Connect the cable from thelBM or Centronics compatible parallel printer to this port See the Installation chapter for options 8 Host Printer Port 2 Connect the cable from a second host dual host mode or serial printer here See the Installation chapter for options 9 Host Printer Port 1 Connect the cable from the first host or serial printer here See the Installation chapter for options Keyboards The PC style keyboards the PC US 104 key and the PC Int l 105 key are similar in style and feature a number of key groups The alphanumeric keypad is the main typewriter keypad while the function key group lies along the top of the keyboard and can be programmed locally or downloaded from the host The numeric keypad is the calculator style set of keys on the right hand side of the keyboard used to enter numeric data 4 Introduction The cursor and edit keypads loca
31. both or off IBM Emulation Forcing Insert Off Line Character Both Off If there is no room to insert a character or line the insert operation will not be performed Line If thereis no room to insert a null line and an insert line operation is requested the current line is replaced with a null line and the remaining lower EMULATION F9 49 lines and the previous current line moves down one line The bottom line is then discarded Character If there is no space to insert a character and an insert character operation is requested a character can be inserted at the cursor position However the last character of the current line is discarded when the line wrap parameters is off or the last character of the page or field in a formatted page is discarded when line wrap is on Both Enablesthe line and character functions Set Control Temporary Permanent Temporary Set Control commands do not replace the values stored in NVRAM Only the working setup parameters are modified Permanent The Set Control commands update both the working setup parameters as well as the N V setup parameters Status Line Off Indicator Host Write Both Specify the way in which the status line isto be used for host messages host write as a cursor position indicator indicator for both or off Char Set Multinational National Select whether the character set used is from the 7 bit national chart or the 8 bit
32. ction provides a walk through approach to the installation of your terminal This will enable you to physically connect the terminal to a printer and one or two host computer s modem s as well as to configure the Setup menu to suit your requirements and preferences Theterminal is designed to provide great flexibility in configuring the terminal An example of the flexibility is apparent in the fact that either the EIA or Aux ports can be used to connect either to a host or a printer port In addition a physical port can be assigned as a host port in one session and as a printer port in the other session if desired In another case data can potentially be printed from one session to the other The procedures described here are among the most common D escribed here are conventional single and dual host setups with or without a printer These steps may need to be adjusted to meet your requirements STEP 1 Know Your Devices Thefirst step in our installation process will beto determine what type of serial ports you are connecting to theterminal The Communications section in the Introduction chapter describes the differences between a DTE and D CE serial device D etermine whattype of devices you are using a DTE host aDCE modem aDTE printer a parallel printer etc STEP 2 Physical Connections D epending on the types of serial interfaces of your devices you may need oneor more null modem adapters to communicate pro
33. data on the screen scrolls smoothly or jumps to accommodate data at the rate it is received Select the number of scan lines per second the page scrolls up when smooth scroll is selected Smooth 1 is the slowest rate and Smooth 8 is the fastest Refresh Rate 60 Hz 71 Hz 82 Hz 100 Hz Select the rate number of times per second at which the image on your terminal s display is updated This selection is only availablein 26 line display mode Overscan Borders On Off Choose whether the overscan borders are active The borders extend video from one edge of the screen to the next To see the borders selectreverse for Screen Video Viewports 1 2 3 Select number of viewports up to 3 viewports can be selected on a page Viewport 1 Bottom Row 10 1 through page length minus 1 This specifies the last row number of the first viewport M This parameter displays in Setup when number of viewports is great than 1 te KEYBOARD F4 37 Viewport 2 Bottom Row 20 2through page length minus 1 This specifies the last row number of the second viewport This parameter displays in Setup when number of viewportsis great than 2 i Pages 1 8 Select the number of pages the user can access The maximum number of pages is dependent on the page length The number of pages is defaulted to 1 whenever the page length or columns is changed The page selection will not display when viewports is greater than 1 KEYBOARD F4
34. device is unplugged before installing signal cables DANGER To preventa possible electrical shock when adding the device to a system disconnect all power cords if possible from the existing system before connecting the signal cable to that device DANGER To prevent a possible electrical shock during an electrical storm do not connect or disconnect cables or station protectors for communication lines display stations printers or telephones DANGER To preventa possible electrical shock from touching two surfaces with different electrical grounds use one hand when possible to connect or disconnect signal cables DANGER To avoid a shock hazard The power cord must be connected to a properly wired and earthed receptacle Any equipment to which this product will be attached must also be connected to properly wired receptacles Xii Preface hazardous To avoid shock hazard connect and disconnect cables as shown on the following page when installing moving or opening the covers of this product or attached devices DANGER Electrical current from power telephone and communication cables is DANGER Thedevice s switch is not the main disconnect The device s main power disconnect is the detachable line cord Caution Notice A caution notice indicates a hazard that could possible cause minor personal injury CAUTION This product contains a lithium battery Do not attempt to exchange or chargethe battery D
35. e cursor drops to the next line when it reaches the right margin or continues to display characters at the right margin In AN SI emulations the default is off Auto Font Load On Off Select whether the four font banks 0 3 should automatically be loaded when screen size or the emulation is changed Auto Page On Off W hen the cursor is moved off the page using a command that includes scroll and A uto Page mode is on the screen displays the new page These pages are numbered from 0 to amaximum of 9 W hen on Auto Page will track the page even if Auto Scroll is off The up arrow key does not have a scroll command embedded so it cannot be used to view the previous page even when A uto Page is on Auto Scroll On Off Choose whether the terminal updates the display when the cursor is moved beyond the boundaries of the currently viewed screen Monitor Mode On Off Choose whether control codes will be displayed as their graphic representations or be acted upon asterminal cursor commands Screen Saver Off 2 min 5 min 15 min 30 min Select whether the screen will go blank after lack ofactivity from the keyboard or the host of the selected period of time The first key typed at the keyboard when the screen is blank will reactivatethe display The keycode will not betransmitted to the host The Caps Lock LED or Lock on the AN SI keyboard will flash while Screen Saver is active Use screen saver to prevent phosphor bu
36. e first serial port SES1 ElA to a host port without a modem M ost serial printers are D TE devices and most hosts are not The second port AU X will connect directly without a null modem sinceitisa D CE device Cesra Serial Serial Printer Printer DE N SS Z DCE A E i i in2 i Transmit ine in Transmit Receive P in Transmit Receive i i pin3 ping Receive Transmit 4 Receive ae OR DTR prr pin2o__pin20y prr psr Ping in amp psg psp Pin6 Bin nop 12 Introduction Screen Display and Pages Thisterminal offers a variety of screen lengths including 26 30 44 or 52 lines These numbers include the top and bottom status lines or label line as well asthe lines used to display data A page of terminal memory represents the total number of lines that can be accessed whether or not they are all viewable on the screen at once Refer to Appendix A for the number and lengths of pages available for your setup The page length is comprised of a base page length multiplied by 1 2 4 or 8 For instance in certain modes 24 24x1 48 24x2 and 96 24x4 are available the same way that 25 25x1 50 25x2 and 100 25x4 are The base page length and the screen size determine whether a bottom status line or label line is displayed or not Bottom Status Label Line Display With a screen length of 26 lines the page lengths that are multiples of 24 allow the bot
37. ection in which the text is entered defaults to right to left when Hebrew language is chosen The selection above is not availableinthelBM 3151 emulation DISPLAY F3 Page Length 24 25 28 29 42 43 48 50 56 58 68 84 86 96 100 112 116 168 172 192 200 24 25 28 29 42 43 es ForthelBM 3151 emulation page length choices are 24 25 28 42 43 48 50 Select the number of lines per page A s many asten pages 0 9 may be available but the number of pages in memory depends on the number of lines per page thetype of emulation and whether 80 Only is selected for columns The total lines used Lines Page x of Pages will not exceed 240 See Page Configurations in A ppendix A Page lengths which are multiples of 24 or 25 and thosethat are multiples of 42 or 43 are displayed by default on a 26 line or 44 line screen respectively Page lengths which are multiples of 28 or 29 are displayed on a 30 line screen by default The extra oneor two lines on the screen can be used as status lines Theselections shown in are not available in dual session mode If a page length which is preceded by an asterisk 24 25 28 29 42 or 43 is selected the total number of pages will betwo wherethe first page contains the number of lines in the selection 24 25 28 29 42 or 43 and the second page contains the remaining allowable lines See Page Configurations in A ppendix A Screen Length 26 L
38. ement ne d passe pas les limites de Classe A d mission de bruits radio lectriques pour les appareils num riques telles que prescrites par le R glement sur le brouillage radio lectrique tabli par le minist re des Communications du Canada Preface Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference VCCI Statement This equipment is Class 1 Equipment information equipment to be used in commercial and industrial districts which isin conformance with the standard set by Voluntary Control for Interference by D ata Processing Equipment and Electronic Office M achines VCCI with an aim to prevent radio interference in commercial and industrial districts This equipment could cause interference to radio and television receivers when used in and around residential districts Please handle the equipment properly according to the instruction manual Korean Government Ministry of Communication MOC Statement Please note that this device has been approved for business purposes with regard to electromagnetic interference If you find this is not suitable for your use you may exchange it for a non business purpose one Safety Notices xi Safety Notices Danger Notices A danger notice indicates a hazard that could possibly cause death or serious personal injury Thefollowing danger notices are used throughout this manual DANGER To preventa possible electrical shock when installing the device ensure that the power cord for that
39. en set to always on or always off the key has no effect W hen set to toggle the terminal will power on in the off mode and pressing the key will alternate between the off mode and the on mode Num Lock Toggle Always On Always Off This setting effects the state of the N um Lock key W hen set to always on or always off the key has no effect W hen set to toggle the terminal will power on in the off mode and pressing the key will alternate between the off mode and the on mode Code Page DEC Multi PC 437 PC 850 PC 852 PC 857 PC 860 PC 861 PC 862 PC 863 PC 865 PC 866 PC 869 ISO 1 ISO 2 ISO 5 ISO Hebrew 1SO Cyrillic ISO Greek This selection is only available in 8 bit emulations in M ultinational M ode The default code page is based upon language and emulation selected To determine which sets are loaded for each code page refer to the 3153 Programmer s Reference Guide KEYS F5 Return Key CR CR LF TAB Select the codethe return key on the main alphanumeric keypad transmits Enter Key CR CR LF TAB Select the codethe enter key in the numeric keypad transmits Alt Key left Meta Compose Funct Scroll Lock Alt Key Select the way in which the left ALT key or the Compose key on the AN SI keyboard behaves The Alt Key selection refers to the right A It key Meta setsthe most significant bit for the next character and allows 8 bit data to be generated from the keyboard Compose precedes seque
40. ependent will cause the direction of the key data to correspond to the Comm M ode of the current session For example if the Comm M ode is Full Block the contents of the key will be channeled to the screen only If it were Full Duplex then the contents would be sent to the host only Text An edit field which permits up to 255 characters Once the overall text limit up to 542 characters is reached the terminal will beep and accept no more text If the text isdeleted with the backspace key the default code is no longer programmed Shift Backspace will restore the default See the E dit Fields section or F key Speed in the Emulation section Ds y mnt PROGRAM F12 53 Label A label of up to 7 characters can be entered for function keys in ASCII emulations only See Display NV Labels in the E mulation section lt Backspace gt delete Shift Back default field Key Select the key to be programmed T he keys that are listed as choices depend upon the Program parameter as shown below Thefollowing choices apply for non SCO Console emulations J hen a PC style keyboard is attached the choices are When Program F Key Sh F Key Ctrl F K ey or Ctrl Sh F key the choices are F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 W hen Program Edit Key Or sh Edit Key the choices are Tab Esc Backspace Delete Return Home T Le gt EnterKpd Insert PageDown PageUp End and Pr
41. ess Ctrl Shift F 5 Y ou may also use a function key F 1 F 5 to enter another desk accessory window once one is entered To usethese keystrokes with a PC style keyboard the selection Desk Acc Sh Ctrl F keys should be chosen in the KEY S F5 Sett menu If an ANSI keyboard is attached the F1 to F5 keys Local should be chosen in the KEY S F5 Setup menu To reposition any window on your screen hold down the Shift key while pressing a cursor control arrow key Exit Keystrokes To exitany window and restore the original screen Press Esc on the P C style keyboards Press F11 on the A N SI keyboard Inhibiting Access CD cess to desk accessories can be inhibited by selecting Disabled for D esk Acc in the Setup menu Calendar 63 Calendar This displays a calendar for any month from the years 1900 to 2099 The current date is displayed at the bottom The keys below control the calendar that is displayed Right and left arrow keys Display an earlier or later month Up and down arrow keys Display the selected month in an earlier or later year n Esc Exit calendar The specified calendar month will display as shown below AM YH TUER tE UR IH ah Clock The clock menu shown below contains seven lines which can be modified Date Bete 1 1995 Time 08 00 00 AM Display Off Type 12 Column 48 Alarm Set 12 00 PM Tone Off Use the following keys to make changes Up or down ar
42. ethe printer option only when a printer is connected Press Ctrl S ift Tab to Clear a printer error 57 66 Desk Accessories X Exit the calculator transmitting the final result to the current application Shift X transmits the result with no leading or trailing spaces Ctrl a number on the numeric keypad Specify the precision where the number of decimal places that will be displayed is equal to the number pressed with the Ctrl key Esc Exit calculator ASCII Chart TheASCII chart upon entry to this desk accessory is centered on the character on which your cursor was last placed and that character is highlighted The chart will display as shown below te Characters are also displayed in octal hexadecimal and binary number representations The CHAR column contains the A SCII representation of the character Use the following keys to change the display of the A SCI chart Up or down arrow Scroll up or down the characters in the ASCII chart 0 127 Left or right arrow Scroll through the available font banks The characters will display from the selected font bank Ctri T Ctri Ctri L Ctri M ove the cursor on the screen up right down orleft TheASCII chart will be redisplayed and the chart will be centered on the character that the cursor now rests upon Upon exit the cursor will be restored to its previous location at thei me of entry to the desk accessory ies Esc ExittheA
43. ference All user equipment that interfaces with other products should be connected with shielded cables Contact a local dealer for more information on shielded cable assemblies and their availability Thereis no guarantee that interference will not occur If radio or television interference occurs this can be determined by turning the equipment off and on while the radio or television is on the user is solely responsible for correcting the interference and is encouraged to take one or more of these measures 1 Reorient the receiving antenna 2 Relocate the equipment or move the equipment away from the receiver 3 Plug the equipment into a different outlet so the unit and receiver are on different branch circuits 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician Itis also suggested that the user read the FCC booklet entitled How to Identify and Resolve Radio TV Interference Problems The booklet is available from the US Government Printing Office Washington DC 20402 When ordering the booklet specify stock number 04 000 00345 4 Site Preparation The screen display geometry on terminal products is aligned using magnetic devices External magnetic fields created by other types of electronic equipment such as printers in very close proximity to the terminal may cause minor display distortion Examples of display distortion include p Shaky video p Wawy lines p Tilted display This magnetic field
44. from the last page to the first and vice versa 13 These local functions are operational only if the selected page is available Page Configurations Single and Dual Session 73 Page Configurations Single and Dual Session Number of Pages Line oer Page 24 8 48 96 24 176 4 2 1 2 25 8 50 4 100 2 200 1 25 2 5 2 1 2 5 2 1 42 84 168 42 42 158 43 86 172 43 2 43 157 25 175 80 132 80 only 80 132 10 5 24 216 2 1 2 9 4 2 1 2 25 215 5 2 1 2 42 198 5 2 1 2 43 197 W hen a page length in the first column is preceded by an asterisk a total of two pages will be available The first page contains the selected number o lines and the second page contains the remaining allowable lines in memory The number of linesare listed on this chart as first page second page User s Notes NOTE TO INSTALLER This equipment complies with the FCC Regulation for Class A devices Subpart of Part 15 Shielded grounded interface cables were used on all ports for FCC radiated emission testing The manufacturer is not responsible for any violation of the FCC Regulation for Class A devices that is caused by unauthorized modification of the equipment or caused by equipment installation not in accordance with the instructions in this manual This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and may cause radio or television inter
45. ines 30 Lines 44 Lines 52 Lines Select the number of lines that can be displayed on the screen at onetime The page length affects the default screen length Screen Video Normal Reverse Choose between bright characters on a dark background normal and dark characters on a bright background reverse In reverse video mode only the Enhanced Attributes parameter is available See G eneral F 2 section for more details Display Cursor On Off Choose whether the cursor will be displayed Cursor Blink Block Steady Block Blink Line Steady Line Choosethe appearance of the cursor Auto Adjust Cursor On Off Select whether the screen attempts to follow the cursor down the page by scrolling just enough to keep the cursor in view 36 Setup Columns 80 132 80 Only Choose the number of columns that the screen can display 80 Only provides more pages in memory for a given page length by disallowing changes to 132 column display Width Change Clear On Off Select whether the screen isto be cleared when the number of columns on the screen is changed from 80 to 132 or vice versa Changing columns from to 80 only forces the screen to clear indepe dent of Width Change Clear Speed Fast Normal Selecting fast improves the speed at which screen display occurs at the expense of minor temporary distortion of text called tearing Scroll Smooth 1 Smooth 2 Smooth 4 Smooth 8 J ump Choose whether the
46. int E hen an ANSI keyboard is attached the choices are W hen Program F Key or Sh F K ey the choices are F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 F13 F14 Help Do F17 F18 F19 F20 W hen Program Edit Key or Sh Edit key the choices are Tab lt X Select Return T A lt gt Enter Next Screen Remove PF1 PF2 PF3 PF4 mm ES When Program Edit K ey or Sh Edit K ey the choices are Tab Esc Backspace Return Print Enter Kpd T J lt gt Insert Delete Home BackTab Clear and ErEOF To program an ESC escape character into the key text press Ctrl To program a DEL character into the text field press Ctrl Sh 8 alphi numeric key To program a carriage return or line feed into the key text field press trl M or Ctrl J respectively To program the Print Screen key to perform a local print screen p ge function In the key textfield press Ctrl and then P N ext set the K ey Dir Screen option 54 Setup EXECUTE PrntSc Fl Quick F2 F3 F4 Genrl Displ Kybd Save Session Reset Terminal FS Keys F6 F7 F8 F9 Ports Host Print Emul Parameters Recall Terminal Recall Session Reset Session F10 Tabs F11 AnsBk F12 Prog Default Terminal Default Session Reset Ports T5 Parameer Clear Screen Default Session UDKs Choices User Enter Key to Execute Action Enter S Enter Next Prev Choice Exit Set
47. interaction only occurs over a very short distance normally less than twelve inches and can be corrected by separating the equipment and or slightly reorienting the display Technical Support Questions about this product should be directed to the Technical Support D epartment of the distributor from which you obtained your Boundless Technologies equipment W hen requesting assistance please have all pertinent information available including any error messages that may have appeared either on the terminal or the host If your distributor fails to provide adequate support for your needs please contact the Boundless Technologies Technical Support D epartment directly Y ou will be required to provide the name of your distributor and a description of the problem as described above Please refer to the Boundless Technologies G uide to Support Services which was packaged with the terminal Boundless Technologies can be reached at Boundless Technologies Inc Technical Support D epartment 100 M arcus Blvd Hauppauge NY 11788 800 231 5445 ext 7259 voice 516 342 7378 fax Email support boundless com BBS 407 333 8326 1200 14400 baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity ftp ftp boundless com W eb site http www boundless com
48. ion keys and labels are programmed by the host F ast mode will increase the speed for W yse 50 compatibility but will limit the amount of space in each function key and answerback message to 8 bytes Edit keys are not 46 Setup available for programming in fast mode Changing this selection will default all function keys edit keys and function keys labels EMULATION F9 47 Save Labels Off On W hen on labels that are downloaded by the host will be saved in non volatile memory If this selection and Display N V Labels are off labels written by the host would be lost upon entry and exit to Setup Attribute Char Line Page Choose the extent to which attributes are propagated The only parallel A SCII emulations are PC Term and W yse 60 Display NV Labels On Off Select whether the labels in non volatile memory are displayed on the lowest line W hen off is selected any existing labels will remain on the screen until on is selected and they are re displayed On a 26 line screen they are displayed below line 24 On a 44 line screen labels are displayed below line 42 and on a 52 line screen they are displayed below line 50 The top line is the top status line and cannot be used for data If the page length used is a multiple of 25 instead of 24 and the screen length is 26 lines then the last data line is used for data and labels will not be displayed regardless of this setting The same is true for a page length that
49. ions Numeric Kpd Numeric Application Choosethe set of strings sent by the numeric keypad Cursor Kpd Cursor Application Choosethe set of strings sent by the cursor control keypad Send Data All Erasable Choose whether the data sent to the host is all data erasable and selectively erasable or only those characters tagged as erasable ANSI ID VT100 VT101 VT102 VT220 VT320 Select the terminal s identification Function Key Lock Off On Select whether the function keys are locked or modifiable by the host Key Usage Typewriter Data Process This selection is available for all language selections except U S It applies to keys that have two characters printed side by side to select which character is sent by that key Typewriter selects the character printed on the left side while D ata Process selects the character printed on the right side of the keycap Char Set Multinational National Select whether the character set used is from the 7 bit national chart or the 8 bit multinational chart The default is the 8 bit multinational character set except when the emulation is VT 100 Feature Lock Off On W hen on the host cannot change user features key repeat scroll speed screen background tab stops and keyboard lock Status Line Off Indicator Host Write Both Specify the way in which the status line is to be used for host messages host write as acursor position indicator indicator for
50. iscard the product as instructed by local regulations for limited lithium batteries Do not burn Warning Notice A warning notice indicates the possibility of damageto a program device system or data chapter Introduction This terminal can emulate a number of A SCII and ANSI terminals including IBM 3151 PC Term and SCO Console The keyboards supported by the terminal are the 101 key extended PC EPC the 106 key PC and the ANSI keyboards The dual host capability of the terminal allows you to run two different applications simultaneously A Setup option is available to view each session on the screen in a split or full screen display Clock calendar calculator ASCII chart and diagnostic desk accessories are provided Another feature is the selectable overscan border which can provide bezel to bezel video This terminal also features an easy to use Setup menu that is configuration dependent thismeans that only the options that are valid for a given emulation or hardware configuration are presented Setup also hasa Quick menu that summarizes the options most critical to the operation of the terminal Travel between menus is facilitated by function keys that are listed at the top every menu el Split screen is not available if one of the sessions is selected as IBM 3 51 emulation Features Compatibility IBM 3151 ADDS Viewpoint Wyse 60 W yse 50 50 DEC VT
51. kes for example F 3 allows access to Setup or will serve as function keys which are loaded with the default strings Only reprogrammed strings are visible in the text area for a given function or edit key the default strings are not visible in Setup If F key is selected then the keystroke to enter Setup becomes Ctrl F on the ANSI keyboard With the three remapping selections keys which are available on a PC style keyboard are now available on the AN SI style keyboard ESC and Thethree selections should either be kept in their defaults as they appear on the keyboard or all three should be changed to follow the mapping scheme described here Key and or ESC Select the characters sent by the tic tilde key lt gt Key lt and gt or and Select the characters sent by the triangle bracket key in the normal and shifted positions and Keys and or lt and gt Select the character sent by the comma and period keysin the normal and shifted mode Backspace BS DEL DEL BS DEL CAN Choose the codes sent by the key in the normal shifted positions Compose Key Meta Compose Funct Scroll Lock Alt Key This selection indicates the role that the Compose key will play The explanation of choices is the same as for the A It K ey left selection which is discussed earlier in this section 42 Setup PORTS F6 ElA Baud Rate 110 150 300 600 1200 1800 2000 2400 48
52. later in this chapter Enter and Shift Enter Cycle up or down through the choices for a given parameter Overview 29 Thefollowing keystrokes are also available but are not documented 1 the Setup help bar Tab and Shift Tab M ove from menu to menu forward or backward without using function keys Space and Shift Space Cycle through the list of choices Same as Enter and Shift Enter Parameters that are changed are executed as soon as that field is exite Page resets may occur when certain choices are made in Setup Action Fields Certain parameters are not selections but action fields W hen the action field is highlighted and then selected the action is taken A WAIT message may appear at the top right portion of the screen and when the action is completed a DONE message will appear These messages are cleared when the selection bar is placed on another parameter Dual Session Mode There are two sets of session setup parameters if you are using the terminal in dual session mode To toggle between sessions while in or out of setup mode press Ctrl Enter num For a complete explanation of session dependent and terminal dependent parameters see the G lossary of Terms section at the end of this chapter 30 Setup Setup Map Key Menu Fl Quick F2 General F3 Display Cursor F4 Keyboard F5 Keys F6 Ports Parameters Available Not all will display for a given emulation keybo
53. ll Toggle Roll Window U p Roll Window Down Change Status Line Home amp Clear Page Auto Adjust Window Toggle Session Enter Desk Accessory Mode Enter Setup Mode Exit Setup Mode Enter Clock Enter Calendar Enter Calculator Enter ASCII Chart Enter Diagnostics Exit Any Desk Accessory Next Page Previous Page Display Page 0 Display Page 1 Display Page 2 Display Page 3 Display Page 4 Display Page 5 Display Page 6 Display Page 7 Display Page 8 Display Page 9 Program Banner Local Block Copy Line Copy Paste from Buffer Ctrl Shift T Ctrl Shift L Ctrl num Ctrl num Ctrl Shift num Ctrl T Ctrl L Ctrl Ctrl Shift Home Ctrl Home Ctrl Enter num Ctrl Ctrl Scroll Lock Pause Ctrl Shift F1 Ctrl Shift F2 Ctrl Shift F3 Ctrl Shift F4 Ctrl Shift F5 Esc Ctrl Page Down Ctrl Page Up Ctrl O Ins Ctrl 1 End Ctrl 2 L Ctrl 3 Page Down Ctrl A Ctrl 5 Ctrl 6 Ctrl AHome Ctrl 8 T Ctrl 9 Page Up Ctrl Tab Alt Home Alt Delete Alt Insert F3 F14 Ctr Ctr Ctr Ctr Ctr trl Shift T Shift L num num Shift num E 4 Enter num ShiftF1 Shift F2 Shift F3 Shift F4 Shift F5 F11 Esc Ctr Ctr Ctr Ctr Ctr Ctr Ctr Ctr Ctr Ctr Ctr Ctr Ctr Next Screen Prev Screen num num num num um um um um Alt Select Alt Alt Find Insert Here
54. low procedure of Connection A step 3 Connection F RS 232 C Printer 1 In the Setup Quick F 1 menu set the Printer portion of the H ost Printer selection to Aux without changing the current H ost option xxxx A ux The Host will be set in another connection procedure if needed 2 Follow procedure of Connection B step 3 Connections G and H Parallel Printer 1 Enter the Setup menu If the PARA portisto be assigned to Session 2 then switch sessions Ctrl Enter num Remain in session 1 if itis to be assigned to that session 2 Inthe Setup Quick F 1 menu set the Printer portion of the H ost Printer selection to Para without changing the current H ost option xxxx Para 3 Repeat this procedure if the parallel port is going to be used to print from both sessions Only one session can access the parallel printer at one time If a print mode A ux on etc ison in both sessions an error messag will appear To disable a print mode in a session press Shift Scroll Lock on a PC tyle keyboard or Shift F3 on an ANSI keyboard STEP 8 Emulation Setup Selection 21 STEP 8 Emulation Setup Selection This step requires setting a selection in the Setup menu to configurethe E mulation for one or two sessions of the terminal Determine which emulations your applications run with Enter the Setup menu and set the E mulation parameter in the Quick F 1 menu to match your require
55. ments If you are running in dual session mode press Ctrl Enter num Now setthe Emulation parameter in Session 2 STEP 9 Additional Setup Options Atthis point you should proceed to the Setup chapter and continueto set up your own selections for any other parameters such as those for the display keyboard function edit keys and tabs Remember to repeat this procedure for Session 2 if you are running in dual session mode Use Ctrl Enter num to access this set of parameters STEP 10 Save Parameters Finally remember to save your Setup parameters in permanent memory so that they can be recovered if the terminal is powered down When you exit the Setup menu the prompt Save all Y N flashes To save parameters press Y Another way to save parameters is to perform a Save T erminal operation whilein the E xec F 13 Prnt Scrn menu of Setup Both methods will save the parameters in both sessions as well as those that are common to both M Remember to save your Setup settings after the entire installation proc ss STEP 11 Establish Communications Y our installation is now complete By pressing the Return or Enter key you should be ableto communicate with the host computer s The printer should respond to the local print command Shift Ctrl period on numeric keypad If for somereason your installation was not successful make sure your physical connections are secure that the communications protocol setti
56. multinational chart The default is the 8 bit multinational character set except when the emulation is VT 100 WP Graphics Off On Selects whether W ord Perfect G raphics commands are processed or ignored 50 Setup TABS F10 EL F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F F8 F9 F12 Print Quick Genrl Displ Kybd Keys Ports Host Print Emul a AnsBk Prog Exec Parameters Auto Init Tabs Off Default Tabs Choices Enter S Enter Next Prev Choice Exit Setup Key Auto Init Tabs On Off W hen on tab settings will always be defaulted at power up Default Tabs This action field sets tabs at every eighth column starting at column 9 W hen the cursor is placed in the Tab M ap the keys below will appear in the Choices field Space clear the current tab setting Shift Backspace clear all tab settings lt T or t gt seta tab at the current location T gt 1 amp gt move cursor on theTab map or back to a Parameter field abovethe map m Tab Field Column Field On a formatted page the tab stops are defined by the field attribute characters displayed on the screen Column The column tab stops are used while ignoring the field attribute characters ANSWERBACK F11 51 ANSWERBACK F11 Fl Quick F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F12 Print Geni Displ Kybd Keys Ports Host Print Parameters Answerback Mode Off Anwerback Conceal Bytes Remaining 0542 Choices Enter S Enter Next Prev Choice Exit Setu
57. nces of keys to create a character thatis not on the keyboard but is available in the active character set Scroll Lock causes the A It key to function as the Scroll Lock key and is a toggle to hold free data on the screen It requires the use of flow control for the host port Rev Prtcl Funct causes the A It key to function as the F unct key on an ASCII keyboard Alt Key causes the left A It key to behave identically to the right A It key KEYS F5 39 Pound Key U S British Choose the character transmitted for 23h the U S pound or the British pound Return Key Repeat On Off Select whether the R eturn key located on the alphanumeric keypad will repeat when held down for more than half a second only selectable when K ey Repeat on 40 Setup H E Return Key Field New Line W hen the Return K ey New Line the functions specified in the N ew Line parameter are performed W hen the Return K ey Field the functions specified in the N ew Line parameter are performed unless the target line is within a protected field The cursor will then moveto the first character position of the next unprotected field H gt Enter Key Send Return heEnter K ey can be defined to be either a Send or Return K ey 4 Ir gt New Line CR lt CR gt lt LF gt his parameter specifies the codes generated when the return key is pressed E Ir y Send Key Page Line The contents
58. ndent upon the Setup selections When F1 to F5 keys Local press F3 to enter When F1to F5 keys FK ey press Ctrl F3 to enter W hen K ey M ode Scan Code press Ctrl Select to enter 27 28 Setup Saving Parameters U pon exiting setup mode the prompt Save All Y N blinks Press Y or y to exit setup and save settings in permanent nonvolatile RA M Press Cor cto cancel the exit request Press Norn to exit Setup The changes will take effect but will be lost if the terminal is reset or powered off Once edited in Setup the changes are saved regardless of the way in hich you exit Setup m An exception to this is function edit key and answerback message g ogramming Movement Inside Menus F1 through F12 Select the menu that corresponds to the function key A ccess to the EXEC menu isavailable using either the Print P C style keyboards or F13 AN SI keyboard key The keys are labeled at the top of each menu Cursor Control Keys T J gt These keys control movement to parameters within the menu and is indicated by a highlighted selection bar This selection bar will wrap to the other side of the menu at the top bottom and side boundaries For each parameter there are at least two choices A s the parameter is highlighted the available choices appear in the area above the help bar t Some parameters are action fields and have no choices See the A cti 1 Fields section
59. ngs match your devices and that the Setup selections are chosen to provide a proper interface between the terminal and your devices If you continueto have problems installing the terminal call your local dealer for technical support 22 Installation Common Setups 3 ae TERMINAL 400r Eran d e PRINTER Sessions 0 ne Host Printer E A Para EIA Baud EIA Data Format etc matches the host TERMINAL mnor Eia aux PAS 4 nOZ mzo E a m Sessions T wo Session1 Host Printer ElA None Session2 Host Printer A ux None EIA Baud etc matches host 1 Aux Baud etc matches host 2 Host Printer Connection Guide A CAUTION Do not un plug in electrical storm TERMINAL SERIAL PRINTER Sessions 0 ne Host Printer E A A ux EIA Baud etc matches the host Aux Baud etc matches the printer EIA Modem Control On TERMINAL PARALLEL PRINTER Sessions T wo Session1 Host Printer E A Para Session2 Host Printer A ux Para EIA Baud etc matches host 1 Aux Baud etc matches host 2 EIA Modem Control On Aux Modem Control On 0 Host Printer Connection Guide 25 DTE Host Connection A Connect a null modem adapter between the host cable and the EIA port DCE Host or Modem Connection C Connect the host or modem cable directly to the EIA port Connection B Connect the host cable directly to the AUX port Not applicable
60. ocol This could include one or two hosts modems or a serial printer Record thisinformation on the User Settings later in this chapter for reference in Step 7 STEP 7 Communications Setup Selections To completethis step you must recall the letters next to the connections that you made in Step 2 Also you must be aware of the port session designations made in Step 4 see the H ost Printer Connection diagrams later in this chapter The procedures below correspond directly to the individual connections made Notice that only certain connection procedures are to be followed not all of them For example if you ve made connections C and F to a modem and a serial printer then follow connection procedures C and F below M Only follow those steps that apply to your connections A H To access the Setup menu press Ctrl Scroll Lock on a PC style keybc ird or F3 on an ANSI keyboard Connection A Host DCE 1 Enter the Setup menu If the EIA portisto be assigned to Session 2 then switch sessions Ctrl Enter num Remain in session 1 if itis to be assigned to that session 2 Inthe Setup Quick F 1 menu set the H ost portion of the H ost Printer selection to EIA without changing the current Printer option EIA xxxx ThePrinter will beset in another connection procedure if needed 3 InthePorts F6 menu set the proper communications settings for the El A Baud EIA Data Format EIA Parity Check EIA
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62. p Key Answerback Mode On Off Choose whether the answerback message which is sent to the host at terminal reset or power up modeis on This can be used to login to the system Answerback Conceal This is an action parameter which displays Concealed at the answerback edit field Once it is concealed the message cannot be redisplayed This is a security measure for those who use answerback to send their login names and passwords to the host Answerback Message This is a 30 character field which can be edited See the Edit Fields section later in thischapter W hen F key Speed is Fastin the E mul F 9 menu the answerback edit field is limited to 8 bytes 52 Setup PROGRAM F12 Fl F2 F3 FA F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 Quick Genrl Displ Kybd Keys Ports Host Print Emul Tabs Parameters Program FKey Bytes Remaining 0542 Choices FA F5 F6 F7 F8 FO F10 F11 F12 Select T 2 1 Parameter Enter S Enter Next Prev Choice Exit Setup Key Program FKey Sh FKey Ctrl Fkey Ctrl Sh Fkey Edit Key Sh Edit Key Specify the type of key to be programmed function or edit key in its normal or shifted state ex W hen F key Speed is Fastin the EM UL F9 menu the Program options are F Key and Sh F Key Key Dir Comm Depend Host Printer Printer amp Host Screen Host amp Screen Printer amp Screen All Select the destination of the contents of the function or edit key Comm D
63. perly First refer to the Common Setups diagrams later in this chapter If one of these setups matches your needs then make the connections as shown in the diagrams by referring to the H ost Printer Connection Each cable connection in the diagram the lines with arrows on each end has a letter next to it The letters correspond to the letters in the H ost Printer Connection Guide If these set ups don t apply then choosethe connections in the H ost Printer Connection Guidethat are appropriate Y our physical connections are now complete 17 18 Installation STEP 3 Number of Sessions Selection This step requires setting a selection in the Setup menu to configure the terminal for single or dual session mode If you ve connected two host cables A or C AND B or D and you wish to run in dual session mode enter Setup and set Sessions T wo in theQuick F 1 menu For single host operation this setting should already be set at One sincethisisin the default state To access the Setup menu press Ctrl Scroll Lock on a P C style keybc ard or F3 on an ANSI keyboard STEP 4 Linking Ports to Sessions If you have selected Sessions O ne then you can skip to Step 5 If you have selected Sessions T wo there are four designations to make This step will be used later in Step 7 First you haveto decide which serial port will be assigned to your first host in Session 1 either EIA Aux or None Now decide which port
64. r morethan half a second This setting does not affect the following keys on the PC style keyboards Caps L ock Scroll Lock N um Lock Shift keys Ctrl keys A It keys Return Print Screen Pause On the AN SI keyboard the following keys are unaffected Lock F 1 F5 Shift keys Control Compose and Return Key Rate 15 cps 20 cps 30 cps W hen K ey Repeat ison a key that is pressed for morethan half a second will automatically repeat T his selection allows you to choose the number of characters that are generated per second when a key is auto repeating 38 Setup Keyboard Layout Q F This selection is only available when Turkish keyboard is selected Q and F refer to the two Turkish keyboard layouts available Q and F correspond to the top left key on the alphanumeric keypad Margin Bell On Off Choose whether a bell tone sounds when the cursor is nine positions away from the right margin Key Lock Caps Reverse Shift A ffects the state of alphanumeric keys when CapsLock is engaged Caps causes alphabetic keys to be uppercase regardless of the shift key Reverse causes the shift key to generate lowercase alphabetic keys Shift causes all alphanumeric keys to be generated as uppercase or shifted in the case of numbers If the Shift key is pressed while Shift is selected CapsL ock will be disengaged Caps Lock Toggle Always On Always Off This setting effects the state of the Caps Lock key W h
65. r of data lines that are visible at any one time is 43 with no label line The other line is used for the top status line On a 52 line screen 50 of the 52 data lines are visible at one time in single session mode If the page length is shorter than the screen length then blank lines will be present below the data line or status label line If the page length is larger than the allowable number of data lines this will cause some of the rows to be out of view In order to bring them into view scrolling or panning is used as necessary Scrolling causes a new line to scroll into view when the cursor advances past the last row or first row on the page If the cursor moves past the last row the top row of text is lost and past the first row the bottom row of text is lost ifA uto Scroll is on in Setup Text scrolled off of the screen is not recoverable 14 Introduction If the current page or portion of the page is longer than the screen display or window in which it is displayed then local keystrokes can be used to pan the window up or down Ctrl T and Ctri d Asa window is panned up the page appears to be moving down and the opposite is true when panning the window down Text that is panned off the screen is out of view but is not lost The figure below represents the display screen with a 48 line page length on a 44 line screen after panning the window down 2 lines chapter Installation This se
66. rn on the screen when the display on the terminal is left unchanged for an extended time period 20 minutes after the screen saver is activated Energy Star a power s ving feature is activated The first key typed at the keyboard brings the energy leve oack up Bell Volume 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Select the bell volume from off 0 to high 9 This will be the volume for alarm tones warning bells and keyclicks Warning Bell On Off Select whether a warning bell is sounded when errors such as an invalid compose Sequence are encountered Sessions One Two Select the number of sessions hosts that the terminal will run Seethe Quick menu earlier in this chapter Session Display Full Split W hen two sessions are used select whether each host s data displays on a full screen or if both hosts share a split screen In either case the way to toggle between the hosts is by using Ctrl Enter num Both hosts can receive and update data simultaneously The purpose of toggling is so that keyboard entry can be directed to the selected host In the DISPLAY F3 35 case of a full display toggling also brings the entire display of the selected host into view Bell Length 140 ms 350 ms 570 ms 780 ms Denotes duration of bell sound Setup Lang US French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Affects display of setup and the status lines Cursor Dir right to left left to right This feature affects the dir
67. row keys Selecta line Thelineis highlighted Left or right arrow keys Select a field on the chosen line The selected field is now highlighted Spacebar M ove up through options available for this field Shift Spacebar M ove down the options Enter num Revert to the default setting for the current field Esc Exit clock and save settings Each of the seven fields is described below Calculator 64 Date Use the left or right arrow keys to highlight each field of the date month day and year Then usethe Spacebar or Shift Spacebar to cycle through the settings The date can also be set by the host Time Usethe procedure described for Date above to set the hour minutes or seconds The clock is reset to 08 00 AM at power up Dueto hardware limit ions the clock may drift by 15 seconds per day W e recommend setting the termini stime as part of the system login process Display Indicate whether only Time only Date or both the Time and the Date are displayed on the top status line Display of Time D ate can also be turned Off The date display can also be set by the host Type Select whether the clock functions on a 12 hour or 24 hour basis Column Set the column 36 99 in which the date time will display as enabled by Display above Alarm Set Timeat which an alarm a 1 2 second bell tone should sound Tone How alarm tone s should be activated every H our on the Alarm se
68. rt and DTR on the SES2 AU X port monitor serial devices to control the flow of data to them provided EIA and AUX Xmitis DSR and DTR in Setup For parallel printers this terminal monitors the BU SY and ERROR signals which are sent by the printer to determine when data transmission should be stopped or resumed Communications 9 Host Printer Port 1 RS 232 C or RS 422 This port labeled SES1 ElA is designed for connection to the host computer or modem or a serial printer via a 25 pin D shell DB25P female connector This port uses an RS 232 C communication interface is configured as a DTE Data Terminal Equipment device and can operate from 110 to 134 400 baud The pins supported are shown below gt E24 coc ri OS im mn anch RS 232 C Host Printer Port 1 Pin Assignments This port also uses if installed an optional RS 422 communication interface and can also operate from 110 to 134 400 baud The pins supported are shown below 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 RS 422 Host Printer Port 1 Pin Assignments 10 Introduction Host Printer Port 2 This port labeled SES2 AU X is designed to connect to a second host connection computer or modem or a serial printer and can operate from 110 to 38 400 baud This port uses an RS 232 C interface via a D B25P female connector and is configured asa DCE Data Communication Equipment device Thepin assignments for this port are shown below
69. s are available See the Installation chapter Refer to the following sections for further information on these ports Receive Flow Control Because devices can receive data faster than they can process it data flow control selectable in the PORTS menu of Setup should be used to prevent data loss Software flow control relies on the X on and X off characters g and e characters in Scan Code K ey mode to indicate when the terminal is able or unable to store further data The Xon signal transmits the D C1 character 11h and the X off signal transmits D C3 13h Theterminal s receive buffer can store 1024 bytes characters W hen EIA or Aux Rev in the Setup menu for PORTS is X on X off the terminal issues an X off character indicating to the host that it should stop transmitting a The terminal will then continue to process data until its receive buffer is empty It will then issue an Xon character to the host indicating that it can resume sending data to the terminal Ifthe EIA or Aux Rcv is No Protocol in Setup the terminal v ill continue to accept characters into its receive buffer until itis full Additional ch acters will be lost Xon X off protocol must also be set on the host computer or pri ter for proper handshaking In addition to software receive flow control X on X off the serial host printer ports support receive hardware flow control The SESI EIA port has an outgoing DTR
70. shifted positions Desk Acc Ctrl Disabled Select how the D esk A ccessories can be accessed This selection does not appear when SCO Console emulation is selected In SCO Console emulation Ctrl is the only access method The default allows the desk accessories to be accessed through a menu which appears when Ctrl and the left arrow key are pressed simultaneously This brings up a pop up KEYS F5 41 window selections for the specific accessory can be made from that menu by pressing F 1 F 5 The Sh Ctrl Fkeys option when selected allows direct access to desk accessories bypassing the menu by pressing Sh Ctrl F1 through Sh Ctrl F5 Selecting Disabled will inhibit entry to desk accessories Once a desk accessory is displayed any other desk accessory can be accessed by pressing only the function key associated with it without pressing Sh Ctrl UDKs Emul Dependent User Dependent Choose whether the U D K s should get defaulted when the host changes the emulation E he following selections apply only to the AN SI keyboard Disconnect Disabled Shift F5 Choose to allow the keystroke that will generate a modem disconnect on the AN SI keyboard or to disable the D isconnect function N ote that if F 1 to F5 keys is Fkey in Setup the Disconnect function will be remapped to Ctrl Shift F 5 F1 to F5 keys Local Fkey This selection determines whether the first five keys labeled F 1 F 5 serve as local keystro
71. ssion parameters and their defaults are listed below Setup Parameters Bell Volume 6 Screen Saver 5 min Overscan Borders on Language U S K eyclick on EIA A ux Baud Rate 9600 EIA Aux Data Format 8 1 N EIA Aux Parity Check off EIA A ux Rcv Prtcl X on X off XPC EIA Aux X mit Prtcl none EIA Aux Break 250 ms EIA A ux X mit Pace baud EIA Aux Disconnect 2 sec EIA Aux M odem Control off Session Display full Screen L ength 26 lines Refresh Rate 70 Hz Bright Video off Enhanced A ttributes on Setup Lang U S Sessions 1 Caps Lock Toggle Num Lock Toggle Key Repeat On Speed fast Desk Accessory Parameters Clock Display off Clock Type 12 hour Clock Location column 48 D ate Time not saved Alarm Time 12 PM Tone alarm hourly Calculator printer off tape on and the row and column in which each accessory is displayed Glossary of Terms 57 Session Parameters Session Parameters are parameters that are specific to the emulation selected in the current session These include three types of parameters Setup E dit keys Setup and M odes Setup Edit Keys Function and Edit keys and the A nswerback message Setup Parameters A l other Setup variables that are not included in Setup Parameters in Terminal Parameters all global settings Mode Parameters Variables that are used by a session s emulation but are not selectable through Setup
72. ted to the left of the numeric keypad allows users to edit text and move around in the document The communication key group above the edit keypad is used to control communications with the host or printer ThePC keyboard is configured asan IBM 3151 ASCII keyboard and is for use primarily with the 3151 emulation TheAN SI keyboard varies from the P C style keyboard styles mainly in that it features 20 function keys a set of PF keys and a different style numeric keypad For each keyboard there is a set of local hot keys They perform a variety of terminal functions such as Print Screen and Enter Setup See the A ppendix for a complete list of local functions El II OOO O EE AENA LEE E E EE E EEEIEE Er o Te e FI EFFEFFFEFEFFEL pe See ECEEPFTPPPIILE pists PEP HHHH HINA HHHK ERR ANSI Keyboa 104 key PC Keyboard US 6 Introduction Usage Notes Thefollowing notations and symbols are used in this manual Ctrl F1 the two keys Ctrl and F1 are to be pressed simultaneously Ctrl F1 the two keys Ctrl and F1 are to be pressed in succession 1 num or 1 alph specifies that the number must be generated either from the numeric or the alphanumeric keypad 23h the number 23 is represented in hexadecimal hex notation applies to ASCII emulations only A D DS VP W yse 50 W yse 60 PC Term and TVI 925 p applies to ANSI emulations only V T 300 8 V T 300 7 VT 200 8 VT
73. that lt R gt is to terminate a line of print Secondary Recv Off On When on data received from the serial printer is routed to the port assigned for the host This data is not displayed on the screen and is transparent to the user W hen off data received from the printer portisignored Independent Pass Thru Off On W hen independent pass through printing is enabled the host system can concurrently send data to the terminal and to the printer W hen a low speed printer is attached to the terminal it allows print operations to continue without suspending normal terminal operations EMULATION F9 The parameters displayed in this menu depend upon the current emulation This section is divided between parameters for A SCII and AN SI emulations ASCII Emulations Page Edit Off On W hen page edit is on edit features such as insert act upon text to the end of the current page WPRT Intensity Dim Normal Suppress Choose the intensity of write protected characters Suppress indicates that the character s foreground is the same as its background with the effect of suppressing output WPRT Underline Off On Choose whether write protected characters are underlined WPRT Blink Off On Choose whether write protected characters blink WPRT Reverse Off On Choose whether write protected characters display in reverse video Fkey Speed Fast Normal Selects the speed at which funct
74. to print data is not affected by this mode Send Block Term lt ETX gt lt CR gt Select which character will indicate the end of a block The choices above are for ASCII emulations AN SI emulations have the following choices None FF s EY Send End Cursor Region Select whether the end is indicated by the scroll region or by the cursor location Send Region Screen Scroll 44 Setup Choose whether the terminal sends data from the entire screen or from the scrolling region Ignore CTS Off On Ignore CTS is not displayed in IBM 3151 emulations Line Control CRTS PRTS IPRTS te PRTS permanent request to send PRTS handlesthe CTS and DSR signal as modem signals IPRTS induced permanent request to send IPRTS handlesthe CTS and DSR signals as if the signals are always on CRTS controlled request to send CRTS looks atthe CTS DSR and CD signals to determine when the terminal can send or receive data PRTS and IPRTS require full duplex communication capabilities CRTS requires half duplex communication capabilities Turnaround Char lt ETX gt CR lt EOT gt lt DC3 gt Thelineturnaround character is attached to the end of a data stream when oneof the read commands is received or one of thefollowing keys is pressed Send SendLine Reset if reset attn is enabled Clear Print if print key attn is enabled F1thru F 36 Print line if print key attn is enabled PA1 thru PA3
75. to send CTS signal from the modem before sending data Disconnect 2sec 60ms Select the maximum time period that the modem can be disconnected or the modem line be down before the terminal performs a M odem Disconnect This occurs if EIA A ux M odem Control is on Comm Mode Full Duplex Half Duplex Full Block Half Block Select the communications mode e Half duplex is not available when K eyM ode is scanCode Receive CR lt CR gt lt CR gt lt LF gt Selectthe way in which carriage returns received will be interpreted Receive DEL Ignore Destruct lt BS gt Choose to ignore the D EL control code 7F h when received or to treat it as a Destructive Backspace code Send ACK Off On Decide whether the terminal should respond to inquiry 05h or when certain terminal functions are performed configuring the EIA A ux ports splitting screen etc with the ACK 06h character Null Suppress On Off In the default mode the host ignores all received nulls 00 hex W hen off is selected the terminal will accept all received nulls and act upon them according to the selected emulation Send Line Term lt US gt lt CR gt lt LF gt Select which line terminator is sent lt U S is IFh and lt CR gt lt LF gt isODh 0Ah Local Off On Select whether keyed data is interpreted locally by the terminal and not sent to the host Data sent by the host is lost if Local is on The ability
76. tom status label lineto be displayed whilethosethat are multiples of 25 do not Thesame idea applies with the 44 line screen size A page length with 42 lines as a base page size will display a label line whilethe 43 line base page length will not An exception to this rule is if the screen length is significantly larger than the that page size then the label line will be displayed such as if the screen is 44 lines and the page length is 25 lines Viewports Upto three viewports can be selected on a page Each viewport has its own character attribute cursor position field attribute propagation tab stops and scrolling region All ofthe viewports are displayed on the same screen and can be partitioned with a visual separator line If the keyboard is associated with one viewport and the host is associated with another it is possibleto receive data in two viewports simultaniously Communications 13 Thefigure below represents the entire page memory of a 48 line page 24 base page length times a multiplier of 2 and the portion of the page that is viewable on the display screen when 26 Lines is selected N oticethat the label lineis visiblein this mode Pa yd Dala L 722 iHen y ewe s 2 2 H Visual Effects of Screen and Page Lengths The combination of page and screen lengths influence the number of displayable data lines For example if the page length is 50 25 x 2 and the screen length is 44 lines the numbe
77. tting only or both on theA larm setting and H ourly The alarm tone can also be turned Off Calculator The numeric keypad located on the right side of your keyboard will serve as your calculator See the figures below to relate the display to the keys on the numeric keypad that control it Note that the AN SI keyboard calculator display is identical to the ones shown below for the PC keyboard except that the controlling keys on the numeric keypad are different the AN SI keyboard control keys include PF 1 PF 4 keys and function keys F 16 F 20 The calculator can process up to 10 digits to the left of the decimal point and up to 9 to the right W hen a number or number operator is pressed it is momentarily highlighted on the display N umber operators are defined as follows X The respective operations of addition subtraction division and multiplication MS stores the displayed value in memory MR displaysthe stored value M adds the displayed value to memory make a number positive negative C A Displays 0 0 when pressed once W hen pressed twice clears memory The figures below represents the calculator display Calculator Display EPC keyboard Calculator Display PC keyboard In addition to the keys on the numeric keypad you may use T Toggle tape on off Results scroll above the display P Toggle printer on off Results aretransmitted onto the printer Us
78. up Key All of the parameters in this menu are action parameters Terminal parameters affect all settings including the emulation Session choices affect only settings that relate to the chosen session In dual session host mode there aretwo independent sets of session parameters Session 1 and Session 2 To toggle between Sessions usethe Ctrl Enter Num keystroke Save Terminal Save all settings in non volatile permanent memory including those associated with the session selected Reset Terminal A l terminal parameters are initialized It also performs reset pages and default modes Recall Terminal Revertto all terminal and session settings that were saved in nonvolatile memory A Reset Terminal is also performed This is referred to asa hard reset and is equivalentto turning the terminal off and back on Default Terminal Load all defaults for the terminal and session including the emulation A Reset Terminal is also performed Save Session Save all the settings associated with the chosen session Reset Session Initialize all session settings Thisis also referred to as a Soft R eset Perform page resets and default modes M ode specifies the parameters used by a session which are not selectable through Setup such as Insert M ode Split Screen and Graphics M ode Recall Session L oad the previously saved settings associated with the chosen session A Reset Session is also performed Default

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