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CHAPTER 2: View Mode
The hex report and the help report
are formatted reports. The hex
report outputs the entire contents of
the data buffer in hex notation and
ASCII text; see
Appendix D
for a
sample printout. The help report
prints the online help system.
Passes
Enter any
integer
up to 255
How many times, total, would you
like to send the pattern?
Handshake
Off, XON/XOFF,
CTS, DSR
Choose the type of handshaking
desired.
[Start/Stop]
Press the key labeled START/STOP
to begin or end execution.
← →
The left arrow key (
←
) stops output;
the right arrow key (
→
) starts
output.
[STOP]
Press STOP to end output.
POWER ON
This key turns the 232 Monitor Plus
on. To turn it off, press
RESET/SHUTDOWN, then STOP.
PRINT PARALLEL [P]
Sends the selected pattern out the
left port—a parallel port—of the 232
Monitor Plus. To connect the unit
to a printer or other parallel device,
use the one-foot cable supplied with
the Monitor Plus. (This cable has
pin 14 cut.) For a description of the
various patterns you can print, see
OUTPUT SERIAL.
CAUTION
The port on the left side of
the Monitor Plus is a parallel
output port. Attaching an
RS-232 circuit to the parallel
port without using the
special remote connector
may destroy the circuit.
PULSE CAPTURE [U]
In View Mode, press
[U]
. The
Monitor Plus collects all changes to
any of the modem control signals.
The pulse changes are marked as
hex FF characters in the RD buffer.
If you want to store only pulse data
and no serial data, use Suppress
Capture
[K]
to disable both serial
ports. To see these transitions, press
STATUS three times—view the third
Pattern Handshake;
Passes
PGUP,GDOWN,END,HOME & arrows to set
values, [START/STOP] to continue