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3.1.2.E Slave-Data Separation (SWF Position 5)
To improve the readability of the data that comes to the master from the
slaves, you might want the Terminal Eliminator Plus to separate data from
different slaves with a blank line by inserting a carriage return in front of the
first line from a new slave: Set position 5 of SWF to ON. If this would be
superfluous or counterproductive, set position 5 OFF.
3.1.2.F Line-Labeling Style (SWF Position 6)
You can assign identifying labels to slaves, so that any given batch of data can
be identified as having come from one or another particular device (see
Sections 4.2.3 and 5.5.4.B
). If you want these labels to appear before each line
of data, set position 6 of SWF to ON. If you want these labels to appear only
before the first line of data from each slave, set position 6 OFF. See
Section
5.5.4.C
.
3.1.2.G Label Isolation (SWF Position 7)
If you want labels to appear on the same lines as the data records, set position
7 of SWF to OFF. If you want labels to appear on lines by themselves, set
position 7 ON.
3.1.2.H Slave Data That Precedes “Beginning Record” Char. (SWF Position 8)
You can assign a character that the Terminal Eliminator Plus will recognize
as the “beginning record” character: the character that marks where a slave’s
data record begins (see
Sections 4.2.1 and 5.5.3
). If you want the TEP to
discard any slave data that precedes the “beginning record” character, set
position 8 of SWF to OFF. If you want the TEP to hang onto slave data that
precedes this character, and transmit it with the rest of the record (assuming
the “beginning record” character is eventually received), set position 8 ON. If
you are not going to use a “beginning record” character, the setting of this
position is irrelevant.
3.1.2.I Received Carriage-Return Stripping
If you want the TEP to strip carriage returns out of data records it receives
from slaves before it retransmits them to the master, set position 1 of SWG to
OFF. If you want the TEP to leave the carriage returns in, set position 1 ON.
3.1.2.J Received Line-Feed Stripping
If you want the TEP to strip line feeds out of data records it receives from
slaves before it retransmits them to the master, set position 2 of SWG to OFF.
If you want the TEP to leave the line feeds in, set position 2 ON.
