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Features 3

Communications

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Serial RS-232-C host/printer port 1, operating from 110 to
134,400 baud

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Serial RS-232-C host/printer port 2, operating from 110 to
38,400 baud

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Parallel IBM™/Centronics™ compatible printer port

Keyboards

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EPC 101/102-key keyboard for use in the US and
Internationally

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ANSI (VT220 style) keyboard

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PC/+ 106/107-key keyboard for use in the US and
Internationally

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Up to 35 shiftable and programmable edit and function keys

Desk Accessories

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Calculator capable of transmitting results

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Monthly Calendar

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Clock with alarm settings

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ASCII and Diagnostic charts

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Page 1: ...4000 160 User s Guide...

Page 2: ...ations 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 y...

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Page 5: ...by calling USA and Canada calls 1 800 231 5445 International calls 1 631 962 1500 At the options menu press 2 for Product Information then press 2 for Products or Program Information Mailed to You an...

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Page 7: ...vii Electronic Emission Notices ix Safety Notices xii Introduction 1 Features 2 Compatibility 2 Display 2 Character Sets 2 Communications 3 Keyboards 3 Desk Accessories 3 Physical Features 4 Keyboard...

Page 8: ...TEP 4 Know Your Serial Port s Protocol 18 STEP 5 Communications Setup Selections 19 Connection A Host DCE 19 Connection B Host DTE 19 Connection C RS 232 with Modem 20 Connection D RS 232 C with Modem...

Page 9: ...HOST F7 44 PRINT F8 45 EMULATION F9 46 ASCII Emulations 46 ANSI Emulations 48 TABS F10 49 ANSWERBACK F11 50 PROGRAM F12 51 EXECUTE Prnt Scrn 53 Edit Fields 54 Glossary of Terms 54 Terminal Parameters...

Page 10: ...iv Contents Clock 57 Calculator 59 ASCII Chart 60 Diagnostic Menu 61 Appendix 63 Local Keys 63 Page Configurations 66...

Page 11: ...proximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility Boundless Technologies cannot accept responsibility for any failure to satisfy the protection requirements result...

Page 12: ...turn everything OFF First turn everything OFF Attach all cables to devices Remove power cord from outlet Attach signal cables to receptacles Remove signal cables from receptacles Attach power cord to...

Page 13: ...nologies product program or service Evaluation and verification of operation in conjunction with other products except those expressly designated by Boundless Technologies are the user s responsibilit...

Page 14: ...rporation IBM International Business Machines Corporation MENTOR Boundless Technologies Inc SCO Santa Cruz Operations Inc TVI 925 TeleVideo Systems Inc UL Underwriters Laboratories Inc WYSE Wyse Techn...

Page 15: ...to meet FCC emission limits Boundless Technologies is not responsible for any radio or television interference caused by using other than recommended cables and connectors or by unauthorized changes...

Page 16: ...x Preface que prescrites par le R glement sur le brouillage radio lectrique tabli par le minist re des Communications du Canada...

Page 17: ...s 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 di...

Page 18: ...f 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 st...

Page 19: ...itch 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 CAUTIO...

Page 20: ...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...

Page 21: ...top and bottom status lines 80 or 132 column display Double high double wide display Up to 4 pages of memory Small footprint tilt and swivel base Character Sets Numerous standard graphic and supplemen...

Page 22: ...tronics compatible printer port Keyboards EPC 101 102 key keyboard for use in the US and Internationally ANSI VT220 style keyboard PC 106 107 key keyboard for use in the US and Internationally Up to 3...

Page 23: ...s of different intensities by rotating the dial 5 Brightness Dial adjust the overall screen brightness by rotating the dial 6 Power Connection plug the female end of the power cord into this connector...

Page 24: ...Physical Features 5 9 Host Port connect the cable from the host here See the Installation chapter for options...

Page 25: ...ns with the host or printer The ANSI keyboard varies from the PC keyboard styles mainly in that it features 20 function keys a set of PF keys and a different style numeric keypad For each keyboard the...

Page 26: ...nd Hom e Pg Up Pg Dn 2 4 1 6 7 8 3 5 9 0 Q W E R T Y U I O P F D S A G H J L K X C V B M N Z Ct rl Ct rl Alt Alt Esc F4 F3 F2 F1 _ Cap s Lo ck Shif t Sh ift Tab F1 2 F1 1 F10 F9 F8 F7 F6 F5 Nu m L ock...

Page 27: ...lphanumeric keypads 23h the number 23 is represented in hexadecimal hex notation applies to ASCII emulations only ADDS VP Wyse 50 Wyse 60 PC Term and TVI 925 applies to ANSI emulations only VT300 8 VT...

Page 28: ...port or the parallel printer port as your printer interface Refer to the following sections for further information on these ports Receive Flow Control Because devices can receive data faster than th...

Page 29: ...ve more data Transmit Flow Control Likewise the terminal will understand the Xon and Xoff requests from the host when it is transmitting data provided the EIA or Aux Xmt is Xon Xoff in Setup This is r...

Page 30: ...ort 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 Host Printer Port 1 Pin A...

Page 31: ...12 Introduction Host Printer Port 2 Pin Assignments Refer to the Installation chapter for details on the connection of all ports to serial devices hosts modems or printers...

Page 32: ...s a uni directional device it only serves to output data to the printer and cannot receive data The pins and signals supported are shown below Parallel Port Pin Assignments These signals are held high...

Page 33: ...Transmit Receive DTR DSR pin2 pin3 pin20 pin6 pin2 pin3 pin20 pin6 Terminal to Host DTE or Printer Refer to the diagram below to understand why a null modem adapter may be needed when connecting the f...

Page 34: ...4 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 o...

Page 35: ...number 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 If th...

Page 36: ...Screen Display and Pages 17 row the bottom row of text is lost if Auto Scroll is on in Setup Note that text scrolled off the screen is not recoverable...

Page 37: ...ed to pan the window up or down Ctrl and Ctrl As a window is panned up the page appears to be moving down the opposite is true when panning the window down Text that is panned off the screen is out of...

Page 38: ...Screen Display and Pages 19 This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 39: ...the EIA or Aux ports can be used to connect either to a host or a printer port The procedures described here are among the most common Described here are conventional setups with or without a printer...

Page 40: ...s are now complete STEP 3 No Printer Option If you did not opt to install a printer did not complete E F G or H you must set the Printer portion of the Host Printer selection in the Quick F1 Setup men...

Page 41: ...nnection A Host DCE 1 Enter the Setup menu 2 In the Setup Quick F1 menu set the Host portion of the Host Printer selection to EIA without changing the current Printer option EIA xxxx The Printer will...

Page 42: ...he Setup Quick F1 menu set the Printer portion of the Host Printer selection to EIA without changing the current Host option xxxx EIA The Host will be set in another connection procedure if needed 2 F...

Page 43: ...up 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 s...

Page 44: ...lation the Setup selections are chosen to provide a proper interface between the terminal and your devices If you continue to have problems installing the terminal call your local dealer for technical...

Page 45: ...ost cable and the EIA port Connection B Connect the host cable directly to the AUX port Not applicable DCE Host or Modem Connection C Connect the host or modem cable directly to the EIA port Connectio...

Page 46: ...erial printer cable and the EIA port Connection F Connect the serial printer cable directly to the AUX port Connection G This is an option if you connect a parallel to serial converter between the ser...

Page 47: ...gured as DTE devices Common Setups Sessions One Host Printer Aux Para Aux Baud Data Format etc matches the host Sessions One Host Printer EIA Aux EIA Baud etc matches the host Aux Baud etc matches the...

Page 48: ...ns made Host Printer Emulations C and H EIA Para ADDS VP Host Baud Data Bits Stop Bits Parity Parity Check Flow Control In Flow Control Out Modem Control 9600 8 1 None Off Xon Xoff Xon Xoff On Notes I...

Page 49: ...e flexibility and the features below contribute to ease of use The Quick menu is the first screen upon entry It contains the parameters critical to the operation of the terminal with the host Function...

Page 50: ...press Ctrl Select to enter Saving Parameters Upon exiting setup mode the prompt Save All Y N blinks Press Y or y to exit setup and save settings in permanent nonvolatile RAM Press C or c to cancel th...

Page 51: ...he area above the help bar Some parameters are action fields and have no choices See the Action Fields section later in this chapter Enter and Shift Enter Cycle up or down through the choices for a gi...

Page 52: ...croll Monitor Mode Screen Saver Bell Volume Warning Bell Host Printer Bell Length F3 Display Page Length Screen Video Cursor Display Cursor Scroll Overscan Borders Columns Width Change Clear Auto Adju...

Page 53: ...Setup Map 29 Return Key Repeat F1 to F5 keys Disconnect and key and key UDKs...

Page 54: ...cv F9 Emulation Attribute Bright Video Enhanced Attributes Page Edit WPRT Intensity WPRT Reverse WPRT Underline WPRT Blink Display NV Labels Save Labels Char Set Status Line Fkey Speed Emulation Numer...

Page 55: ...s to commands If you are using PC Term emulation refer to the Local Leadin selection in the Keys F5 section for access to local hot keys All associated defaults are loaded when the emulation is change...

Page 56: ...32 Setup AUX Baud Rate 38400 19200 9600 4800 2400 2000 1800 1200 600 300 150 134 5 110 The speed at which the secondary host or printer expects to communicate...

Page 57: ...y 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 Swedish Dutch Belgian Flemish Fr Canadian I...

Page 58: ...ght margin or continues to display characters at the right margin In ANSI emulations the default is off Auto Font Load On Off Select whether the four font banks 0 3 should automatically be loaded when...

Page 59: ...GENERAL F2 35 Choose whether control codes will be displayed as their graphic representations or be acted upon as terminal cursor commands...

Page 60: ...al is left unchanged for an extended time period 20 minutes after the screen saver is activated Energy Star a power saving feature is activated The first key typed at the keyboard brings the energy le...

Page 61: ...umber of pages will be two where the first page contains the number of lines in the selection 24 25 42 or 43 and the second page contains the remaining allowable lines See Appendix A Screen Length 26...

Page 62: ...ry distortion of text called tearing Scroll Jump Smooth Choose whether the data on the screen scrolls smoothly or jumps to accommodate data at the rate it is received Scroll Speed Smooth 1 Smooth 2 Sm...

Page 63: ...mmer s Reference Guide Key Mode ASCII ScanCode Select whether keys transmit ASCII codes or the ScanCode The ScanCode transmits a make code when a key is pressed and a break code upon its release When...

Page 64: ...40 Setup choose the number of characters that are generated per second when a key is auto repeating...

Page 65: ...key is hit while Shift is selected Caps Lock will be disengaged Caps Lock Toggle Always On Always Off This setting effects the state of the Caps Lock key When set to always on or always off the key ha...

Page 66: ...42 Setup loaded for each code page refer to the 260xx Programmer s Reference Guide...

Page 67: ...auses the Alt 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 Rcv Prtcl Funct causes the Alt key to functio...

Page 68: ...44 Setup keyboard to enter Setup If Local Leadin is on the Setup keystroke introduces the keystroke as local and then local functions can be generated using the keystrokes listed in Appendix A...

Page 69: ...by the backspace key in the normal shifted positions Desk Acc Sh Ctrl Fkeys Ctrl Disabled Select how the Desk Accessories can be accessed This selection does not appear when SCO Console emulation is...

Page 70: ...reprogrammed strings are visible in the text area for a given function or edit key the default strings are not visible in Setup If Fkey is selected then the keystroke to enter Setup becomes Ctrl F3 on...

Page 71: ...KEYS F5 47 Key and or ESC Select the characters sent by the tic tilde key Backspace BS DEL DEL BS DEL CAN Choose the codes sent by the key in the normal shifted positions...

Page 72: ...5 110 See the Quick menu earlier in this chapter AUX Data Format 7 1 O 7 1 E 7 1 M 7 1 S 7 2 N 7 2 O 7 2 E 7 2 M 7 2 S 8 1 N 8 1 O 8 1 E 8 1 M 8 1 S 8 2 N See the Quick menu earlier in this chapter EI...

Page 73: ...perform a disconnect the terminal drops the DTR 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...

Page 74: ...itting screen etc with the ACK 06h character Null Suppress On Off In the default mode the host ignores all received nulls 00 hex When off is selected the terminal will accept all received nulls and ac...

Page 75: ...F7 51 Select whether the end is indicated by the scroll region or by the cursor location Send Region Screen Scroll Choose whether the terminal sends data from the entire screen or from the scrolling r...

Page 76: ...printed has ended The options above are for ASCII emulations In ANSI emulations the choices are None FF Print Region Screen Scroll Indicate the region of the screen that is to be printed the entire sc...

Page 77: ...rlined 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...

Page 78: ...54 Setup Attribute Char Line Page Choose the extent to which attributes are propagated The only parallel ASCII emulations are PC Term and Wyse 60...

Page 79: ...f 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 emulation indicator print indicator Caps Lock and communica...

Page 80: ...cked 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...

Page 81: ...ngs will always be defaulted at power up Default Tabs This action field sets tabs at every eighth column starting at column 9 When the cursor is placed in the Tab Map the keys below will appear in the...

Page 82: ...ameter 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 an...

Page 83: ...ents of the function or edit key Comm Dependent will cause the direction of the key data to correspond to the Comm Mode of the current emulation For example if the Comm Mode is Full Block the contents...

Page 84: ...60 Setup Shift Backspace will restore the default See the Edit Fields section or Fkey Speed in the Emulation section...

Page 85: ...owing choices apply When Program F Key or Sh F Key the choices are F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 When Program Edit Key or Sh Edit Key the choices are Tab X Select Return Enter Next Screen Rem...

Page 86: ...etup field press Ctrl M or Ctrl J respectively To program the Print Screen key to perform a local print screen page function In the key text field press Ctrl and then P Next set the Key Dir Screen opt...

Page 87: ...n including the emulation A Reset Terminal is also performed Save Emulation Save all the settings associated with the chosen emulation Reset Emulation Initialize all emulation settings This is also re...

Page 88: ...ossary of Terms Some of the terms that are used in the Exec PrtSc menu are defined below Terminal Parameters Terminal parameters includes emulation parameters defined later and non emulation parameter...

Page 89: ...erminal Parameters all global settings Mode Parameters Variables that are used by a emulation s emulation but are not selectable through Setup Some examples are Protect Mode Graphics Mode Insert Mode...

Page 90: ...enu To display this pop up window to choose any of the five desk accessories press Ctrl Function keys F1 F5 are used to display the clock calendar calculator ASCII chart and diagnostic menu respective...

Page 91: ...s entered To use these keystrokes with a PC keyboard the selection Desk Acc Sh Ctrl Fkeys should be chosen in the KEYS F5 Setup menu If an ANSI keyboard is attached the F1 to F5 keys Local should be c...

Page 92: ...ed 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 Esc exit calendar The specified calendar month will display...

Page 93: ...tting the terminal s time as part of the system login process Date use the left or right arrow keys to highlight each field of the date month day and year Then use the Spacebar or press Shift Spacebar...

Page 94: ...Clock 59 Tone how alarm tone s should be activated every Hour on the Alarm setting only or both on the Alarm setting and Hourly The alarm tone can also be turned Off...

Page 95: ...de PF1 PF4 keys and funciton keys F16 F20 The calculator can process up to 10 digits to the left of the decimal point and up to 9 to the right When a number or number operator is pressed it is momenta...

Page 96: ...Press Ctrl Shift Tab to clear a printer error X exit the calculator transmitting the final result to the current application Ctrl a number on the numeric keypad specify the precision where the number...

Page 97: ...ASCII Chart 61 Characters are also displayed in octal hexadecimal and binary number representations The CHAR column contains the ASCII representation of the character...

Page 98: ...rt will be centered on the character that the cursor now rests upon Upon exit the cursor will be restored to its previous location at the time of entry to the desk accessory ies Esc exit the ASCII cha...

Page 99: ...Diagnostic Menu 63 T his page is in ten tio nally left blank Note...

Page 100: ...ode Yes Ctrl Shift Pause F4 Toggle Monitor Mode Yes Ctrl Shift 1 End Ctrl Shift 1 num Toggle Ins Replace No Ctrl Insert Ctrl PF4 Instant Screen Saver3 Yes Ctrl Shift Ctrl Shift PF3 Soft Reset4 No Shif...

Page 101: ...Enter Setup Mode10 Yes Ctrl Scroll Lock F3 Exit Setup Mode10 Yes Pause F14 Enter Clock11 Yes Ctrl Shift F1 Ctrl Shift F1 Enter Calendar11 Yes Ctrl Shift F2 Ctrl Shift F2 Enter Calculator11 Yes Ctrl Sh...

Page 102: ...5 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 fast...

Page 103: ...71 42 84 42 1 2 1 2 42 54 43 86 43 1 2 1 2 43 53 When 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 of...

Page 104: ...rference 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...

Page 105: ...ude Shaky video Wavy lines Tilted display This magnetic field interaction only occurs over a very short distance normally less than twelve inches and can be corrected by separating the equipment and o...

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Page 107: ...your needs please contact the Boundless Technologies Technical Support Department directly You will be required to provide the name of your distributor and a description of the problem as described a...

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