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Page 1: ...OASHER 0411 and 0461 OISPLAY TERMINALS USER S MANUAL t DataGeneral Ordering NO 014 001161 01 ...

Page 2: ...ix character cell U S U K French German Swedish Finnish Spanish Danish Norwegian Swiss DG International Katakana and word processing math line drawing and superscript subscript symbots One row increments jump scrolling or smooth at 5 rows per second or 10 rows per second On power up program verifies terminal is operational Asynchronous serial full duplex RS 232 C RS 422 A or 20 mA current loop Xon...

Page 3: ... tested and found to comply with the limits for Class A computing devices pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operated in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever me...

Page 4: ...NO REPRESENTATION OR OTHER AFFIRMATION OF FACT CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO STATEMENTS REGARDING CAPACITY RESPONSE TIME PERFORMANCE SUITABILITY FOR USE OR PER FORMANCE OF PRODUCTS DESCRIBED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A WAR RANTY BY DGC FOR ANY PURPOSE OR GIVE RISE TO ANY LIABILITY OF DGC WHATSOEVER IN NO EVENT SHALL DGC BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL INDIRECT SPECIAL OR ...

Page 5: ...ith emphasis on the keyboard includes terminal operating procedures that are independent of the host computer and closes with a short paragraph on operator maintenance A Display Screen Format and Coordinate System B ASCII D411 D461 Code Sequences C Summary of D411 D461 Commands D D411 D461 Argument Formats E D411 D461 U S ASCII Functions and Conversions F D411 D461 ANSI Modes of Operation Related ...

Page 6: ... your terminal is working properly Finally turn to Chapter 3 for operation instructions This manual is carefully indexed for your convenience Seek help in the index at the back of the manual if you have trouble locating specific information You will also find the glossary useful in defining unfamiliar terms Appendixes A B C and D contain abbreviated programming information If you plan to write hos...

Page 7: ...18 On Line Operation 1 18 Off Line Operation 1 20 Introduction 2 1 Site Requirements 2 1 Repacking 2 2 Installation 2 2 Operational Checkout 2 16 Self Test and Off Line Checkout 2 17 On Line Checkout 2 23 Off Line Printer Checkout 2 23 User Maintenance 2 24 Introduction 3 1 Display Unit Controls and Indicators 3 1 Terminal Power Up Power Down Procedures 3 3 Power Up Procedure 3 3 Power Down Proced...

Page 8: ...ents D 2 Select Character Set Command Arguments D 3 Glossary Index Figures 1 1 DASHER D411 D461 Display Terminal 1 2 1 2 Display Screen Memory 1 5 1 3 D461 Terminal Graphics 1 11 1 4 D411 D461 Terminal System Configuration 1 14 1 5 D411 D461 Terminal Keyboard Layout 1 17 1 6 D411 D461 Terminal and Host Computer Operation 1 19 2 1 Rear View of D411 D461 2 3 2 2 Rear View and Connectors of the D411 ...

Page 9: ...l Off line Checkout And Demonstration Procedure 2 17 2 4 Terminal Problem Diagnosis 2 25 3 1 SPCL Key Sequences 3 11 3 2 Terminal Reset Conditions 3 15 B 1 ASCII D411 D461 Code Sequences Data General Operation B 2 B 2 ASCII D411 D461 Code Sequences ANSI Operation B 4 C l D411 D461 Commands in Alphabetical Order DG Operation C l C 2 D411 D461 Commands in Octal Code Order DG Operation C 7 C 3 D411 D...

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Page 11: ...al with one major addition the D461 includes a downline loadable DLL memory or soft character set feature that provides for user defined characters and basic drawing functions that make the display and printing of graphics possible Both the D411 and D461 terminals are intended to be connected to any host computer system that supports full duplex communications via a 20 rnA current loop or EIA RS 2...

Page 12: ...1 0461 terminal can be configured in a United States version two Canadian versions a Japanese version or in eight European versions It offers the option of operating in either Data General command syntax or in the American National Standards Institute s ANSI standard command syntax The terminal can operate in four different command syntax modes two of the modes are compatible with previous command...

Page 13: ... character set The next few sections highlight the more important features of the D411 0461 terminal Keep in mind that the 0411 0461 terminal which includes significant advances over the 0400 0450 terminal is also compatible with the DASHER 0200 Display Terminal This allows you to disconnect a 0200 terminal and replace it with the 0411 0461 without making hardware or software changes You can then ...

Page 14: ... of 24 rows Only one of the windows on the display screen is treated as active or current This is the window you are working on at the time The other windows are inactive and may display data from the same file or from different files You ll find the window feature helpful for separating areas of a form for comparing the contents of two or more data files or in any application where you need displ...

Page 15: ...s of a wide form up to 135 columns at one time Column Row o 207 1 or Display Screen Memory 23 ________________ ________________ AA 0601 Figure 1 2 Display Screen Memory Display Scrolling Left and right horizontal scrolling of the active window lets you see all 208 columns of the display screen memory You can scroll vertically both up and down in the window in three styles slow and fast smooth and ...

Page 16: ...se When the 0411 0461 terminal is turned on the left and right margins are set to columns 0 and 79 respectively You can resest the margins easily under host computer control to any of the columns in the range of 0 to 207 The only restriction on margin assignment is that the left margin column number be no greater than the right margin column number When the left and right margins are the same the ...

Page 17: ...uter s use Command Syntax Modes The Data General D411 D461 terminal otTers the choice of four modes of command syntax operation Data General 7 bit Data General 8 bit ANSI 7 bit and ANSI 8 bit These modes along with other terminal communication options are selected via the Terminal Configuration menu accessed by pressing the CMD and N C keys simultaneously The terminal will be configured with defau...

Page 18: ...ish Spanish Danish Norwegian Swiss Data General International When the terminal is powered up your display unit senses the nationality of the keyboard and selects the matching character set for display This is a default selection however and you retain the option of selecting any of the other character sets The line drawing character set is not the same as the graphics drawing features of the D461...

Page 19: ...ts those containing the word processing math Greek alphabet superscript subscript and line drawing symbols can be printed using commands under the Bit Image Screen Oump method if a graphics serial printer is connected User defined characters discussed in the next section are unique to the 0461 terminal In the ASCII Print Pass Through method all characters received over the host link are transmitte...

Page 20: ...racter sets in the D411 terminal Custom characters can be displayed with normal and compressed character spacing The DLL feature can also be used by the D461 terminal to produce graphics A graphic image is developed using two basic drawing elements straight lines and bars solid rectangles The bars are either all green amber on Model 6347A or all black the lines can be solid green or amber solid bl...

Page 21: ...y Table 1 3 lists the model numbers for the D411 D461 terminal components The display unit model number includes a numeric suffix that defines the power configuration The keyboard model number includes a suffix character defining the primary nationality Notice that Table 1 3 shows numerous keyboard nationalities but no display unit nationality_ When the D411 D461 terminal is powered up the display...

Page 22: ...sets Amber screen phosphor downloadable character 6347A sets D411 and D461 Suffix Voltage For Use In Display Units All None 120 Vac Antilles Canada 60 Hz Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Korea Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Taiwan Trinidad Venezuela Uruguay United States 1 100 Vac Japan 50 60 Hz 220 Vac No power cord 2 ...

Page 23: ...y Portugal Spain Sweden 220 Vac 8 50 Hz Italy 220 Vac 9 50 Hz Denmark Greenland 220 Vac 0 50 Hz Switzerland Ergonomic Keyboard 6348 Keyboard Type Nationality Keyboard A United States B United Kingdom C French 0 German E Katakana Japan F Reserved G Spanish H Danish Norwegian I Italian J Swiss German K Swiss French Ergonomic 6348 L Canadian English Keyboard M Canadian French N Swedish Finnish Produc...

Page 24: ...y for the 0411 0461 terminal It houses the electronic hardware and firmware that provide the 0411 0461 terminal with its sophisticated features The CRT mounted inside the display unit housing is a 12 inch green or amber phosphor monochrome unit The housing has external cable connections and a power on off switch at the rear A display screen brightness control is located on the lower right front of...

Page 25: ...e host computer and printer mouse digitizer interfaces It also programs the mode of operation Oata General or ANSI 7 or 8 bit Finally the display unit features are initialized to emulate the Model 0200 terminal normal character spacing single window of 24 rows with margins at columns 0 and 79 etc Commands or display characters consisting of ASCII characters or character sequences control operation...

Page 26: ...sequences In addition when the terminal is off line the command header control code 036 can be produced NOTE In this manual octal based numbers are enclosed in angle brackets octal number The 036 code is used extensively in the Data General version of the D411 D461 command set Appendix A of the programmer s reference manual lists all of the ASCII codes and code sequences and identifies the keys us...

Page 27: ...ASCII characters from the main keypad The 12 key screen management keypad is used for cursor control screen erase and special user functions keys C1 through C4 The 14 key numeric keypad duplicates some of the main keypad functions but the keys are arranged in a calculator fashion to make entering numerical data easier The user function keys Fl through F1S and the CTRL and SHIFT keys on the main ke...

Page 28: ... completes but before you can begin operating the terminal it checks to see if the appropriate host connector is plugged into the rear of the display unit If it is the ON LINE lamp on the keyboard goes on and the terminal enters the on line state If no host connection exists the ON LINE lamp blinks While the ON LINE lamp blinks no characters can be entered from the keyboard Pressing the ON LINE ke...

Page 29: ...cal function keys Four of these keys send no code at all to the host computer when they are pressed the display unit performs the selected function These four keys control the cursor type character spacing normal or compressed local print operations and the vertical scrolling rate The fifth local function key is used to freeze the contents of the display screen When the terminal is on line the HOL...

Page 30: ... state no connection exists between the terminal and the host computer If a communication link to the host does exist and the terminal is on line you can switch to ofT line operation by pressing the ON LINE key while holding down the CMD key The terminal can perform all functions ofT line but you must enter all display characters and commands manually at the keyboard With the terminal ofT line dat...

Page 31: ...cate the terminal on a desk or table in a normal office environment with the temperature at or near 240 C 75 0 F and the relative humidity at or near 50 percent Be sure that all terminal cables and power cords reach their connection points and that the ac power source matches the voltage and frequency requirements of the terminal and optional printer mouse or digitizer If you connect the terminal ...

Page 32: ...that the terminal installation is not delayed Repacking The 0411 0461 terminal display unit and keyboard are packed as shown on the installation data sheets Save the packing material in case reshipment is necessary Should the original packing material be discarded however use the installation data sheets as a guide in repacking the terminal for shipping Installation After you have selected an inst...

Page 33: ...N Do not disconnect the keyboard cable from the display unit when the display unit is powered up If you do terminal operation may become erratic and unpredictable NOTE The guidelines for selecting host to terminal interface cabling were provided in the Site Requirements paragraph ofthis chapter The next step assumes you have the correct cabling as determined by the host computer and the selected c...

Page 34: ...Passive Current loop 1 1 21 23 24 18 6 20 25 7 NC RC Data LData Transmitted RC Data rto the Terminal TX Data l Data Received TX Data I from the Terminal DSR DTR SEL 422 or Current Loop L Pin 25 Grounded SIC GND r for Current Loop Operation Slave Printer 5 422 RC Data 1 NC 422 RC Data 422 TX Data 422 TX Data DSR DTR SEL 422 SEL 422 or Current Loop GND Slave Printer 5 TXDataBA 3 RC Data BB 7 SG AB 4...

Page 35: ...he 25 pin connector as shown in Figure 2 4 Note that Data General cables are all shielded and that shielded cables must be used to comply with FCC Part 15 Figure 2 5 shows how shielded cables must be terminated Figure 2 6 shows the 20 mA current loop cables from Data General Data General 20 mA current loop cables are all wired for a passive connection in which the host system supplies the power to...

Page 36: ... Backpanel 1340 005 13258 Connection And 1244 005 13273 Primary Console Interface 1340 005 J25B With Backpanel Connection And 1257 005 1 nag Modem 133B 005 13266 Note MaXImum aliowClble cable length for RS 231 C IS 50 ft To Display 25 Pin Cannon IMale TXD RCD GND 7 DCD 8 DTR 20 DSR 6 CTS 5 RTS 4 Modem Cable Madeline OOS 13266 Display Unit Connector 13 25 pln Cannon connec Pin I o J 25 14 I I To Mo...

Page 37: ...13271 To Standard Cable 25 Pin Cannon Male GND RCD TXD DTR To Host 12 Pin AMP 9 11 2 6 10 MODEL 1244 MODEL 1257 005 13273 005 13389 To Standard Cable 25 Pin Cannon Male To Host 6 Pin AMP gill OJ To Standard Cable 25 Pin Cannon Male GND RCD TXD DTR To Host 13 Pin AMP AA 0608 Figure 2 3 Data General EIA RS 232 C Terminal Interface Installation and Maintenance 2 7 ...

Page 38: ...609 To Host 25 Pin Cannon Female 18 RCD 3 RCD TXD 11 TXD Cable Model Length Suffixes Model 1339 Cable EIA 422 A is 25 Long Extension Cables EIA RS 422 A 1339 A 005 20905 Is SO Long 1339 8 005 20906 Is 100 Long 1339 C 005 20907 Is 300 Long 1339 D 005 20908 Is 500 Long Note Maximum allowable cable length for RS 422 A is 1500 m 4920 feet Figure 2 4 RS 422 A Host Controller Cable 2 8 Installation and ...

Page 39: ...hielded Cable Metal Clamshell lf Ma I 5 Clamshell I I I Connector Figure 2 5 Termination Details for Non DG Shielded Cables NOTE For more information on cable termination details and parts availability contact Data General Field Engineering Installation and Maintenance 2 9 ...

Page 40: ...op Length and baud rates Extension cable or cables may be used in addition to model 1341 for longer distances subject to length Model 1242 005 13272 To Standard Cable 25 Pin Cannon Male TXD 18 RCD 2 RCD 11 TXD 3 QND 7 limitations shown in maximum cable lengths table Models 1341 A 8 c D may not be used without model 1341 Current Loop Host End Adapter Cables To Host 12 Pio Amp 1i 2 1 11 9 10 Model 1...

Page 41: ... according to Step 7 of these installation instructions WARNING The terminal comes equipped with a three conductor ac power cord The power cord must be plugged into a grounded three contact electrical outlet 6 Make sure the terminal display power control switch on the rear of the display unit is set to the power off position Plug the display unit power cord into the ac power source Position the te...

Page 42: ...Hz 60 Hz AUTO SCREEN DIM 15 SCROLL RATE Jump CURSOR TYPE Reverse video block To use the menu simultaneously press the CMD and N C keys The menu looks like the one in Figure 2 7 The Terminal Configuration Menu is displayed in the language dictated by the keyboard nationality To display the menu ill English and override the native language if other than English press SHIFT CMD N C 2 12 Installation ...

Page 43: ... notice that the cursor is over the option HOST Baud Rate When the cursor appears over an option in the left column the right column contains a list of the possible values you can select for that communication option For example when the cursor is over the option ANSI DG MODE the right column lists the possible values you can select for mode namely ANSI or DG Mode Installation and Maintenance 2 13...

Page 44: ...ction return to the list of terminal communication options by using the Cursor Left key to move the cursor back to the left column The cursor will move back to the HOST Baud Rate selection in the left column In order to select a value for another communication option use the cursor positioning keys to move the cursor up and down the list of options in the left column For example to set the host da...

Page 45: ...d Rate Initiate print operation see Chapter 3 Printer Data Bits Initiate print operation see Chapter 3 Printer Parity Initiate print operation see Chapter 3 ANSI DG Mode Go off line press the ON LINE key while pressing the CMD key and then back on line again 50 60 Hz Power terminal down and then back up Auto Screen Dim Exit terminal configuration menu Scroll Rate Power terminal down and then back ...

Page 46: ...er operations set the terminal to 7 bit and even parity For 8 bit printer operations set the terminal to 8 bit and no parity g If you are using a printer with the terminal select the printer baud rate Set the baud rate on the printer to match the terminal printer port parity and stop bits h Select timing for Auto Screen Dim Select the time it takes the screen to blank after the last key is depress...

Page 47: ...ess and hold down the CMD key while pressing the ON LINE key CMD ON LINE The ON LINE lamp should turn off indicating the terminal is off line If the keyboard does not operate check to make sure it is plugged in correctly 4 Set the command syntax mode to Data General 8 bit using the Terminal Configuration menu Then perform the terminal off line checkout and demonstration procedure in Table 2 3 Tabl...

Page 48: ...he left margin of the same line The Data General International character A appears The terminal bell emits a beep The text appears underscored The text appears dimmed and underscored The text blinks is dimmed and is underscored The underscore does not appear under the new text but remains under the old text The new text is brightly displayed but the old text remains dim The new text does not blink...

Page 49: ...own with no embedded spaces Be sure to press the SHIFT key for uppercase functions Enter 036 D and some text Enter 036 E and some text Expected Results The screen clears and the new text is not underscored dimmed blinking or reverse video Characters from the cursor position to the end of the line are erased The text appearance alternates between compressed format and normal format with each key de...

Page 50: ...ected text is erased and the cursor moves to the upper left corner of the screen The text shifts to the left 40 columns with the cursor in the left column of the screen the text margins are set to columns 40 and 207 The text shifts to the right 40 columns The cursor moves to the next line at the new margin column 40 The text scrolls to the left one column for each character entered at the rightmos...

Page 51: ...window The text in the bottom window scrolls down one line A blank space is inserted in the text at the cursor position A blank row is inserted at the row containing the cursor The blank row from the previous step is deleted The character at the cursor position is deleted The terminal bell sounds the screen is cleared and the cursor moves to the upper left corner of the screen Data General Interna...

Page 52: ... terminal performs a self test a bell tone sounds and the cursor appears in the upper left corner of the screen followed by the words 0411 0461 Self Test OK terminal reset The ON LINE lamp goes on if the terminal is connected to a host or blinks if the host connection is not complete The graphics cursor is turned on and appears in the lower left corner of the screen with left and bottom portions o...

Page 53: ...he printer model number Then using the Terminal Configuration menu set the terminal to 7 bit and even parity configure the printer to receive characters with 7 data bits even parity and 1 stop bit and set the printer baud rate to match the terminal printer mouse digitizer port baud rate The printer interface cable should be connected between the printer and the printer mouse digitizer connector at...

Page 54: ...link or underscore attributes should print The blinking text is printed as regular text and underscored text is printed with underscore User Maintenance User maintenance can be divided into two categories preventive maintenance and problem diagnosis Preventive maintenance for the 0411 0461 terminal primarily involves maintaining a clean dust free environment that conforms to the specifications lis...

Page 55: ...lay unit to verify screen brightness is not turned down too far for viewing Contact Data General Field Engineering for help Try using the terminal even though the error message appears the failure may not be fatal to normal terminal operation Verify that the cable connection from the host computer to the terminal is secure if a user supplied cable is installed verify that the terminal end of the c...

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Page 57: ...lps clarify this point and includes a discussion of terminal on line and off line operation Off line operating procedures receive most of the attention in this chapter because they depend only on the characteristics of the 0411 0461 terminal If you have a printer configured with your 0411 D461 terminal see the printer manual for printer operating instructions Display Unit Controls and Indicators T...

Page 58: ...e left to decrease brightness The terminal bell rings once when the terminal is first turned on a ld a second time when the automatic self test is complete The bell is programmable and can be sounded off line from the keyboard press CTRL G or on line by the host computer AA 0613 Figure 3 1 Display Unit Brightness Control 3 2 Operation Brightness Slide Switch ...

Page 59: ...N LINE CMD ON LINE Then the ON LINE lamp turns offto indicate the terminal is off line 3 To operate the terminal on line log on the host computer in accordance with the host software requirements The details of this step should be found in the host system software documentation The descriptions of keyboard controls and indicators in this chapter summarize off line operation of the terminal On line...

Page 60: ...ves more attention in this user s manual because off line you can exercise the same terminal features and commands that the host computer can exercise when the terminal is on line On Line Operation Before you can operate the terminal on line you must follow the steps of the power up procedure described previously With these initial steps completed the terminal is ready for communication with the h...

Page 61: ...l commands in the ANSI operating mode also use characters not having corresponding keys on the keyboard and falling in the 000 through 036 range However these characters have completely different associated commands and are generally produced by using the CTRL key in conjunction with one of the main keypad keys Appendix A of the programmer s reference manual also shows how to produce each of these...

Page 62: ...nd Indicators The U S keyboard is shown in Figure 3 2 It contains a typewriter style 60 key main keypad a 12 key screen management keypad a 14 key numeric keypad 15 user function keys and 5 local function keys Local Function User Function Keys Keys y r Main Keypad Screen Management Keypad Figure 3 2 Terminal Keyboard With the keyboard you can generate all 95 displayable ASCII characters the delete...

Page 63: ... associated character is generated at a rate of 15 characters per second until the key is released Alternatively pressing and holding down the REPT key along with any other character generating key or key combination begins immediate repetition of the associated character at the rate of 30 characters per second Repetition continues at that rate until either the REPT key is released in which case t...

Page 64: ...se characters The cursor positioning keys can be used to move the cursor without the erasing action The functions of the darker colored keys on the main keypad in the off line state are BREAK ESC Pressing this key alone has no effect In Data General mode pressing the CMD key and then pressing ESC CMD ESC generates the ASCII control code 036 When the terminal is on line pressing BREAK ESC and CMD s...

Page 65: ...de is on this key has no effect on the alphabetic keys ON LINE Pressing this key alone has no effect Pressing and holding down CMD while pressing ON LINE CMD ON LINE switches the terminal between the on line and off line modes The ON LINE lamp will light when the terminal is on line blink when the terminal is waiting to go on line due to an incomplete connection to the host computer and turn off w...

Page 66: ... cursor reaches the first unprotected character position NOTE Pressing the NEW LINE key while pressing the REPT key repeats the new line function 30 times a second If these two keys are pressed with smooth scrolling in effect with the cursor on the bottom row ofa window and with screen roll enabled the cursor will disappear offthe bottom ofthe window until the vertical scrolling caused by the repe...

Page 67: ...e then that particular character is displayed If no such graphic character is present in the keyboard language then the terminal treats the sequence as invalid The DASHER 0411 0461 Programmer s Reference Manual contains detailed information about character set selection NOTE Codes generated by keyboard nationalities other than the u s may differ See Appendix F ofthe programmers reference manual Ta...

Page 68: ...equences continued Press SPCL Key Character Displayed Then Press Then Press i i f A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 A G 0 u u u en u i i D u U 0 n n N L 0 x 0 A A space space space space space space a e e JE 3 12 Operation ...

Page 69: ...ess the SPCL key the order in which you press the other keys does not matter CR Pressing this key moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line If the left margin position contains a protected character the cursor will move to the first unprotected character position to the right of the beginning of the line DEL Pressing this key has no effect off line Screen Management Keypad The screen m...

Page 70: ...h protected and unprotected characters and moves the cursor to the left margin of the top line of the window window home position NOTE Terminal Reset When you press and hold down CMD while pressing ERASE PAGE the terminal will reset to its initial power on state and perform a self test You can reset it this way both off line and on line Table 3 2 lists highlights ofthis reset operation 3 14 Operat...

Page 71: ...ng this key erases characters from the current cursor position to the right margin including the character in the cursor position If any characters to the right of the cursor are protected only those characters between the cursor and the first protected character are erased The cursor position is not changed with this key Cursor Right Pressing this key moves the cursor one column position to the r...

Page 72: ...a it will perform Cursor Left operations until it reaches the first unprotected character position HOME Pressing this key moves the cursor to the left margin of the first row in the current window If the window home position is protected the cursor will perform Cursor Right operations until it reaches the first unprotected character position User Function Keys The user function keys are also shown...

Page 73: ...a blinking reverse video block and return to its original form as a nonblinking reverse video block The cursor appearance can also be changed with the Terminal Configuration menu A selection of the cursor type made via the Terminal Configuration menu becomes effective only after power up or after reset pressing the CMD and ERASE PAGE keys simultaneously Press the CMD and N C keys to access the men...

Page 74: ... to the terminal the Print menu will not be displayed The Print menu looks like the one in Figure 3 6 Once the menu is called up on the screen you can select the different print operations by pressing any numeric key or by using the cursor positioning keys If you press any other key while in the Print Menu the words Hit BREAK ESC Key to Exit flash across the top of the menu Pressing the BREAK ESC ...

Page 75: ...ter occurs The screen contents are printed exactly as they appear on the screen except that underscore and blink attributes are ignored 3 Print Window In this operation the contents of the current window are transmitted to the printer beginning with the row containing the cursor During printing data entered at the keyboard is ignored and lost Operation 3 19 ...

Page 76: ...he screen SCRLL RATE When the terminal is turned on scrolling is performed in single row increments jump scrolling Pressing SCRLL RATE will change the scroll rate for the current window to one of three settings 1 Pressing SCRLL RATE once enables smooth scrolling performed at a rate of 5 character rows per second 2 Pressing SCRLL RATE a second time increases the smooth scroll rate to 10 character r...

Page 77: ...can move the device and the graphics cursor will move in a corresponding manner The mouse and digitizer each have three buttons The buttons on the left and the right are user function keys similar to the 15 function keys at the top of the terminal keyboard When the terminal is on line these keys send a code sequence to the host When off line these keys have no effect The middle button on both devi...

Page 78: ... off and on the following general steps must be followed to mstall the user defined characters 1 Power up the terminal and log onto the host system as described in the power up procedure earlier in this chapter 2 Create or install the ASCII files or programs containing the custom characters on the host system 3 Download transfer the custom characters from the host to the terminal One way to do thi...

Page 79: ...II characters per character definition If TIME NO CHAR CHAR SEC CHAR SEC BAUD BITS 28 Then TIME NO CHAR BITS 28 BAUD Example If a set of 1 024 characters is downloaded at 9 600 baud and each ASCII character transferred is assumed to consist of 10 bits 1 start bit 7 data bits 1 parity bit and 1 stop bit the total download time is calculated as follows TIME 1 024 x 10 x 28 9 600 29 9 seconds This am...

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Page 81: ...I I 1 Screen Width I I I Power up Reset I I I I Screen Width Compressed Spacing I DISPLAY SCREEN COORDINATE SYSTEM J y Direction lJ r 575 I 799 57 1619 575 Power Up Reset I 24 Rows 80 Columns I I I I 0 0 799 0 1619 0 x Direction 1 character column lOx coordinate units 1 character row 24 y coordinate units Display Screen Format and Coordinate System A l ...

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Page 83: ...oard combinations listed is 036 A B To find the octal value of A B add the number at the top of the column in which a particular keyboard combination is located to the number in the far left column in the same row as the combination Example The octal code sequence for CTRL F8 is 036 070 A B 060 010 070 NOTE In all keyboard sequences listed the F or C key is pressed last CTRL SHIFT Fl means press a...

Page 84: ... F3 CTRL F3 SHIFT C4 SHIFT Fll CTRL SHIFT F4 CTRL F4 Cl SHIFT F12 CTRL SHIFT F5 CTRL F5 C2 SHIFT F13 CTRL SHIFT F6 CTRL F6 C3 SHIFT F14 CTRL SHIFT F7 CTRL F7 C4 CTRL SHIFT FB CTRL FB SHIFT F15 F15 CTRL SHIFT F9 CTRL F9 SHIFT Fl Fl CTRL SHIFT FlD CTRL Fl0 SHIFT F2 F2 CTRL SHIFT Fll CTRL Fll SHIFT F3 F3 CTRL SHIFT F12 CTRL F12 SHIFT F4 F4 CTRL SHIFT F13 CTRL F13 SHIFT F5 F5 CTRL SHIFT F14 CTRL F14 S...

Page 85: ...he octal code sequence for each of the keyboard combinations listed is CSI A B C l72 The octal value of A is the number at the top of the column in which a particular keyboard combination is located The octal values of B C are the numbers in the far left column in the same row as the combination Example The octal code sequence for CTRL F8 CF8 is CSI 062 060 070 172 A 062 B C 060 070 NOTE In all ke...

Page 86: ...T F6 CTRL F6 CTRL SHIFT F6 060 067 F7 SHIFT F7 CTRL F7 CTRL SHIFT F7 060 070 FB SHIFT FB CTRL FB CTRL SHIFT FB 060 071 F9 SHIFT F9 CTRL F9 CTRL SHIFT F9 061 060 FlO SHIFT FlO CTRL FJO CTRL SHIFT FJO 061 061 Fll SHIFT Fll CTRL Fll CTRL SHIFT Fll 061 062 F12 SHIFT F12 CTRL F12 CTRL SHIFT F12 061 063 F13 SHIFT F13 CTRL F13 CTRL SHIFT F13 061 064 F14 SHIFT F14 CTRL F14 CTRL SHIFT F14 062 060 Cl SHIFT ...

Page 87: ...e Page Cursor Up Cursor Down Cursor Right Cursor Left Cursor Home CMD PRINT or CMD SHIFT PRINT Erase EOL Codes generated by optional mouse or digitizer Code Sequence CSI 060 071 060 172 CSI x coordinate 073 y coordinate 040 161 CSI 060 071 061 172 Button Position Left Center Right ASCII D411 D461 Code Sequences B 5 ...

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Page 89: ... Arc 036 107 060 x y radius start end 036 GO Bar 036 107 061 x 036 Gi y width height color x fc width hei ht NNN co or ASCII c aracter code Bell 007 CTRL G Blink Disable 004 CTRL D Blink Enable 003 CTRL C Blink Off 017 CTRL O Blink On 016 CTRL N Carriage Return 015 CTRL M Change Attributes 036 1 06 116 char count 036 FN set reset character count nnn set reset n Cursor Down 032 CTRL Z Cursor Left 0...

Page 90: ...35 CTRL Dim On 034 CTRL Display Character Generator 036 106 070 036 F8 Contents Erase End Of Line 013 CTRL K Erase Screen 036 106 105 036 FE Erase Unprotected 036 106 106 036 FF Erase Window 014 CTRL L Fill Screen With Character 036 106 076 char 036 F char char ASCII character code Fill Screen With Grid 036 106 071 036 F9 Form Bit Dump 036 106 077 066 036 F 6 Horizontal Scroll Disable 036 106 135 ...

Page 91: ...7 062 or 036 F 2 036 106 141 or 036 Fa Print Pass Through On 036 106 077 063 or 036 F 3 036 106 140 036 F Print Window 021 CRTL Q or LOCAL PRINT and Menu Protect Disable 036 106 127 036 FW Protect Enable 036 106 126 036 FV Protect Off 036 106 115 036 FM Protect On 036 106 114 036 FL Push 036 106 150 036 Fh Read Characters Remaining 036 106 144 036 Fd Read Cursor Attributes 036 107 100 036 G Read C...

Page 92: ...n 036 Fc count column count nn Scroll Right 036 1 06 1 04 column 036 FD count column count nn Scroll Up 036 110 036 H Select ANSI Mode 036 106 100 036 F Select Character Set 036 106 123 set 036 FS set nn Select Compressed Spacing 036 106 113 036 FK Select Normal Spacing 036 106 112 036 F Select 7 8 Bit Operation 036 106 125 mode 036 FU mode ASCII character code Set Alternate Margin 036 106 131 row...

Page 93: ...pattern character ASCII character code null CTRL SHIFT Set Scroll Rate 036 106 124 rate 036 FT rate ASCII character code Set Windows 036 1 06 1 02 row count 036 FB normal row count normal row count nn normal n Shift In 036 117 036 0 Shift Out 036 116 036 N Show Columns 036 106 137 left right 036 F_ left right nn Simulprint Off 036 106 077 060 036 F 0 Simulprint On 036 106 077 061 036 F 1 Underscor...

Page 94: ...n Alphabetical Order OG Operation continued Command Name Octal Form Keyboard Write Screen Address 036 106 120 column 036 FP row column row nn Write Window Address 020 column row CTRL P column row nn C 6 Summary of D411 D461 Commands ...

Page 95: ...ine 014 Erase Window 015 Carriage Return 016 Blink On 017 Blink Off 020 column row Write Window Address 021 Print Window 022 Roll Enable 023 Roll Disable 024 Underscore On 025 Underscore Off 027 Cursor Up 030 Cursor Right 031 Cursor Left 032 Cursor Down 034 Dim On 035 Dim Off 036 101 color Set Foreground Color 036 103 Read Model ID 036 104 Reverse Video On 036 105 Reverse Video Off Summary of D411...

Page 96: ...6 Form Bit Dump 036 106 100 Select ANSI Mode 036 106 101 Reset 036 106 102 row count Set Windows normal row count normal 036 106 103 columncount Scroll Left 036 106 104 columncount Scroll Right 036 106 105 Erase Screen 036 106 106 Erase Unprotected 036 106 107 Screen Home 036 106 110 Insert Line 036 106 111 Delete Line 036 106 112 Select Normal Spacing 036 106 113 Select Compressed Spacing 036 106...

Page 97: ...sert Line Between Margins 036 106 134 Delete Line Between Margins 036 106 135 Horizontal Scroll Disable 036 106 136 Horizontal Scroll Enable 036 106 137 left right Show Columns 036 106 140 Print Pass Through On 036 106 141 Print Pass Through Off 036 106 142 Read Screen Address 036 106 144 Read Characters Remaining 036 106 145 set number Initialize Draw 036 106 146 language Set Keyboard Language 03...

Page 98: ...tes 036 107 101 Cursor Reset 036 107 102 Cursor On 036 107 103 Cursor Off 036 107 110 device Cursor Track 036 107 160 061 offset Set Pattern pattern definition null 036 110 Scroll Up 036 111 Scroll Down 036 112 Insert Character 036 113 Delete Character 036 114 loc_list null Line 036 116 Shift Out 036 117 Shift In NOTE To generate 036 from the keyboard press CMD BREAK ESC C lO Summary of D411 D461 ...

Page 99: ... Forward CSI of columns l 03 CSI C Cursor Off CSI 040 165 CSI 040 u Cursor On CSI 040 166 CSI 040 v Cursor Position CSI y 073 x 110 CSI H Cursor Reset CSI 040 167 CSI 040 w Cursor Track CSI device 040 170 CSI 040 x Cursor Up CSI of rows 101 CSI A Defi ne Character DCS l 01 char dd dd DCS A ST ST Delete Character CSI of chars 120 CSI P Delete Line CSI of rows 115 CSI M Device Status CSI 066 156 CSI...

Page 100: ...Cursor CSI 040 162 CS 1 040 r Attributes Read Cursor CSI 060 040 176 CSI 0 040 Contents 176 Read Graphics CSI 040 161 CSI 040 q Cursor Read Offset Show Read offset CSI 060 164 and Read offset CSI t Columns Show Columns CSI 061 073 Show Columns left col 073 right col 164 CSI l t Read Reserve CSI 061 073 set 073 CSI s Characters nnn 163 Read Terminal CSI 170 CSI x Configuration Report Failures DCS 1...

Page 101: ...row 073 left margin 073 right margin 167 CSI 2 w Return to main margins CSI 167 CSI w or CSI 060 167 Set Mode CS1 mode 073 mode CSI h 150 Set Parameters CSI parm 073 value 073 CSI v parm 073 value 166 Set Pattern OCS 103 offset pattern definition ST OCS c ST Set Windows OCS 104 nn n nn n OCS O ST ST Shift In 017 CTRL O Shift Out 016 CTRL N Single Shift Two 033 116 in 7 bit mode or 216 in 8 bit mod...

Page 102: ...e Reverse Index 033 116 in 7 bit mode Single Shift Two 033 117 in 7 bit mode Single Shift Three 033 126 in 7 bit mode Start Protected Area 033 127 End Protected Area 033 143 7 bit mode only Reset To Initial State 204 in 8 bit mode Index 205 in 8 bit mode Next Line 215 in 8 bit mode Reverse Index 216 in 8 bit mode Single Shift Two 217 in 8 bit mode Single Shift Three 226 in 8 bit mode Start Protect...

Page 103: ...3 Show Columns right col 164 CSI 061 073 left margin 073 right margin 167 Set Margins main margins CSI 062 073 row 073 left margin 073 right margin 167 Set Margins alternate margins CSI 066 156 Device Status Report CSI x loc 073 y loc 040 Write Graphics Cursor 164 CSI loc 073 radius 073 Arc start 073 end 040 160 CSI loc 073 width 073 Bar height 073 color 160 CSI parm 073 value 073 parm 073 value 1...

Page 104: ...rsor Backward CSI parm 112 Erase In Display CSI argument 113 Erase In Line CSI of rows 114 Insert Line CSI of rows llS Delete Line CSI of chars 120 Delete Character CSI of rows 123 Scroll Up CSI of rows 124 Scroll Down CSI value lSl Media Copy CSI 167 Set Margins return to main margins CSI 170 Read Terminal Configuration DCS l 01 char dd dd ST Define Character DCS l 02 loc loc ST Line DCS 103 offs...

Page 105: ... Argument Format DG Mode Argument Forms and Values Decimal ASCII n 0 to 15 decimal Characters n n 0 to 255 0 to n n n 0 to 4095 0 0 0 0 1 256 16 1 Examples 2 512 32 2 3 768 48 3 For n 12 4 1024 64 4 from table 5 1280 80 5 6 1536 96 6 For nn 135 128 7 7 1792 112 7 1st n 128 8 8 2048 128 8 2nd n 7 7 9 2304 144 9 nn 87 2560 160 10 2816 176 11 For nnn 3888 3840 48 0 3072 192 12 1st n 3840 3328 208 13 ...

Page 106: ...r NNN NNN D 128 4 x y 1358 E 160 5 F 192 6 1024 320 14 G 224 7 AJN H 256 8 from table I 288 9 J 320 10 For xxx yyy 455 K 352 11 L 384 12 0 448 7 M 416 13 NG N 448 14 from table 0 480 15 P Not 512 16 For xxx yyr Q Used 544 17 width heig t 1420 R 576 18 5 608 19 1024 348 12 T 640 20 ALL U 672 21 from table V 704 22 W 736 23 X 768 24 Y 800 25 Z 832 26 864 27 896 28 1 928 29 A 960 30 992 31 0 2 0411 0...

Page 107: ...m 02 101 French 03 122 German 04 113 Swedish Finnish 05 110 Spanish 06 061 Danish Norwegian 07 062 Swiss 08 063 Katakana GO 09 112 Word Processing 10 065 Line Drawing 11 066 DG International 064 Katakana G1 O 111 Command in Data General Mode 036 106 123 set Command in ANSI Mode GO 033 050 set Gl 033 051 set G2 033 052 set G3 033 053 set 0411 0461 Argument Formats 0 3 ...

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Page 109: ...ode for the character add 20 B 2B base 16 For the decimal code follow the same procedure using the numbers in the decimal row and column Example To arrive at the decimal code for the character add 64 1 65 base 10 For the octal code follow the same procedure using the numbers in the octal row and column Example To arrive at the octal code for the J character add 100 012 112 base 8 D411 D461 u s ASC...

Page 110: ...tal 0 0 0 space 0 p P 1 1 001 1 A Q a q 2 2 002 2 B R b r 3 3 003 3 C 5 c s 4 4 004 4 D T d t 5 5 005 lr 5 E U e u 6 6 006 6 F V f v 7 7 007 7 G W g w 8 8 010 8 H X h x 9 9 011 9 I Y i Y A 10 012 J Z j z B 11 013 K k comma C 12 014 L I I hyphen D 13 015 M 1 m E 14 016 N A n underscore UART F 15 017 0 a Error E 2 D411 D461 U S ASCII Functions and Conversion ...

Page 111: ...ne Feed New Line Editing Boundary Insertion Replacement Vertical Editing Horizontal Editing Selected Area Transfer Tabulation Stop Editing Boundary NOTE See ANSI X3 64 1979 Code 062 063 065 061 061 061 062 061 063 061 064 061 065 062 060 061 071 064 067 061 060 061 067 001 070 061 071 Fixed State RESET RESET RESET RESET SET RESET RESET SET SET RESET RESET RESET RESET RESET RESET RESET D411 D461 AN...

Page 112: ...orms Mode 074 064 SET See Media Copy command RESET See Media Copy command Horizontal 074 063 SET Horizontal Scroll enabled Scroll RESET Guarded 061 SET Protect attribute disabled Area Transfer RESET Erasure 066 SET Erase functions will erase Mode protected text RESET Erase functions will not affect protected text Ma ins 074 065 SET Editing within margins Mo e only RESET Editing operations not limi...

Page 113: ...or display terminals an attribute is a characteristic associated with a character position on the display screen For the 0411 461 terminal each character position can be programmed with five attributes blink dim underscore reverse video and protect Baud The number of bits transmitted serially each second over a communication line Binary A numbering system with a radix of two the two numerals used ...

Page 114: ...sor on the 0461 is a cross that indicates a picture element pixel position on the screen This position may be read by the host computer under software control or transmitted to the host by the user The graphics cursor is useful when running certain graphics software programs Data A general expression for the information that moves through a computer system or device Delimit To establish the limits...

Page 115: ...1 D461 terminal Margins For the D411 D461 terminal the margins define the columns between which the cursor is free to move The margin settings column numbers are programmable and may define a column range running from 1 to 208 Matrix A two dimensional rectangular array organized into columns and rows Microprocessor An electronic component or part that contains all the circuits necessary to fetch a...

Page 116: ...e Several of the D411 D461 commands allow the host computer to request various types of status information from the terminal Raster scan A method of displaying information on a CRT A raster scan consists of sweeping an electron beam across a display screen on a line by line basis turning on pixels as required to create the desired imag Read Only Memory ROM A type of computer memory that retains da...

Page 117: ...e D411 D461 terminal are responsible for communication with the host computer and optional printer Window For the D411 D461 terminal a window consists of one or more consecutive character rows on the display screen A window may contain from 1 to 24 rows there may be from 1 to 24 windows on the display screen The active window contains the cursor and has all the features of a full display screen Gl...

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Page 119: ...ral International character set 3 10 Default terminal configuration 2 12 Index DEL key 3 13 Digitizer 2 1 Digitizer operation 3 21 Display screen brightness control 3 2 Display screen coordinate system A I Display screen row column format A I Display scrolling 1 5 Display unit controls 3 1 Display unit indicators 3 1 Display screen management 1 3 Downline loadable character set 1 2 Downline loadab...

Page 120: ... Modem 2 2 Modes of operation ANSI F l Mouse 2 1 Mouse operation 3 21 In 2 Index N C key 3 18 NEW LINE key 3 10 Normal spacing 1 5 Numeric keypad 3 16 Off line checkout 2 17 2 23 Off line operation 1 20 3 4 Off line printer checkout 2 23 Off line state 1 19 ON LINE key 3 9 On line checkout 2 23 On line operation 1 18 3 4 On line state 1 18 Operational checkout 2 16 Power on off control 3 1 Power o...

Page 121: ...erminal communication options 2 11 2 12 Terminal configuration label 2 2 Terminal configuration menus 2 13 Terminal frequency 2 12 Terminal operating procedures 3 4 User defined character sets 3 22 User function keys 3 16 Vertical scrolling 1 5 Window active 1 4 Window bit dump print operation 3 20 Windows 1 4 Index In 3 ...

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Page 123: ... 8 Ib 1 2 m 4 ft 2 25 m 7 4 ft 6 1 m 25 ft standard for all three cable types 90 132 Vac 50 or 60 Hz 1 3 0 amps peak at 90 Vac 22 amps at 120 Vac for 1 2 cycle 187 264 Vac 50 or 60 Hz 1 2 4 amps peak at 187 Vac 11 amps at 240 Vac for 1 2 cycle Operating 10 to 38 C 50 to 100 F Storage 4 to 65 C 40 to 149 F Operating 20 to 80 noncondensing Storage 10 to 90 noncondensing Operating Maximum 2 438 m 8 0...

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