System Utilities
6-4
Falcon
®
DOS Portable Terminals
portable's serial port. The same mode of operation applies to video output,
which is sent to either the Falcon viewport or out the serial port.
When redirecting video output, keypad input, or both, Falcon’s serial port
must be connected to a host computer. The host computer should be running a
basic terminal emulator that provides a direct connection to the host
communications port. The host communications port settings should be: no
parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and the baud rate specified in the
comio.com
command line. By default, both video and keyboard I/O are redirected, but
either one may be changed independently.
Syntax
COMIO [/b
#
] [/h] [/k] [/v]
/b#
Specifies the baud rate to use. If not specified, the current baud rate is used.
/h
Displays a help file for the utility.
/k
Changes keyboard redirection only.
/v
Changes video redirection only.
DECODE.SYS
This driver controls bar code scanning devices and decodes bar code labels into
text. If special programming bar codes are read, the decoded information will
be sent to the PARAMS device (refer to CFGDEV.SYS, on
Otherwise, the resulting text is placed in the keyboard buffer for use by the
application.
Decode.sys
is located on drive
B
of the Falcon unit and is
loaded by the
config.sys
file located on that drive. The loading of
decode.sys
cannot be eliminated except through the safe-boot process
(refer to
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