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Page 2: ...ND DisplayTerminal 1200 User Guide ...

Page 3: ...ning in the computer However local operatinginstructions are also needed in order to use the terminalin a typical worksituation This guide tells you about Assembling and adjusting the terminal Using the soft keys Defining your own menu settings ProgrammingPUSH keys Adjusting lightintensity and contrast Creatingand handling a window Using the note pad These things are common to all ND 1200Display T...

Page 4: ...n example 17 Set up 19 Convenience switches 20 Light adjust 24 PUSH key menu 25 Notepad 30 Window keys 32 Print keys 38 Localbine 42 Appendix 43 Index 44 The information in this manual is subject to change without notice Norsk Data A S assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual or for the use or reliability of its software on equipment that is not furnishedor supported...

Page 5: ...coins or beverages on top of the terminal If such objects enter the interior they may cause serious damage to the electronic components Always refer servicingto qualified personnel No internal parts should be serviced by the user No work should be attempted on an exposed chassisby anyone unfamiliar with the servicingprocedures and precautions The power plug must be connected to a grounded wall out...

Page 6: ...art 1 Before you begin Specialterminology The illustration below shows the ND Display Terminal 1200and identifies its major parts Terminalcover Latch ONIOFF switch Screen Reset button underneath terrninul ...

Page 7: ... down with the screen facing away from you 2 Position the stand in the metal grooves as shown 3 Insert the fastening clamp in the slot and slide it slightly forward so that the notches are properly engaged Do this with both fastening calmps 4 Secure each fastening clamp with the bolt and washer 5 Tighten the bolts using the enclosed wrench spanner but do not tighten them completely They should be ...

Page 8: ...r making sure that all cables hang freely from the opening at the base of the terminal and are not pinched by the cover Adjusting your working position 11 Tilt and turn the terminal to a comfortableviewing angle which eliminatesdisturbinglight reflections If necessary loosen or tighten the bolts so that the terminal is easily tilted while in an upright position 12 Store the wrench spanner in the s...

Page 9: ... Gettingacquainted The keyboard If you have used a NOTIS keyboard before you will see that this one is slightly smaller Keyboard indicator Fftkqs SOFT KEY LEVEL I ESCAPF 1 BREAK 1 1 1 0 1 I m Typewriter area Cursor control Numeric pad ...

Page 10: ...the numeric keys in the typewriter area except that the CAPS key has no effect The soft key concept is new for NOTIS terminals These are eight distinct keys PI P8 each with several functions The use of soft keys limits the number of keys needed thereby reducing the size of the keyboard The soft keys are described briefly in this part of the guide and more extensively in part 3 The current soft key...

Page 11: ...tentsof the screen appear During this delay period the terminal goes through certain test routines to discover possible errors Error messages If an error is detected during the warm up tests a diagnosis is shown on the screen and the keyboard indicatorlight will be red Usually there is no error and the bottom of the screen will appear similar to the one shown below Your screen picture may be sligh...

Page 12: ...the keys marked P1 P8 at the top of your keyboard Each of the soft keys is capable of serving many purposes and performing many functions and subfunctions The current function of the soft keys is always displayed at the bottom of the screen picture Soft keys ...

Page 13: ...ame appears often in the text you type You can program another key with the procedure for storing and printing your text so that these operations are carried out at the touch of a single key In addition to the eight PUSH keys that are now available you can use up to erght more P K 16 by pressing the SHIFT key When a PUSH key is empty not yet programmed the box at the bottom of the screen contains ...

Page 14: ...his if you are using a NOTIS CTRL P6 product These soft key functions are pre defined by NOTIS and you will not be able to re define them This soft key set is perhaps the one you will use most often sinceit is used to mark parts of the text for editing or special handling This soft key set is softwaredependent If you run a program other than NOTIS the soft keys will have different functions ...

Page 15: ...hink of this first screen picture as the main or top level of TERMINAL functions You will notice that some of the box titles are written in lowercase letters and some in uppercase Lowercase If you press a key with a title in lowercase you enter a new lower TERMINAL function level a level of subfunctions This hierarchy of functions and subfunctions is shown in the overview on the next page Uppercas...

Page 16: ...t the light and contrast of your screen picture You must always press the exit key PI to return to the higher TERMUYALfunction level You must be at the top TERMINAL function level to change the soft keys to PROGRAM CTRL P6 or PUSH key CTRL W For more details see Part 3 ...

Page 17: ...ll on or off or program the terminal to perform complex functions at the touch of one key Al1 this is possible with the soft keys P1 P8 In part 2 we talked about the three main soft key functions PROGRAM function PUSH key function and TERMINAL function All the operations described here in part 3 are done from TERMINAL function To get into TERMINAL function level press CTRL P8 if you are in a menu ...

Page 18: ...d started to work at the terminal but you are annoyed by a high pitched clicking sound every time you press a key You would prefer a quiet keyboard Choose CONVENIENCE SWITCHES P2 and the following screen picture appears Proceed as shown CONVENIENCE SWITCH MENU Bell Volume Pressthe Auto Repeat Medium ENTER key Repeat Delay and the possible All Caps at Power Up Off keyclick settings Menu Language Sh...

Page 19: ...he terminal Leaving without If you just press exit PI the new key click setting is making the change lost when the terminal is switched off The next time permanent PI you turn on the terminal the keys will click again Cancelling the If you press RESTORE VALUES P6 the new key change P6 click setting is ignored and the keys will still click Press exit to get back to the TERMINALfunction level and th...

Page 20: ...st first press exit PI F I u T H T WITCHE ADJUST Press set up PI and you get a new set of soft keys See chart on page 15 However you will not need to change anything here Normally any set up changes are made by your system supervisor but if necessary see the manual ND DISPLAY TERMINAL 1200 Functional Specifications ND 12 054 1 EN ...

Page 21: ...er Bell Volume Margin Bell Auto Repeat Repeat Delay All Caps at Power Up Menu Language Shift Lock Key Action Push Key Labels Program Key Labels Smooth Scroll On On Medium Off Medium Low Off English Normal Enabled Enabled Disabled The convenience switch menu consists of a list of things that can be changed to make your routines with the terminal more convenient or more comfortable The example on pa...

Page 22: ... whether you want to hear a click every time you press down a key The alternatives are w No clicking sound is heard On A clicking sound is emitted every time a key ispressed You can decide whether one or more characters shouldbe registered if they are pressed down simultaneously The alternativesare o Whentwo or more keys arepressed down at the same time only thefirst one is registered You risk los...

Page 23: ...ly once Low the character is repeated slowly Medium the characteris repeated ratherfast High the character isrepeated veryfast You can set a time delay before the key you have pressed starts to be repeated The alternatives are Low The repeatfunction starts almost immediately ifyou press and hold a key High You have topress and hold a keyfor a slightly longer time before it starts to be repeated Yo...

Page 24: ...tion You must then press the LOCK key twice to make it function as shift lock If you prefer you can also totally disable the LOCK key The alternatives are Normal Twice Disabled PUSH key labels You can decide whether or not you want the PUSH keys to appear at the bottom of your screen The PUSH keys are the set of soft keys that come up when you switch on your terminal or when you press CTRL P7 The ...

Page 25: ...und adjusting the light means adjustingthe background light In negative mode it is the brightness of the charactersthat is adjusted Contrast PS P6 You can vary the difference between the light intensity of the characters and the background To get maximum contrast press P5 until the asterisk has moved all the way to the left Press P6 to minimize the contrast NEGIPOS mode With this key you can chang...

Page 26: ...press exit PI mpqp WITCHE ADJUST As mentioned on page 12 the keys PI P8 can be used as PUSH keys and can be programmed so that you will need to press only one key to generate frequently used phrases and commands PUSH means Programmable Utility for String Handling To program the PUSH keys first press PUSH KEY MENU P4 and the following menu appears ...

Page 27: ...st field 4 Use the down arrow to move to the next field and write question you have to skip the s in questions because each label can contain only eight characters Supposeyou frequentlyuse the phrase Pleasecontact us if you have any questions You want to store this phrase on PUSH key number seven 1 Press the PROGR ASCII key P5 5 Use the down arrow to move to the next line Type Please contact us if...

Page 28: ... a typing error and need to delete a character 0 3 place the cursor at the character and press this key Erase string P4 Use this key if you want to erase all the text from the cursor position to the end of the field You can always change the contents of a PUSH key by writing new text on top of the old one I Program ASCII PSI Exit PI Push key 9 16 Pa Press this key before you start programming to n...

Page 29: ...using the CTRLkey and specialfunctionkeys can be entereddirectly Example LF line feed should be entered as simu taneous y or if this key is available on your keyboard Cursor forward can be entered directly rNOTE I PROGRAM CONTROLworks in only one field at a time This means that to move to another field you have to go back to PROGRAM ASCII or PROGRAM HEX first Refer to other PUSH keys For the advan...

Page 30: ...nt to include the text you just wrote in PUSH key number seven Please contact us This is what you do 1 Move the cursor to the point on the screen where you want the text to appear 2 Press CTRL P7 and the boxes at the bottom of the screen will contain the labels you have given your PUSH keys 3 Now press the soft key for PUSH key number seven P7 labelled any question and the contents of this PUSH ke...

Page 31: ...r using programs and so forth Press the NOTE PAD key PS and the following boxes appear at the bottom of your screen The cursor is in the upper left corner of the screen and you can start making your notes The notepad is only one screenpicture in size 25 lines The notepad is a local function and the computer does not know what is in your notepad Your notes are however stored in your terminal even w...

Page 32: ... the line where the cursor is located Inserts a new line above the one where the cursor is located If the cursor is located on the last line of the notepad this line will be deletedfrom the notepad when the new line is inserted Deletesthe character at the cursor position Inserts a space to the left of the the cursor position Press the exit key PI to return to the notepad sub function level then pr...

Page 33: ... The window keys are used to create a window on the screen Through this window you can look at text that is not part of the current screen picture For example if you are writing a report the window may contain key figures which would be helpful to have in front of you for easy reference The contents of the window may come from the notepad or from another section of your current text ...

Page 34: ... the upper left corner of your screen Use the arrow keys to move the window cursor into the text area and place it where you want the upper left corner of the window This may be anywhere in the text area KEY FIGURES Total sales 1985 1 I12 340 75 I Total sales 1986 2 456 770 00 1987 Saledn 120 008 50 Feb 147 886 00 Mar 109 312 50 les Apr 144 889 00 Mav 107 090 00 Windowcursor ...

Page 35: ...e window T KEY FIGURES Total sales 1985 1 112 340 75 Total sales 1986 2 456 770 00 Now press exit PI and move to another place in the same document or to the notepad As you see the window remains on your screen You can work with the window by pressing WINDOW KEYS P6 again and using the soft keys in the following manner ...

Page 36: ...d programming the terminal Move window P7 Press this key and use the cursor keys to move the entire window to any screen location you wish Edit window P6 Press this key and use the cursor keys to adjust the size of the window ...

Page 37: ... window around the text you want to save and press CUT P3 When you do this the portion of the screen that appears in the window is frozen and you can no longer pan the surrounding text Press exit PI followed by NOTE PAD P5 to enter the notepad area Press WINDOW KEYS P6 followed by PASTE P4 and the windowed text is placed in your notepad The window no longer appears on the screen in the current wor...

Page 38: ...window P2 Press this key to delete the window permanently Exit PI Press this key to return to your regular work area The window remains on the screen until you press the HIDE WINDOW key the KILL WINDOW key the reset button or until you turn off the terminal ...

Page 39: ... first press exit PI m m WITCHE ADJUST If you have a printer connected directly to your terminal not to the computer you can use the print keys to get a printout of whatever is written on your screen Press print keys P7 and you get this screen picture Print line P2 If you press PRINT LINE the line where the cursor is placed is printed ...

Page 40: ...ge P3 If you press PRINT PAGE everything written on your screen is printed Print LF P7 If you press PRINT LF line feed nothing is printed but the sheet in the printer moves up one line Use PRINT LF in connection with other keys Select PRINT nPRINT L l PRINT n ...

Page 41: ...to the next sheet of paper Select PRINT l J PRINT nPRINT L l PRINT n Relay on P5 Select If you press RELAY ON everything you type will be printed directly on the paper without appearing on the screen Press RELAY OFF and the print keys will retain their usual functions RELAY Lland write This is written with RELAY ON ...

Page 42: ... ON and everythingyou write on the terminal is printed simultaneously When you start writing on a new line on the screen the previous line is sent to the printer Press LOG OFF and the ordinary print keys will retain their usual functions and write Thisis a test of LOG printing ...

Page 43: ...DJUST Local Line If you press the LOCAL key P8 you switch off the connection between the terminal and the host computer The terminal then operates independently If you press the same key again now labelled LINE the terminal is re connected to the host Note the switch symbol in the lower left corner of the screen indicating the current mode Closed means line open means local ...

Page 44: ...to turn the terminal off and on again If this does not help contact the person who is responsible for installing the terminal the system supervisor or a qualified service technician In many cases the terminal can be healed by using the systemtest but leave this to the experts Here are the error messages that can occur ConfigurationError RAM TestError PROM ChecksomTestError CommunicationError Ch A ...

Page 45: ...de 24 notepad 30 editing 31 numeric pad 9 onloff switch 5 10 pedestal 5 6 PKl PK8 12 PK9 PK16 12 plinth 5 6 power cable 7 print FF 40 keys 38 LF 39 line 38 log on 41 page 39 relay on 40 PROGRAM function 13 key labels 23 PUSH keys editing27 labels 23 menu 25 number 9 1627 program CONTROL 28 program HEX 28 programming 26 using 29 red indicator 9 repeat delay 22 reset button 5 screen 4 set up 19 shif...

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