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Terminal Screen
The Terminal provides an internal terminal emulator for communication with the Minstrel V, allowing users to further
customize the operation of their Minstrel V based on the AT command set.
To begin a terminal session, press the
<Online>
button. Going online will terminate any active network session and
establish a serial session to the modem. Once online, pressing the
<Offline>
button will close the serial session.
Pressing the
<Done>
will terminate any serial session and re-establish a network session, returning you to the Quick
Status screen. The baud rate selector at the top determines the baud rate that the session will be established at. The
default is 19200.
The screen will show the data that is being received from the Minstrel V. As data is received, it is displayed line by
line on the screen display. Scroll bars will automatically appear when the amount of displayed data exceeds the
physical size of the Palm V's total display area. You will be able to scroll back and forth through most of the
previously displayed data. There is a physical limitation on how much previous data can be scrolled and once this
limitation is reached, the oldest data will be overwritten, so that the screen buffer will always maintains the last 2000
bytes of data from the Minstrel V.
At the top of the screen is the
<Clear>
button, pressing this button will clear the current screen buffer.
At the bottom of the screen is a field for entry of an AT command. The
<Send>
button is used when you have
completed editing the command and now wish to send it to the Minstrel V. There are a number of pre-defined
commands that are included in the
<Cmd>
pick list. When you select any of these commands, the Minstrel V will
automatically send the command, without the need to press the
<Send>
button.