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2-24 Installing Your Peritek Graphics Board
The console port is suitable for applications which require long cables,
because it uses the RS-232C electrical protocol which can support cable
lengths well in excess of 100 feet. Peritek uses a DB9 female D-Sub
connector.
Table 2-11 Console Connector Pinout
9-pin D-Sub Pin Number Description
1 not used
2 Transmit Data to Console Port
3 Receive Data from Console Port
4 not used
5 Ground
6 not used
7 CTS (from Console Port)
8 RTS (to Console Port)
9 not used
2.5.1b Mouse and Trackball
If you buy the Keyboard and Mouse or Trackball directly from Peritek they
will come tested and prepared to work correctly with Peritek PX Windows
and PTERM Terminal Emulator. The software will work automagically
with either a PC compatible keyboard or an LK401 compatible keyboard.
If no keyboard is installed the default is the LK401. The PX Windows
mouse or trackball should be a 3 button, Mouse Systems protocol (5 byte)
device, although the 2-button Microsoft Mouse protocol is now supported.
The Peritek Optical Mouse is a Mouse Systems Serial PC Mouse. It uses
optical technology for postioning, thus requiring a small pad, which is
included. Peritek can also supply the low-cost Peritek Roller Mouse
which uses a small rolling ball and mechanical position encoders. A pad is
not supplied, but can sometimes make the roller mouse operation
smoother. The Peritek Trackball works like an upside-down roller mouse,
but the ball is much larger.
In all cases, the unit operate in 3 button Mouse Systems protocol, which is
best suited for PX Windows. However, 2 button Microsoft Mouse mode
can be supported with a special command line option when starting the PX
Windows server (see the PX Windows User Manual "Man Page" section.
If you purchase your own mouse, make sure it can operate in the more
desirable 3 button mode.