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3.1.2.K Other Nonprintable-Character Stripping (SWG Position 3)
To assure that your master device isn’t adversely affected by unexpected
control codes, you might want the TEP to strip nonprintable characters (not
including carriage returns and line feeds) out of the data records it receives
from slaves before it retransmits them: Set position 3 of SWG to OFF. If you
want the TEP to leave the nonprintable characters in, set position 3 ON.
3.1.2.L Carriage-Return Insert After End of Record (SWG Position 4)
If you want the Terminal Eliminator Plus to insert a carriage return at the end
of each valid slave record that doesn’t already end with a carriage return, set
position 4 of SWG to OFF. If you don’t want the TEP to insert any carriage
returns, set position 4 ON.
3.1.2.M Transmission Delay After Carriage Returns (SWG Position 5)
If your master device is an older hardcopy-display unit that needs a delay after
each carriage return to move its print head, you will want to set position 5 of
SWG to ON, which will cause the TEP to wait for 100 ms (one-tenth of a
second) after transmitting a carriage return to the master before transmitting
more data. If you have no need for this delay, set position 5 OFF.
3.1.2.N Line-Feed Insert After Carriage Returns (SWG Position 6)
If you want the Terminal Eliminator Plus to insert a line feed after every
carriage return it transmits to the master, set position 6 of SWG to OFF. If you
don’t want the TEP to insert line feeds, set position 6 OFF.
3.1.2.O Slave-Data Transmission (SWG Position 7)
If you want the TEP to switch from one slave’s data stream to the next on a
record-by-record basis, set position 7 of SWG to ON. If you don’t want the
TEP to switch to another slave until the “no receive” timeout occurs (usually
after several records are transmitted from the current slave), set position 7
OFF. See
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