4
Setup
Mode
Levels
Getting
Ready
Entering
Setup
Mode
Changing
Active
Fields
and
Setup
Levels
2
Setting
U p
the
Terminal
In
this chapter, you'll learn
how
to enter setup mode
(a
nonoperating mode)
to adapt your
terminal to your computer, peripherals, and application
programs. The terminal cannot communicate
with
a computer or printer
unless they communicate
in
a common language.
In
the first six levels of setup mode, you choose parameters such
as
baud
rate and
compatibility,
as
required by your computer, peripherals, and
application programs.
You
choose other parameters, like cursor style and
carriage return, to suit your
particular needs.
In
the seventh level of setup mode, you
can
program the terminal control
keys,
as
well
as
the accounting keys
and
function keys. Thus, you can enter
frequently repeated key combinations, or even long character strings,
with
a
single keystroke.
Default values for each parameter are set
at
the factory and you can always
return
to
them. Values you save
in
memory when you leave setup mode
remain
in
memory until you change them. Values you
don't
save remain
in
effect only until you turn
off
the terminal.
Several
other terminal features
can
be turned
on
from the keyboard (see
Chapter
3).
The terminal's default values may not match the requirements of your
computer, modem, or printer. Look
in
their manuals
and
note the
requirements
in
the inside back cover of this manual for future reference.
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Caution-Don't enter setup mode while data
is
being transmitted between the
terminal
and
the computer. The terminal cannot receive data during setup
mode.
To
enter setup mode, press the SHIFT
and
SETUP
keys simultaneously.
Any information
on
the screen remains frozen until you exit setup mode,
and a
line of boxes, called fields, appears at the top of the screen. These
fields prompt you
in
setting
up
your terminal.
I
SETUP-Exit
I I
ARROW
KEYS-New
Fleldsl
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BAR-Next
ChoIce
II
ENTER-Old
II
ESC-Default
I
Another line
of
fields at the bottom of the screen (the setup line) shows
parameters you
can
change. The active field
is
highlighted. Change the
active
field
with
the
<l
and
[>
keys.
You
can
rotate through the seven setup
levels
with
the 6 and
\l
keys.
Setting Up the
Terminal