Yamaha YRM-303 Owner's Manual

YAMAHA

YRM.3O3

MIDI MAERO

& MONITOR

OWNER'S

MANUAL
MANUEL D'UTILISATION
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& Perinherals

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Color Monllor or TV

The

Yamaha Muslc Cornpuiers

(CX5IV

or CXsMll)

come with ihe

SFG-01 or

lhe SFG 05 Yamaha

FM Sound Synthes

zer llnit lf

yotr

own anoiher

Yaraaha MSX computer

you

wll have to

purchase

a

M D nterface

(see

be ow).

You can

use the Yamaha

FII Sound Synthesizer

Llnits SFG-01 or

SFG-05

or the SN.4D 01 as a

lVlDl intedace for

your

computer

We recornmend an

RGB mon torlor

optimalscreen resolut on.lf

your

compuler ls

noi equ

pped

w th an

RGB connector any co or monitor

or TV wi do P ease

reter to lhe Owneas

Manua oi

your

computer

A

prinler

wlll

provide

you

w

ih

hard copies of

your programs.

Any

prinler

bear ng tne

@

talet can be used We

recornmend the

Yamaha PN'101 Dot mpacl

Pr nter

You can use a

Data Recorder

lor

an

ord nary tape recorder).

For

h

gh

speed

memory operat on,

howev€r, a Yamaha Memory Car-

tridge

(UDC-l

)

or an

MSX F oppydisk

Drive

(the

Yamaha FD 05. for

example) s besl.

Note thal onty one

I oppy disk drive can be used

and lhat only

the SFG 05 s compatib

e wlth a floppy d sk drive.

Yamaha

Music compuler

or Yamaha MSx

compuler

equipped

wlth a MlDl ln-

lertace

MlDllnlerlace

.

Prlnler

.

Exlernal memory

MIDI

.

Source lnslrumenl

.

Slave

Inslrumenl

Any l\,llDl un t can be lsed as

an input dev ce

Yo! may

lse a

M D

keyboard a

li/lDi sequencer or even another

lVusc Computer

equipped

with sequence soflware. s!ch

as lhe FM Mus c Cornposer

or the

FM Mus c Macro orlustaMusicKeyboardlYK'01/YK20)

Any M D syslem

featur ng a M D N connector

The slave nslrument

w I

play

the

M D sequences

generated

by or handed on iiora

your

Mus c Compuier.

A dio

System

Do not connect lhe

AUDIo oLlT

lacks

ofyour SFG-01 or

SFG-05 toyoursound system.

Connect a stereo

ampliJication

syslem lo the N4 D

nstrLment{s) flheydonotfeatureb!ill-nampliferandspeaker.

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()verview

of a

C

MJD]

.

Reler to the

Owner's lVanual

ol

\rour

computer lo

connect the TV/moniior

and the Data Recordef.

.

To connect

lhe other components

refer to iheir respective

Owner's [4anua

.

lf

your

computer is equ

pped

with only

one cartrclge slot

yo!

may rnsert the dlsk

drve int€dace

orthe Data

Memory

Cadridge inlo the rearslot

using a Singte

Cartrdge Adapter

(CA

0i).

rffi

MIOIOUT

N1 D .strumenl

(Sourc€)

.

Never insed

or rernove anything

from a cartriclge

s ot as long as the

computer s

power

Io caror

is lil.

.

NeveT

nsert or remove

a lioppy

d sk when the drive

s operation nd cator

is Iit

.

Never switch

the computer

or the drive on/oJJ white

there is a ftoppy

disk in the drive

Warn

ng

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MIDI Connections

MIDI

.

To

play

back

MlDl

sequences

by means ol the MlDl

Macro Assembler or the MlDl Monilol

The MlDl coanections depend on lhe

way

you

.

To monitor the MIDI sequences ot a

MIDI

;

r

-,".­l

intend to use the l,llDl

l",lacro & f/on tor

program

inslrumenl

Fi\4 So!nd

Genarator

.

To use lhe

program

belween lwo MlDl Inslrumenls

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MD N

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ae

sure

lo insert the YFN,I 303 cartr dge

before turn ng on the

power

to

ihe complrter. nseriing

or

removing a cartf dge wh e the

power

s on may danrage both the computer

and the cartridge

Also insert a Daia Memory Cartridge orthe

floppy disk drive interface before booi

ng

your

system

Connecting

these

peripherais

wh le the computer

is on is harmfu andwlllerasealLthedalayoLr

might have stored

in ihe computer s mernory.

Booting

yoLrr

system

mLrst be carr ed out n the right sequence

(as

exp ained below).

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$-rVSrtEM

Power-on S

Be sure all ihe components and the YRM 303 cartridge are

properly

connected

Turn on the TV, the

(unloaded)

floppyd

sk

ddve, the lvl D nstrumenls, and

t naly the

complter

* Fieverse the above sequence to turn

youf

syslem off.

Floppydisk Drlve

N4lDllnstrlrments

Computer

J

Fi-if

nacRp

r-jo\nnFl

* lf the above d sp ays lail io appear,

turn off

your

computer and

insert ihe cartr dge cofreci

y

?

!fers.

o+{l

r'rF. ++ luhF

i aoro

Fi

li€.

Hold

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The following diagran shows rhe ooeration of the

lvlDi vonito.

MtD!t\roN ToB

..... ..

@

G)MFTLTEF

@

[r]DttliAcRo

.- ---. .-

@MERGE

lit Fiil

OfgLD

vorur6F uoa"

O

DLJMP

@MEMoRY

@

PAsrE BUFFEF

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lv,llDl sequences received at the

MlDl iN

term

nal O are sent to the display @ and to the l\,llDl OUT

termina @ ior transmission.

The

actual dala

paih

can be controlled by severa "switches":

.

et16r!11.ion sse_

^rleItlra

Loilnoo.@

.

Begardless ol the

f lter lunclion setting, two switches

(@

and

@)

a low lhe data to bypass the fi ler

O,

so that ihe daia that

are

sent

to the screen @ and the dala thal are seni to the i\,llDl OUT

connector @ can be lndependently f ltered

.

Two

switches

(@

andO)allow lhe data received at M D N

Oto

be slorecl n memory @ whie

theyarebeingdisplayeci(Monitormode).

Theswitchesalsoservelodisplaythedataareadystored

n memory

([4emory

Dump mode).

.

The Hold funct on

@

prevents

new data arriving

via

the

l,llDl lN ierm nal O from being sent to ihe

screen

@

so that the data that are current y being d sp ayecl can be examined

.

The

lilefgefunction @ a ows ihe daia corning from the M D Ntermina

Oiobenrixed 0

wth

the daia

that

are

input v a the conputer keyboard @ . The blend w ll then be sent to the lvllDl OUT

termina

@

.

The PUt and GEi commands a low data transfer between the

memory @ andthe Paste Buffer

@

for rnemory relocallon or relrleval by means of the

Macro Assembler

The three Modes the MIDI Monitor

In the L,lonitor mode, the daia received at the MlDl N terminal

(,

are d sp ayed n real time and

simultaneously stored ln memory @ Data input v a the compuier

keyboard are a ways sent to the

lvlDl OL-IT terminal @ daia receivecl al ihe M

D lNtermnalO aresentlotheMD OLIT termina

@

on y if the Merge function is on.

ln the Memory Dump rnode the data that have been

prevlously

slored

in

the

memory

@

can be

dsplayedandre-arranged.ThedalarecejvedaltheMD

lNlerminalOcanslrlbesentlolhe[,/] D

OUT terminai

@

,

but they wil neither be stored nor d sp ayed.

In the Filer Edlt mode

@,

you

may select the LllDl messages to be accepled by the Fi ler

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TlTe MlDl Monitor features rnany screens one Jor

each of the f.lonitor, lvemory Dunrp, and Filter

Ed t

modes,

plls

6 He p screens

The

to

lowing lluslrat ons show how to access each

of these screens

F lter Edit lvlode

The

IKANAI

key

(Prini

Dump

on/olf) corresponds to the

ICODEI

key on Inlernallonal mode s.

the Modes of the MIDI Molitot

[,4emory Dunp Mode

irir!!, rl

4!

.M:'

!! 1q 1 9q_i1

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thc HelD Scree

s

Mon tor Mode

Mernory Dump \,,lode

n

E

n

@

brAUEt

E!!l

roexr

t?x) xx=12<cr):de+ine senbol

lSFAcEl lEsel

ro e, t

-u-

DFS = disFlas

+irte. suitch

il

lSFAcEl

@

ro

exit

[_

lseAqq E!91

roe/t

u

DHS = dtsPlae

hord

suitch

ESUI O EV I

Toext

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kEv FLNCTTo

Firter.n/o+f

F5

--

DLI1P

(==:>

tloNIToR

F?

-

-

iCRo

<===> roNIroR

Print duir on-,o+f

F2

---

se..ch L.st

block

F3

---

sr:rch N.xt bl&k

F1

---

I'ler.e +ilter onlo+f

DEL

---

Delete ch**rer

TAD

---

R€c.lr cffia^d

irne

^sToP

---

stop

pfinti4

LIst

---

lisiins .vhbdl

bble

rrc^l

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Press ng the

ITJ.I

(FFllm

+

E)

key sends the screen data to trre or

nter The

pr

ntoLrt wi

ook

ex6cl

y

r

Ke

yoLlT

scfeen

.

lfyou are not n Monilor or \,iemory Dump mode

press@

.

Before

you

attempt any

prlni

ng.

vo!

must tel the conrpuler wh ch k nd of

piinter

is on ine. Th s is

done by

us ng

ihe

PR command Ths command

ac.epts

t,ro

parameters:

the first spec f es the

p

e

rl

".oo

pe

ia.5oprr,

gda

MSx for MSX Prinlef

for EPSON Prinler

Density

Slng e

DO!ble

lor ight

pr

nting

ior heavy

pr

nt ng

YoLr feed only to type the I rst two characters of these

parameters

Example

You have

an

l\,1SX

pr

nter and

you

want heavy

print

Type in PR* Ms Do and

press

IFETURNI

*tr',.vd.d

^ere

a-

oo'rrLa,o.o

or

L-\e

oraQpobo,L

po.a.

No!,/ se ect lhe screen 10 be

printecl

and

press

lhe

@

key The b,order co or of

the

screen tufns

to

green

dur ng

pr

nting operation and

goes

back to norma after complel on

*

lf

you

try to

pr

nt out the ivlon tor or Memot Durnp mode screefs

tf

e bordpr co or does not lurn

green

b!t the Jo lowing message appears:

Hard Copy: CTRL - STOP break

:!456?e9A!CDE

.

.

:.

,,

..:::::::.)..:,:

::::l::a::a::.::.;:,:a:

DO

(heavy)Sl

(lightJ

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?5 E4 FC
EE

EB FB

3B 2?

EF

F9 9B

25

15

BA ?6

99 25 FB
1C 29 FE
l,

F

F-r

9E
9E ?5 SE
9E 1C

:6

EF FE

F9

BO
9F

!?

aq

9E

9E
t5
FE

FE

FE9F: Fe Fe 9B ?6
Ba9a: Fe FB

ga

2n

6Fee:44

Fi FF FA
EgeE: FE 9E:9 4'!
BE?i: FF 9q !? aF
Itr?a Ft F6 Fa Fe
BE6e: F! FE Fa

FS

BA6q FE 9ri 22

BB

Bd5e 1D 44 FA Fn
EE5E:58 Fe !ii 1!
BE4e j 3E Fn- FF

FE
BB4!: Sd F€ 9A !l
BA3S: FA

98 e? BB

BFIB:58

25 EF FF
4EZE: FA Fa Fs FE
B4?B:

FE Fg Fg 9E
6E18:1t Eq FE Fa
EAlA: Fg Fs FE Fe
BERg: Fe FS FF 9A

a
e

B

I

E

5

5

6

€

!
s

B

a

6

a

gg98:FA

Fe 9A 26 3e FA Fe

B69BIFA Fe 9A 26 AA Fe 9a

gBBEtfS

Ee iE

"g

?A ?e PB

A61B:FA 96

27 AF 27 Ag 2S

oaTB:Fa Fe

Fe FA FA Fg Fe

g96e:FB

Fe

FA FA FA 96 22

AO6q:Fe 98 22 AA FA FE Fe
Ag5A:!t 44 FA FA Fe Fe 9a
AgSAtsg FA 9g lD OA FE 96

qB4B.3E

Fe

Fe FA 9q 2t ao
Sq4O:AA FA 9A 22 4a Fa Fa
0838:Fe 90 22

qB

Fa Fa Fe

AAE\|TE ?e ?E FE',8

7e 3a

AO2A: Fe FA FA 99 25 2D Fe
AOle:tC OA Fe

Fg Fg 9A 25

gglAtFE

Fe FB Fg FS 99 1C

0994:

Fe

Fe Fg 99 1c 96 Fa

E

>Herd CoFg: CTRL-STOP

b.ea t CTEL

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brF!

k

Hex LasL Nexl

f4Fo++

Eohit

HeIp l,acro

FiIter

HcoFg

-

DO

(heaw)

.

io ilte-uot

a orint our.

press

the

la

tA l |

@l

"eys

* In orderto

be sure the

printer

is

properly

reset for fulure

printouts,

switch the

printer

OFF, then

oN.

edch fime

you

interrupt a prjnrout

by oressing

laTiFTl

-

FiOA.

Sl

(

iqht)

t3

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The daid received at

the I/lDl lN terminal can be displayed

in rAal iime,

in

either

hexadecimal or ASCII

notalion.

The status bytes appear on a bluebackground.

The sysiem

is automalically setlolhis

mode

wFen

ll-e

powFr

is

lurned

on.

* To swiich to this

mode,

press

the

@

key iJ a

Help screen or the

Filter Edit screen is displayed.

This will switch to either

the Monitor or Memory Dump

mode. From ihe lremory

Dump Mode, simply

t

I
t
I

A KEY ON/KEY OFF sequence

will be displayed like ihisl

@3cao@3coo

The stalus bytes

(blue

background)

indicate the message type In ihe above example,

the Jirsi daia

byte

indicates the

pitch

while the second

indicates the velocity

(volume).

Hexadecirnol &

ASCII Notations

Press the

E

key to toggle

belween hexad€cimal and ASCII notation. You will usually

prefer

the

hexadecimal noiation because

the display cannot be read in ASCII noiation, However, the volces of

lhe DX7 are displayed

in full; BRASS for example, uses 5 characters. ln hexadecimal this will reacl 4:l

52 41 53 53. The ASCII

notation is then uselul lo lemoorarilv check lhe voice

names.

r l'l..c. o+41

Fu l t DFo++

IlFo+l DurP

.

HelF i.c.o

In this

iexi w€ assume thal the reader has some basic

knowledge regarding the lvlDl encoding

standard.

A summary ol the l\,4lDl encodlng standard

will be

given

in the Appendix of this manual.

For more ;nformation,

please

consull the booklei

"Whafs MlDl

published

by Yamaha-

In the Moniior

mode, data

akeady displayed on lhe

screen are not

properly

updated by

pressrng

the

E

key. Be sure to select the

Hexadecimal or

ASCII notation BEFORE

starting data reception

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40 rte 3? Eg dl 35 40 ne 35 69
Aa 3? 4A AA 3? 99 6a 31 40 rtE
3B 90 ria 39 40 nA 39 0O 6e 3?

6e 3? 4B riE 3? aa

nE 31

4a 6e 3! OA oE 3{

4A 6e

33 40 6e 38

BB 6a

3a A9

i'a

3C
40 nd 3E 40 6E 3E 00 ttE 3C 06
ne 3E

4B 6e 3t S0 6ts 3E 49

de
3E 90 6E 3! 49 oe 3A AB 64 39
49 6a 39 90 6E 3C 40 iiA 3a 0A
6E 39 4b 6e 39 60 tiA 3? 4a 6E
37

gg

nt 39 49 6E 39 00 tia 3?

4A At 3?

gS

de 35 4E iiE 35 AB

3? 99 nE 35 4E 6E 35 99 6E 34
4A EA 34

gg

dE 34 4A 64 34 6B

6E 35 46 iia 35 60

iii

3A 4b

de

t er

qe

o++l

HerF ia.ro

Filter

Hol d Ncoirq

ASCII

39 40 9A 39

AB

9A 3?
B9 90 35 40 9B 35 00
9A 3? BA 9A 38 49 90
39 48 9A 39 AS 9A 3?
aB 9B 31 1A 96 3?

@B

9S 38

6A 98 3C 4A 9B

31 99 96 3C

BO

90 3C
46 9A 3E A4 90 3C AO
99 33

6A 9A 3E 48

9A

3t 49 90 3a

g0

90 39
00 91 3c 4s 90 3c 00
96 39 6g 99 3? 46 9A
29 46 96 39 66 9B 37
00 96 35 49 90 35 B0
9g 37

gS

9A 3? 4S 9A
35 40 90 35 0A 96 34
oa 98 34 4A 96 34 82
98 3t BB 9S 38 4B 99

t neFoe o++l

He 1F t4acro Filter HoId HcoFq

Hexadec mal

Line Feed Fanctiorl

The MlDl functions

can eilher be wrapped,

10

make

full use of ihe screen width,

or d sp aved one

bereal' lheolher T'rederarlrsetti'lgi.tl|ll

Lserre@t"vrorogg"beweF fu

a^dLF\Lila-FF0J.

Note

that messages

belween F7{H) and FF(H)

wii not be aligned to the eft margin

even thoLgh LF

may

have

been selected.

Holdins the Di

When LF is selecied,

the status bytes

(excepi

r/(J\

-

t -r-,,

dra alrgred

lo lhe la,l nargi .

As ihe data are input, the screen is

progresslvely

iilled up

(an

arrow crtrsor indicates the locat

on oi

the

lasi

message). Once lhe screen is fullthe

cursor returns to the uppef left corner and writes

the

new

data over ihe old. Whenever

you

want

io ihoroughly examine the data,

press

the

E

key

(lSHlFTl

+

E).

This will

prevent

the display ol new incoming data. Press

E

once aga n to retaunch the

display lunction

9A 3A Ag FE FF

99 3A 9E

FE FE

9E 3E 3C

FE

FE

tfiP.oe

Fi

I t.er

Hold

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The setting of

the fiter w I be

expla ned n the

"Filtef

Ed t [.4ode' section

oi th s

chapter'

The

I iter function can be

sel to ON/OFF independently

Ior lhe data

to be dis0Layed

and for the data

to be sent to the

MlDl OUT connector

TlT e

E

switches

the d sp

ay filter ON/OFF

Depending on the

settlnq DFon or

DFoft wi appear

in ihe Key Menu area

The

lF;l

kev svr'ltches

the MLD OUT

flter oN/OFF

lonly

ettectve

I the N,4erge function

is oN)

MFon,'MFotl

wiL aopear in the

Kev \4en! area

ll

DFon or MFon are clisplayed,

data for the d

sp ay or the lvllDl OUT

terminai

have io

pass

through the

fi ter

The filter oulput depends

on lhe setting

you

have se ected

in lhe F ler

Ed i mode

MEFCE

EFLE.iI

MIDL

o+o

MIDI

Meryc Function

The

M D Merge functon

s switched oN/oFF

by means

of the

llEll

key The status

of the Merge

f!nct on is displayed

at the righl srde oi

lhe screen

lust

above the

Key Menu area. The

default selllng

is Merge ofi.

f the t\,'lefge

i!nctjon s ON,

E

s activated, and, depend

ng on

whetheryou selecled

MFon or

MFotl, the clala

wll

pass

through or by-pass

the filter belore

reacfiing

the M D OUT lermina

f the

Merge lunction s

set io oN, the daia

received al lhe

M D N connecior

can be mix-od

wiih the

data

inDUt from the computef

keyboard

Merge ofl:

only the daia

input lrom the

keyboar0

are

sent lo

ihe MlDl OUT

connector.

Mergeon

both the data inpullrorn the

keyboard

and the dala

received at the

M D lN connector

are sent

to the MlDl ouf connector.

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i

I

Switching lhe llerge

luncl

on ON/OFF

w ll c ear ihe memory

(a

I daia are reset to 0)

|

MERGE

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Data ia the Ket)boatd

Data can be entered Jrom th€

compller

keyboard.

These data wil appear n the Command area.

eressingtne

F-tiU[Nl

leyw]llsend

egalclalalotheMlDlOUTtermna,whereas legaldatawitcause

an error message

to appear Legal dala constiille vaid MlDl messages. The bytes ot a valid lvllDl

message mLrst

be separated by cornmas

(,)

or spaces. The bytes may be eniered n

eilher decima or

hexadecima notalion.

A decima number must be Jo lowed by a dec ma

poini.

Examp e:

F0 and 240.

are equivalent

For an examp e oJ data nput via

the computer s keyboafd type in C0,00 ana nit the

IFETU-nNI

tey i

lhe

slave MlDl lnstrument

is set to M D Cha.nel 1,lh s [,] Dl message willselecl VOICE ]

.

Ed

ling

Funciions

Some contro keys wi he

p

yoL quick y

correct a text. These keys have almost the same function

as in ihe BASIC mode The

la-Rll

key

however rs not activated and cannot be used fof

coniro

.

Templale Function
Atempatef!nclon

sprovdedtofufthereasetheinputoldala Each

trme

you

enler a line of deta

the line is

stored. Presslng the

@l

key wil cause

the same

ne

to be displayed aga n.

.

Creaiing Macro Symbols

t is

possible

to ass

gn

data lo syrabo

jc

var

ab es so that these symbols stand fofthe ass

gned

valLe

n further inpul. Such a def niiion uses

lhe equal

(:)

sign

Example:

Type in V = 80,07

and

press

F-iiUnNl

V is delined: lenglh

=

02

The length is the nLmbef

oi bytes affected to lhe symbo V.ltyoLrtorgotthe comma

(orspace)

between the two

bytes, the ength w il be 1 and 07 v! | be dropped.

* A re-definit

on of the same syanbo wi I

erase the old one

* A

previo!sly

def ned symbol can be

used to define other symbols

Examplel

W

=

V, 7F wil asslgn the va

ue

80,

07, 7F to the symbol W

Conlro Key

EE

N4ove the cursor

across the command I ne without erasing

@

Drags lo the lelt the characters ocated

at the cLrrsor

posit

on and at the

r

ghi

of this

position

\4h;le

eras

ng

ihe character at the ell ol the cursor

lSPAaEl

Creates

a blank

lta'\4E1

Erases

lhe command line.

ftELl

Deletes the characler

at

the clrsor

posiiion

and drags the folowng

characters to the left.

N

Toinsertcharacters. Thecoorof thecursof changestored Youcanext
ihe nsen mode by

pressing

either

@

or

lH-OMEI.

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lmpodant:

The

legal

symbols

are submitied to

restrictionS similar to the restrictions

undergone by the BASIC

.

A syt'nbol is made oJ

up to lwo characters, ihe

first being a letter ot the

English alphabet and the

secono a .affe- ot

lhe

Englisl alphaber

or a rumer c

.

The name ot existing commands

like Ll, AA are illegal symbols

(reier

to the lisl of commands to

avoid using conlliclive symbols).

.

Upper case and lower-case

leiters cannot be distinguished

(ll

and m are

symbols).

.

As lhe characters from A to F are used

as hexadecimal d igits, iheycannot

be Llsed in combination

wlth a numeric of anolhefcharacterfrom

Ato Fto deiine a symbol(AA,

Fg are invalid;AV isvalid),

.

Lisiing and Erasing Symbols

A re-definilion of a simbol iakes

precedence

over the old deiiniUon.

To erase a symbol iake lhe

following sleps:
Type in the Ll command and

press

|FETUnNl.

tne list oi deiined symbols

will be d;splayed

(lo

exit

lr e lsr disolay,

p.ess

any

[ey).

To erase a regislered symbol, PC f or

instance, type in PC

:,

and

press

l!!M{1.

To

erase all

symbols, type in the SC

(symbol

clear)

command, and

press

IRETURNI.

Erasing symbols

is sometimes necessary to iree up

some raemory space ln order lo define other

To know how much space is left in the symbol

memory, type in the FR command and

p.ess

IEETURNI.

A message viillindicate

how many byles are slillavailable.

The space necessary to store the defjnition

of a symbol obeys the

following formula:

symbol name

(2

bltes)

+ Length of data

(1

byie) + one byte

per

data

Keyboard lnput can sometimes be shortened when lhe same stitus byte has to be used in con­seautive messages. For details, refer 1o the Appendix F, lasi note on

"RUNNING

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q#He"/U6.4/-AeYd{-P-Ur[/,P@

The E key

s used to toggle b€tween

the.l\4onitor and I/er.ory Dump modes.

The Memory Dump mode is

used lo display the data stored ln the memory When this

mode is set. the

data received atthe M D lNierminalarepreventedfromgolngintothememoryortrombeingdspayed
The [,lenrory Dump

screen shows lhe data irom the last input. Scro]ling Lp and down

can be car|ed

oI o) o

"..ing

[

­fl.no [

. r

':or

le,.

Thedatastored nthememory,beJoretheMemoryDurnpmodeisturnedon

startattheaddress000l.

Each time new data are stored in

the Monitor nrode, the old dala are

pLrshed

uJr so thal

the new dala

can be stored at the bottom

of the memory The total capacily ol the nremory s 4336

bytes

An address

of the

Addfess

Column indicates the h

ghest

address of the corresponding I ne of data,

that is. the address

ol the

leitmost

data.:

Displayed address

0008: 53 20 20 20 3'l 20 19 F7

Address of each byte

a7 04

0l

When

switching from

the Memory Dump

mode to the lvon ior mode

reception ot new

data starts. A

string oi 24

EF(H)codes is, however

nseired

between the new

and the old data. As a receDtion

of 24

consecutve

EF{H) codes never

occurs n MID

commLrnication, these

codes wil constituLe

a

gooo

separator

and make it easy for

you

to distinguish

successive b ocks

ol

lVlDl

messages.

l\.4oreover, the

E

and

E

keys

can be used in

the Memory Durnp mode

to scro lihe screen

up and

down by the

amount of one block

020305

0608

Hex.adecimal

& ASCII Notation

The

llll

key ls

used to toggle belween hexadeclmaland

ASC I notat on Refertolheforrnerparagraph

(The

lVonrtor

N4ode) for further detai

s

o Block of Data

27

gA

AE 93

2t aa a5 aa

62 58 O9 2?

oo aa a6 aE

oa26

Hex Last Ner! tlFo++ fonit
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