Micro-Term ACT-SA, Operating Manual

Page 1: ...OPERATING MANUAL model ACT SA SMOOTH SCROLL miCRO TERm Inc S1 LOUIS MISSOURI 63144...

Page 2: ...OPERATING MANUAL MODEL ACT SA SMOOTH SCROLL REVISION A 1 81 SER 80340881 and Above MTI PART 1 79820013 0A COPYRIGHT 1981 MICRO TERM INC...

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Page 6: ...int Key 12 Numeric Entry 12 Response To Control Codes 13 Absolute Cursor Postitioning Direct Cursor Addressing 13 Background Follows 13 Backspace 13 Bell 13 Carriage Return 13 Change Intensity 14 Clea...

Page 7: ...tion 23 5 3 1 Full Duplex Operation 24 5 3 2 Half Duplex With Modem Control 24 5 4 Data Rate Selection 24 5 4 1 Selecting the I O Data Rate 24 5 4 2 Selecting the Printer Data Rate 24 5 5 UART Options...

Page 8: ...or burning not covered under warranty 1 1 USING THE ACT SA OPERATING MANUAL All the information necessary to realize the full potential of this powerfully versatile product is con tained in this opera...

Page 9: ...plicit instructions on selecting one of the alternate video attributes please refer to Section 6 3 of this manual It is important to follow these instructions carefully in order to insure successful u...

Page 10: ...yboard Layout 3 1 ENCODED AND MODIFIER KEYS The majority of keys on the keyboard generate an output code when struck The aSSignment of out put codes to keys is illustrated in Figures 3 1 and 3 2 Note...

Page 11: ...es have on the operation of the terminal Enter Split Screen Mode Display Control Characters etc those features may be invoked only by an operator typing the appropriate key s at the keyboard while in...

Page 12: ...t margin to cursor position followed by a carriage return code SEND PAGE sends all data from home to cursor position At the end of each line a car riage return code is sent SEND BLOCK stores an end of...

Page 13: ...the host computer to resume transmission NOTE If the host computer does not honor the X ON X OFF protocol and characters are sent to the ACT SA immediately following a print line or print page command...

Page 14: ...f the display is line 0 the left most column is column O EXAMPLE To position the cursor on the tenth line down and in the fifth column from the left the following codes must be received by the termina...

Page 15: ...ected position after the protected field OJ or OB B c J CURSOR RIGHT The cursor advances one column to the right The display is not altered If in the last column it will not move If the next position...

Page 16: ...Appendix 7 4 lists the 32 ASCII control characters in hexadecimal their keyboard representation and their display counterparts NOTE This can be initiated in LOCAL mode ONLY tt B G ENABLE DISABLE KEYCL...

Page 17: ...E TO END OF LINE UNPROTECTED Same as EEOL except the Protected Field attribute bit is reset on all characters in the same row and to the right of the cursor 1BJ 49J ESCAPE This code conditions the ter...

Page 18: ...n The screen is then cleared to present video attribute type OCJ or B HOME AND CLEAR TO UN PROTECTED These codes cause the cursor to move to the upper left corner of the screen and write un protected...

Page 19: ...t the same data rate as it was received at the 110 port and printer output is routed to the host computer When Pass Through Printer operation is disabled received data is not routed to the printer por...

Page 20: ...POSITION After receiving the ASCII control code ENQ 05J the terminal will respond by reporting the cursor s current address coordinates These coordinates are coded in binary and transmitted in ASCII f...

Page 21: ...ursor and Block Send When in Half Duplex the RTS line is dropped only after the EOB character is sent The default value is Carriage Return 1 BJ 39J New EOB CharacterJ B I Q I SET SEND DATA TYPE UNPROT...

Page 22: ...olls Reverse line feeds do not smooth scroll See Section 2 4 Select Smooth Scroll Select Jump Scroll r lr Jr 1m 1B 3E L J L J 1B 3F BISHIFTI IT When the terminal is initially turned on the jump scroll...

Page 23: ...line The fixed TAB stops are in columns 8 16 24 32 41 49 57 65 and 73 If the cursor is in columns 73 through 79 it will not move If the FORMAT mode is set the cursor will advance to the first leftmos...

Page 24: ...ut Receiver Current return Transmitter current sink Transmitter Current source Since the interface is passive a typical installation would appear like ACT SA HOST COMPUTER RECEIVER PIN 12 TRANSMITTER...

Page 25: ...xecute all control codes before another code arrives When this occurs one or more characters are stored in a forty character First In First Out FIFO buf fer When this buffer fills to 24 characters the...

Page 26: ...t the printer UART from acquiring false start bit synchronization and thus printing erroneous characters 5 6 1 Buffered Printer Mode The screen contents may be sent out the PRINTER connector pin 3 in...

Page 27: ...ower case character g while a double underscore over writes both descending rows g It is for this reason that we suggest double underscores be used only in the absence of descending characters W1 CONN...

Page 28: ...oximately a 5 second delay all keys automatically repeat at either 7 5 15 or 30 characters per second CPS depending upon the W5 jumper selection W5 CONNECTION S to A S to B S to C REPEAT RATE CPS 30 1...

Page 29: ...1 27 65 Esc A Underline 18 42 27 66 Esc 8 Foreground Follows 18 43 27 67 Esc C 8ackground Follows 18 44 27 68 Esc D Format On 18 45 27 69 Esc E Format Off 18 46 27 70 Esc F Print Line 18 47 27 71 Esc...

Page 30: ...6 23 CTRLW 23 23 87 W 15 7 24 CTRLX 0 24 88 X 16 8 25 CTRL Y 1 25 89 Y 17 9 26 CTRLZ 2 26 90 Z 18 10 27 CTRL 3 27 91 19 11 18 CTRL 4 28 92 20 12 29 CTRL 5 29 93 21 13 30 CTRLA 6 30 94 A 22 14 31 CTRL_...

Page 31: ...TRL P 11 CTRL C I 12 CTRL R 13 CTRL S 14 CTRL T 15 CTRL U 16 CTRL V 17 CTRL W 18 CTRL X 19 CTRL Y 1A CTRL 4 I 4 I i 18 CTRL 1C CTRL 10 CTRL 1E CTRLA 1F CTRL_ 20 21 22 23 I I i 24 25 26 27 28 29 2A 28...

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Page 34: ...and freight collect thereafter The video display module is an exception to this one year warranty it is warranted by its manufacturer for ninety days and likewise by MICRO TERM Inc c Beyond the warran...

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Page 36: ...zation usability and readability I I I I Did you find errors in this manual _______________________ I I I I How can this manual be improved _______________________ I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Please...

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