Texas Instruments Silent 700 763, Operating Instructions Manual

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Page 2: ...rporated No copies of the information or drawinas shall be made without the prior consent of Texas Instruments Incorporated Models 763 765 Operating Instructions TI Part No 2203664 9701 Original Issue 1 December 1978 Revision C 18 January 1980 CHANGE NOTICES Revision ECN Date Description Letter Number Level A 4 1 79 449181 D Change references to alcohol 4 1 79 436779 D Update to latest engineering...

Page 3: ... We strongly recommend that you study this manual from the beginning to help you understand the keyboard indicators and other fea tures and what they do before you tackle the exercises When you start performing the exercises which are designed to be a short operator training course begin with Exercise 1 and proceed through the remainder in the sequence presented The exercises are arranged in logic...

Page 4: ...ords a Creating Files a FileName a File Format a Line Format a Continuous Format a FileSize a Record Size a II DETAILED TERMINAL OPERATIONS 9 Terminal Commands 9 Section Page Accessing the Command Mode 9 Entering a Command 9 Definition of Commands 9 File Utility Commands 10 CREATE 10 DELETE 11 ERASE 11 LOCK 11 FREE 11 COpy 11 CATALOG 12 Communications Parameter Display and Modification Commands 12...

Page 5: ...ng the Printhead 36 Cleaning the Case 36 Adjusting the Print Contrast 36 Adjusting the Transmit Level U S Models Only 36 VI OPERATOR EXERCISES 37 1 Using the Memory Catalog 38 2 Creating a File 39 3 Changing a Record File 40 4 Changing the Playback File 40 5 Recording Data into a File 41 6 Playing Back a File 42 7 Editing a File 42 8 Copying from File to File 45 9 Comparing Continuous and Line Fil...

Page 6: ...rminals Fasteraccess to its stored data smaller size less weight and lower power consumption are only a few advantages of the bubble memory in the Models 763 765 data terminals Data Terminal Communications A data terminal generates codes The Models 763 765 memory data terminals use the American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASCII commonly called as key orthe equivalentC C I T T codes T...

Page 7: ...ands Digital Signals Digital Signals I I Digital Signals Digital Signals Analog Signals r Analog Signals Analog Signals Also available for communicating analog signals over telephone lines is the standard telephone handset However the digital signals from the data terminal must be converted to sound signals called VOice grade signals for transmission over the telephone lines The device that conver...

Page 8: ...t generate a code and its action is neither transmitted nor stored in memory Press and hold the PAPER ADV key to feed the printing paper out of the terminal Acoustic Coupler Muffs Model 765Only t Printer Mechanism viii 5 Press the SKIP key to move the printhead to the left margin and advance the paper equivalentfo a standard typewriter carriage return Or you may press both the LF line feed and CR ...

Page 9: ...ng out and down on the top part of the latch until the bottom part of the latch unhooks from the groove in the terminal base then swing the bottom part of the nal to a communications line Of course the Model 765 needs only a telephone handset for on line operation through its acoustic coupler The Model 763 requires hard wired connections to its communications line as described in the Systems Manua...

Page 10: ...he terminal OFF Symbol Slide Switc h ON Symbol Model 763 ON Symbol Toggle Switch OFF Symbol Model 765 2 Loading Paper NOTE TI approved thermal printing paper is available from Texas Instruments in single 100 foot rolls case lots and pal let lots under TI Part No 972603 1 Switch the terminal power ON 2 Lift the paper door 3 If only a small amount of paper remains on the paper supply roll grasp the ...

Page 11: ... cord inside the cover as follows 1 Detach the male power cord plug from the wall outlet and the female plug from the rear of the terminal Inside Cover U S A Model 765 Cord Storage Start Hara Press Connector to Clip and Wrap Clockwise 3 SectIon I PAPER ROLL SUPPORTS 2 Lay the outer cover the inside facing you on a flat surface and attach the power cord to the inside of the cover as shown in the fi...

Page 12: ...tivated by pressing and holding the FCTN key and then pressing the appropriate number key For example to invoke the FIND function EDIT mode top row of decal press and hold FCTN and press the 2 key 4 All editing functions decal top row are active when the terminal is in the EDIT command mode All ASR func tions decal bottom row are active when the terminal is in the ASR interactive mode The decal do...

Page 13: ...mains active until it is pressed again to release it 5 Section I SKIP Key The SKIP key performs the same function as a carriage return on a standard typewriter Pressing the SKIP key causes the paper to advance and the printhead to return to the left margin When the terminal is ON LINE the SKIP key also creates an end of line EOl code which is added to the data being transmitted or recorded Additio...

Page 14: ...d file is active and will accept data from the line or the keyboard for recording COMM the terminal is ready to transmit and re ceive data over the communications line acoustic coupler or cable ON LINE the terminal is set to transmit and re ceive data over the communications line NUM MODE located adjacent to the NUM MODE rocker switch indicates that the nu meric keypad keys are active All other al...

Page 15: ... this manual ASR Operation When the terminal is switched on it is in the interactive mode which permits ASR automatic send receive operations The terminal will remain in the interactive mode until the COMMAND mode is entered by pressing the CMD key The FCTN key in conjunction with the number keys on the top row of the keyboard are used to access different ASR functions such as recording data into ...

Page 16: ...tter No spaces are permitted between characters File Format The format of a file determines how the terminal will fill up the file with the information entered The two formats are LINE and CONTINUOUS Each has its own advan tages and disadvantages as the following paragraphs explain 8 Line Format In the LINE format each record in memory contains only one line of data For lines shorter than the oper...

Page 17: ... the page and lighting the COMMAND indicator lamp in the lower 9 right area of the keyboard The COMMAND indicator lamp will remain lit until command mode operations are completed Once the terminal enters the command mode it will remain in that mode until the desired command is entered and the command is accomplished by the terminal Pressing the CMD key requests the immediate attention of the termi...

Page 18: ...me exactly the same each time in exactly the same character case lowercase and capital letters For example MYFILE Myfile and myti e are three different filenames be cause each is typed using a different character case TABLE 3 1 MODEL 7631765 MEMORY TERMINAL COMMANDS AND ABBREVIATIONS CATEGORY COMMAND ABBREVIATION COMMAND DESCRIPTION CREATE CF Allocates memory space for a data file DELETE none Dele...

Page 19: ... file specified from the bubble memory catalog Deletion of locked files is not possible see the LOCK command below The data stored in the file will be deleted from memory The area occupied by the deleted file is available for future allocation Syntax IDELETE H filename I ERASE The erase file command causes erasure of the contents of a file The data stored in the file will be lost but the filename ...

Page 20: ...ry file catalog to be displayed on the printer Syntax ICATALOG I The file catalog information displayed includes the names of all existing files and their corresponding pa rameters An L display following the file TYPE format indicates the file is in a LOCKed state Once all files are listed along with their corresponding parameters the amount of memory remaining is listed in terms of 80 character r...

Page 21: ...ated the terminal will appear to stop until the test is completed If no errors occur during the test the terminal will print the message DONE If an error occurs a FAIL message will be printed followed by one or more error codes which indicate the internal devices that have failed The error codes and the corre sponding meanings are listed in Table 3 2 TABLE 2 2 TERMINAL FAIL MESSAGE DEFINITIONS FAI...

Page 22: ...h may require different terminal configurations the terminal provides means to modify the configuration parameters Using those means a user can define the terminal configuration that best suits a particular appli cations Means also are provided to list the configura tion parameters and their corresponding currently assigned values Parameters are stored in nonvolatile memory ensuring that the param...

Page 23: ...of each terminal configuration parameter Syntax STATUS The status command also may be used to verify that a configuration parameter s was successfully changed via a previous change command Following is a typical terminal status listing STATUS ABBREVIATION REC PLAY PORT Section II ACCEPTABLE VALUES filename filename ON or OFF ON or OFF ON or OFF ON or OFF single character t ONorOFF ON or OFF ON or ...

Page 24: ...s been formatted in LINE format the terminal will store a line of data in a memory When the tenninal is off line the ENTER key also may be used to perfonn the playback on function 16 record each time the SKIP key is pressed If the RECORD file is in CONTINUOUS format the data will be stored in a memory record every time the designated record length is filled The RECORD ON function re mains on until...

Page 25: ...s operable over the entire range of the file without regard to logical or physical record boundaries 17 Section II F D Key The other special key applicable to the ASR and COMMAND modes is the FIELD key In the ASR mode this key should more accurately be con sidered as a record forward back function Its direction like the CHAR key is determined by the use of the SHIFT key That is the FIELD key by it...

Page 26: ...using the EDIT filename command In which the name of the file to be edited is specified Upon entry into the EDIT mode the functions shown on the top section of the decal above the keyboard are active The labeled functions correspond to the function keys 1 through 8 keys Editing function keys are activated by pressing and holding the FCTN key on the lower right corner of the keyboard and then press...

Page 27: ... assumed 19 Section II All files in memory start at record 0 and data starts at record 1 This means that record 0 is not used to store data but simply is a record which comes before the first data record in the file The concept of record 0 is necessary to insert data before the first record in the file The editing record pointer cannot go to a negative record location Le before the first record in...

Page 28: ...end of the record The record is then available for editing If the deleted records are at the end of the text an ETX message will be printed and the record pointer will move to the last record in the file NOTE Large deletions require a few seconds for the terminal to compress the rec ords at a rate of approximately five 80 character records per second The 20 keyboard will not respond except the CMD...

Page 29: ...inserted following the record just closed Additional records may be inserted 21 Section II following each other by pressing the ENTER key at the end of each inserted record Note that use of the ENTER key and the SKIP key in LINE formatted files will cause inserted characters in the record to the right of the printhead to be discarded Once all desired records are inserted the INSERTfunc tion may be...

Page 30: ... is completely full of characters pressing the ENTER key is not necessary since the terminal will automatically open a new record for the insertion c Continue to type data on the keyboard and press the ENTER key at the end of each inserted record d Once a desired records are inserted termi nate the INSERT operation by pressing one of the record locating function keys F1 through F4 To insert record...

Page 31: ... the ENTER key you can step through an entire file record by record since pressing the ENTER key also will cause the next record in the file to be printed and made available for editing When editing CONTINUOUS formatted files the SKIP key will generate a special end of line EOl symbol E3 in the record This symbol is used as a line delimiter within the record Invoking any record locating function F...

Page 32: ...p to six characters and press the space bar The first character must be an alphabet letter Section VI of this manual contains exercises designed for the operator to gain hands on experience Situ ations presented in this section are expanded upon in the exercises If you have c lifficulty comprehending the following text working the exercises presented in Section VI may help 4 Type the letter L or C...

Page 33: ...function of the EDIT mode When using this method keep in mind the guidelines listed under F7 INSERT in the EDIT mode presented in Section of this manual 1 To enter the EDIT mode press the CMD key and type EDIT filename 25 Section III 2 Press the SKIP key 3 Press and hold the FCTN key and press the 7 key to invoke the F7 INSERT function 4 Type the data you want stored pressing the ENTER key at the ...

Page 34: ...ess the CMD key and type COpy filename TO PRINTER OR COpy filename TO PRINTER CTRL 2 Press the SKIP key PRINT Function of the EDIT Mode The second way to print a file is using the PRINT func tion of the EDIT mode In the EDIT mode control charac ters are always printed In orderto list afile in this mode 1 Press the CMD key and type EDIT filename 2 Press the SKIP key 3 Press andhold the FCTN key and...

Page 35: ...ption should be included typing the command as follows COpy filename1 TO filename2 END It should be noted that when both the source and destination file is the same the file should not be a CONTINUOUS formatted file An attempt to write por tions of a CONTINUOUS file in this manner may result in reordering of data The ASR mode functions 9 printer on and 0 printer off are not labeled on the decal ab...

Page 36: ...you must first use the FREE com mand to unlock the file belor you attempt the ERASE command To unlock a file 1 Press the CMD key and type FREE filename 2 Press the SKIP key The locked file will be un locked and available for erasure or editing 28 Deleting a File If you want to remove an entire file from the terminal memory including the filename and all parameters you must use the DELETE command N...

Page 37: ...is SMITH 123456 after pressing the CMD key to enter the COMMAND mode type CHANGE ABt1 TO t 1I TH 12 456 and press the SKIP key Note that the ABM message must be enclosed in double quotation marks If your message requires quota tion marks as a part of the ABM message e g the desired ABM is SET F the sequence would be entered as CHANGE ABt 1 TO ET F 29 Section 11 Securing The ABM Your communications...

Page 38: ...vice instead of transmitting data at the speed you type errors and all The Models 763 and 765 can also store data received from a remote device Since communications procedures differ from one in stallation to another the following instructions are lim ited to the location and operation of the Models 763 and 30 765 communications functions Specific sequences of operations to make the terminal excha...

Page 39: ...x If an S follows the closing quote sepa rated by a space the ABM is considered secure and will not be printed No entry will yield no definition tActual throughput is limited to 240 characters per second 31 Section IV the parameter entry is INTERNAL Set the terminal to the command mode and type CHAnGE I tHEPFACE TO I tHEPt lAL and press the SKIP key to complete the change Model 765 Operation with ...

Page 40: ...ounded by the inside circumfer ence of the muffs Also wrap the straps if so equipped around the handset and secure the straps 13 Begin communications according to your system procedures NOTE Your system may require transmission of your terminal answer back memory ABM message before data can be communicated This is done by press ing and holding the CTRL control key and then pressing the 1 key which...

Page 41: ...set for details Tighten the locking screws 111111111 11111 I P2 P1 UNDER FLAP 2 Open the door and ensure the terminal is loaded with a sufficient supply of thermal printing paper 33 Section IV 3 Switch the terminal ON 4 After the terminal prints out a READY message press the CMD key to enterthe COMMAND mode 5 Type STATUS and press the SKIP key to have the terminal print its current parameters 6 Ch...

Page 42: ...d 300 baud If other parameters do not meet your system requirements use the CHANGE com mand to correct them 7 If the terminal is OFFLINE switch it to ONLINE using the COMMAND mode NOTE Your system may require transmission of your terminal answer back memory ABM message before data can be communicated To send the ABM message press and hold the CTRL control key and then press the 1 key HERE IS 8 Whe...

Page 43: ...key is omitted from the Germany Sweden Finland and Denmark Norway keyboards and the CHAR and FIELD keys are each moved to the right one key CONTROL CHARACTERS From USA Standards Institute Publication X3 4 1968 ACK acknowledge EM end of medium NAK negative acknowledge BEL bell ENQ enquiry NUL null BS backspace EOT end of transmission RS record separator CAN cancel ESC escape used for EOC SI shift i...

Page 44: ...ontrast since it is preset at the factory for optimum clarity But if the contrast has been changed and you want a darker or lighter image adjust it as follows 1 For darker print insert a small slot type screw driver into the hole marked CONTRAST located on the right side of the terminal then rotate the screwdriver clockwise toward D while printing characters from the keyboard until the printed ima...

Page 45: ...nd an explanation of the re sponses are printed in normal type General rules set apart from the exercises provide guidelines for operation of a particular mode or function Error Codes Press the CMD key type CREATE MYFILE L 4 80 and press the SKIP key The terminal will print a DONE message In sample exercise B a group of words is requested Unless otherwise noted it makes no difference if you type u...

Page 46: ...in is listed under the MAXIMUM RECORDS column The maximum number of characters each record can con tain is listed under the CHARS RECORD column The number of records already filled in a file is listed under the COMPLETE RECORDS column Another value listed is the amount of MEMORY AVAIL ABLE for use in the creation of files This figure repre sents the number of aD character records not com mitted to...

Page 47: ...press the space bar one time This will replace the letter S with a space in the memory Even though the letter S is not erased from the paper it has been eliminated from the terminal memory When typing commands re member that the remainder of the line to the right of the printhead must be retyped after correcting an error be cause those characters have been erased 39 Section VI 3 Type the word MYFI...

Page 48: ... which is CHANGE RECORD TO filename 6 Press the SKIP key This will cause the terminal to execute the command C8ANGE RECORD TO MYFILE DOt E 40 Exercise 4 Changing the Playback File In this exercise you will change the PLAYBACK file to MYFILE so data can be played back 1 Press the CMD key 2 Type CHANGE PLAYBACK TO MYFILE This is the same as Exercise 3 except for the command word PLAYBACK 3 Press the...

Page 49: ...necessary using the CHAR and FIELD keys 3 Type the fol owing text using the SKIP key for line feed and carriage return THIS IS A VERY SHORT STORY IT ONLY CONSISTS OF FOUR LINES THIS LINE IS TO BE DELETED THIS IS THE VERY LAST LINE 77 41 Section VI NOTE When you press the SKIP key after the last record is typed the terminal will respond by printing an error code 77 Observe that the RECORD indicator...

Page 50: ... file 42 Exercise 7 Editing a File This exercise uses all available editing functions to change the datastored in the file 1 Press the CMD key 2 Type EDIT MYFILE and press the SKIP key The terminal will print the index symbol below the command The terminal is now in the EDIT mode and the function keys are now defined by the top row of the label above the keyboard 3 Press F4 PRINT The contents of M...

Page 51: ...e current record will be printed and be available for editing 43 Section VI Using the C R and F D Keys A few points about the CHAR and FIELD keys are worth remembering Pressing the CHAR backspace key will cause the printhead to backspace until it reaches a printed character at which time the terminal will line feed one time Holding it pressed will cause continuous backspacing The FIELD reverse key...

Page 52: ...ning after the deleted material If the CHAR key is used the printhead will return to the last character remaining before the deleted material If the SHIFTed FIELD key is used the printhead will move to the end of the text If the FIELD key is used the print head w111 return to the beginning of the record In all cases the record will be reprinted 44 21 Press the SHIFTed CHAR key The terminal will pr...

Page 53: ...ess the SKIP key This command creates a file in the continuous format with a capacity of four records each record 80 characters in length 3 Press the CMD key 45 Section VI 4 Type COPY MYFILE TO COPY2 and press the SKIP key This causes the terminal to copy re cord the contents of MYFILE into the new file labeled COPY2 The data stored in MYFILE re mains unchanged 5 Press the CMD key 6 Type CATALOG a...

Page 54: ... text is indicated by the end of line EOL symbol Hli The EOl symbol is generated each time the SKIP key is pressed as an aid while the terminal is in the EDIT mode In Exercise 8 you observed that when a continuous file is printed it appears iden tical to the original line formatted MYFILE A good reminder is that both types of file formats appear identical when they are printed in the ASR mode or t...

Page 55: ...stored in MYFILE The name and parameters remain You can use the CATALOG command to verify that MYFILE now contains a 0 zero in the COMPLETE RECORDS column 3 Press the CMD key 47 Section VI 4 Type DELETE MYFILE and press the SKIP key The terminal will delete MYFILE from the memory catalog 5 Press th e CMD key 6 Type LOCK COPY2 and press the SKIP key The terminal will lock the file labeled COPY2 To ...

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Page 57: ...ith CHANGE command INT Used with CHANGE command none Protect a file against being erased or written into OF or OFF Place the terminal off line ON Place the terminal on line PLAY Used with CHANGE command REC Used with CHANGE command none Executes commands from a file ST Print all current terminal configuration parameters TS Execute a ROM resident terminal test COMMAND SYNTAX SHORT SYNTAX FORM CL CG...

Page 58: ...rs S if ABM is to be secured No Entry Yields No Definition SPECIAL RUN COMMAND FUNCTIONS n where n 0 through 9 causes execution of any ASR function To terminate ASR mode and return to execution of the command file 1 DC3 ESC from PLAYBACK file EDC and DC3 must be ON 2 Press FCTN and ESC keys simultaneously 3 Receipt of ESC over communications line 4 ESC at the end of the ASR function record NOTE Th...

Page 59: ...ol F6 DELETE CHARACTER S Symbol Deletes characters under printhead in current record each time the F6 function is depressed F7 INSERT Symbols Open Insert Close Insert tl The insertion of new text begins at the point F7 is depressed and ends when any other edit function is pressed except F6 or F7 Fa STOP No Symbol Causes the terminal to exit the EDIT mode and enter the ASR mode EDC SEQUENCES FOR PR...

Page 60: ... DC4 RECORD OFF Stops the RECORD file from recording data F5 REWIND PLAYBACK Returns the PLAYBACK file pointer to the first record of the file F6 REWIND RECORD Returns the RECORD file pointer to the first record of the file F7 PLAYBACK FWD Prints the contents of the current record and advances the current record pointer of the PLAYBACK file by one record Fa PLAYBACK REV Returns the current record ...

Page 61: ...r negative size Attempted to enter too many characters into a record Attempted to write more characters in a file than were allowed by the CREATE command Record file is full Record pointer is at the end of the file rewind is required if data is to be written in the record file Attempted to read past the end of file Attempted to write into a locked file Attempted to do an ASR function to a file tha...

Page 62: ...itched off by a PRINTER OFF command lSB Bit 4 DC2 4 is on Fifth Character MSB Bit 1 DC1 3 is on Bit 2 DC3 is on Bit 3 EDC is on lSB Bit 4 Buffer is on EXAMPLE If the terminal transmits the characters OOFC21 the third through sixth characters converted to binary are Sixth Character see EXAMPLE i MSB Bit 1 EOTDIS is on Bit 2 AUTOABM is on Bit 3 ABMPRT is on lSB Bit 4 PCHECK is on F C 2 1 I LeqUalS b...

Page 63: ...escape used for EOC SI shift in CR carriage return ETB end of transmission block SO shift out OC1 playback ON ETX end of text SOH start of heading OC2 record ON FF form feed STX start of text OC3 playback OFF FS file separator SUB substitute OC4 record OFF GS group separator SYN synchronous idle OEL delete HT horizontal tabulation US unit separator OLE data link escape LF line feed VT vertical tab...

Page 64: ...ON LINEa NUM Numeric MODE Switch Selected SHIFT Key Not Pressed CJLJrJ CJ JCJDCJ uEJEJ D GJ GJ J GJGJGJCJWGJ 8EJ B D J GJGJGJGJGJ J GJwD JGJB EJ J GJGJGJGJGJwD D JB D 8 I SPACE I NUM ITTla RECORoQ _ MODE COMMa NUM MODE selected and SHIFT Key Pressed NOTE Various national characters differ from the above drawing but the corresponding keys are active ON LINEa The LF key is omitted from the Gennany S...

Page 65: ...DO EITIP COMMO ON lINEO U S A Keyboard Layout and Symbolization GJGJGJCJQGJ JGJwGJ JOOEJEJ O JGJ J J JGJGJ J JGJ 8EJ8 wQwwwwwwwDD B CJ J GJGJGJGJw J DD J D D 8 I I RECORDO SPACE EITIP COMMO ON LlNEO U S A Keyboard FCTN CTRL and SHIFT keys not pressed and NUM MODE not selected UPPER CASE selected A throu h Z are uppercase UPPER CASE not selected A through Z are lowercase The LF key is omitted from ...

Page 66: ...rough Z are uppercase United Kingdom Keyboard United Kingdom Keyboard Layout and Symbofization ON LlNEO wGJGJwG JGJGJGJGJ JOOEJEJ Dww JGJGJGJGJCJwGJ EJEJB JGJGJwWw J GJ J DDG J EJ D J JGJGJGJw JDD JDD I I RECORoQ SPACE EITIP COMMO ON LlNEO United Kingdom Keyboard FCTN CTRL and SHIFT not pressed and NUM MODE not selected UPPER CASE selected A through Z are uppercase UPPER CASE not selected A throug...

Page 67: ...pendent of UPPER CASE lock A through Z are uppercase France Keyboard France Keyboard Layout and Symbolization France Keyboard FCTN CTRL and SHIFT not pressed and NUM MODE not selected UPPER CASE not selected A through Z are lowercase UPPER CASE selected A through Z are uppercase 8 4 ...

Page 68: ...any Keyboard EJGJ GJGJGJGJGJEJE J J OJEJIFCTNI 8 I I RECORDO o NUM rfT lr COMMO MODEl LL l ON lINEO Germany Keyboard layout and Symbolization i wGJGJ J J JGJGJGJ J J JeJEJEJ ID JGJ JGJ JGJwCJGJGJGJ IT3EJB wGJGJGJGJw JGJ J QDGJ D GJGJGJGJGJGJ J D D JD D Y 8 I I RECORDO SPACE M IJc COMMO ON LlNEO Germany Keyboard FCTN CTRl and SHIFT not pressed and NUM MODE not selected UPPER CASE not selected A thr...

Page 69: ...8GJw JGJGJ JEJLJEJGJ J EJB wwwwww 00uGJ Sweden Finland Keyboard Layout and Symbolization GJ J J J J JGJ JGJGJ J JGJEJEJ DGJw JGJGJ J J JGJGJ J 8EJB wwwwwwwwwwwDGJ D GJ JGJ J Jw J DD JD D 8 I I RECORDO SPACE E l o COMMO Sweden Finland Keyboard FCTN CTRL and SHIFT not pressed and NUM MODE not selected UPPER CASE not selected A through Z A 0 A are lowercase UPPER CASE selected A through Z A 0 A are u...

Page 70: ...Jrn J EJEJ BGJwGJ JGJ JEJLJEJGJ J EJ8 wwwwww wDGJ B GJGJGJGJ J GJEJEJEJOJB IFCTN1 Y 8 I I RECORDO o NUM o COMMO MODE ON LlNEO Denmark Norway Keyboard Layout and Symbolization wGJGJGJGJ JGJ J JGJGJCJOEJEJ DGJwGJ JGJ J JCJGJGJ J EJ8 wwwwwwwww QDGJ D GJGJGJGJ J GJ J D D JD D Y 8 I I RECORDO SPACE NUM o 0 MODE COMM ON LlNEO Denmark Norway Keyboard FCTN CTRL and SHIFT not pressed and NUM MODE not selec...

Page 71: ...J J JCJ JGJ J EJB Dwwwwwwwww QDGJ 8 GJGJGJ J GJ J J DD J E D 8 L I RECORDO SPACE I EOI J COMMO ON LlNEO Denmark Norway Keyboard SHIFT key pressed and FCTN and CTRL keys not pressed Independent of UPPER CASE lock A through Z are uppercase B 8 ...

Page 72: ...M T4 m I RS N 1 n 8 _ I Printable Characters 4 ASR Control Codes I11111I1111111111111111 Printer Control Characters Extended Line Control Codes Generated and Transmitted by the terminal NOTES 1 on U K units 2 Aon Germany and Sweden Finland units AE on DenmarklNorway units 3 Q on Germany and Sweden Finland units on Denmark Norway units 4 U on Germany and Sweden Finland units A on Denmark Norway uni...

Page 73: ...ock Operating 0 G Storage 40 G for 18 msec half sine wave D l Vibration Operating 0 5 G 10 to 50 Hz Storage 1 5 G 30 minutes 20 Hz POWER REQUIREMENTS Voltage 90 132 Vrms or 184 264 Vrms Frequency 47 63 Hz Power 150 watts maximum PHYSICAL Size Width 391 mm 15 4 in Depth 406 mm 16 0 in Height 139 mm 5 5 in Weight 7 7 kg 17 pounds including paper DATA TRANSMISSION Method Asynchronous serial by bit se...

Page 74: ... EIA Interface Kit Interfaces the terminal to an external device such as a modem Inter face cable is a minimum 1 8 m 6 feet long terminated with a 25 pin male connector Cannon DB25P or equivalent D 2 Signal Levels Serial interface signal levels are defined by EtA Standard RS 232 C as follows 25 to 3Vdc Data Signal Marking Timing or Control Function Off 3 to 3Vdc 3 to 25Vdc Not Defined Space Not De...

Page 75: ...l l C4 I I I I Ia 2 o 1 0 1 E e a Sweden Finland Characters rlllo A I I I mi I 4 112 Norway Denmark o 1 1 0 E Characters A v I I I I Ii mI m13 o 1 1 1 German Characters 1 o 0 0 Ii I I I I H I 13 Sweden Finland Characters II AN I I i i r I 113 Norway Denmark 1 0 0 1 i Characters mI I I 14German 1 0 1 0 I Characters su I I I I 12 Ii 15 14Sweden Finland 1 o 1 1 t Characters v Pi I I mt I I f r 16 14N...

Page 76: ...ed over the communications On the other hand when a DC3 is generated by the terminal it is converted to a CR before transmission over the communications line and any NUL characters generated by the terminal are not transmitted The character mapping firmware is stored in two pro grammable read only memory PROM devices located on the bottom PC board This feature can be switched ON or OFF by using th...

Page 77: ... contradict their usage in the Model 7631765 terminal The user must know what characters the system requires the terminal to send for various control and special functions e g termination of each F 2 line of data A simple procedure using the Model 763 or 765 terminal helps determine which characters need to be mapped for data transmitted by the system to the terminal 1 Create a temporary line form...

Page 78: ...ects control character CR as the line termination character the DC3 character should be eliminated from the trans mitted data stream and the NUL character should be mapped to a CR for transmission To implement the above example the user sets up the character mapping file by creating a file named MAP CF t lAP L 1 1 DOnE n Then record into the MAP file mapping definitions using either the COpy comma...

Page 79: ...APPENDIXG 763 765 Data Entry and Validation DEV Option 2263366 9701 G 1 ...

Page 80: ...created on a separate development system rather than the terminal keyboard The program ob ject is downloaded into the terminal where it is accessible to either the operator or a RUN file All application programs can be downloaded into a single file and thus maximize the terminal s 16 file capability A detailed description of a development system and the TIBOL language may be found in the 763 765 M...

Page 81: ...PERATING INSTRUCTION MANUAL pro vides a self test of the basic hardware components including bubble memory and ROM read only G 3 memory In addition to the terminal fail message definitions for the 763 765 supplemental messages may be printed as defined in the following Message FAIL E FAIL F FAIL G FAIL H FAIL I Meaning EPROM 1 FAILURE U63 EPROM 2 FAILURE U64 PROM 1 FAILURE U65 PROM 2 FAILURE U66 R...

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Page 83: ...splay Modification Commands 12 Comparing Continuous and Line Format Files 46 Continuous Format 8 Control Characters 35 A 7 Controls Keyboard 4 COPY Command 11 25 27 Copying Files 27 Copying From File to File 45 Correcting Typing Errors 39 Cover Outer Replacing 3 CREATE Command 10 Creating Files 8 24 39 Exercise 39 General Rules for 24 Data Entry Validation Option G 1 Data Terminal Communications v...

Page 84: ...k Off Function 16 Playback Reverse Function 16 Playing Back a File 42 Pointer Control 17 Print Contrast Adjusting 36 Print Function 20 26 Printer Character Set E 1 Printer Off Function 16 Printer On Function 16 Printhead Cleaning the 36 Printing a File 26 Prompting EDC Sequences for A 3 Quick Reference Guide Appendix A Record Editing a 23 Record File Changing the 40 Record Function 16 25 Record Lo...

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Page 87: ...mbers It is possible to express in digital form all information stored trans ferred or processed by dual state condition e g on off open closed and true false duplex describes two operations such as transmit ting and receiving full duplex means simultaneous transmission and reception half duplex means trans mission or reception but not both at the same time file a collection of related records see...

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