Digital Equipment EK-VT520-IN, Installation And Operating Information

Page 1: ...VT520 Video Terminal Installation and Operating Information Order Number EK VT520 IN A01 ...

Page 2: ...r in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipmen...

Page 3: ... Terminal Server with TD SMP Using SSU Host Software Opening Another Session Tips for Using Multiple Sessions 3 Desktop Features 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 2 3 1 3 3 1 4 3 2 Invoking Desktop Features Clock feature Calculator feature Show Character Sets feature Banner message Keyboard Summary 1 1 1 5 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 5 iii ...

Page 4: ...res 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 1 8 1 8 2 8 3 Tables VT Keyboard Layout PC Style Keyboard Layout Communications Port Set Up Screen Define Key Editor Select Function Comml Serial Communication Printer Ports Comm2 and Comm3 MMJ Ports Parallel Printer Port Bidirectional Recommendations for Proper Setup and 4 1 4 2 4 3 A 1 A 1 A 3 1 4 1 4 1 9 4 3 8 5 8 5 8 5 Use vii iv A 1 8 1 Identifying and Correcting Problems St...

Page 5: ... to the VT520 VT525 Video Terminal Programmer Information See the inside back cover for ordering information Environment Note This product has been designed and manufactured to minimize the impact to the environment The packaging is recyclable and the terminal can be returned for proper disposaL The terminal also has power management features that exceed the Environmental Protection Agency EPA Ene...

Page 6: ...d Indicates a key on the numeric keypad Proper Setup and Use Important Information Certain recent scientific literature suggests that poor posture work habits or office equipment setup may cause injuries Other literature suggests that there is no cause and effect Because the safety of our users is a great concern it is important to take the precautions described in Table 1 If you experience pain o...

Page 7: ... is off your thighs and are in a horizontal position Keep the back of your knees away from the seat so you do not compress the area behind them which could restrict the blood flow 4 Upper body is erect and your lower back is supported with a backrest 5 Wrists are straight and do not flex more than 15 They may be supported but should not rest on sharp edges MA 0069 93 1L continued on next page vii ...

Page 8: ...iodically by looking at distant objects Take periodic work breaks Morning lunch and afternoon breaks meet most recommendations Take advantage of work breaks to move around and do other movements Avoid direct lighting or sunlight on the screen which causes glare and reflections The terminal screen has an antiglare treatment to reduce glare Place lighting behind or to the side of your work area and ...

Page 9: ...tilt swivel stand 1 Insert the hooks on the stand into the slots at the bottom of the terminal 2 Slide the stand to the right until it is locked by the two tabs at the bottom of the terminal To remove the stand press the two tabs Installation and Set Up 1 1 ...

Page 10: ...the cables to the terminal Connect the cables to the terminal as shown and plug the power cord into an ac electrical outlet o Comm 1 male or female e Comm 2 8 Comm 3 Serial printer o Parallel printer 0 Keyboard 3 Power cord 1 2 Installation and Set Up ...

Page 11: ... the switch indicates that power is on o Power fj Contrast 6 Brightness Power Up Selftest The terminal takes a few seconds to warm up and complete its power up self tests Then the terminal should display Selftest OK If a problem occurs go to the Appendix A Installation and Set Up 1 3 ...

Page 12: ...1 1 Installation Keyboards Figure 1 1 VT Keyboard Layout 01 Figure 1 2 PC Style Keyboard Layout 1 4 Installation and Set Up e D EO P g e m ec 1 J 7 9 U 4 5 6 U 1 2 3 Eot 0 1 IL MA 1520a 92 PS I 4 6 1 2 3 o J J LJ 00226a TiO PS ...

Page 13: ...re many more Set Up features in the terminal that you may wish to change Before changing the communication Set Up features contact your System Manager if necessary Printer operations are suspended upon entering Set Up and are resumed upon exiting Set Up Entering Exiting Set Up To enter or exit Set Up perform the following procedures On a VT keyboard PC keyboard Press ICaps Lock I Print Screen I Re...

Page 14: ...ion The menu item with the filled in circle is enabled Only one of these items can be enabled at a time The menu item with the checkbox is enabled Press IEnterll Return I or ISelect Ito start the action or to choose the currently highlighted feature A dimmed menu item does not apply to the currently selected mode Caution If you disable the Display c CRT Saver feature an image may etch onto the scr...

Page 15: ...ges Set Up ktions Session Display Terminal type ASCII emulation Keybom d Communication Modem rinter Tabs 111 On line Save settings Restore settings Exit Set Up o English o Fransois o Deutsch o Espo iol o Italiano S1 cornrn1 8600N81 ISO Latin 1 North Il Ineric n VT520 l 2 0 I o I e I e I I o Port selected f Transmit speed 9600 Parity N Word size 8 Stop bits 1 8 Character set 0 Keyboard language o E...

Page 16: ...d note any change here that you make from the default value Menu item Default 51 52 53 54 Terminal type I VT520 Emulation mode Keyboard I Keyboard English language Communication I See Figure 1 3 Port select Communication I 8 bits Word size Communication I None Parity Communication I 9600 baud Transmit speed Communication I Transmit Receive speed speed Printer I Printer type ANSIl 1American Nationa...

Page 17: ...es a session A session that is dimmed is disabled but it can still be configured in Set Up Figure 1 3 Communications Port Set Up Screen Set Up Actions Session r Display Termin ASClle Keyboa Modem Prinle Tabs Set Up 121 On line Save set Restore Exi t s llil DCl Comm o session off comm1 o comm2 o comm3 Print o none o parallel comm3 Port Select Mail 1iJ Notes iJ Edit Comm Comm Comm o session off sess...

Page 18: ...u item Save settings Session I Save settings for all Restore previously saved settings Use one of the following procedures Restore Active session only All sessions you saved Factory defaults for all sessions Then press 1Enter1or 1Return I 1 10 Installation and Set Up Select menu item Restore settings Session I Restore settings for all Action I Restore factory defaults ...

Page 19: ... ports on the back of the terminal Since there are only three comm ports this method alone can only support three sessions To use a fourth session or to reduce the number of serial comm lines needed more than one session must be connected through a single comm port The VT520 allows this using a session management protocol called TD SMP Terminal Device Session Management Protocol TD SMP allows two ...

Page 20: ...rminal server you can still use TD SMP by running the Session Support Utility SSU on your host computer On a system that has SSU software such as OSFIl or OpenVMS enable sessions as follows SSU ENABLE IReturn I 2 2 2 Opening Another Session Once TD SMP is enabled you can open a new session and switch between them as follows 1 Press the Session key on a VT keyboard or press 1 Caps Lock I 0 Vr pd on...

Page 21: ...the session icon at the top of the screen blinks To enable two or more sessions to use the same settings configure either one then use Copy settings from in the session menu to copy the desired settings to other sessions You can control the number of pages of display memory available to each session from Set Up by using the Pages per session dialog The typical terminal has eight pages total Before...

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Page 23: ...Accessibility Aid feature and the Copy and Paste function You can copy and paste within a session and between sessions Within Set Up there are many more features like Review previous lines on a page and check the screen alignment Session Display Terminal type AS CII emulation Keyboard Communication Modem Print er Tabs Set Up language 111 On line Save settings Restore settings Exi t Set Up Clear di...

Page 24: ... or IReturn I or IEnterI 0or I Caps Lock IEnterI Function Go to next field Go to previous field Move within a field If desired check the 24 hour format box For example before entering 13 00 enable 24 hour format For 12 hour format set the time to morning by pressing 0 or for afternoon Input the clock time at the cursor position and exit the clock If the clock feature is enabled then the alarm soun...

Page 25: ...al 2 or decimal QJ format Changes the key d display to hexadecimal and allows selecting through Jkpd Clears the entry Stores the number in the display into memory Recalls the number from memory and places it in the display Inserts the result at the current cursor position after exiting the calculator feature All calculator math operations have equal priority except l x and x2 If a result is wider ...

Page 26: ...ets Restores the character set Displays the line drawing character set if you are using a VT character set Displays the technical character set For the current character set inserts the highlighted character into text at the current cursor position if you are using a VT character set 3 1 4 Banner message The Banner message is the message that is displayed when you turn the terminal on You can chan...

Page 27: ... pd Adjust window size ICtrljShifth tl or QJj ICtrljShifthrl or QJj Pan or Review previous lines ICtr jlil or QJj ICtrljlil or QJj Copy and paste Start copy Hold downDt Hold down I Scroll Lock I Move to beginning of text EB DB or EB or Select beginning of text ISelect I j IHomel J Select end of text IRemove I IEndl Finish copy Release D Release I Scroll Lock I Move to different session if desired ...

Page 28: ...enable Latch state Lock state To disable Press any modifier key five times Press any modifier key once Press any modifier key twice Press and hold a modifier key while you press another key Review previous lines In Set Up or through software you can allocate the pages that are assigned to each session up to a total of eight pages When Review previous lines is selected the page memory allocation fo...

Page 29: ...on the keyboard 1 From the Keyboard menu item select the Define key function and the Define Key Editor menu will appear 2 Press the key you want to define 3 Choose Copy of key default and press IEnterl 4 Press the key you want to copy 5 Choose the OK or Apply button and press IEnterl Names are displayed in the Set Up language selected not according to the keyboard language They are truncated to 12...

Page 30: ...nhanced PC keyboards and IAltlShiftl Shift 2 Modifier keys themselves cannot normally be modified by other keys A key assigned to act as the IShiftl modifier for example cannot transmit a function sequence when pressed in combination with the key Defining a key as a modifier key makes all assignable combinations of that key act as a modifier Example Changing the XI key to delete when unshifted and...

Page 31: ... UDK 2 1SP UD K direction No rma lOTer mi na I on I y 0 Hos t on II OK Apply Cancel MA 0324 93 GRA 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to define other modifier sequences 7 Choose the OK or Apply button and press Enter Example Disabling the Compose I 1Break I or 1Set Up 1 key by assigning them to have no function 4 1 2 Creating a Key Sequence To define a key sequence 1 From the Keyboard menu item select the Def...

Page 32: ...nly To video screen and or host depending on communica tion setting on line half duplex local To video screen only To central host computer 7 Choose the OK or Apply button NOTE Pressing the Set Up key to exit Set Up will activate the OK button to keep any changes you have made If you redefine a key you can always restore the default key functions from the Actions menu in Set Up 4 4 Defining Keys ...

Page 33: ...ity dissipate Clean the screen with a video screen cleaner Cleaning the Keyboard If needed wipe the keys with a soft cloth Do not allow moisture to get under the keys A 2 Troubleshooting Identifying and Correcting Problems The following can be sources of problems Communications cables Host system Power or electrical sources Adjustment of brightness or contrast controls Maintenance and Troubleshoot...

Page 34: ...peed may be set incorrectly Accessibility aid is enabled Power Management feature is active A 2 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Suggested Solution From the Communication menu item choose Port select and match the connections on the terminal From the Printer menu item choose Serial print speed and match the setting to the one in your printer manual Check keyboard indicator line for icon This featur...

Page 35: ...to the off position before installing or removing the ROM cartridge Procedure 1 Set the power switch to the off position 2 Remove the cartridge by lifting the cover from the bottom and gently pulling it straight back 3 Plug in a ROM cartridge with its attached cover and close the cover If you are having the terminal serviced then remove and save the ROM cartridge To remove a ROM cartridge lift its...

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Page 37: ...31 5 cm 12 4 in 33 cm 13 in 7 9 kg 17 4 Ib 25 5 forward 20 backward 900 left and right 35 cm 14 in diagonal antiglare flat profile screen 72 Hz 800 x 432 88 DPI 10 x 16 font 72 Hz 802 x 480 88 DPI 10 x 16 font 17 cm 6 7 in x 23 cm 9 in 1 1 4 aspect ratio 25 42 or 53 data lines Selectable 24 25 36 42 48 50 and 72 lines emulation dependent UNIX MDOS OpenVMS OSF ULTRIX VMS or any other that supports ...

Page 38: ...s insert character into text ROM cartridge support 4 Mbit 512 K byte customer installable ROM cartridge that completely replaces the factory installed ROM code for new versions of the terminal s firmware Electrical Requirements AC input voltage Line frequency Power consumption Operating Temperature Humidity 8 2 Specifications 110 120 220 230 240 Vac auto sensing single phase 3 wire 47 Hz to 63 Hz ...

Page 39: ...12 for ANSI style layout PCXAL for enhanced PC 1011102 style layout available for most European languages IBM enhanced PS 2 compatible PS 2 style 6 pin mini DIN All keys are programmable for single characters character sequences or local functions Compose character are available in Multinational ISO Latin 1 ISO Latin 2 ISO Latin Greek and National Replacement character sets NRCS for VT keyboards e...

Page 40: ... f 6 pin MMJ to 6 pin MMJ 25 pin D sub m to 36 pin Champ m EIA 232 maximum cable length is 15 3 m 50 ft EIA 423 maximum cable length is 305 m 1000 ft 1 xx length in feet 10 25 50 Communication Printer Ports Serial Parallel Bidirectional serial communication printer ports with full modem support at 300 to 115 2K baud EIA 232 EIA 423 Comm 1 Figure B 1 Two 25 pin D sub mlf use one or the other Comm 2...

Page 41: ... 200TR 108 2 CO S1 2 23 SPO SEL L 111 CH S4 F M 9 11 13 19 21 22 24 25 NC1 MA 0019 93 GRA 1NC not connected Figure B 2 Comm2 and Comm3 MMJ Ports 1 DTR 2 TXD L 3 GND 4 COM 5 RXD L 6 DSR MA 0020 93 GRA Figure B 3 Parallel Printer Port Bidirectional 0 1 STROBE L 10 ACKNLG L 1 00 2 OAT 0 11 BUSY 00 14 3 OAT 1 12 PE 00 4 OAT 2 13 SLCT 00 o 5 OAT 3 14 AUTO FEED XT L 0 6 OAT 4 15 ERROR L 7 OAT 5 16 INIT ...

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Page 43: ...lable from service representatives 1 B 10 dBA l 20perator position Table B 1 Standards Conformance and Approvals Type Standard Communications EIA 423 EIA 232 E EMIIRFI CCITT V 24 and V 28 NET 2 test report CISPR 22 Class B CSA 108 8 FCC part 15 Class B Vfg 243 91 Amd Vfg 46 92 Class B Subject Serial communications Serial communications Australia PTT German PTT Japan PTT Sweden PTT Electromagnetic ...

Page 44: ... 5 2 SS 436 1490 MPR II VDE0805 and Amd EMKO TSE 74 SEC 203 92 DEMKO NEMKO SEMKO UL 544 2nd ed Subject Radio Protection Mark CE label VCCI Electromagnetic compatibility EPA Energy Star requirements NUTEK energy requirements TlJv Ergonomic Requirements Safety of Information Technology Equipment Including Electrical Business Equipment Canada Australia product safety U S A DHHS FDA Safety of Informat...

Page 45: ...inated diphenylether PBDE as a flame retardant additive therefore they do not emit toxic dibenzofuran and dibenzodioxin gases PVC The plastic enclosures are not made of rigid PVC The material has a non halogenated flame retardant system and is cadmium free Ozone Depleting Substance The VT520 is in full compliance with the labeling requirements in the U S Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 It does no...

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