Deleting Format Catalogs - Quantum Data 881 User Manual

Deleting format catalogs

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Note: If other catalogs are also selected, the Source list will include the formats in
those catalogs as well.
Note: If you power cycle the generator you will have to reinstate the format catalogs
by loading with DIRL and using it with DIRU.
To create a format catalog with both custom formats and default formats:
1. Create your custom formats using either the command line
using the command line
formats using the Format
2. Set the format path either through the Format Editor or the command line with the
FMTP command "Setting the 882's
FMTP /tffs0/library/userdata
3. Save the custom format in the directory pointed by the current format path.
4. Enable the User Source library.
a. Press the Source key
b. Press the Options key repeatedly until the Library listing is shown and select
Library.
c. Enable the User catalog by pressing the adjacent softkey such that it has a plus (+)
sign next to it.
The custom formats that you saved in the Userdata directory will now appear in the
Source list with other default formats that have been enabled.
To remove a format from a format catalog:
1. Establish a session with the generator using HyperTerminal over a serial connection or
Telnet over an Ethernet LAN. For instructions, see
the 882" on page 30 and
2. Remove a format from a format catalog by entering the following commands:
DIRL Vesa1
DIRT Source
DIRB
NAMK /tffs0/Library/Formats/DMT0660 // deletes DMT0660
Or...
NAMY 1
DIRE
DIRS
DIRU
You can delete format catalogs either through the command line or through the FTP
Browser. Procedures for both methods are provided below.
interface" on page 198 or the Format Editor
Editor" on page 186.
path" on page 17 and shown below:
"Establishing a Telnet session with the
// loads the catalog
// begins a directory editing session
// deletes first format in catalog
// ends the directory editing session
// saves the catalog
// applies the catalog
"Creating custom formats
"Creating custom
"Establishing a terminal session with
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