Creating Format Catalogs - Quantum Data 881 User Manual

Creating format catalogs

Chapter 6 Working with Formats
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4. Press the soft key adjacent to a catalog to enable or disable it. A + sign next to the item
indicates the item is enabled; a - sign indicates it is disabled.
For example, to see only the VESA formats when you press the Source key, disable
all catalogs except DMT and CVT.
5. Press the Source key to see the formats in the selected catalogs.
Use the following procedures to create format catalogs.
To create a new format catalog:
Note: Format catalogs are created using the command line interface. Although the catalog
itself is a file, you will use the Directory (DIR) commands to create the file.
1. Determine the formats you want to include in your catalog. For example, to create a
catalog for testing computer CRTs, you might include the following formats:
DMT0660 DMT0659
DMT00675 DMT0685
DMT0856 DMT0860
2. Establish a session with the generator using HyperTerminal over a serial connection or
Telnet over an Ethernet LAN. For instructions, see
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3. Verify or set directory path is set to the FormatLib directory using the following
command:
DIRP? // to view the current path
or...
DIRP /tffs0/Library/FormatLib // to set the path
4. Create the catalog by entering the following commands:
DIRN Vesa1 // creates a catalog named Vesa1
DIRT Source // identifies new catalog as a source catalog
DIRB // begins a directory editing session
NAMI 1 /tffs0/Library/Formats/DMT0660
.
. // add other formats
.
NAMI 6 /tffs0/Library/Formats/DMT0860
DIRE // ends the directory editing session
DIRA Vesa1 // saves the catalog
DIRL Vesa1 // loads the catalog
DIRU // applies the catalog
When you press the Source key, the formats in the catalog you created appear in the
Source list.
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// adds DMT0660 to catalog
// adds DMT0860 to catalog
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