Setting Options; Introduction; Figure 13: With And Without Help Menus - AT&T 7500 User Manual

Setting Options

Introduction

This section describes how to set your data options from the front panel of the 7500. There are two
menu systems for setting your options (see Figure 13).
The With Help Menu
The Without Help Menu
Both menu systems provide the identical option setting functionality, but one system will be more
useful than the other depending upon your particular needs.
The With Help menu displays each option name in alphabetical order with its current value and
alternative values. In general, this is the preferred menu for setting options through the front panel of
your 7500.
The Without Help menu displays each option's value as a number in a separate position on the
display. Figure 17 shows each position of the display and its corresponding option. (There are index
numbers below the display to help you identify the display positions.) Table D translates all the option
settings into their numerical equivalents. This menu system is a compact method of setting options
useful for quickly programming many 7500s identically. For example, use the With Help menu,
described first, to program one 7500. Then, use the Without Help menu to record on paper the numeric
values of the options you have set. Finally, use the Without Help menu to program the remaining
7500s accordingly.
If your 7500 is set up as asynchronous DCE, you may use the keyboard of an attached data
terminal to set the option values. The procedure to set the option values from an attached data
terminal is described in CHAPTER 5: ASYNCHRONOUS DCE CONFIGURATION. If your 7500 is
set up as an asynchronous DTE, you should refer to CHAPTER 6: ASYNCHRONOUS DTE
CONFIGURATION. You can find definitions of the options in CHAPTER 4: DEFINITIONS OF 7500
OPTIONS.
To change options, use either the front panel or the attached data terminal. Do not
attempt to use both simultaneously, because unpredictable option settings may result.
With and Without Help Menus
Figure 13:
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