Summary of Contents for QSI QTERM-R55
- Page 1 QTERM-R55 U ANUAL EVISION QSI CORPORATION 2212 South West Temple #50 Salt Lake City, Utah 84115-2648 Phone 801-466-8770 Fax 801-466-8792 Email info@qsicorp.com Web www.qsicorp.com M01-012-00 Rev 6...
- Page 2 31725E0 - Printed in USA © Copyright QSI Corporation 1999-2009 QTERM, QTERM-R55 and QABASIC are trademarks of QSI Corporation. Manual Updated 15 October 2009...
- Page 3 Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. Any modification to this device (including any changes to the recommended antenna configuration) that are not expressly approved by QSI could void the user's authority to operate this device.
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Page 5: C Hapter 1. B Asic O Peration
R55 is available with several options; this manual discusses all versions and their operation. The QTERM-R55 is a CE certified product. It has been assessed against the requirements of EN 50082-1: 1992, EN55022: 1987, and EN 60950 (including Amendments Numbers 1, 2 and 3). Based on conformity with these requirements, the QTERM-R55 is deemed in compliance with all applicable CE directives. - Page 6 QTERM-R55 User's Manual QSI Corporation Fax 801-466-8792 Web www.qsicorp.com Phone 801-466-8770...
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Page 7: Table Of Contents
2.7.1 Reading Data 11 2.7.2 Arrays 11 Interaction with System Hardware 12 2.8.1 Date and Time 12 2.8.2 Cursor Appearance 13 2.8.3 Peek 13 2.8.4 Serial Communication 13 2.8.5 Keypad LEDs 13 QSI Corporation Fax 801-466-8792 Web www.qsicorp.com Phone 801-466-8770... - Page 8 Basic Operation 31 E.3.1. Using the R55 Downloader 31 E.3.2. Selecting the file to download 31 E.3.3. Selecting the serial port 31 E.3.4. Setting the communication parameters 31 E.3.5. Downloading the application 31 QSI Corporation Fax 801-466-8792 Web www.qsicorp.com Phone 801-466-8770...
- Page 9 Advanced Features 32 E.4.1. Port State 32 E.4.2. Send to R55 32 E.4.3. Clear Box 32 E.4.4. Preprocessor Settings 32 E.5. Preprocessor Directives 32 E.5.1. Overview 32 E.5.2. Include 32 E.5.3. Define 32 QSI Corporation Fax 801-466-8792 Web www.qsicorp.com Phone 801-466-8770...
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Page 11: Basic Operation
Hold down any three keys and apply power to the • download application to the QTERM-R55 QTERM-R55 (you do not need to connect the transmit and receive lines). When the words POWER ON Power-On Setup SETUP (POS) appear on the screen, release the keys. -
Page 12: Connect The Communications Lines
The receive and transmit directions Secondary Port (if the QTERM-R55 was purchased shown in the table are relative to the QTERM-R55. Refer to with the auxiliary serial port option). The baud rate is this table to connect your host communications lines to the adjusted up and down with the POS Up and POS correct pins. -
Page 13: Apply Power
(If you are using an IBM-style PC, you cannot connect an EIA-422 or EIA-485 QTERM-R55 directly to the com- If the QTERM-R55 does not respond, or exhibits abnormal puter's COM port; you must provide an interface device.) behavior on power up, disconnect power and contact QSI for technical support. - Page 14 QTERM-R55 User's Manual QSI Corporation Fax 801-466-8792 Web www.qsicorp.com Phone 801-466-8770...
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Page 15: Hapter Qa Basic
YABASIC modification may be obtained from QSI upon 2.1.1.4 Multiple Commands on One Line request. Contact QSI for details. Refer to the LICENSE file included on the distribution disk for more information on More than one command can appear on one line. The com- the GNU Public License. -
Page 16: Rem
After writing its last argument, print advances the tions of qaBASIC. cursor to the next line (as in print "Hello ",a$," !"). To do this, the QTERM-R55 inserts a carriage return 2.3.2.1 Trigonometric Functions character (0x0D) and a linefeed character (0x0A) after the string. -
Page 17: Integer And Fractional Parts
C programming language. A subset of this print 2+val("23") function is supported by the QTERM-R55. print val("e2") instr("Hallo","al") lower$("aBcD12fG") Format: str$ (value, "%Flagfieldwidth. ltrim$(" foo ") PrecisionArgument") print asc("e") QSI Corporation Fax 801-466-8792 Web www.qsicorp.com Phone 801-466-8770... -
Page 18: Finding Strings In Strings
-4 or and rtrim$(" foo ") returns " foo". trim$(“ greater than or equal to the Precision, otherwise use foo “) returns “foo”. %f. Trailing zeros and deci- mals are not printed. QSI Corporation Fax 801-466-8792 Web www.qsicorp.com Phone 801-466-8770... -
Page 19: The Ascii Character Set Functions
Enter a string containing "R55" Example 4: ?thequickbrownfox No, please try again ! Enter a string containing "R55" input "Please enter a number" a ?jumpedR55overthelazydog if (a>10) then Thanks a lot ! print "Hello "; QSI Corporation Fax 801-466-8792 Web www.qsicorp.com Phone 801-466-8770... -
Page 20: The If Statement
If number+1 evaluates to anything greater or equal to a label. the number of elements in the list (which is 7 in Example 9), then the last label (sorry) is chosen. Therefore, the QSI Corporation Fax 801-466-8792 Web www.qsicorp.com Phone 801-466-8770... -
Page 21: End Of Program
"Please enter a number: " num num=int(num) In Example 8, the words "one" ... "nine" are stored if (num>=1 and num<=maxnum) then print num,"=",names$(num) within the string array names$(). goto loop QSI Corporation Fax 801-466-8792 Web www.qsicorp.com Phone 801-466-8770... -
Page 22: Interaction With System Hardware
NOTE: The date$ and time$ commands are only sup- send #COM1 a$ ported for QTERM-R55 terminals with the optional real- send #COM1 a time clock installed. a$ = recv$ #COM1 a = recv #COM1 The date$ output string has four fields (see Example 10):... -
Page 23: Cursor Appearance
QTERM-R55 display, the number of keys on print #COM1 string$,num the keypad and the current cursor position (X or Y). Peek-... -
Page 24: Display Contrast
2.8.9 Keypad Backlight characters that are printed on the standard legend; see Fig- ure 2-1. However, as the QTERM-R55 legends are com- If the QTERM-R55 was purchased with the keypad back- pletely customizable, a qaBASIC facility has been created light option, the keypad backlight may be turned on and off... -
Page 25: 2.8.13 Shift State
#<1-9> [, “r” or “a”] opens a file for read- print at(4,1) "2 -- Save" ing (“r”) or appending (“a” -- append is default). Example: print at(4,2) "3 -- Quit" input at(0,3) "Your choice: " a$ open #1, “r” QSI Corporation Fax 801-466-8792 Web www.qsicorp.com Phone 801-466-8770... -
Page 26: Error Handling
Print command can only be used to write to a file if it has will be handled appropriately). been opened for appending and the current file pointer loca- tion is at the end of the file. QSI Corporation Fax 801-466-8792 Web www.qsicorp.com Phone 801-466-8770... -
Page 27: Hapter 3. Qterm-R55 Hardware
The QTERM-R55 handheld terminal uses a 6-pin modular jack, exiting from the bottom of the housing. If desired, the The QTERM-R55 is mounted to the panel by placing the modular jack can easily be switched to exit from the top of terminal into the panel cutout and attaching the rear shell the QTERM-R55 housing. -
Page 28: Qterm-R55 Large Character Panel-Mount Terminal
Screws and brackets are included with the Mount Version. QTERM-R55; these are usable with panels up to about 10 mm thick. A gasket is provided to seal the outside edges of the terminal where it presses against the panel. Connection... -
Page 29: Interfaces
EIA-422 Interface With proper cables and good grounding, the EIA-232 inter- With proper cables and grounding, the EIA-422 interface face on the QTERM-R55 can communicate up to about 15 can communicate up to a distance of about 1,000 meters. meters. -
Page 30: Eia-485 Interface
Auxillary Port Mounting Bracket 1 of 4 For discrete wires Optional E-Stop Switch Gasket is included Front View Side View Back View Figure 3-6. Dimensions of the QTERM-R55 Large Character Panel-Mount Terminal. QSI Corporation Fax 801-466-8792 Web www.qsicorp.com Phone 801-466-8770... -
Page 31: Lcd Display
Appendix B. is a chart which shows how the QTERM-R55 will display each 8-bit value. Note that the ASCII portion of the chart (the first 128 characters) is similar, but not identical, to the true ASCII chart shown in Appendix A. -
Page 32: Qterm Specifications
-40 to 85 °C components Maximum humidity range, all 0 to 95%, components non-condensing Operating voltage range 8 to 32 volts DC Battery Back Option Battery life 60 hours Battery life, backlight on 24 hours QSI Corporation Fax 801-466-8792 Web www.qsicorp.com Phone 801-466-8770... -
Page 33: Appendix A. Ascii Chart
EM = end of medium SUB = substitute < ESC = escape FS = file separator GS = group separator > RS = record separator US = unit separator DEL = delete/rubout QSI Corporation Fax 801-466-8792 Web www.qsicorp.com Phone 801-466-8770... - Page 34 QTERM-R55 User's Manual QSI Corporation Fax 801-466-8792 Web www.qsicorp.com Phone 801-466-8770...
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Page 35: Appendix
PPENDIX QTERM-R55 C HARACTER HART The chart on the next page shows how the QTERM-R55 Œ These bytes are always ignored. displays each of the 256 possible character values. œ This is a space character Where a dot pattern is shown, printing the corresponding... - Page 36 QTERM-R55 User's Manual Most Significant Digit (hex) Œ œ are on the previous page.) QSI Corporation Fax 801-466-8792 Web www.qsicorp.com Phone 801-466-8770...
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Page 37: Appendix D. Qa Basic Command Summary
Used to control whether the display scrolls when the cursor is on the last line of the display and a linefeed is printed Used to control where the display will place the next character if the cursor is at the autowrap end of a line. continued QSI Corporation Fax 801-466-8792 Web www.qsicorp.com Phone 801-466-8770... - Page 38 Used to get the key string for any key that may have been pressed - returns empty iskeypressed$ if no key has been pressed keyclick Turns the keyclick feature on or off continued QSI Corporation Fax 801-466-8792 Web www.qsicorp.com Phone 801-466-8770...
- Page 39 Delays program execution for x seconds pause x peek(x$) Used to read QTERM-R55 internal variables - legal values of x$ are: rows, col- umns numkeys, cursorX, cursorY, COM1, COM2, ostick The value of pi 3.141592653589793 in 32 bit ANSI/IEEE 754-1985 format.
- Page 40 Other reserved keywords that currently do nothing but are printer not legal for variable names are: reverse select arrow system break text bitmap textwin circle transparent window draw xmap erase xtick font ymap frame ytick interrupt inverse QSI Corporation Fax 801-466-8792 Web www.qsicorp.com Phone 801-466-8770...
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Page 41: Appendix E. Using The R55 Downloader
D.3.3 Selecting the serial port upgrades out a specified COM port on the PC. Select the COM port which is attached to the QTERM-R55 Setup from the COM Port box. To install the R55 Downloader on your PC hard drive, fol- D.3.4... - Page 42 When the preprocessor runs, it parses all of the input files %define <symbol> <definition> and generates an intermediate file; this intermediate file is then downloaded to the QTERM-R55. It is often useful to Example: examine the contents of this intermediate file if the terminal reports that an application has errors.
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