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Each of these four menus offers two or three selections,
which are made by pressing F4, F5, or F6. To display the
menus offered, press and release the up or down arrow
keys. Press
CD
to display the next menu.
The Terminal Menus and selections are:
Selections
Menus
F4
F5
F6
TERMINAL menu
Ent
Aut
Quit
SETUP menu
Aut
Fnc
Com
OPE RA TE menu
Nrm
AlP
AIL
PROTOCOL menu
XOIO
Echo
Terminal Menu
The Terminal Menu is the menu displayed upon entry to
Terminal Mode, and offers three functions: Ent, Aut, and
Quit. The Ent function lets you enter the Terminal Mode
directly without initiating auto log-on protocol. The Aut
lets you use a previously defined auto log-on.
(See
SETUP Menu for details.)
Entering Terminal Mode Directly (Ent)
Press
®
which corresponds on the display to Ent to
enter Terminal Mode directly, without performing an auto
log-on dialogue.
Upon entry into Terminal Mode via
®
'
the buffer is
allocated all available free memory.
The printer (if
attached) is set to CSIZE 2 and ROTATE 0 and is
initialized by the transmission of one carriage return.
Entering Terminal Mode with an Auto Log-On Dialogue
(AUT)
Press
@
to enter Terminal Mode and if an auto log-on
dialogue is defined, it will be transmitted at that time.
(See Defining an Auto Log-On Sequence in SETUP
instructions.)
Upon entry into Terminal Mode via the auto log-on
option
@
,the buffer is allocated all available free
memory. The printer (if attached) is set to CSIZE 2 and
ROTATE 0 and is initialized by the transmission of one
carriage retu rn.
Exiting Terminal Menu to BASIC (Quit)
Press
ern
to exit Terminal Mode and return the PC-2
to the normal BASIC prompt.
SETUP Menu
At the Terminal Mode menu, press
CD
to enter the
Setup Menu.
The Setup Menu can be used to define an
Auto Log-On sequence (Aut), alter the defined functions
of keys
C£D
through
@
(Fnc), or change the RS-232C
communications settings via
ern
(Com). Each of these
options are described in the following discussion.
Defining an Auto Log-On Sequence (Aut)
The PC-2 RS-232C Interface supports an auto log-on
procedure and lets you define an auto log-on andlor an
auto dialing dialog, depending on the type of modem you
have. If you have an automatic dialing modem such as the
TRS-80 Modem II, you can enter the telephone number
using the syntax required to communicate with the
modem. Consult your modem owner's manual for details.
If you have a modem or acoustic coupler without an
automatic dialing feature, you can enter the log-on dialog
(user ID, password, etc.) and dial the telephone manually.
Follow the instructions in your modem owner's manual
for modem communications settings.
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