Maple Systems STEPware-100 User Manual

Maple Systems Computer Accessories

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

About Your Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

OIT Models Supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Operational Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

CHAPTER 1: Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

What You Will Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Installing STEPware-100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

STEPware-100 Tutorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Create a Basic STEPware-100 Project . . . 2

Add Two Predefined Messages . . . . . . . . 3

Configure a Push-on/Push-off Function Key 4

Configure a Momentary Function Key. . . 7

Configure a Shifted Function Key . . . . . . 7

Configure a SHIFT Function Key . . . . . . . 8

Downloading a STEPware-100 Project . . . . . 9

Connect OIT to PC and Power Supply. . . 9

Place OIT in Download/Upload Mode . . 10

Transfer Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Verifying Your OIT is Operational. . . . . . . . . 13

Connect OIT to PC and Power Supply. . . 13

Setup PC’s Terminal Emulation Program. 14

Sample Communications Session . . . . . . 14

Connecting Your OIT to the Host Controller . 15

RS-232 (Interactive & Block modes) . . . . 15

RS-422/485 (Interactive & Block modes). 15

RS-422/485 (Network mode) . . . . . . . . . 16

OIT Jumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

OIT Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

5-Wire RS-422/485 (Network mode) 18

3-Wire RS-422/485 (Network mode) 19

Network Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Network Grounding. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

CHAPTER 2: OIT Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Configuration Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Operating Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

OIT Display Brightness or Viewing Angle 24

Baud Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Parity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Data Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Stop Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Handshaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Line Terminator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Append Linefeed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Local Echo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Block Echo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Turn-Around Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Delayed Linefeed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Use 3-Wire RS-485 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Network Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Tab Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Cursor Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Wrap Around. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Local Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Key Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Local Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

CHAPTER 3: Operating Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Interactive Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Block Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Network Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

CHAPTER 4: Using the OIT’s Display . . . . . . . . 41

Extended Character Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Displaying Text from the OIT’s Keypad . . . . . 41

Displaying Text from the Host Controller . . . 43

Using a Display Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Displaying Text from Predefined Messages . . 44

Optional Settings for Predefined Messages 45

CHAPTER 5: Using the OIT’s Function Keys . . . 47

General Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Function Keys as Push-on/Push-off Switches . 49

Function Keys as Momentary Switches . . . . . 50

Disabling a Function Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

CHAPTER 6: LED and Printer Operation . . . . . . 53

Using the OIT’s LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Using a Serial Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

APPENDIX A: Control Commands . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Configuration Control Commands . . . . . . . . A-2

General Purpose Control Commands . . . . . . A-5

Display Control Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8

APPENDIX B: Control Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
APPENDIX C: Extended Character Sets. . . . . . . C-1

MAP460D, OIT3100 Series, OIT3600,

OIT4100 Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

MAP320D, OIT3200, OIT3250. . . . . . . . . . . C-2

MAP340D, OIT4400, OIT4450. . . . . . . . . . . C-3

OIT5400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4

APPENDIX D: Keyborad Layouts. . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
APPENDIX E: Slide-in Legend Templates . . . . . E-1

Blank Legends for Photocopying. . . . . . . . . . E-1

Dimensions for Computer Generated Legneds E-6

APPENDIX F: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1
INDEX

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