Boundless Technologies ADDS 3153 ASCII User Manual

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44 Setup

Choose whether the terminal sends data from the entire screen or from the scrolling
region.

Ignore CTS: [Off

,

On

]

Ignore CTS is not displayed in IBM 3151 emulations

Line Control:

[

CRTS, PRTS,

IPRTS

]

§

PRTS*

(permanent request to send) – PRTS handles the CTS and DSR signal as

modem signals.

§

IPRTS*

(induced permanent request to send) – IPRTS handles the CTS and DSR

signals as if the signals are always on.

§

CRTS*

(controlled request to send) – CRTS looks at the CTS, DSR and CD signals

to determine when the terminal can send or receive data.

* PRTS

and

IPRTS

require full duplex communication capabilities.

CRTS

requires half duplex communication capabilities.

Turnaround Char:

[

<ETX>, <CR>, <EOT>, <DC3>

]

The line turnaround character is attached to the end of a data stream when one of the
read commands is received or one of the following keys is pressed:
Send

Send Line

Reset (if reset attn is enabled)

Clear

Print (if print key attn is enabled)

F1 thru F36

Print line (if print key attn is enabled)

PA1 thru PA3

Print Msg (if print key attn is enabled

Sn Msg

Send Null Suppress:

[

Off, On]

§

Off

– Trailing null characters are converted to space characters when data is sent to

the host system.

§

On

– Trailing null characters are removed when data is sent to the host system.

PRINT: F8

Print Mode: [Normal, Auto, Controller]

Select the way in which printing is controlled.

§

Normal

– indicates that printing is to occur when a print request (such as print

screen) is received.

§

Auto

– prints a line when the terminal receives a LF, a FF, or a VT code, or when

autowrap occurs.

§

Controller

– indicates that host data is sent to the printer (pass through mode).

Printing is controlled by the host computer.

Print Block Term: [<ETX>, <CR>]

Select the character which indicates to the printer that the block of data to be printed
has ended. The options above are for ASCII emulations. In ANSI emulations, the
choices are

[None

,

<FF>]

.

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