Rockwell Automation 1771-DMC_DMC1_DMC4_DXPS Control Coprocessor User Manual User Manual

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Using the PCBridge Software

Appendix D

D-3

To use any of the special characters literally, enter a circumflex (^) and an
accent grave (‘) character prior to the special character:

^‘

Log Session to the Printer

L) Log Session

to Printer

prints the PCBridge session in the same

manner as the

Capture Session to Disk

option writes the PCBridge

session to a file. This option works as a toggle to turn the capture session
on and off. The PCBridge software writes to the DOS device PRN:. The
software tries to prevent lock ups if the printer is off-line or out of paper.
You can activate printer logging and capture file logging together.

Toggle the Status Line

T) Toggle Status Line

toggles the status line display off or on.

The status line indicates the current values of communications and session-
logging variables.

The format of the status line is as follows:

Scriptname HH:MM -CA -PR -LO -LF -LE -XO -CT -CD COMn baud p d b message

Command

Description

Scriptname

Specifies the name of a currently executing script, if any, or the name of the terminal emulation in use

HH:MM

Specifies the time of day

+CA

A capture file is open

ĆCA

p

p

No capture file is open

+PR

A printer file is open

ĆPR

p

p

No printer file is open

+LO

A logging file is open

ĆLO

gg g

p

No logging file is open

+LF

Line feeds are added to incoming carriage returns

ĆLF

g

g

No line feeds are added to incoming carriage returns

+LE

Local echo is on

ĆLE

Remote echo is on

+XO

XĆON/XĆOFF flow control is used

ĆXO

XĆON/XĆOFF flow control is turned off

+CT

CTS checking is on

ĆCT

g

CTS checking is off

+CD

Carrier line is high

ĆCD

g

Carrier dropped

COMn

Indicates the serial port currently in use

baud p d b

The baud rate, parity, data bits, and stop bits, respectively

message

Messages are displayed here to indicate unusual problems in communication

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