Ring Communications DXC901 - Manual (Page 22)

SEPTEMBER 2003 DIGITAL EXCHANGE CONTROLLER DXC901
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NOTE
The left arrow may not work on all terminals or emulations, it
may operate as a back-space (destructive) or not at all.
M ENU screen.
a=amend The amend option can be selected after a subscriber’s SAR is read using find,
previous, or next. Amend is used to change or edit the parameters in the selected
SAR. When finished amending, the program will prompt All correct (y/n) ? If the
response is 'n' then all parameters may be corrected. If the response is 'y', then a
request is sent to the DXC901 for a W
RITE of all information for this subscriber's
SAR to nonvolatile memory. The SAR is then read back from memory and
redisplayed. If the SAR is in use or B
USY then an error message is displayed and the
WRITE request will be aborted and must be attempted again when the SAR is free.
Editing the SAR on the Screen
The editing of parameters uses a type-over method. Each parameter will test for valid input
characters and will cause the terminal to beep if a wrong character type is entered, for example,
entering an alpha character into a numeric field will produce an error beep. The error beep also
occurs if the number of valid characters in a parameter field is exceeded.
Typing mistakes are corrected by the back-space key. If the back-space key is pushed on the first
character position of a parameter then the parameter is unchanged and the cursor moves to the
previous parameter. When a parameter has been edited, press carriage return (ENTER) to proceed
to the next parameter. The carriage return may be pressed on any character position in the
parameter after editing or if no changes to that parameter are needed.
The ? and ? (UP and DOWN) arrows are used to move the cursor to the previous or next parameter
field. The ? and ? (RIGHT and LEFT) arrows are used to move the cursor within a parameter field
without changing or deleting the characters. If changing just one parameter you must hit carriage
return (ENTER) to step through the other parameters to get to the All correct (y/n) ? prompt.