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Chapter 6
Terminal Program in Microsoft Windows version 3.0 or 3.1
Most PC's being sold today include a copy of Microsoft Windows. Included with Windows
is a terminal program, which can be used to communicate with the Burford
®
Model
2000/2100 Servo Tyer. This terminal program is not as easy to use with the Burford
®
Servo Tyer as the Burford
®
Terminal program requires some time to configure the
program. However, once it is configured, the configuration data can be saved for use
later.
It is assumed that anyone using the Microsoft Windows Terminal program is familiar with
this interface and that systematic instructions for maneuvering in Windows are not
necessary. Configure the Microsoft Windows Terminal Program the following way.
Start the Windows program and open the Terminal program. It is usually located in the
Accessories group of Program Manager. Under the Settings menu, choose
Communications. Mark the appropriate boxes for the communication. Due to a peculiarity
in this program, it may be necessary to first choose 7 data bits; then choose 2 stop bits;
then choose 1 stop bit. In the field entitled Flow Control, choose XON/XOFF. The boxes
labeled Parity Check and Carrier Detect should be left empty. With all settings correct,
choose OK to close this box.
Under the Settings menu, choose Terminal Emulation and select DEC VT-100 (ANSI).
Under the Settings menu, choose Terminal Preferences. Make sure that Local Echo is
turned off.
When you have everything configured as listed above, save your configuration
information by choosing the Save command under the File menu. This allows you to save
this configuration data for later use. Assign a name to your configuration, such as Servo
Tyer or Burford
®
. In the future, when you start this terminal program, you may use the
Open command under the File menu to recall your configuration data.
You will not be able to see anything that you type on the screen until the Servo Tyer is
running. This is because the Servo Tyer must echo your typed commands back to the PC
before they will be displayed.
The Servo Tyer controller sends some information to the serial port, which is intended to
be displayed on the optional operator display provided by Burford
®
Corp. The Burford
®
TERMINAL program has been written to recognize the format of these statements and
display them in a box near the bottom of the screen. Any other terminal emulation program
(such as the terminal program in Microsoft Windows) cannot distinguish these statements
from any other text and they appear on the screen among all the other text. This can be
a little confusing.
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