1.A.4 DISPLAY AND KEYBOARD INITIALIZATION
The creation of multichannel LCD/VFD DATA DISPLAY PAGES is described in
Section 5 of the “On the Air” book for
A-SIZED mainframes.
The creation of large-scale multichannel
CRT VIDEO PAGES is described in Sec-
tion 5 of the “On the Air” book for
B-SIZED mainframes, and is treated in much
greater detail in Section 2.C of this Guidebook.
As you compose LCD/VFD or CRT page formats for local or remote display of
measured, stored, and/or calculated data values, you should keep the following
in mind:
a. DISPLAY SETTINGS FOR A-SIZED MAINFRAMES
If your A-sized mainframe has only a two-line “billboard” display (local or remote),
the following
DISPLAY (DIS) command must be in effect for the display to func-
tion properly
1
:
DIS = 1 [CR]
2
If your A-sized mainframe has a multichannel LCD or VFD data display (local or
remote), a command of
DIS = 2 [CR]
must be in effect.
3
For a summary of both standard and optional Data Display and Keyboard/Keypad
features available for A-sized mainframes, see Appendix A of the “On the Air”
book.
b. DISPLAY SETTINGS FOR B-SIZED MAINFRAMES
The following commands are used for initial (general) setup of a B-sized main-
frame’s CRT video display (local or remote). Each command is discussed in
detail in Section 2.C.1 of this Guidebook:
•
B VIDEO SIGNAL (BVS)—tells the system which version of the Video Signal
Card
is present
•
VIDEO DISPLAY UNIT (VDU)—specifies the video format and frame rate for
all system CRT’s, internal and external
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1.A.4 DISPLAY AND KEYBOARD INITIALIZATION
1
A DIS value of “1” must therefore be in effect for a Model 10KU-KD or 10K4T-KD mainframe,
or when, for example, a Model 10KU is used with a Model 10DISU Display Option or with a
Model 10P80D Extended Keyboard. This command must also be in effect for an A-sized main-
frame with NO DISPLAY at all (i.e., for a 10KU, 10K1C, or 10K4TA with no optional display capa-
bilities).
2
For the entry of System 10 MNEMONIC COMMANDS, see Section 1.C of this Guidebook.
3
A DIS value of “2” must therefore be in effect for a Model 10K2D or 10K4T-DA mainframe, or
when, for example, a Model 10KU, 10K1C, or 10K4TA is used with a Model 10VFD-2 Display
Option.
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