Intermec VT220/ANSI - Terminal Modes

SECTION 8 " Programming
VT220/ANSI Terminal Emulation Programmer’s Reference Guide 8-19
Terminal Modes
A mode is one of several operating states used by the wire-
less station. Table 8-12 lists selectable terminal modes and
the action taken by the wireless station in set mode and re-
set mode.
Table 8-12
Selectable Terminal Modes
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Set Mode
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Reset Mode
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action
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Locked CSI 2 h Locks the keyboard for all following
keystrokes.
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A
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Unlocked CSI 2 l Unlocks the keyboard.
Insert/
Replace
(IRM)
Insert CSI 4 h Selects insert mode. New display
characters move old display characters
to the right. Characters moved past
the right margin are lost. Text moved
into a protected character field is lost.
If erasure mode (ERM) is reset, text
moved into a protected character field
is lost.
Replace CSI 4 l Selects replace mode. New display
characters replace old display charac-
ters at the cursor position. The old
character is erased.
Send/Receive
(SRM))
Off CSI 1 2 h Disables local echo. When the wire-
less station sends characters to the
host, the host must echo them back to
the display.
On CSI 1 2 l Enables local echo. When the wireless
station sends characters, they are au-
tomatically sent to the display.
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