Lear Siegler ADM 3A - Section III: Operation; 3.2 Keyboard Operations; 3.3 Set-Up Mode Operations

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LEAR SIEGLER, INC.

DATA PRODUCTS DIVISION

SECTIC)N III

OPERA1TION

3.0

PRELIMINARY

NOTE

Refer

to

Table

3-1,

below

for

an

explanation

of

the

keystroke

execution

used

throughout

this

manual.

3.1

GENERAL

The

ADM

3A

is

used

to

enter,

display,

and

send

information

to a

host

computer.

It

performs

a

simBar

function

by

accepting

information

from

the

host

and

displaying

the

information

on

the

CRT

screen.

In

this

section

of

the

manual,

the

various

keys

and

specific

control

codes

recognized

by

the

ADM

3A

are

described.

Procedures

are

provided

on

how

to

enter

the

set-up

mode

to

select

or

change

terminal

parameters

through

keyboard

commands.

This

section

also

includes

procedures

on

personality

mode

and

answerback

programming

mode

operations

while

in

set-up

mode

and

interface

control

capabilities.

3.2

KEYBOARD

OPERATIONS

The

operator

uses

a

keyboard

very

similar

to

the

keyboard

of

a

standard

typewriter

to

enter

data.

Information

typed

by

the

operator

may

be

displayed

on

the

CRT

screen

immediately

(if

in

half-duplex

mode)

or

as

an

echo

from

the

remote

computer

(if

in

full-duplex mode).

Figure

3-1,

page

3-2

shows

the

layout

of

a

standard

ADM

3A

keyboard.

Functionally,

the

keyboard

consists

of

displayable

character

keys

and

special

function

keys.

Some

of

the

special

function

keys

can

also

be

used

in

conjunction

with

certain

displayable

character

keys

to

command

specific

control

operations

requiring

simultaneous

depression

of

two

keys.

In

the

standard

ADM

3A,

96

characters

are

displayed.

These

characters

include

upper

and

lower-case

letters,

numbers,

punctuation

marks,

and

most

symbols.

Note

In

order

for

characters

to be

displayed

a

nd

for con frol codes to

affect

the

ADM

3A

in

FDX

mode,

the

characters

must

be

echoed

back

frorn

the

host

computer.

All

displa.v

actions

described

belou'

assume

that

the

generated

codes are properl}' echoed.

3.3

SET-UP

MODE

OPERATIONS

3.3.1

Enter

Set-Up

Mode

][ncluded

in

the

ADM

3A

is

a set-up

mode

that

is

initially

used

to

set

up

the

terminal

configuration

Table

3-1.

Keystrok·e

Explanations

Thl.'-"

('hart

descrl!Jes

the

keystroke

execution

used

in

this

manual.

Keystrokes

Oeser

Ipt

Ions

@IJ00

Indepenclent

keystrokes,

typed

one

aftci

the

othel.

Simultaneous

keystrokes.

In

this

example,

the

CTR

L

key

I

CTRL

[]]

IS

held

down

while

the

"z"

key

IS

typerl.

3-1

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