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– Installation, Operating & Service - 5.2 - W4610201 V2.5 EN
5.C. Communicator-i Setup Menu
If the Communicator-i main menu does not appear on
the screen when the terminal is connected to the Display
Unit, the basic setup is probably incorrect.
To check the setup press [ENTER] while switching
power on. Give the password when prompted (3121, the
same for all Communicator-i units), and the Setup
menu will appear (Fig. 5.2). Make sure that the settings
are identical with those shown in the picture. Make the
necessary changes by pressing the indicated function
key (F1, F2, etc.) until the correct setting appears. When
the setup is ready, press [ENTER] to exit and save the
changes.
Fig. 5.2 shows the basic setup.
Parameters (defaults shown in Fig. 5.2):
• F1 Baudrate: communication speed, alternatives
300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 28800, 38400
and 57600. When using the higher baudrates, make
sure not to send too large amounts of data to Com-
municator-i at the same time; the 5000-byte serial
buffer may be overfilled.
• F2 Emulation: select which standard (VT100 or
TVI-925) the Communicator-i will use to display
data on the screen.
• F3 Text mode: three alternative modes are available
for the screen. These are 40x20, 40x24 and 40x30.
In each mode, max. 40 characters can be shown on
one line, but the number of lines per screen can be
selected (20, 24, or 30).
• F4 Screensaver delay: the delay after which the
screen goes blank can be selected in the range 1–10
minutes. The screensaver can also be disabled alto-
gether.
• F5 Keyboard beep: the response tone of the key-
board can be set on and off. Note that this setting
only affects the keyboard, not other sound signals of
the device!
• F6 RS-485 Mode: type of the RS-485 serial cable,
2-wire or 4-wire. In the 4-wire mode the serial
communication uses 4 wires, in the 2-wire mode
only two.
• F7 Shift Locking: the [SHIFT] key can be set to
lock in position. When this setting is ON, SHIFT-
mode remains active until the [SHIFT] key is pressed
again.
• F8 Startup Info: this field determines whether or
not the Communicator-i will display the start-up
information screen during power-up.
• F9 [SHIFT + F1] Character set: coding of Scan-
dinavian characters.
• F10 [SHIFT + F2] CR-mode: selects whether the
CR-character sent to the device stands for only
carriage return (CR) or carriage return + line feed
(CR+LF).
• F11 [SHIFT + F3] Start character: selects wheth-
er the terminal sends an XON or HOME character
when it is switched on. Alternatives: DISABLED (=
no start character), XON, HOME.
• F12 [SHIFT + F4] Key repeat: when this field is
set ON, the same character keeps repeating until the
pressed key is released; when OFF, the character
only appears on the screen once per pressed key.
5.D. Operating
The operating chart is shown in Fig. 5.3.
The “softkeys” in the bottom of each display guide
the operator: to execute a function, press either one of
the function keys below each indicated function. Exam-
ple: to select SELF DIAGNOSTICS press either F7 or
F8 – in this manual indicated as [F7&F8]. Press [home-
BACK] on any display page to return to the previous
level menu.
Editing:
• Moving from field to field press ⇑ ⇓ or [ENTER].
• Deleting characters – press [DEL].
• Scrolling available alternatives – press [+ -].
Some parameters have certain preset limits, and all
values entered in these fields must be within the limits
to be accepted. If the entered value is outside these
limits, the cursor will remain in the field until an
acceptable value is given.
F7
F6
F5
F4
F8
F3
F1
F2
F9
F10
F11
F12
F13
F14
F15 F16
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Fig. 5.2. MCAi Setup menu.
SETUP:
F1: BAUDRATE: 9600 BD
F2: EMULATION: TVI-925
F3: TEXT MODE: 40x20
F4: SCREENSAVER DELAY: DISABLE
F5: KEYBOARD BEEP: ON
F6: RS-485 MODE: 4-WIRE
F7: SHIFT LOCKING: ON
F8: STARTUP INFO: ON
F9: CHARACTER SET: COMMUNICATOR
F10: CD-MODE: CR+LF
F11: START CHARACTER: HOME
F12: KEY REPEAT: OFF
ENTER: SAVE AND EXIT
BACK: EXIT
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