PacComm TINY-2 - Page 20

OPERATING
INSTRUCTIONS
Special
Characters
may
change
any
of
these
special
characters.
Most
of
the
charac-
ters
are
set
by
commands
which
ety
the
ASCII
character
code
for
the
desired
character.
You
can
disable
any
specie!
character
feature
by
setting
the
character
value
to
0.
Input
editing
characters
may
be
disabled
with
no
serious
effects.
You
should
use
caution
in
disabling
the
flow-control
or
Command
Mode
entry
characters.
Also
be
careful
not
to
set
two
special
characters
to
the
same
value.
Special
characters
are
normally
set
tovarious
control
characters.
‘ontrol
characters
are
entered
by
holding
down
a
special
con-
trol
key
while
typing
the
other
key.
For
example,
control-C,
or
<CTRL-C>
is
entered
by
holding
down
the
control
key
while
typing
C.
If
your
computer
doesn’t
have
a
special
control
key
‘ou
will
have
to
consult
your
computer’s
documentation
to
see
ow
to
enter
these
characters.
If
you
have
difficulty
entering
control
characters,
you
can
change
the
special
characters
to,
for
example,
seldom
used
punctuation.
The
action
of
each
special
character
is
described
in
detail
under
the
entry
in
the
Commands
and
Messages
Section
for
the
com-
mand
that
sets
that
character.
You
can
enter
the
code
for
a
character
in
either
hexadecimal
(HEX,
base
16)
or
decimal
notation.
The
packet
controller
displays
character
codes
in
hex.
A
number
of
hex
notation
is
indicated
by
beginning
the
number
with
a
$.
The
“digits”
of
a
hex
number
represent
multiples
of
the
powers
of
16.
The
values
10
through
15
are
represented
by
the
letters
A
through
F,
which
may
be
upper
or
lower
case.
For
example:
$1B
=
1x
16
+
11
2
ie
A
table
of
ASCII
codes
for
control
characters
appears
elow.
Special
Input
Characters
The
character
used
to
return
to
Command
Mode
from
Converse
Mode
is
by
default
a
<CTRL-C>.
(Sending
a
BREAK
signal
also
works.)
(This
character
does
nothing
in
Command
Mode,
so
if
you
accidentally
enter
it
twice
you
won't
mess
up
the
next
command
line.)
You
can
change
the
Command
Mode
entry
character
with
the
command
COMmand.
You
can
choose
any
character
for
this
function,
by
entering
the
ASCII
character
code
for
the
key.
For
example,
you
can
use
a
<
CTRL-E
>
to
enter
Command
Mode
by
setting
cmd:COMmand
5
was
$03
The
packet
controller
ote
the
previous
value
in
hexadecimal
notation
(hex).
of
the
special
characters
described
below
can
be
changed
in
the
same
way
as
COMmand.
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Ceseribed
DerOw
(an
i
ee
ee
Operating
Manual,
4th
Ed.
©
PacComm,
1990
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