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5-2 CHAPTER 5: ADDITIONAL MANAGEMENT USING VT100

Screen Components

The main part of a typical screen contains several different types of item. This table gives an example of each component, and explains its use:

Component

Description

Enabled

Text enclosed in markers is a list, from which

Choice Field

you can select one option only.

 

 

To cycle through the options, press [Space].

[005634]

Text enclosed in square brackets on the screen

Entry Field

is an Entry Field. Entry Fields allow you to

enter data from the keyboard, which may be

 

 

text, decimal or hexadecimal data.

 

In some cases there is a default entry. To

 

replace the default entry, simply type in the

 

new value over it.

 

Password entry fields are hidden. Anything

 

typed is not shown on the screen.

 

To delete a single character, use [Delete] on a

 

VT100 terminal or [Backspace] on a PC.

Address:

Text not enclosed in markers or square

Read-only

brackets is information that you cannot

change.

information

 

Component

Description

OK

Text for a button is shown in upper-case

Button

letters. A button performs an action. A menu

screen such as the Main Menu consists of a

 

 

number of buttons arranged in a column.

 

Other screens have a row of buttons at the

 

bottom.

 

To select a button, move the cursor to the

 

button and press [Return].

 

The OK and CANCEL buttons appear on many

 

screens. OK updates the hub according to the

 

data in the fields of the screen, then returns

 

you to the previous screen. CANCEL returns

 

you to the previous screen without applying

 

any changes

monitor

A list box allows you to select one or more

manager

items from a list. Selected items are indicated

security

by an asterisk (*) next to the item.

List Box

To select a single item, move the cursor

 

(using the arrow keys) until the item is

 

highlighted, then press [Return].

 

To select more than one item: for each item,

 

move the cursor until the item is highlighted,

 

then press [Space] to select the item (pressing

 

[Space] again deselects the item). When all the

 

desired items are selected, press [Return].

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3C16710 specifications

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