Viewing Options
W h e n <View options> is selected, current and default values for the various data port options are displayed, as shown below:
| OPTIONS |
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| CURRENT | DEFAULT |
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| Speed | (highest) | 9600 | 19200 (Auto) | |||
| P a r i t y |
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| Even | Even | ||
| Mismatch |
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| Yes | No | ||
| Local Echo |
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| Yes | Yes | ||
| Answer Text |
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| Yes | Yes | ||
| Connect Indicat. |
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| Yes | Yes | ||
| Recall | Sequence |
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| Br - Br | B r - B r | |
<eXit> | < C h a n g e | o p t i o n s > < V i e w | o p t i o n s > | ||||
At this point the user can | exit from the View Options menu, Change options, or View options | ||||||
again (redisplays the Options table). If the user elects to exit, the terminal returns to the Command Mode entry level menu.
Note: Typing the capital letter found within a menu will select that item and move the user up or down the menu tree. For example, the user simply enters X or x (lower- case) to <eXit> the Options menu shown above and return to the entry level menu.
Changing Options—General
When on the Options Menu, the user selects < C h a n g e cursor (with the space bar) beneath < C h a n g e o p t i o n s > typing the single letter code (c) associated with that item.
o p t i o n s > either by moving the and pressing RETURN, or b y
If the user selects <Change options> from the Options menu, the first half of the Change Options menu is displayed, as shown below and on Figure
<eXit> <Speed> < P a r i t y > <permit Mismatch> <local Echo> < O t h e r s >
If the user selects <Others>, the second half of the Change Options menu is displayed:
<eXit> < A n s w e r t e x t > <Corm ind> <Recall seq . > < O t h e r s >
If the user selects <Others> from the second half of the menu, the first half of the Change Options menu is redisplayed. In this way, users can “toggle” back and forth between the first and second halves of this menu.
Since these two lines are actually two halves of a single menu, users may select a particular menu item while active on either half of the menu. For example, users who are active on the first half of the menu may select <Answer text> by typing “a”.
Once a user has selected an option to be changed, a menu of valid settings for this option is displayed (<Yes>, <No>, etc . ) . An “X” is displayed beneath the current setting of the options, or beneath an option that may have been changed but not yet enabled. For all options except <Speed> (see below), settings may be selected either by moving the cursor (using the space bar) beneath the item desired and then pressing RETURN, or by typing the
