Notes

When LOST mode is entered, the pen is raised and the following

 

commands are ignored: AA, AR, AT, CI, CP, EA, ER, EW, LB, PE, PM,

 

PR, RA, RR, RT, and WG.

 

The commands allowed in LOST mode are: AC, AD, CF, CO, DF, DI,

 

DR, DT, DV, ES, FT, IN, IP, IR, IW, LA, LO, LT, PA, PD, PG, PU, PW,

 

RF, RO, RP, SA, SB, SC, SD, SI, SL, SM, SP, SR, SS, TD, UL, WU,

 

and the PM1/PM2 forms of PM.

 

The commands IN, PG, RP, and PA, with in-range parameters, clear

 

LOST mode, PD and PU in absolute plotting mode, with in-range

 

parameters, also clear LOST mode. When PD clears LOST mode, a

 

line is drawn from the last valid current position to the first point in the

 

PD parameter sequence. If PA clears LOST mode, the pen will not go

 

down until a PD command is received.

 

 

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HP 5961-0509 manual PR, RA, RR, RT, and WG, PM1/PM2 forms of PM, Down until a PD command is received