PT250 Emulation

GR indicates the Block Graphics character set.

LD indicates the Line Drawing character set.

Field 7: Indicates the current transmission status as follows:

AUX SEND is displayed when data is being sent to an auxiliary device.

KEYBD LOCK is displayed when the keyboard is locked to prevent data entry, usually set by the application.

MAIN SEND is displayed when a block of data is sent to the host.

SOFT LOCK is displayed when errors are detected. Pressing the Clear key will correct this condition.

SYSTEM RDY is the default message that is displayed indicating that everything is functioning correctly and that no block of data is being sent to the host.

Field 8: Displays terminal operation status messages. These are generally error messages which can be cleared by pressing the Clear key for each message displayed.

ALL GRAPHICS indicates that you have attempted to enter data in a field reserved for graphics characters when in Block mode.

ALPHA ONLY indicates that you have attempted to enter non-alphabetic data in a field reserved for alphabetic characters when in Block mode.

ALPHANUMERIC indicates that you have attempted to enter non- alphanumeric data in a field reserved for alphanumeric characters when in Block mode.

FILL WHOLE indicates that every position in the field must be filled with data before you can continue when in Block mode.

HOST RX OVFW indicates that at least one character of data has been lost during a transmission from the host. This occurs when the host sends data faster than the emulation can process it.

INVALID CMD indicates that an invalid control character or escape sequence was received, or an invalid key was pressed.

KYBD OVFW indicates that at least one character of data has been lost during a transmission from the keyboard to the host. This occurs when the keyboard sends data faster than the host can process it.

MUST ENTER indicates that you must enter data in a specific field before you can continue when in Block mode.

NUMERIC ONLY indicates that you have attempted to enter nonnumeric data in a field reserved for numeric characters when in Block mode.

RX ERROR indicates that the emulation received incorrect data as a result of a parity or framing error.

SCREEN FULL indicates that the emulation cannot display any more characters that it may receive when in Block mode.

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