Additional Communication Attributes

The following communication attributes are for the 3151, 3161, and 3164 terminals.

Communication
Setup
Attributes
3151
/11/31/41
Settings
3151
/51/61
Settings
3161/3164
Settings Description
Operating mode Echo Echo Echo Data entered from the
keyboard on the terminal
is sent to the system unit
for translation and then
sent back to the display
screen. Sometimes called
conversational mode.
Line speed 9600
bps 9600
bps 9600
bps Uses the 9600 bps (bits
per second) line speed to
communicate with the
system unit.
Word length
(bits) 8 8 8 Selects eight bits as a
data word length (byte).
Parity No No No Does not add a parity bit,
and is used together with
the word length attribute to
form the 8-bit data word
(byte).
Stop bit 1 1 1 Places a bit after a data
word (byte).
Turnaround
character CR CR CR Selects the carriage return
(CR) character as the line
turnaround character.
Interface EIA-232 EIA-232 EIA-232 Uses the EIA-232
interface protocol.
Line control IPRTS IPRTS IPRTS Uses the permanent
request to send (IPRTS)
signal to communicate
with system unit.
Break signal
(ms) 500 500 500 The terminal sends a
break signal to the system
unit within 500 ms after
the Break key is pressed.
Send null suppress On On Trailing null characters are
not sent to the system
unit.
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