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DEFINE PORT 1 BITRONICS {EN/DIS} | When Enabled, ensures bidirectional functioning of | ||
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| the parallel port. The attached printer must also sup- | |
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| port Bitronics mode. | |
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DEFINE PORT 1 CHARACTER size | Toggles the port between | ||
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| (the default). Enter either 7 or 8. | |
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DEFINE PORT 1 DSRLOGOUT {EN/DIS} | When Enabled, the port will be logged out automat- | ||
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| ically whenever DSR is deasserted. | |
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DEFINE PORT 1 DTRWAIT {EN/DIS} | When Enabled, the MPS will not assert DTR on the | ||
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| port when it is idle (no user logins or connections). | |
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DEFINE PORT 1 FLOW | CTS | Specifies CTS/RTS (hardware) flow control. | |
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{EN/DIS} | Activates or deactivates the | ||
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| NONE | Removes the current flow control settings. | |
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| XON | Specifies XON/XOFF (software) flow control. | |
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DEFINE PORT 1 NAME “newname” | Enter a name of up to 16 alphanumeric characters | ||
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DEFINE PORT 1 | parity | Enter even, odd, mark, or space. Specifying mark | |
PARITY option |
| or space will change the character size to 7 bits. | |
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| NONE | Specifies that no parity will be used (the default). | |
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DEFINE PORT 1 SPEED baudnum | Sets the port’s baud rate. Acceptable baudnum val- | ||
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| ues range from 300 to /230000 (MPS)baud. | |
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{SHOW/MONITOR} PORT 1 | Displays the port’s configuration characteristics | ||
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| once (Show) or continually every three seconds | |
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| (Monitor). Counters and Status keywords can be | |
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| added. | |
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TEST PORT 1 option | COUNT rows | Sends an ASCII data stream to the port for the spec- | |
| WIDTH cols | ified number of rows and/or columns. | |
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| POSTSCRIPT | Sends a PostScript test page to the port. | |
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