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Setup Menus

This chapter describes the options available in the setup menus and dialog boxes.

Displaying & Closing Menus

The following menus can be displayed from the command bar:

Note: The options available in the menus depend on whether or not you are in WBT mode.

To display a menu:

Mouse: Click on the title of the menu required.

Keyboard: Hold down the Alt key and press the key bearing the underlined character in the menu title. For example, pressing Alt + F will display the File menu.

To close a menu:

Mouse: Click anywhere outside the menu.

Keyboard: Press the Alt key.

Using The Menus

The menu options follow several conventions:

Options that are displayed dimmed are not applicable to the current mode of operation and cannot be selected. An example of this is the IBM 5250 option in the Settings menu. This can only be selected when the IBM 5250 emulation is running.

Options that include an underlined character may be actioned by pressing the key bearing that character. For example, pressing the X key while the File menu is displayed will cause the emulator to shut down.

Options that are not followed by an ellipsis (...) perform a particular function when selected. For example, selecting Reset Terminal in the File menu will perform a terminal reset.

Options that are followed by an ellipsis indicate that a dialog box will be displayed with all the selections applicable to that option. For example, selecting Emulation... in the Settings menu will display a dialog box in which you can specify various emulation settings.

To select a menu option:

Mouse: Click the menu option.

Keyboard: Method 1: If the option includes an underlined character, press the key bearing that character. For example, pressing X while the File menu is displayed will cause the emulator to shut down.

Method 2: Use the up or down arrow keys to highlight the option required then hit Return.

Dialog Boxes

Selecting an option which is followed by an ellipsis (...) will cause a dialog box to be displayed. The example shown below is displayed by selecting the Block Transmission... option in the Settings menu.

There are four basic methods for changing settings within the dialog boxes.

Options preceded by a check box, such as Send Unprotected Only in the example above, are true or selected when the box contains a tick, and false or unselected when the box is empty. Click the pointer in the box to toggle the setting on or off, or press the spacebar on the keyboard.

When a group of options preceded by round buttons are enclosed in a box, such as the PF Key Effect options in the example above, only one of these options is selected or true at any one time. The currently selected option is indicated by a button with a dark centre. These buttons behave just like radio buttons in that clicking one will cause the previously selected button to be deselected.

Some options require you to type information in a text box, such as the End of Line Characters option.

When an option has many possible settings, these will be shown in a list box. The Alpha Emulation option in the Emulation Settings dialog box is an example of this. To make a selection using the mouse, click the arrow button to display a drop-down list box then click on the setting required. If the list is long a scroll bar may be displayed. To make a selection using the keyboard, press the up or down cursor keys to cycle through the available settings until the one required is highlighted in the box.

To select a dialog box option:

Mouse: Click the check box, button or list box. The current setting is highlighted or surrounded by a dotted rectangle, or both.

Keyboard: Move to the option to be changed either by holding down the Alt key and pressing the key bearing the character underlined in the option, if one is displayed, or press the Tab key to move forward through the options (left to right, top to bottom), or Shift + Tab to move backwards, until the required option is highlighted. Press the Spacebar to toggle check boxes or buttons on or off.

To close a dialog box without actioning changes:

Mouse: Click the Cancel button.

Keyboard: Press the Tab or Shift + Tab keys to move the cursor until it rests over the Cancel button and press Return or the Spacebar.

To close a dialog box and action changes:

Mouse: Click the OK button.

Keyboard: Press Return.

Default Settings

You can restore the factory default settings of all the setup options by selecting the Factory Default option in the File menu.

Some dialog boxes include a Default button to enable the default settings of options contained in the dialog box to be reasserted.

Creating A Connection Template

You can save the current session configuration as a connection template. To make the emulator automatically attempt to make a host connection using the same settings the next time it is loaded, display the File menu and select the Save Session option.

You can create multiple connection templates when the terminal is not in WBT mode, any one of which can be selected for use. The procedure is as follows:

1. In the File menu, select the Save Session As... option to display the following dialog box.

2. In the Saved Items box, indicate which settings are to be saved by checking the boxes next to the relevant options.

3. In the Save As File Name text box, enter a descriptive name to enable it to be identified for future selection. This description will be listed in the Open Session dialog box.

4. Click the OK button to save the template settings. If you specified a descriptive name that already exists, a message box will ask you to confirm whether or not you want to overwrite the existing name with the new settings.

Selecting A Connection Template

The Open Session dialog box enables you to select a connection template to use when the terminal is not in WBT mode. This is displayed by selecting Open Session... in the File menu.

The Defined Sessions list box displays the names of connection templates that were created using the Save Session As dialog box. The descriptive name of the connection template currently in use is highlighted. The factory default connection template is Untitled. Clicking one of the descriptions then the OK button will cause the dialog box to close and the connection template associated with the chosen description will be actioned.

You can specify a particular connection template to use by default by clicking the required description then clicking the Save As Default button. To delete a connection template, select the description then click the Delete button.

Menu Descriptions

The following pages describe the options available in all the menus and associated dialog boxes. The descriptions begin by showing the menu or dialog box as it is displayed on the screen. The factory default setting is shown below each option title where applicable.

File Menu

Factory Default...

This will restore the factory default settings of all the setup options. A message box will be displayed asking you to confirm whether or not you want to assert the factory default settings. Click the OK button to assert the factory defaults.

Reset Terminal

This will reset the current terminal emulation mode.

New Connection...

(Not available in WBT mode)

Factory default: TCP/IP

This will display a dialog box which enables you to make a host connection.

The Type list box specifies whether a serial or TCP/IP network host connection is to be made.

The Connect To box specifies the port or host to communicate with. You can either make a selection from the list or enter a valid host name or internet address.

The host connection will be closed if you change the settings in the New Connection dialog box and attempt to connect, if you log out of the host, or the host closes the connection. Warning messages will be displayed if the host closes the connection, or you attempt to open a new session or exit the emulator while a session is open.

Making A Serial Host Connection

To connect to a serial host, select Serial in the Type list box, then select the Com port required in the Connect To list box. Click the Configure... button to display the Serial Settings dialog box and make sure the settings match that of the host. Click OK then Connect.

Note: These options are described in the Serial Settings section later in this chapter and only apply when the connection type is set to Serial.

Making A Network Host Connection

To connect to a network host node, select TCP/IP in the Type list box. The Connect To box will display the available devices on the network. Select the name of the device required or enter the host name or IP address. Clicking the Telnet Options button will display a dialog box with additional options. These are described in the Getting Started chapter.

Clicking the Connect button or the name of the host in the Connect To list box twice will cause the emulator to attempt to connect to the specified host. If a connection cannot be made because the network driver is not installed or the host node name is invalid, an error message will indicate this. Failure to connect for any other reason will result in a Connection Failed message.

Open Session...

(Not available in WBT mode)

This enables you to select a connection template. The following dialog box will be displayed.

The Defined Sessions list box displays the names of connection templates that were created using the Save Session As dialog box. The name of the connection template currently in use is highlighted. The factory default connection template is Untitled. Selecting one of the descriptions then clicking the OK button will cause the dialog box to close and the connection template associated with the chosen description to be actioned.

You can specify a particular connection template to use by default by clicking the required description then clicking the Save As Default button. To delete a connection template, select the description then click the Delete button.

Close Session

(Not available in WBT mode)

This will close the current session.

Save Session

Selecting this option will save the current session configuration.

Save Session As...

(Not available in WBT mode)

This will display a dialog box which enables you to save the current session configuration as a connection template.

You can create multiple connection templates, any one of which can be selected for use. The procedure is as follows:

1. In the Saved Items box, indicate which settings are to be saved by checking the boxes next to the relevant options.

2. In the Save As File Name text box, enter a descriptive name to enable it to be identified for future selection. This description will be listed in the Open Session dialog box.

3. Click the OK button to save the template settings. If you specified a descriptive name that already exists, a message box will ask you to confirm whether or not you want to overwrite the existing name with the new settings.

Printer Setup...

This will display a dialog box which enables you to direct print data to a printer handled by the Print Manager, a network printer, or a specific port.

Direct Print Data To The Print Manager

The Printer list box lists the printers handled by the Print Manager. You can select from this list when the Use Network Printer (LPR) option is not selected.

If you find a through print results in data being split into lines, each treated as a separate print job, specify a time in the seconds Close Delay box (e.g. 5 seconds). This will enable the next line of data to be sent before the print job is assumed to have finished and therefore prevents the print job from being closed prematurely. When set to 0, the emulator will not start printing until it receives a ‘print end of job’ command from the host. Entering any other number will cause the emulator to print after the specified number of seconds have elapsed, regardless of whether the ‘print end of job’ command has been received from the host.

Clicking the Setup button will display the standard Print Manager dialog box which enables you to specify printer settings.

Direct Print Data To A Network Printer

To direct print data to a printer on the network, select Use Network Printer (LPR) and enter the LPD Hostname. Clicking the Setup button will display a dialog box which enables you to specify various print settings.

You must specify the Printer Name. The Job Name and User Name entries are optional (the User Name will default to root if none is specified). You can specify how many times the LPR protocol will attempt to execute the print job before cancelling by setting the number of Retries and the number of seconds delay between each attempt. When Add Banner is selected, information about this print job will be printed with it. You can display a message box which will indicate the progress of the print job by selecting Debug Information.

Direct Print Data To A Specific Port

To direct print data to a specific port, select Print Direct To Port and specify the port required. When a serial port is selected, clicking the Configure button will display a dialog box in which you can specify the baud rate, parity, flow control, data bits and stop bits settings. These options are described in the Serial Settings section earlier in this chapter.

Selecting Auto Line Feed will cause the printer to print at the beginning of the next line when a carriage return command is received.

Selecting the FormFeed Terminator option will cause the printer to advance the paper to the top of the form when it has finished printing.

The setting of the Translate National Characters option determines whether or not the ISO Latin characters used by Microsoft Windows are translated to IBM characters for the printer.

Print Screen

This will perform a print screen.

Print Buffer

This will send a copy of all the data contained in the window buffer to the currently selected printer.

Auto Print

This toggles auto print mode on and off, as indicated by a tick when auto print mode is on. Auto print mode causes each line of data to be transmitted to the printer when the cursor moves to a new line as a result of a carriage return, line feed, vertical tab, or form feed.

Cancel Print

This will cancel the current Print Screen or Print Buffer function.

Eject Page

This option enables data that has been spooled to the printer to be printed.

Exit

This option will cause the emulator to shut down.

Edit Menu

Clipboard Text
Clipboard Graphics

Selecting one of these options will enable selected text or graphics to be copied to the clipboard when the Copy command is used. The Paste and Select All commands will also be enabled. A tick will be displayed next to the option when it is selected.

Copy

The Copy commands become available when data has been selected. They will cause the currently selected text or graphics to be copied to the clipboard. The data can then be inserted in a different position or another file using the Paste command. The next block of data that is copied will delete the previous block on the clipboard.

The first Copy option enables you to perform a standard copy. The last three options are only available when Clipboard Graphics is selected. They enable you to copy the graphics image with black and white reversed, with colour converted to monochrome, or both.

Paste

This will cause data that has been copied to the clipboard to be pasted at the current cursor position. The same block of data may be pasted repeatedly as the clipboard stores it until the Copy command is used again.

Select All

This will cause the window contents (not the entire buffer) to be selected.

Clear Buffer

This will erase the contents of the window and the scroll buffer.

Settings Menu

The following dialog boxes can be displayed from this menu. Note that the dialog boxes used to configure specific emulations can only be displayed when the relevant emulation is running.

Emulation Settings - for specifying the terminal emulation.

HP 700-92/96 Settings - for configuring the HP 700-92/96 emulation.

IBM 3151 Settings - for configuring the IBM 3151 emulation.

Wyse Settings - for configuring the Wyse 50/50+/60, TVI 910+/
920/925, ADDS A2 and HZ 1500 emulations.

TA 6530 Settings - for configuring the Tandem 6530 emulation.

IBM 3270 Settings - for configuring the IBM 3270 emulation.

IBM 5250 Settings - for configuring the IBM 5250 emulation.

Serial Settings - for specifying serial communication settings.

Auxport Settings - for specifying auxilliary port settings.

Terminal Settings - for specifying terminal and display settings.

Local Editing - for specifying DEC VT Block (Edit) mode local
editing functions.

Block Transmission - for specifying DEC VT Block (Edit) mode text formatting and transmission.

Attributes - for assigning colours and specifying how
characters with attributes are displayed.

Keyboard Macros - for redefining the function of keys.

Soft Buttons - for defining soft button functions.

Mouse Button Actions - for defining mouse functions.

Button Tools - for defining buttons on the toolbar.

Emulation Settings

This dialog box is displayed by selecting Emulation in the Settings menu.

Alpha Emulation

(Not available in WBT mode)

The setting of this option determines the current alpha emulation mode.

The ADDS A2 emulation provides compatibility with software designed to drive the ADDS Viewpoint A2 terminal, as emulated by the Wyse WY-50/50+/60 terminals. Refer to the Wyse Emulations chapter for details.

The AIXTerm emulation provides compatibility with software designed to drive an X terminal using X Windows.

The Ansi BBS emulation is a derivative of the ANSI device driver ANSI.SYS supplied with all DOS based PCs and which provides the screen management for the DOS console screen. PC based UNIX systems and Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) often rely on the ANSI emulation when being accessed by a PC. In ANSI BBS mode the screen size is adjusted to 25 lines and the Preferred Char. Set option in the Terminal Settings dialog box is automatically set to Ansi. The setting of the Ansi Code Page option in this dialog box determines the characters available in the ANSI BBS set.

The AT 386 emulation provides compatibility with software designed to drive the AT&T AT 386 terminal.

The DG 410/412 emulation provides compatibility with software designed to drive the Data General D410 and D412 terminals. Refer to the DG 410/412 Emulation chapter for details.

The HP 700-92/96 emulation provides compatibility with software designed to drive the Hewlett Packard 700/92, 2392A, 2622A, 70094 and 70096 terminals. This emulation is described in detail in the HP 700-92/96 Emulation chapter.

The HZ1500 emulation provides compatibility with software designed to drive the Hazeltine 1500 terminal, as emulated by the Wyse WY-50/50+/60 terminals. Refer to the Wyse Emulations chapter for details.

The IBM 3151 emulation provides compatibility with software designed to drive the IBM 3151 terminal. Refer to the IBM 3151 Emulation chapter for information on this emulation.

The IBM 3270 emulation provides compatibility with software designed to drive the IBM 3270 terminal. Note that the initial display will be an ASCII text screen known as Network Virtual Terminal mode (NVT mode for short). The setting of the IBM 3270 Model option in the IBM 3270 Settings dialog box determines the size of the display and whether or not extended attributes are supported. Refer to the IBM 3270 Emulation chapter for details.

The IBM 5250 emulation provides compatibility with software designed to drive IBM 5250 type alphanumeric terminals. This emulation can be used for connection to an IBM AS/400, System/36 or System/38. Note that the initial display will be an ASCII text screen known as Network Virtual Terminal mode (NVT mode for short). Refer to the IBM 5250 Emulation chapter for details.

SCO Console is an emulation of the SCO UNIX box.

The TA6530 emulation provides compatibility with software designed to drive the Tandem 6530 terminal. This emulation is described in the TA6530 Emulation chapter.

The TVI 910, TVI 920 and TVI 925 emulations provide compatibility with software designed to drive the TeleVideo 910, 920 and 925 terminals, respectively, as emulated by the Wyse WY-50/50+/60 terminals. Refer to the Wyse Emulations chapter for details.

The TVI 950 and TVI 955 emulations provide compatibility with software designed to drive the TeleVideo 950 and 955 terminals, respectively.

The VT52 and VT100 emulations enable you to run applications written for the DEC VT52 and VT100 terminals, respectively. Refer to the DEC VT Emulations chapter for details.

The VT500 7-Bit and VT500 8-Bit emulations enable you to run applications written for the DEC VT320 terminal, the difference is in their treatment of 8-bit control codes. When VT500 7-Bit is selected, all 8-bit codes are converted to their 7-bit equivalents, whereas VT500 8-Bit leaves 8-bit codes unchanged. If you are using VT200 applications, select VT500 7-Bit. Refer to the DEC VT Emulations chapter for details.

The WY50, WY50+ and WY60 emulations provide compatibility with software designed to drive the Wyse WY-50, WY-50+ and WY-60 terminals, respectively. Refer to the Wyse Emulations chapter for information on these emulations.

VT Terminal ID

Factory default: VT420

This specifies what is reported back to the host in response to a terminal identification request. You can either select from the list of IDs or you can edit the text box and enter a different terminal identity. (Note that not all features of the specified terminal may be supported.)

National

Factory default: Unselected

This will only be available if the system is configured for a language that supports national replacement character sets.

The setting of this option determines the type of character set used to generate characters. When selected, a character set specific to the selected keyboard nationality is used. When unselected (default) the emulator is in Multinational mode, a character set consisting of two tables of characters is used. This enables characters from any keyboard nationality to be generated.

Tertiary Device Attribute

When the emulator is in VT420 mode (Emulation set to VT500 and Terminal ID set to VT420), this option enables you to specify the tertiary device attribute report that is sent in response to a request from the host.

Answerback String

This option enables you to specify the Answerback string that is sent to the host in response to an ANSI mode enquiry command. The string may be up to 30 characters long.

Answerback Concealed

Factory default: Unselected

Selecting this option will cause the Answerback string specified in the text box above to be locked from change and displayed as asterisks. Note that deselecting this option will cause the Answerback string to be deleted.

HP 700-92/96 Settings

This dialog box is displayed by selecting HP 700-92/96 in the Settings menu.

Local Echo

Factory default: Unselected

The setting of this option determines whether keyboard entered characters are displayed on the screen as well as sent to the host. When unselected, characters are not displayed when they are transmitted to the host unless the host 'echoes' them back.

Caps Lock

Factory default: Unselected

This determines whether the full 128-character ASCII range can be generated, or only Teletype-compatible codes.

When this option is unselected, all 128 ASCII characters can be generated. When selected, unshifted alphabetic keys will generate their shifted equivalents. For example, the A key unshifted will generate an uppercase A, and the {, | and } keys will generate [, \, and ], respectively. The key for generating ~ and ` is disabled.

XmitFnctn (A)

Factory default: Unselected

This option determines whether escape sequences generated by control and function keys are sent to the host or only to the terminal emulation.

When unselected, escape sequences are only sent to the terminal emulation. When selected, escape sequences are sent to the host. If the Local Echo option is selected, the sequences will also be sent to the terminal emulation.

SPOW (B)

Factory default: Unselected

The setting of the SPace OverWrite option determines whether or not keyboard entered spaces overwrite existing characters. When unselected, keyboard entered spaces will overwrite existing characters.

Selecting this option will cause the SPOW latch to be enabled. The latch can then be activated by a carriage return. When activated, keyboard entered spaces will cause the cursor to move forward without deleting characters that already exist. The latch can be deactivated by a tab, line feed or home-up command. This will cause spaces to overwrite existing characters as normal.

InhEolWrp (C)

Factory default: Unselected

The Inhibit End of line Wrap option determines whether characters wrap to the next line when the right margin is reached. When selected (i.e. inhibited), on reaching the right margin, the last character position will be overwritten with every new character received until a carriage return or other cursor movement command is issued.

LineTx (D)

Factory default: Unselected

The setting of this option determines whether data is sent a line or a page at a time when in Edit mode.

When this option is selected, data will be transmitted a line at a time. When unselected, data will be transmitted a page at a time. Page data will either be from the beginning of display memory or from the current cursor position.

InhHndShk (G)
InhDC2 (H)

Factory default: Unselected

The combined setting of these two options determine the type of handshaking used when blocks of data are transmitted to the host.

One of three types of handshake may be used:

1. No handshake. Blocks of data are sent immediately when the relevant transmit key is pressed.

2. DC1 handshake. Data is only sent to the host when the host sends an ASCII DC1 control code to request it.

3. DC1/DC2/DC1 handshake. The host sends an ASCII DC1 control code, to which the emulator replies by sending a DC2 code if ready to transmit. The host sends the DC1 code again to cause the data block to be transmitted.

The type of handshake used for block transfers is determined by the type of block transfer to be performed, the mode that the HP70092 emulation currently operating in (character, block line, block page, or modify mode), and the setting of these two options.

The setting of these two options will have the following general effect:

InhHndShk only selected:
The DC1/DC2/DC1 handshake or no handshake will be used.

InhDC2 only selected:
The DC1 handshake or no handshake will be used.

InhHndShk and InhDC2 selected:
No handshake will be used.

Enq/Ack Pacing

Factory default: Selected

The setting of this option determines whether the Hewlett Packard ENQ ACK handshake is used or not. When selected, the host can send an ASCII ENQ (enquiry) control code at the end of transmission asking if the data has been processed, to which the emulator will reply by sending an ACK (acknowledge) code when it has. Note that this form of handshaking has the lowest priority after hardware and XON/XOFF handshaking.

EscXfer

Factory default: Unselected

This option determines whether escape sequences relating to the display are sent when the display memory is transferred to the printer.

When unselected, escape sequences relating to the display are not sent to the printer. When selected, each line transferred to the printer will begin with an escape sequence to select the primary character set and stop any character enhancements. When escape sequences relating to the display are encountered within the data (for example, to change the character set), they will be sent to the printer.

Destructive Backspace

Factory default: Unselected

The setting of this option determines whether or not pressing the Backspace key will cause characters to be deleted.

CR = CR/NULL

Factory default: Unselected

This option must only be selected if you are going to use the QEDIT application. It overcomes a bug within QEDIT that ignores the LF character if the terminal transmits CR/LF. Inserting a NULL after the CR character cures the problem.

Display Form Feeds

Factory default: Selected

When selected, this will cause form feeds to be represented on the display as FF characters.

Ignore Form Feeds

Factory default: Unselected

When the emulator receives a form feed command from the host it normally results in a line feed on the display in HP 700-92/96 mode. Selecting this option will cause the emulator to ignore all form feed commands received from the host.

Return Def

Factory default: ^M (i.e. CR)

This enables you to define the function of the Return key. Up to two characters may be used to define the key. If a second character is a space, it will be ignored.

To change the current definition, delete the definition displayed in the text box and type in the new one, either as the control key character equivalent or the decimal value of the ASCII character.

For example, the default code for the Return key function, CR (carriage return), can be entered by typing the characters ^ and M, representing the keys Ctrl + M which, when pressed together would generate the CR code.

Decimal values are entered as three-digit numbers immediately preceded by an underscore character. Values with only two digits must be preceded by a zero. For example, the decimal value of CR is 13, so this would be entered as _013. Refer to the ASCII character table in the Character Sets appendix for code and decimal references.

Start Column

Factory default: 1

This text box is used to specify the start column for transmitted data when no logical start-of-text pointer is present and the Return or Enter keys are pressed in Modify Line or Modify All mode.

Usually a start-of-text pointer is automatically generated to designate the leftmost character in the current line if it is the last line of data in display memory. This pointer will remain in display memory until the line is deleted. If the line has no start-of-text pointer, data transmission will begin at the start column specified by this option. The column range is from 1 to 80 inclusive.

Note: The setting of this option may be temporarily redefined using one of the Margin/Tab/Col function keys. See the HP 700-92/96 Emulation chapter for details.

FldSeparator

Factory default: ^_ (i.e. US)

This text box is used to specify the ASCII character used to indicate the end of each protected field (except the last) that is sent in Edit Mode.

To change the current definition, delete the definition displayed in the text box and type in the new one, either as the control key character equivalent or the decimal value of the ASCII character. For example, the default ASCII character US can be entered by typing the characters ^ and _, representing the keys Ctrl + _ which, when pressed together would generate the US code.

Decimal values are entered as three-digit numbers immediately preceded by an underscore character. Values with only two digits must be preceded by a zero. For example, the decimal value of US is 31, so this would be entered as _031. Refer to the ASCII character table in the Character Sets appendix for code and decimal references.

BlkTerminator

Factory default: ^^ (i.e. RS)

This text box is used to specify the ASCII character sent to the host to indicate the end of a data block transmission.

To change the current definition, delete the definition displayed in the text box and type in the new one, either as the control key character equivalent or the decimal value of the ASCII character. For example, the default ASCII character RS can be entered by typing the character ^ twice, representing the keys Ctrl + ^ which, when pressed together would generate the RS code.

Decimal values are entered as three-digit numbers immediately preceded by an underscore character. Values with only two digits must be preceded by a zero. For example, the decimal value of RS is 30, so this would be entered as _030. Refer to the ASCII character table in the Character Sets appendix for code and decimal references.

Terminal ID

Factory default: 70092

This specifies what is reported back to the host in response to a terminal identification request.. (Note that not all features of the specified terminal may be supported.)

Clicking the arrow button will display a drop-down list box showing the available settings, 70092, 2392A, 2622A, 70094 or 70096. If you are using the keyboard, press the up or down arrow keys until the setting required is displayed. You can either select from this list or enter a different terminal identity in the text box.

Pages

Factory default: 4

In HP 700-92/96 mode the display area is 80 or 132 columns by 24 lines with 168 lines stored off-screen, giving a total display memory of 192 lines. This option enables you to specify whether display memory is divided into 2, 4, 6 or 8 pages.

Typeahead Enabled

Factory default: Unselected

When the emulator is connected to an HP 3000, you normally have to wait for the host to send a prompt before you can enter new data at the keyboard, otherwise the data is ignored. Selecting this option will enable you to type continuously without waiting for the prompt. Data is stored in the keyboard buffer and each time the emulator receives a prompt it will send a line of data to the host. Block mode also supports typeahead.

Host Prompt Character

Factory default: ^Q (i.e. DC1)

Some hosts send a prompt character to the terminal to indicate that they are ready to receive the next line or block of data. This option enables you to specify the prompt character for your particular host. Most hosts either use the DC1 (^Q) character (e.g. HP 3000) or no prompt (^@) character.

When Typeahead Enabled is selected, the emulator will wait for the specified prompt character from the host before transmitting the next line from the keyboard buffer.

IBM 3151 Settings

This dialog box is displayed by selecting IBM 3151 in the Settings menu.

Operating Mode

Factory default: Echo

The setting of this option determines how keyboard entered data is sent to the host and displayed on the screen.

In Echo mode, keyboard entered data is sent only to the host. The host is then responsible for returning the data to the display.

In Character mode, keyboard entered data is sent simultaneously to the host and the display.

In Block mode, keyboard entered data is displayed and processed locally, allowing you to edit it before a block of data is sent to the host.

Row and Column

Factory default: 24 x 80

This option enables you to select one of four display formats:

24 rows x 80 columns
25 rows x 80 columns
24 rows x 132 columns
25 rows x 132 columns

Note that the contents of the display will be cleared when you change the display format.

Turnaround Char

Factory default: CR

This option specifies the line turnaround character (LTC) that is generated when a Read command is received or one of the block data transmission keys is pressed. Note that selecting DC3 will disable the XON/XOFF inbound and outbound pacing characters.

Forcing Insert

Factory default: Both

This option specifies how an insert command affects displayed data when the screen is full.

When set to Off, you will not be able to perform an insert operation.

When set to Line, you will be able to insert one or more lines, using the Ins Ln key for example. The contents of the current and all following lines will move down the number of lines inserted, causing the lines originally at the bottom of the display to be discarded.

When set to Character, you will be able to insert one or more characters in the current line. Characters to the right of the cursor position will move along. If the Auto Wrap option is set to No, then characters originally at the end of the current line will be discarded. If set to Yes, characters on all following lines will move along, forcing characters at the end of the last line to be discarded.

When set to Both, the function of the Line and Character settings will be enabled.

Insert Character

Factory default: Space

The setting of this option determines the effect of pressing the Insert key.

When set to Space, a space character will be inserted after the current cursor position.

When set to Mode, the emulation will enter Insert mode when the Insert key is pressed.

Tab Operation

Factory default: Field

The setting of this option determines whether tab stops are according to field attribute characters or column-tab definitions.