PERFORMANCE CHECK
GENERAL
This procedure (see Table 4-1) can be used under normal operating conditions with all circuit cards installed. Because some checks require that ON LI NE be selected, check that the Terminal is not connected to a modem or computer.
Checks are referenced to a circuit card to permit rapid evaluation of incorrect results. In event of an improper response, recheck the step with all optional and interface cards removed from the minibus to determine if the Terminal is at fault.
TABLE 4-1
Performance Check Procedure
Activity Results Check/Adjustment
Turn Terminal Power On. Indicator on right of keyboard glows. Power Supply (Adjustment 1).
Wait 30 seconds. Cursor appears in upper-left hand corner Cursor, Timing, Monitor Circuitry, RAM.
of display-the home position. Check BRIGHTNESS and CONTRAST controls.
Adjust BRIGHTNESS and CON- Optimum setting is to adjust BRIGHT- Timing, Monitor Circuitry.
TRAST. NESS all the way up, then back down to
the point where the field just becomes invisible; then adjust CONTRAST for best viewing.
Set switches to LOCAL and BUF- Characters are displayed; cursor moves Keyboard, Keyboard Interface, RAM, FER, then enter a few characters. one space after each key actuation. Timing, Cursor.
Enter a page full of "H" characters Screen fills with I'H " characters (Re- Keyboard, Timing, Cursor, RAM.
by pressing ERASE INPUT SHIFT adjust BRIGHTNESS and CONTRAST if and H keys. (Hold down H key and necessary) . Note that every character release other two keys to fill screen position contains an "H" character.
with H characters).
Check for 24 lines of characters (12 Cursor.
lines optional).
Check for 80 characters per line. Cursor.
Press ERASE INPUT key. Screen is erased, cursor positions to Keyboard, Keyboard Interface, Cursor,
home. RAM.
Check each written character on Characters displayed are same as indi- Keyboard, RAM, Timing.
the keyboard; including shifted cated on top of keycaps.
characters.
Press the TTY Lock key to place it All letter characters should be written as Keyboard.
in its locked position. Press each upper case.
character key with the SH I FT key released.
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Press a character key and hold down.
Key in 73 consecutive characters, then key in one more.
Check Wrap-around. Move the cursor to the 80th character posi-tion; Place DIRECT/BUFFER Switch to DIRECT, then type or space past the 80th character.
Reselect BUFFER and check that Wrap-around does not work.
Move the cursor away from the left margin and press the RETURN key.
Table 4-1 (cont)
Results Circuit/Adjustment
Characters repeat after an approximate Keyboard, Keyboard Interface.
1/2 second delay.
Bell rings when spacing past 73rd char- Cursor, Keyboard Interface.
acter.
If Wrap-around has been enabled by Wrap-around strap, cursor positions down one line and is at the left margin.
NOTE
Wrap-around capability may not be available on some earlier Terminal models.
With CR DOES LF strap option at IN, cursor spaces one line down and moves to left margin. With CR DOES LF strap option at OUT, cursor moves to left margin. With CR DOES LF strap option at BUFFE R, cursor spaces one line down and moves to left margin (BUFFER position prevents computer originated RETURNS from generating a LINE feed).
Cursor, Keyboard Interface.
Keyboard Interface, Cursor.
Press cM. Same as RETURN key. Keyboard Interface, Cursor.
Move cursor away from left margin, With LF DOES CR strap option at LF, Keyboard, Keyboard Interface, Cursor.
then press LF. cursor moves to next line. With LF DOES CR strap option at LF/CR, cursor moves to left margin of next line.
Press C J.
Press HOME key.
Enter 23 LINE FEEDS (LF's).
Enter 24th LINE FEED.
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Same as LF key. Keyboard Interface, Cursor.
Cursor positions to home-the first char- Keyboard, Keyboard Interface, Cursor.
aracter position on first line.
Cursor moves to bottom-left corner of display.
Cursor does not move. Display remains Edit, Cursor.
stable.
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Set DI RECT-BUFFER switch to DI RECT. Check that rear panel ECHO switch is set to IN. Then enter another LINE FEED.
Table 4-1 (cont) Results
Displayed information rolls-up; The top line is deleted and a line of NUL's resides in the 24th line. The cursor does not move. With the Edit Card strapped for 4 line ROLL-UP, four LF's can be given before Terminal goes busy. Pressing RE-SET enables four more roll-ups. With the NO ROLL-UP strap cut, roll-up cannot occur when line feeding past the bottom line.
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Edit, Cursor, RAM, Timing, Interface.
Press TAB key. Cursor spaces one space to right. Keyboard, Cursor.
Set ECHO Switch to OUT and enter Keyboard entries cannot be displayed. Interface.
a few characters from keyboard.
Set DIRECT-BUFFER Switch back to BUFFER, and move cursor away from left margin. Press BACK-SPACE.
Press C H (CTR Land H keys).
Press ESC key then simultaneously press the C L keys (CTR L L is the F F control character).
Press C G.
Press ESC followed by c G.
Press COpy Button.
Set Position Cursor Mode by pres-sing cs L followed by a 2 and then an asterisk (*).
Press RESET.
Cursor does not space.
Cursor moves to the left one character space. If held down Backspaces occur until the left margin is reached.
Cursor backspaces.
Keyboard Interface, Cursor.
Keyboard Interface, Cursor.
With FF ERASE strap (cut strap) not cut, the display is cleared. With the FF ERASE strap cut, FF by itself will erase the display.
Keyboard, Keyboard Interface, Timing, Cursor, RAM.
Bell rings-repeats when keys are held down.
If hard copy unit is connected it is signaled to make a hard copy of the display. If connected, note that the cursor disappears as the copy is bei ng made.
Keyboard Interface.
Keyboard Interface, Timing.
Same as ESC c G. Control, Timing.
The Cursor positions to the 19th char- Edit, Cursor.
acter position on the 11th line. (18and 10, respectively, if numbering from 0 instead of 1.)
With CURSOR BLINK strap at RESET Keyboard, Timing.
BLINK, cursor blinks only when RESET key is pressed. With CU RSOR B LI N K strap at BLINK, cursor blinks contin-ously.
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Press the following keys ~
t --
~Press NUM LOCK to detent then press each of the eleven remaining function controls.
Table 4-1 (cont) Results
Cursor moves in direction indicated on key cap.
Numeric characters are now displayed as indicated on the front of the keycaps.
SEND-ENTER key displays a decimal point.
Press NUM LOCK again to re- Normal Function Controls re-established.
establish normal function controls.
Obtain a page full of characters.
Circuit! Adjustment Keyboard, Keyboard Interface, Cursor.
Keyboard, Keyboard Interface.
Press INS C. Character at cursor location and all char- Edit, Cursor, RAM, Timing, Keyboard.
Move cursor to a new line and press DEL C.
Simultaneously press SH I FT and INS L.
Simultaneously press SH I FT and DEL L.
Check buffer transmitting circuits.
Switch to ON LINE and then switch the Baud Rate Selector to 300. Obtain a page full of caracters.
Move the cursor to the middle of the second line and pr~ss ENTER.
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acters to right of cursor move one space to right. 80th character is lost. A space resides at the cursor location and the cursor does not move. Hold key down to check repeatabi I ity.
Character at cursor location is deleted and all characters to right of cursor move left one space. 80th character position contains a NUL character. Hold key down to check repeatibility.
Line where the cursor resides and all lines below the cursor move down one line.
The 24th line (12th line optional) is lost.
The cursor does not move and a line of SPACE characters is inserted at the cursor location. Hold keys down to check re-peatibility.
The line where the cursor resides is deleted, and all lines below the cursor move up one line. A line of NUL char-acters reside in the 24th line (12th line optional). Hold keys down to check repeatibility .
A white block (ETX-Message Separator) is displayed at the cursor location; the KEYBOARD LOCK Indicator becomes lighted; the cursor moves to home and begins moving across line 1, transmitting the data until it reaches the end of the line. A CR and LF is performed and transmission continues on line 2. When cursor reaches stored ETX, transmission stops, a carriage return is performed and KEYBOARD LOCK indicator turns off.
Edit, Cursor, RAM, Timing, Keyboard.
Edit, Cursor, RAM, Timing, Keyboard.
Edit, Cursor, RAM, Timing, Keyboard.
Keyboard, Control; Interface, Cursor;
RAM.
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Press ENTER, then press RESET.
Press ENTER, then press HOME.
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Results Circuit! Adjustment
ENTER begins transmission; RESET Control, Interface.
terminates transmission, with cursor residing at last character transmitted.
ENTER sequence is terminated with the Control, Cursor, Interface.
cursor positioning to HOME.
Delete all lines except for line one. Line one is sent (as in ENTE R above) Simultaneously press SHI FT and except no ETX is stored at the cursor
SEND. location. Note that NUL's contained on
Keyboard, Control, Interface, Cursor, RAM.
Move cursor five characters from left margin on Line 1, then simulta-neously press RESET and R E-TURN.
Move cursor five characters from right margin on line 1. Then press cC.
Move cursor inside data bracketed by Message Separators. Simulta-neousl y press SH I FT and SE N D.
Key in a line full of characters.
Position the cursor to home, then send the US Control Character by simultaneously pressing cs O. Press
G.
Press a character key.
Simultaneously press RESET and a character key.
Position cursor over the Field Attri-bute Code ("C" which was entered at home position), then press a character key.
Move cursor to mid-position on third line, then press CSO , followed by H.
the remainder of the page are not trans-mitted. This is indicated by the cursor moving rapidly to the left margin of the last line.
A white block (CR-Message Separator) stores at the cursor location. Cursor spaces one space to right.
A white block (ETX-Message Separator) stores at the cursor location. Cursor spaces one space to right.
No Message Separator stores. Cursor moves over data bracketed by Message Separator, after which a carriage return is performed and the cursor resides at the left margin.
Character at the home position is blanked. Remaining characters on line one are dimmed. Cursor spaces one space to right and KEYBOARD LOCK Indica-tor becomes lighted.
Bell rings, character cannot be entered onto display. This is a dim, protected field.
KEYBOARD LOCK Indicator goes out.
Character can be entered into field.
Bell rings, FAC cannot be keyed over.
Control, Cursor, RAM.
Control, Cursor, RAM.
Control, Cursor, RAM.
Control, Timing.
Keyboard Interface, Control, Timing.
Control, Timing.
Control, Keyboard Interface.
Line becomes white to right margin. Control, Timing.
Cursor positions to first character space inside field. Note inversion of video;
cursor appears dark.
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Type both alpha and numeric char-acters into field.
Move Cursor to beginning of third line, then press CSO followed by Q.
Table 4-1 (cont)
Results Circuit/Adjustment
Alpha and numeric data can be entered Control, Timing.
into the inverted, unprotected field.
Line blinks from cursor location to the Control, Timing.
FAC (Field Attribute Code) that defines the next field.
Try typing alpha-characters into Cannot be done. Bell rings. Control, Timing.
field.
Enter Numeric characters. Numeric characters can be entered into Control, Timing.
the blinking field. All characters in
Position cursor over second char-acter in the blinking field, then press ERASE TO END.
Press ERASE TO END key again.
Move cursor down to fifth line, then position cursor away from left margin. Key in some characters on that line.
Position cursor to left margin of fifth line, then press CSO followed by Z.
Position cursor back to beginning of fifth line, then press DEL C key.
Position cursor over the F AC that defines the blinking field, then simultaneously press RESET and a character key.
Enter a page full of characters.
Then, using the FAC code chart (Table 2-8) enter a few protected and unprotected fields at different locations on the display. For field definition, set codes that cause pro-tected fields to blink and unpro-tected fields to be inverted (Black on White).
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columns 2 and 3 of the ASCII code chart can be entered into this field.
Data in blinking field is erased from cursor position to end of blinking field.
Cursor resides in first character position of inverted field.
Data in inverted field is erased from cursor position to end of line. Cursor resides at end of line.
Data residing in fifth line becomes blanked.
Field Attribute code is deleted. Video in fifth line becomes visible once again.
The FAC is replaced with the character represented by the key pressed. Data that was previously blinking returns to nor-mal.
Display becomes full of characters. Fields are set as defined by the FAC's.
Keyboard Interface, Timing, Cursor, RAM.
Keyboard Interface, Timing, Cursor, RAM.
Timing.
Edit, Cursor, Timing.
Timing, Keyboard Interface.
REV. B, SEPT. 1976
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Activity Results Circuitsl Adjustment
Press HOME, then TAB key. Cursor goes home, then "tabs" to first Control, Cursor, RAM, Timing.
character position of the first unpro-tected field.
Send the HT control character Cursor tabs to next unprotected field. Control, Cursor, RAM, Timing.
(press C I).
Send the VT control character Cursor backtabs to first character posi- Control, Cursor, RAM, Timing.
(press C K). tion of preceding unprotected field.
Press the ERASE INPUT key. Data defined by FAC's as unprotected is Keyboard Interface, Control, Timing, erased. Note also that all data not defined Cursor, RAM.
by a FAC is erased.
Type data back into the unpro- Again, all data residing in unprotected Keyboard Interface, Control, Timing, tected fields, then press and release fields is erased. Cursor, RAM.
ESC, then press the "0" letter key.
Obtain a new page full of char- Display becomes full of characters. Fields acters. Using the FAC code chart are set as defined by the FAC's.
(Table 2-8), enter a few transmit-table and non-transmittransmit-table fields at different locations on the dis-play. As before, set different codes for field identification.
Press ENTER. No ETX (Message Separator) codes stores Control, Interface.
at the Cursor location. Cursor moves to HOME and begins sending transmittable data only; skipping the non-transmittable fields. Note that all data not defined by a
FAC is transmitted.
Press ESC, then send SO control Results are same as for ENTER above. Control, Interface.
charact~r (c 0).
Simultaneously press SHIFT and All information displayed is transmitted; Co ntrol, Interface.
SEND. even non-transmittable fields.
Press ESC, then send the SI control Results are same as for SEND above. Control, Interface.
character (c N).
ERASE the page.
Optional ruling characters check. 32 different ruling characters are dis- Timing.
Press cN. Then press (in sequence) played.
all characters found in columns 2 and 3 of the ASCII code chart.
Check that ruling character pro- Timing.
vided by each key is same as shown in Fig. 2-1.
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Table 4-1 (cont)
Activity Results Circuit/Adjustment
Press ERASE INPUT key. Ruling characters cannot be erased via an Keyboard Interface.
Erase Input Function (unless the AL TER-NATE SET ERASE INPUT strap on Keyboard I nterface is cut).
Press E NTE R . Ruling characters are not transmitted Control.
(unless AL T SET XMIT strap on Control Card is cut).
Send the SI control character (cO). Normal character set is re-established. Timing.
Type a few numeric characters.
Select ruling characters once again. Normal character set is re-establ ished by Timing.
Press a few numeric keys to ensure pressing RESET.
rulings set selection, then press RESET.
Erase Screen, then press RESET, A bright block stores at the Cursor RAM, Timing.
while entering the SOH control location.
character (c A).
Check out storage of rest of control Control characters with Bit 1 high should RAM, Timing.
characters (Refer to ASCII code store (be displayed). Those with Bit 1
chart). low, should not store.
ERASE page. Display erases; normal operation is re-established. Cursor goes home,
PER-FORMANCE CHECK COMPLETED.
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ADJUSTMENT
INTRODUCTION
Adjustment of the Terminal is required only when it ceases to properly perform its intended functions, or after circuit repairs have been made to the power supply or to the monitor circuitry. If an adjustment is to be performed on a routine schedule, an interval of one year is recom-mended. Adjustment should be preceded by a thorough cleaning and inspection as outlined in the Maintenance Section. Adjustment should be performed in a +20°C to +30°C environment and should be preceded by a twenty minute warm-up period.