Extron Electronics Matrix 6400 Series - Manual (Page 30)

Using the FPC 1000 Front Panel Controller • Chapter 3
Matrix 3200/6400 Series Switchers • FPC 1000 • User’s Manual • Extron 3-17
Status Menu – Terminal Mode
To get here from the Main Menu, press:
Status • Terminal
Terminal mode allows the LCD display to monitor
RS-232 activity. The function buttons at the bottom of
the screen are: Clear, Pause/Resume, Hex/ASCII and
ESC. There is a scroll bar along the left side of the
screen, with an indicator that moves upward as more
data scrolls onto the display.
RX precedes information received from the host.
TX precedes information sent to the host.
In ASCII mode, as shown here, the information appears as it is described in the
RS-232 programming section of the Matrix 3200/6400 User’s Manual.
Figure 3-16. Terminal Mode display of RS-232 dialog – example of a Tie command and a response.
The use of controls described here do not affect those communications, that is,
they do not interrupt the transmitting or receiving of data between the Matrix
3200/6400 and the host, but only affect what is being displayed.
________ Use the speed knob or the scroll buttons (bottom corner buttons) to scroll up and
down large blocks of data.
Clear – This button clears the display, for example, when checking communication
dialog and you don’t want to confuse old data with new data.
Pause/Resume – This button toggles between Pause (temporarily stop the flow of
new data displayed) and Resume (allows data flow to continue).
Hex/ASCII – When in ASCII mode, as shown in Figure 3-16, this is indicated at the
top of the displayed data and “Hex” appears above the button below. Press the
button to toggle between Hex and ASCII display.
ESC – Press ESC to return to the previous status menu.