Append linefeed setting – Maple Systems STEPware-100 User Manual

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In all three modes, the line terminator is sent to the host controller when the OIT

responds to a control command and when the OIT’s ENTER key is pressed.
In Interactive mode, if local echo is enabled when the OIT’s ENTER key is pressed, the

line terminator is also sent to the OIT’s display.
In Block or Network mode, if block echo is enabled when the OIT’s ENTER key is

pressed, the line terminator is also sent to the OIT’s display.
In Network mode, the line terminator is used to indicate that the host controller has

finished communicating to a particular OIT. The line terminator, therefore, notifies the

other terminals that the next two bytes received from the host controller indicate which

OIT the host controller wants to talk to.
Refer to Chapter 3: Operating Modes for more information on the use of the line

terminator in Interactive, Block, and Network modes.
To modify this parameter using STEPware-100:
1. Open the Configuration Editor.
2. In the OIT Operational Settings group box, select the desired line terminator from the

Line Terminator option buttons.

To modify this parameter in Configuration mode:
1. At Line Term:, use the OIT’s TOGGLE key to select the desired line terminator. Refer

to the Configuration Mode section in this chapter for more information.

To modify this parameter from the host controller:
1. Use the Set Line Terminator control command. Refer to Appendix A: Control

Commands for more information.

Append Linefeed Setting

This parameter determines whether a linefeed

control character (0x0A) will be

appended to any carriage return

control character (0x0D) that is sent to the OIT from

the host controller. If enabled, this will cause the cursor of the OIT display to move

down to the next line of the display when a

is received from the host. This feature is

useful when using controllers which can send ASCII strings followed by a

control

character but are unable to append the

control character to any ASCII string sent.

Without sending a

control character, the host is forced to display characters on the

OIT screen on one line of the display only. This feature allows any host that is unable to

send the

control character to use all of the lines of the OIT display.

To modify this parameter using STEPware-100:
1. Open the Configuration Editor.
2. In the OIT Operational Settings group box, select the Append Line Feed check box.
To modify this parameter in Configuration mode:
1. At Append LF:, use the OIT’s TOGGLE key to enable or disable the Append Line

Feed feature. Refer to the Configuration Mode section in this chapter for more

information.

To modify this parameter from the host controller:
1. This feature cannot be changed from the host controller.

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