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- Psion 3a VT52/VT100 Terminal Emulator
- TermIt v1.1
- User Guide
- Copyright Serge Shestopalov 1995
-
- TermIt is a communication program that supports the DEC VT52 and VT100 escape
- sequences. It works on the Series 3a only.
-
- This product is Shareware. If you find this product useful, please register it.
- Registration will remove the Nag screen and sound, remove limited file size
- for XYmodem transmit/receive (5k), add other extension, and provide the
- latest version.
-
- Registration
- =============
-
- To Register send a cash or check for UKP 15.00 (or USD 25.00) to
- ----
-
- Serge Shestopalov
- Balvu 15-56
- Riga, LV-1003
- LATVIA
- EUROPE
-
- Or register on Compusrve under SWREG Number XXXX for $25
- (In future, please lets me know, if it is interesting for you)
-
- After that, I will send to you your REGISTERATION CODE via e-mail
- (or post mail).
- Please send me e-mail message for faster reply.
-
- For contact
- ===========
-
- e-mail: dustman@stoat.riga.lv
-
- compuserve: 100526,1317
-
- mail: Serge Shestopalov
- Balvu 15-56
- Riga, LV-1003
- LATVIA, EUROPE
-
- To Install
- ==========
-
- 0. If you have prvious TermIt version, remove old files, exclude "Termit.reg".
- 1. Create directory TERMIT under APP directory on any drive (M:,A:,B:)
- 2. Copy file TERMIT.APP into the \APP\TERMIT directory
- 4. From the system screen menu, select Apps/Install (Psion + I), press Tab key,
- change directory to \APP\TERMIT and select TERMIT.APP file.
-
- Files included with this release
- ===============================
-
- TERMIT.APP The main module
- TERMIT.TXT This file
-
- Character translation tables for any languages available by request.
-
- Extension for registered users
- ===============================
-
- Registered version have next extensions:
-
- - unlimited file size X- and Y-Modem file transfer
- - "Bring in" function
- - 4-channel communication port support
- - external driver support (for 3Fax modem)
- - clock or online timer on status line
- - translation table option
- - vt100 keypad emulation
- - simple script language
-
- Technical details
- =================
-
- TermIt provides an 80 column and 24 line full screen emulation
- of the DEC VT52 and VT100 terminal.
-
- TermIt support all of the DEC VT100 futures, including:
-
- - highlighting
- - underline
- - inverse video
- - autowrap mode
- - forward and reverse scrolling
- - full cursor movement
- - line and block erase
- - VT102 insert/remove character extension
- - VT102 insert/remove line extension
- - ANSI insert character
- - clear screen and reset terminal
- - normal and special graphics character set
- - ANSI/VT52 mode
- - tab settings
- - Delete and Enter key mapping
- - VT100 keypad emulation
- - full serial port and handshake configuration
- - full modem configuration
- - xmodem and ymodem file transfer protocols
- - saving current configuration on exit
- - 3 level screen zooming
- - "Bring in" text data from other application
- - support external device driver for 3FAX modem
- - all input/output character translation
- - dialing directory with up to 6 phone numbers
- - device status report, device attribute, terminal parameters reports
- - simple script language
-
- TermIt support VT-52 commands sequences standalone, and as part
- of VT-100 futures.
-
- Menu description
- =================
-
- File
- Transmit (Psion + T)
- Send a file using the selected protocol.
- The unregistered version can send file < 5 Kbytes only.
-
- Receive (Psion + R)
- Receive a file using the selected protocol.
- The unregistered version can receive file < 5 Kbytes only.
-
- Capture (Psion + C)
- Start capturing incoming data to a file selected
- from file selection dialogue. If you select existing
- file, it will be overwrite. When logging is on,
- on status line is word "Capt" and this menu
- is changes to "Capture off".
-
- Run/Stop Script (Psion + F)
- Start/Stop script file. While script is running,
- "Scrt" word is on status line.
-
- Edit
- Bring in (Psion + B)
- Brings onto TermIt screen text which has previously been
- highlighted in another application. For registered users
- only. This function can bring in up to 128 character only now.
-
- Connect
- Dial (Psion + D)
- You can choice dialing method from Menu
- Extras/Set preferences/Dial mode. Two mode
- available:
- - Direct you just enter phone number
- - Directory you select phone number from
- list. This list you can edit from
- Menu/Connect/Edit dial.
-
- Modem dial commands consist of:
-
- Dial prefix + Phone Number + Dial suffix
-
- Last entered phone number in Direct mode will
- be saved as first phone number in list.
-
- Edit dial (Psion + Shift + D)
- You can enter and save up to 6 phone numbers and use it
- for dialing in Directory dialing mode. You can choice this
- dialing method from Menu/Extras/Set preferences/Dial mode.
-
- HangUp (Psion + H)
- Hang Up modem using Settings/Modem/HangUp string.
-
- Initialize (Psion + I)
- Initialize modem using Settings/Modem/Initialize string.
-
- Settings
- Port (Psion + P)
- Sets the serial port options:
- Baud rate 50 ... 19200
- Data bits 5 ... 8
- Stop bits 1,2
- Parity None,Event,Odd
- Ignore parity no / yes
- Channel TTY:A, TTY:B, TTY:C, TTY:D
- a550 driver Disable / Enable
- disable/enable to load device driver
- for using with 3Fax modem.
- For registered users only.
-
- The unregistered users can use channel "tty:A" only.
- Port settings will be display on status line.
-
- Modem (Psion + M)
- Sets the modem commands string:
- Init string
- determine string which will be send
- to modem for modem initializing.
- Hang Up
- determine string which will be send
- to modem for modem Hang Up. If you add
- "*" character in end of this string,
- TermIt reset comm port after Hang Up.
- Dial prefix
- determine string which will be send
- to modem before dialing phone number.
- Dial suffix
- determine string which will be send
- to modem after dialing phone number.
-
- Handshake (Psion + K)
- Sets the serial port handshakes:
- Xon/Xoff
- RTS/CTS
- DTR/DSR
-
- Terminal (Psion + N)
- Sets the terminal emulation options:
- Term Type TTY / VT52 / VT100
- sets terminal type. VT100 are ANSI compatible.
- Local echo off / on
- on/off local echo function.
- Word wrap off / on
- determine cursor action after reaching
- the right screen edge.
- Incoming CR <CR> / <CR>+<LF> / <LF>
- determine cursor action of incoming <CR>
- code
- Incoming LF <LF> / <LF>+<CR> / <CR>
- determine cursor action of incoming <LF>
- code
- Destruct BS off / on
- determine cursor action of incoming <BS>
- code: BackSpace or Delete.
- Comm buffer (bytes) 16...254
- determine incoming bufer length. You can
- select buffer length for faster communication.
- Default value is 80.
-
- Translate (Psion + A)
- Sets the translating for transmitted character:
- Enter Key <CR> / <CR+LF> / <LF>
- determine which code is transmitted
- when the Enter key is pressed.
- BackSpace <DEL> / <BS>
- determine which code are transmitted
- when the Delete key is pressed.
- Translation table off / on
- If you use this option, you can translate
- any incoming and outgoing character, using
- translation table. Translation table is
- just a file, with 256+256 character code.
- This option is brilliant for user, who use
- national code table, i.e. Scandinavian and
- Russian KOI-8.
-
- Now available:
- - for Finland language - Finish.tbl
- - for Russian KOI-8 - Koi8rus.tbl
- - for Russian ALT code - Alt_rus.tbl
-
- Any other are welcome!
-
- Table name <file with translation table>.tbl
- Select file with translation table. This file
- extension is ".TBL".
-
- Protocol (Psion + O)
-
- Select the file transmit/receive protocol:
- ASCII
- XModem CRC
- XModem CRC (1k)
- XModem Checksum
- YModem
- YModem (1k)
- YModem-G
- YModem-G (1k)
- Selected protocol will be displayed on status
- line.
-
- Sets the default directory for file transmit:
- Tx dir Name
-
- Sets the default directory for file recieve:
- Rx dir Name
-
- Screen (Psion + S)
- Sets screen and cursor attributes:
- Cursor flashing off / on
- Cursor style Line / Block
- Bold text Enable / Disable
-
- Save Settings (Psion + Shift + S)
- Save current TermIt settings into selected .INI file.
- This file will be visible under TermIt application on
- System screen, and can be selected and loaded.
-
- Extras
- Set preferences (Psion + Q)
- Sets TermIt preferences:
- Auto Dial off / on
- If set to on, TermIt will dialing first
- saved phone number after starting.
- Dial mode Direct / Directory
- Sets dialing method. If you select Manual,
- you can use (and edit directly) one phone
- number only.
- If you select Directory, you can use (not edit)
- up to 6 predefined phone numbers.
- Bell off / on
- On/off terminal bell (after incoming char 007)
- PostOp Sound off / on
- On/off sound after long time operation
- (transmit, receive...)
- Clock off / Time / Timer
- Show system time or online time in the
- left corner of the status line.
- For registered users only.
-
- Reset vt100 (Psion + Shift + E)
- Sets the default parameters to vt100 terminal.
-
- Clear Screen (Psion + E)
- Clears the screen and set cursor to the left top corner.
-
- Zoom in (Psion + Z)
- Zoom out (Psion + Shift + Z)
- Increase/decrease font and window size.
- 6x6, 6x8 and 8x8 size available.
- When using big font, on status line you can see
- word "Zoom"
- You can move window corner-to-corner, using
- Control + Arrow key. Visible window position will be displayed
- on status line.
-
- Register (Psion + Shift + R)
- Available for unregistered users only.
- Registering TermIt. If you have register code
- just enter it and press Enter. Thank you for
- registering TermIt! You have file Termit.reg
- in your /APP/TERMIT directory now.
-
- About TermIt (Psion + Shift + A)
- Show "About TermIt" window.
-
- Exit (Psion + X)
- Leave TermIt. Current settings will be save in
- current .INI file in /APP/TERMIT/ directory.
-
- VT100 keypad emulation
- ========================
-
- As there is no numeric keypad on the 3a, TermIt can emulate
- it using main keyboard.
- The <DIAMOND> key turns on keypad mode for one character.
- TermIt allow you generate keypad key with two methods:
-
- 1. Using alpha and numeric keys
- Ex: for generate keypad <,> key code, press <DIAMOND>,
- than press <f> key.
-
- s3a keyboard VT100 keypad
-
- +-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+
- | | | | | | | | | |
- | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | pf1 | pf2 | pf3 | pf4 |
- | | | | | | | | | |
- +-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+
- | | | | | | | | | |
- | q | w | e | r | | 7 | 8 | 9 | - |
- | | | | | | | | | |
- +-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+
- | | | | | | | | | |
- | a | s | d | f | | 4 | 5 | 6 | , |
- | | | | | | | | | |
- +-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+
- | | | | | | | | | |
- | z | x | c | E | | 1 | 2 | 3 | E |
- | | | | n | | | | | n |
- +-----+-----+-----+ t | +-----+-----+-----+ t |
- | | | e | | | | e |
- | Space | . | r | | 0 | . | r |
- | | | | | | | |
- +-----------+-----+-----+ +-----------+-----+-----+
-
-
- 2. Using numeric and Shift+numeric keys
- Ex: for generate keypad <,> key code, press <DIAMOND>,
- than press <"> key (Shift+2).
-
- s3a keyboard VT100 keypad
-
- +-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+
- | | | | | | | | | |
- | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | pf1 | pf2 | pf3 | pf4 |
- | | | | | | | | | |
- +-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+
- | | | | | | | | | |
- | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | | 7 | 8 | 9 | - |
- | | | | | | | | | |
- +-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+
- | | | S+1 | S+2 | | | | | |
- | 9 | 0 | or | or | | 4 | 5 | 6 | , |
- | | | <!> | <"> | | | | | |
- +-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+
- | S+3 | S+4 | S+5 | S | | | | | |
- | or | or | or | + | | 1 | 2 | 3 | E |
- | <> | <$> | <%> | 6 | | | | | n |
- +-----+-----+-----+ | +-----+-----+-----+ t |
- | | S+8 | or | | | | e |
- | S+7 or <&>| or | | | 0 | . | r |
- | | <?> | <^> | | | | |
- +-----------+-----+-----+ +-----------+-----+-----+
-
- You can cancel keypad mode by <DIAMOND> again.
- Also, you can generate VERTICAL BAR simbol with <DIAMOND> and <b>.
-
- Script language
- ================
-
- Script is ASCII text file, with commands for TermIt terminal emulator.
- You can make it, using OPL editor or Word application, but you *MUST* save
- file with scripl as TEXT!
-
- Script commands:
-
- WAITFOR "string"
- This command waiting for text "string" in
- incoming character sequence.
- When "string" will be find, next script
- command will be executed.
-
- SEND "string"
- This command send text "string" to port
- (modem, host...).
-
- EXIT
- Exit script.
-
-
- Any other text string in script file will be skiped.
-
- * string parameters *MUST* start and finish by <"> character.
-
- Commands haven't timeout period now. If your script can't execute, because
- system answer is not what you want see, just stop script (Psion + f).
- While script is running you can enter any commands.
-
- Script example:
-
- ! UNIX login script
-
- SEND "ATDT1234567" ! Send dialing command to modem
-
- WAITFOR "login:" ! Waiting UNIX login prompt
-
- SEND "My_name" ! Send user name
-
- WAITFOR "Password:" ! Waiting UNIX password prompt
-
- SEND "My_password" " ! Send user password
-
- EXIT ! Exit script
-
- ! END UNIX login script
-
- If after command
-
- SEND "ATDT1234567" ! Send dialing command to modem
-
- you have response BUSY (phone line is BUSY), script will be BLOCKED,
- because it waiting string "login:". In this case you can stop script
- and run it again, or directly enter command
-
- ATDT1234567
-
- to modem from keyboard. After connecting to UNIX host, script will
- be continued.
-
- Support
- ========
-
- TermIt have support via e-mail only.
- Please send me messages about any bugs in TermIt.
- Any comments and questions are welcome.
-
- To-do
- ======
-
- Add "scroll back" function.
- Add "brind out" function.
- Add Z-Modem protocol to TermIt.
-
- Important!
- ===========
-
- I wrote this program using OPL. Therefore:
-
- - text output to graphics screen working slow
- - screen scrolling working slow too
- - bold text output working terrible slow
-
- as result, you can see "Overflow" error in your screen.
-
- For solving this problem you must correctly sets handshakes settings (you must use
- the handshaking convention used by the remote computer).
- The RTS/CTS working faster, but XON/XOFF work perfectly.
- You can disable bold text attributes, for faster text output to screen,
- (use Settings/Screen/Bold text Enable/Disable menu).
-
- If you have previous version...
- ===============================
-
- Just remove old files in /APP/TERMIT/ directory, exclude "TERMIT.REG."
- If you have old .INI files in /APP/TERMIT direstory, you will can see warning "field not found".
-
- History
- ========
- 20 Oct 1995 v1.0a beta release
- 20 Nov 1995 v1.0e first release
- 22 Dec 1995 v1.1a add VT52 and VT102 futures
- add character translation table
- add special graphics character sets
- some cursor movement bugs fixed -
- tested using VT100 test by Per Lindberg,
- Stockholm University Computing Center
- 30 Dec 1995 v1.1b .INI file bug fixed
- add simple script language
- add default directory for Tx/Rx
- add forced Hang Up command with DTR set/reset.
-
- Thanks
- =======
-
- Special thanks to:
-
- - Graham P. Tappenden.
- - Klaus Lichtenwalder for betatesting and for
- many good ideas about TermIt.
- - Giancarlo Barbadoro for ideas and testing.
- - Pekka Mannerkorpi for "Translation table" idea
- support, and testing.
-
- =========================================================================
- The autor takes no responsibility for any loss caused as a result of using
- this program.
- =========================================================================
-
- Serge Shestopalov
-
- 3 Jan 1996.
-