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- DATAPAC 3101 ITI PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION
- ===================================================
-
- THE FOLLOWING WILL PROVIDE IN MORE DETAIL A DESCRIPTION OF ITI (84)
- PARAMETERS FOR DATAPAC 3101.
-
-
- DESCRIPTION
- -----------
-
- INTERNATIONAL PAD PARAMETERS
-
- 1)ABILITY TO ESCAPE FROM DATA TRANSFER STATE*
-
-
- THE SETTING OF THIS PARAMETER ALLOWS THE USER TO INTERRUPT THE
- COMMUNICATION
- OF HIS OR HER APPLICAION (DATA TRANSFER MODE) AND INTERACT WITH THE
- PAD (COMMAND MODE). THE CHARACTER TO DO THIS IS CONTROL P. TO RETURN
- TO DATA TRANSFER MODE, PRESS THE CARRIAGE RETURN OR ENTER A BLANK COMMNAND LINE
- IF THE USER WANTS TO SEND A CONTROL P TO THE HOST, WITH THIS PARAMETER SET
- TO ONE,
- SIMPLY HIT CONTROL P TWICE AND THE SECOND CONTROL P WILL GO TO THE HOST AND
- THE USER WILL REMAIN IN DATA TRANSFER MODE. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO THE USER DATA
- FIELD IN THE CALL REQUEST COMMNAND LINE.
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 1
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 = ESCAPE NOT POSSIBLE
- 1 = ESCAPE IS POSSIBLE
-
- * NOTE: ESCAPE FROM DATA TRANSFER MODE MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE USING
- THE BREAK SIGNAL IF PARAMETER SEVEN IS SET TO EIGHT.
-
- 2)ECHO*
-
- THIS PARAMETER INDICATES TO THE PAD WHETHER OR NOT THE TERMINAL
- INPUT DATA MUST BE ECHOED. THIS MAY BE REQUIRED IF THE USER"S TERMINAL
- CANNOT ECHO BACK WHAT IS BEING ENTERED.
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 2
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 = NO ECHO
- 1 = ECHO
- * NOTE: ECHO WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED BY THE SETTING OF PARAMETER 20.
-
- 3)SELECTION OF DATA FORWARDING SIGNAL
-
- THIS PARAMETER INDICATES TO THE PAD THE SET TO TERMINAL GENERATED
- CHARACTERS OR CONDITIONS THAT WILL CAUSE DATA TO BE FORWARDED TO THE
- DESTINATION. FOR EXAMPLE (CR) CAN BE USED AS A DATA FORWARDING SIGNAL.
- ON RECEIPT OF A (CR) FROM THE LOCAL DTE Y, THE PAD WILL FORWARD ALL
- CHARACTERS IN IT'S BUFFER TO THE REMOTE END INCLUDING THE (CR). IF
- P13 IS SET TO 6,7,22 OR 23, A (LF) WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET AND
- WILL DELIMIT IT. DATA IS ALSO FORWARDED WHEN THE BUFFER IS FULL WHETHER OR
- NOT A FORWARDING CHARACTER IS RECEIVED.
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 3
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 NO DATA FORWARDING SIGNAL
- 2 = FORWARD ON CARRIAGE RETURN
- 2 = CARRIAGE RETURN
- 126 = ALL CHARACTERS IN COLUMNS 0 AND 1 OF ASCII
- TABLE AND THE CHARACTER DEL OF
- INTERNATIONAL ALPHABET #5 (SEE APPENDIX 1)
-
- 4)SELECTION OF IDLE TIMER DELAY
-
- THIS PARAMETER IS USED TO DETERMINE THE IDLE TIMER LIMIT VALUE
- WHEN DATA FORWARDING IS BASED ON TIMEOUTS. TO OPTIMIZE PACKETIZING OF
- DATA, NO DATA FORWARDING SIGNAL NEED BE SPECIFIED. THE PAD WILL THEN
- PACKETIZE DATA BASED ON PACKET SIZE SPECIFIED (256 OR 128 CHARACTERS).
- THE IDLE TIMER IS USED TO SEND ANY PACKETS THAT ARE NOT FULLY FILLED. IF
- IDLE TIMER IS ACTIVATED AND THE HOST REQUIRES THE (CR) TO INPUT DATA, IT STILL
- MUST BE PROVIDED BEFORE THE DATA SENT IS ACCEPTED BY THE HOST. THE IDLE
- TIMER DOES NOT SEND ANY EMPTY PACKETS.
-
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 4
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 = NO DATA FORWARDING ON TIMEOUT IS REQUIRED
- 1-255 = INDICATES THE VALUE OF THE DELAY IN TWENTIES
- OF A SECOND. (IE. A VALUE OF 250
- MAKES THE TIMER WAIT 10 SECONDS).
-
- * NOTE: WHEN EDITING IS ON (P15:1), THE IDLE TIMER IS INACTIVE.
- IF THIS IS THE ONLY DATA FORWARDING CONDITION, TURNING THE EDITING
- FUNCTION ON COULD CAUSE A USER TERMINAL TO HANG OR DATA NOT TO BE
- FORWARDED.
-
- 5)AUXILIARY DEVICE CONTROL*
-
- THIS IS USED FOR FLOW CONTROL OF DATA COMING FROM EITHER A PC OR
- AUXILIARY DEVICE, EG., A PAPER TAPE MACHINE. WHEN SET TO 1 IT
- INDICATES TO THE PAD THAT THE DATA IS TO BE READ AN AUXILIARY I/O DEVICE.
- CONNECTED TO THE TERMINAL. THIS PARAMETER SET TO 2 INDICATES THAT THE
- DATA IS COMING FROM AN INTELLIGENT DEVICE, IE. A PC. AND THAT THE PAD MUST
- EXERT FLOW CONTROL DIFFERENTLY.
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 5
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 = NO USE OF X-ON/X-OFF
- 1 = USE OF X-ON/X-OFF FOR AUXILIARY DEVICES
- 2 = USE OF X-ON/X-OFF FOR INTELLIGENT TERMINALS
-
- * NOTE: A VALUE OF 2 IS RECOMMENDED FOR PC'S
-
- 6)SUPPRESS NETWORK MESSAGES
-
- THIS PARAMETER INDICATES THE PAD WHETHER OR NOT NETWORK GENERATED
- MESSAGES ARE TO BE TRANSMITTED TO THE TERMINAL.
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 6
- POSSIBLE VALUES 0 = SUPPRESS MESSAGES
- 1 = TRANSMIT MESSAGES
- 5 = PAD PROMPT (*) FOLLOWS DATAPAC SERVICE SIGNALS
-
-
- 7) PROCEDURE ON BREAK *
-
- THIS PARAMETER IS USED TO INDICATE HOW THE PAD SHOULD PROCESS A BREAK
- SIGNAL THAT IS RECEIVED FROM THE TERMINAL WHILE THE TERMINAL IS IN DATA
- TRANSFER STATE.
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 7
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 = NOTHING (REMAIN IN DATA TRANSFER MODE)
- 1 = INTERRUPT (REMAIN IN DATA TRANSFER MODE)
- 2 = RESET (REMAIN IN DATA TRANSFER MODE)
- 4 = SEND AN "INDICATION OF BREAK" MESSAGE TO
- THE PACKET MODE DTE (REMAIN IN DATA TRANSFER
- MODE)
- 8 = ESCAPE FROM DATA TRANSFER MODE, (IE, ENTER
- COMMAND MODE)
- 16 = DISCARD OUTPUT TO TERMINAL ACTIVATE
- PARAMETER 8 (P8:1) (REMAIN IN DATA
- TRANSFER MODE)
- 21 = A COMBINATION OF 1,4 AND 16
-
-
- * NOTE: THE BREAK SIGNAL IS IGNORED IF THE VIRTUAL CIRCUIT IS NOT
- ESTABLISHED.WHILE IN COMMAND STATE. THE BREAK SIGNAL WILL DELETE THE
- CURRENT LINE.
-
- 1 THE VALID VALUES FOR P 7 ARE 0,1,2,8 AND 21.
-
- 8)DISCARD OUTPUT
-
- THIS PARAMETER IS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH PARAMETER 7. DEPENDING
- UPON THE BREAK PROCEDURE SELECTED, THIS PARAMETER MAY BE SET BY THE PAD
- WHEN THE TERMINAL USER REQUESTS THAT TERMINAL DATA BE DISCARDED. THIS
- PARAMETER MUST THEN BE RESET BY THE DESTINATION COMPUTER TO ALLOW NORMAL
- DELIVERY. THE PAD WILL DISCARD ALL PACKETS DESTINED FOR THE TERMINAL
- FROM THE TIME THE PAD SETS THIS PARAMETER (IE, IT RECEIVES A BREAK SIGNAL
- WHEN PARAMETER 7 IS SET TO 21) TO THE TIME THE PARAMETER IS RESET BY THE
- DESTINATION. IT CAN ONLY BE RESET BY THE DESTINATION.
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 8
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 = NORMAL DELIVERY OF OUTPUT TO TERMINAL
- 1 = DISCARD OUTPUT TO TERMINAL
-
-
- 9)PADDING AFTER CARRIAGE RETURN
-
- THIS PARAMETER IS USED TO SPECIFY THE NUMBER OF PADDING CHARACTERS TO
- BE INSERTED BY THE PAD FOLLOWING A CR R TRANSMITTED TO THE TERMINAL.
- PADDING ALLOWS TIME FOR THE CARRIAGE TO RETURN ON MECHANICAL PRINTING DEVICES
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 9
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 = 2 PADDING CHARACTERS WILL BE INSERTED AT 110 BPS
- AND 4 PADDING CHARACTERS WILL BE INSERTED AT
- HIGHER SPEEDS, IN COMMAND MODE ONLY.
- (NO PADDING IS DONE IN DATA TRANSFER MODE)
- 1-255 = THE NUMBER OF PADDING CHARACTERS TO BE
- INSERTED IN BOTH DATA TRANSFER AND COMMAND
- MODE.
- 10)LINE FOLDING
-
- THIS PARAMETER INDICATES THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PRINTABLE CHARACTERS
- THAT CAN BE DISPLAYED ON THE TERMINAL BEFORE THE PAD MUST SEND A
- FORMAT EFFECTOR (IE.,<CR><LF>). THIS PERMITS MORE DATA TO BE
- TRANSMITTED IN ONE PACKET WHILE STILL LETTING THE USER PRINT OUT
- MORE THAN ONE LINE, IE., PRINTING OUT FORMS.
-
- 11)TRANSMISSION SPEED (READ ONLY)
-
- THIS PARAMETER IS SET BY THE PAD AS A RESULT OF TRANSMISSION SPEED
- DETECTION IF THE TERMINAL ACCESSES AN AUTOBAUD PORT. WHEN A PRIVATE
- PORT WITH FIXED SPEED IS USED, THIS PARAMETER IS SET BASED ON THE
- PRE-STORED INFORMATION SELECTED AT SUBSCRIPTION TIME.
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 11
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 = 110 BPS
- 2 = 300 BPS
- 3 = 1200 BPS
- 4 = 2400 BPS
-
- 12)FLOW CONTROL
-
- THIS PARAMETER ALLOWS THE TERMINAL USER TO SIGNAL THE PAD THAT THE
- TERMINAL CANNOT RECEIVE ANY MORE DATA, IE. TO FLOW CONTROL DATA COMING
- FROM THE NETWORK. WHEN IT IS SET TO 1, THE TERMINAL USER CAN REQUEST
- THAT THE PAD STOP SENDING DATA BY TRANSMITTING A "CONTROL S". THE
- PAD THEN SUSPENDS TRANSMISSION OF DATA UNTIL A "CONTROL Q" IS RECEIVED.
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 12
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 = NO USE OF X-ON/X-OFF FOR FLOW CONTROL
- 1 = USE X-ON/X-OFF FOR FLOW CONTROL
-
- 13)LINEFEED INSERTION (SIMILAR TO NATIONAL PARAMETER 126)
-
- THIS PARAMETER SPECIFIES WHEN THE PAD SHOULD INSERT LINEFEEDS <LF>
- UPON RECEIPT OF A CARRIAGE RETURN <CR> FROM THE TERMINAL, PAD OR THE
- DESTINATION HOST.
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 13
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 = INSERT NO <LF>
- 1 = INSERT <LF> TO TERMINAL UPON RECEIPT OF A
- <CR> FROM HOST
- 4 = INSERT <> TO TERMINAL AFTER A <CR> FROM
- TERMINAL OR ON PAD GENERATED <CR>
- 5 = INSERT <LF> TO TERMINAL ON <CR> FROM PAD
- TERMINAL OR HOST.
- 6 = INSERT <LF> TO TERMINAL ON <CR> FROM
- TERMINAL AND INSERT <LF> IN DATA HOST
- ON <CR> FROM TERMINAL
- 7 = INSERT <LF> TO TERMINAL ON <CR> FROM
- PAD, TERMINAL OR HOST AND INSERT LF
- IN DATA TO HOST ON <CR> FROM TERMINAL
- 16 = INSERT <LF> TO TERMINAL AFTER A PAD
- GENERATED <CR>
- 17 = INSERT <LF> TO TERMINAL AFTER A PAD
- GENERATED <CR> OR A HOST GENERATED <CR>
- 20 = INSERT <LF> TO TERMINAL ON <CR> FROM
- TERMINAL
- 22 = INSERT <LF> TO TERMINAL ON <CR> FROM
- <CR> FROM TERMINAL
- 23 = INSERT <LF> TO TERMINAL ON <CR> FROM
- TERMINAL OR HOST. INSERT <LF> IN DATA
- TO HOST ON <CR> FROM TERMINAL
-
- 14)PADDING CHARACTERS AFTER LINEFEED
-
- TO ALLOW TIME FOR MECHANICAL PAPERFEED, THIS PARAMETER IS USED TO
- SPECIFY THE NUMBER OF PADDING CHARACTERS TO BE INSERTED BY THE PAD
- FOLLOWING <LF> TRANSMITTED TO THE TERMINAL IN DATA TRANSFER MODE ONLY.
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 14
- POSSIBLE VALUES:0-255 = NUMBER OF PADDING CHARACTERS (NUL)
- SENT TO THE TERMINAL AFTER TRANSMISSION
- OA A <LF> TO THE TERMINAL.
-
- 15)CONTROL OF EDITING FUNCTIONS
-
- THIS PARAMETER SPECIFIES WHETHER OR NOT EDITING IS ALLOWED IN DATA
- TRANSFER MODE. IT IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE IN COMMAND MODE. THIS CONTROLS
- PARAMETERS 16, 17 AND 18.
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 15
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 = EDITING ONLY IN COMMAND MODE
- 1 = EDITING IN COMMAND AND DATA TRANSFER MODE
-
- * NOTE: SETTING PARAMETER 15 TO 1 WILL CAUSE THE OPERATION OF THE
- IDLE TIMER (PARAMETER 4) TO BECOME DISABLED.
-
- 16)CHARACTER DELETION (SIMILAR TO NATIONAL PARAMETE 118)
-
- THIS PARAMETER SPECIFIES THE ASCII CHARACTER TO BE USED AS A
- "CHARACTER DELETE" CHARACTER FOR LOCAL EDETING BY THE PAD. THE
- DEFAULT VALUE IS SET TO 127 (THE DELETE OR DEL KEY.
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 16
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 = TURN OFF CHARACTER EDETING (COMMNAD & DATA
- TRANSFER MODE)
- 1-127 = CHARACTER DELETE CHARACTER (APPENDIX K)
-
- 17)LINE DELETION (SIMILAR TO NATIONAL PARAMETER 119)
-
-
- THIS PARAMETER SPECIFIES THE ASCII CHARACTER TO BE USED AS A
- "LINE DELETE" CHARACTER FOR LOCAL EDITING BY THE PAD. THE DEFAULT
- VALUE IS SET TO 24 (CONTROL X). ON SOME OLDER TERMINALS THE CONTROL
- X KEY WILL CLEAR THE SCREEN AS WELL AS DELETE THE LINE.
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 17
- POSSIBLE VALUES 0 = NO KEY WILL DELETE A CHARACTER
- 1-127 = ASCII CODE FOR THE "LINE DELETE" CHARACTER
-
- 18)LINE DISPLAY (SIMULAR TO NATIONAL PARAMETER 120)
-
- THIS PARAMETER SPECIFIES THE ASCII CHARACTER TO BE USED AS A
- "LINE DISPLAY " CHARACTER FOR LOCAL EDITING BY THE PAD. THE DEFAULT
- VALUE IS SET TO 18 (CONTROL R).,
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 18
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 = NO KEY WILL DELETE A CHARACTER
- 1-127 = ASCII CODE FOR THE "LINE DISPLAY" CHARACTER
-
- 19)EDITING SERVICE SIGNALS
-
-
- THIS PARAMETER DEFINES THE FORMAT OF THE SERVICE SIGNAL SENT TO TERMINAL
- UPON EXECUTION OF THE EDITING FUNCTIONS (P16 OR P17)
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 19
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 = NO SERVICE SIGNAL ON EDITING
- 1 = BACKSLASH IS DISPLAYED FOR EACH CHARACTER
- DELETED, "***" IS DISPLAYED FOR EACH LINE
- DELETED
- 2 = <BS><SP><BS> IS DISPLAYED FOR EACH
- CHARACTER DELETED; <BS><SP><BS> IS
- REPEATED FOR EACH CHARACTER ON THE LINE
- DELETED
- PARAMETER 19 8**, 32-126 = THE SPECIFIED CHARACTER IS DISPLAYED
- FOR EACH CHARACTER DELETED; "***" IS
- DISPLAYED FOR EACH LINE DELETED.
-
- *NOTE: VALUE 1 IS RECOMMENDED FOR PRINTING TERMINALS AND VALUE 2
- WHEN PAD ECHO IS OFF (P2=0) AND THE CHARACTER DELETE" CHARACTER
- IS DEFINED AS <BS> (P16=8), THE PAD DOES NOT SEND AND EDITING
- SERVICE SIGNAL TO THE TERMINAL UPON EXECUTION TO THE CHARACTER
- DELETE EDITING FUNCTION; HOWEVER, THE CHARACTER WILL STILL BE
- DELETED FROM THE PAD BUFFER.
- FOR VIDEO DISPLAY TERMINALS.
-
- PRODUCE A <BS>, BUT THE CHARACTER WILL STILL BE DELETED FROM THE PAD.
-
- 20)ECHO MASK*
-
- THIS PARAMETER SPECIFIES A SET OF CHARACTERS NOT TO BE ECHOED TO THE
- TERMINAL.
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 20
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 = ALL CHARACTERS ECHOED (EXCEPT X-ON/X-OFF
- WHICH DEPEND ON THE SETTING OF P5, P12
- AND P22)
-
- 1 = NO ECHO OF <CR>
- 2 = NO ECHO OF <LF>
- 4 = NO ECHOE OF <VT>, <HT>, <FF>
- 8 = NO ECHO OF <BEL>, <BS>
- 16 = NO ECHO OF <ESC>, <ENQ>
- 32 = NO ECHO OF <ACK>, <NAK>, <STX>, <SOH>,
- <EDT><ETB>, <ETX>
- 64 = NO ECHOING OF EDITING CHARACTERS, AS
- DESIGNATED BY PARAMETER 16,17 AND 18
- 128 = NO ECHOING OF ALL OTHER CHARACTERS IN
- COLUMN 0 AND 1 OF ASCII TABLE IN
- APPENDIX I PLUS <DEL>
-
- * NOTE: THIS PARAMETER IS ONLY ACTIVE WHEN ECHO IS ON (P2 = 1).
-
- 21)PARITY DETECTED OR CHECKED (SIMILAR TO NATIONAL PARAMETER 123)
-
- THIS PARAMETER SPECIFIES WHETHER OR NOT THE PAD SHOULD DETECT,
- CHECK AND GENERATE PARITY. THIS PARAMETER IS SET TO 0 WHEN THE USER
- WISHES TO TRANSMIT 8-BIT DATA.
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 21
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 = NO DETECTED OR CHECKED
- 3 = PARITY CHECKED AND DETECTED
-
- 22)PAGE WAIT
-
- THIS PARAMETER CONTROLS THE ABILITY TO SET A TERMINAL PAGE SIZE
- WHICH, WHEN REACHED, CAUSES THE PAD TO STOP ALL FURTHER OUTPUT TO THE
- TERMINAL.
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 22
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 = NO PAGE WAIT
- 1-255 = PAGE WAIT SIZE
-
- THE PAD WILL RESUME NORMAL TRANSMISSION WHEN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING OCCURS:
-
- - ON RECEIPT OF THE PAGE WAIT CANCELLATION CHARACTER (X-ON); OR
- - ON RESETTING PARAMETER 22 TO ZERO.
-
- NATIONAL PARAMETERS
-
- ===================
-
-
- THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS ARE SPECIFIC TO THE DATAPAC INTERACTIVE
- TERMINAL INTERFACE (DATAPAC 3101 SERVICE)
-
- P118 CHARACTER DELETION
-
-
- P119 LINE DELETION
-
-
- P120 LINE DISPLAY
-
-
- P121,122 ADDITIONAL DATA FORWARDING SIGNALS
-
- THESE PARAMETERS 121 AND 122 ALLOW THE DEFINITION OF ONE OR
- TWO ADDITIONAL DATA FORWARDING SIGNALS. THESE SIGNALS ARE IN ADDITION
- TO ANY THAT ARE SPECIFIED BY PARAMETER 3 AND 4.
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 121,122
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 = NONE
- 1-127= ASCII CODE OF ADDITIONAL DATA FORWARDING
- SIGNAL.
-
- P123 PARITY TREATMENT
-
- THIS PARAMETER SPECIFIES WHETHER OR NOT THE PAD SHOULD DETECT AND
- CHECK PARITY AND PERFORMS THE SAME FUNCTION AS INTERNATIONAL PARAMETER
- 21.
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 123
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 = NO DETECTED OR CHECKED
- 1 = PARITY CHECKED AND DETECTED
-
- 6)OUTPUT PENDING TIMER
-
- THIS PARAMETER SPECIFIES THE LENGTH OF TIME, IF ANY, THAT TERMINAL
- OUTPUT WILL BE BLOCKED BY TERMINAL INPUT.
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 125
- POSSIBLE VALUES: 0 = OUTPUT
- 1-255 = VALUE OF DELAY IN SECONDS
-
- 7)LINEFEED INSERTION
-
- PARAMETER NUMBER: 126 SEE INTERNATONAL PARAMETER 13.
-
-
- GENERAL NOTES ABOUT PARAMETERS
-
- -------------------------------
-
- THE SETTING OF ANY OF PARAMETERS 16(118), 17(119), OR 18(120) TO
- A NON-ZERO VALUE WILL ALSO SET PARAMETER 15 TO 1 WHEN PARAMETER 4 IS ZERO.
- IN THE 1984 SOFTWARE LEVEL, SETTING BOTH EDITING (P15) IS OFF. THIS
- OPERATION IS ACCORDING TO CCITT 1984 STANDARDS.
-
- IF THE CHARACTER CHOSEN FOR A CERTAIN PARAMETER HAS ALREADY BEEN
- SELECTED TO BE USED WITH ANOTHER PARAMETER, THEN THE FUNCTION WITH THE
- HIGHEST PRIORITY IS SELECTED UPON RECEIPT OF THE CHARACTER. THIS PRIORITY
- SCHEME IS AS FOLLOWS:
-
- 1) ESCAPE FROM COMMAND STATE
- 2) FLOW CONTROL
- 3) LINE DISPLAY
- 4) LINE DELETE
- 5) CHARACTER DELETE
- 6) PACKET FORWARDING
-
- ALL OF THE ABOVE PARAMETERS ARE CHANGEABLE BY THE USER. HOWEVER, IT
- SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE HOST COMPUTER CAN ALSO CHANGE THESE PARAMETERS.
-