Terminal
Window Manual |
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The EniTerm program contains a fully functional serial terminal program, which can be used for direct access
of serially connected devices manufactured by VILLBAU Security Systems. The Terminal Window has also some
special functions for debugging/monitoring of the serial communication of the devices.
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The
Terminal Window can be started in two ways:
Communication/ETS
Terminal [F7] |
Uses
the settings of the .ET or .ETS file loaded. If there is no file loaded, uses the settings given
at the Port Settings window.
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Communication/Terminal
[Ctrl+F7] |
Always uses the settings given in the Port Settings window. |
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At the
Communication/Port Settings [F8] window, several parameters of the
Terminal Window can be set up.
Open Terminal Window
on start EniTerm |
This function is useful is the data on the serial port has to be logged continuously. In case
of system restart (if the EniTerm software starts up automatically, E.g. it is placed in the StartUp menu)
the Terminal Window opens right upon the startup of the program.
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Echo |
If Echo is on, the terminal will display not only the received, but also the sent
characters. |
Send 0Ah after 0Dh |
If this option is on,
the Terminal will force to send a 0Ah (Line Feed)character after sending each 0Dh (Carriage Return)characters.
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Display 0Ah after 0Dh |
This option is the same
as the above one, only for reception.
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Use 7bit ASCII
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This option will force
the Terminal to send and display only standard 7-bit ASCII codes.
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Debug
mode (display with time) |
This is a special function of EniTerm. If this option is turned on, the Terminal will
display incoming communication split into messages, which are terminated with the given
Terminate Characters. It will continue receiving until a Terminate Character is found, then
displays the received message with its time and date. This function can thus be used to log
E.g. messages from digital receivers, like Enigma. In this case, define Terminate Character
0x14h. |
Display Debug Terminate Chars |
In debug mode, normally, the Terminate Characters themselves are not displayed, but only used to
signal the end of logged messages. With this function, these Terminate Characters will be displayed as well.
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Create LOG
File |
It is possible to record all comnmunications into a log file. The program creates a separate
log file for all days, named "date".txt, which is stored in the given log directory. Besides the
incoming communication different debug information is stored in the log file, like the startup
and shutdown of the Terminal Window, etc. By default, the log directory is not given, and the
log files will be created in the LOG/ directory within the program directory.
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The Terminal Window has its own status row, which displays information about the current connection,
the serial port settings, and the status of the Echo, Debug and Log functions, including the current
size of the daily log file.
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The following hotkeys
are available within the Terminal Window:
F1 |
Terminal Window Help
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F2 |
Connect / Disconnect |
F3 |
Increase speed (baud rate)
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F4 |
Decrease speed
(baud rate) |
F5 |
Turn Echo on/off
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F6 |
Change display
character sizes |
F7 |
Change Terminal
Window colors (black/white, blue/grey, black/green,
black/amber) |
F8 |
Turn logging on/off |
F9 |
Show daily log file |
F11 |
Turn debug mode on/off |
F12 |
Send text file |
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IMPORTANT NOTE:
If the Terminal Window is active during programming (up-/download) then it will be temporarily
disabled until the programming functions are completed.
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