Terminal Window Manual
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.

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.
Communication/Terminal [Ctrl+F7]
Always uses the settings given in the Port Settings window.

 

 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.
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.
Display 0Ah after 0Dh
This option is the same as the above one, only for reception.
Use 7bit ASCII
This option will force the Terminal to send and display only standard 7-bit ASCII codes.
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.
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.

 

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.

The following hotkeys are available within the Terminal Window:

F1 Terminal Window Help
F2 Connect / Disconnect
F3 Increase speed (baud rate)
F4 Decrease speed (baud rate)
F5 Turn Echo on/off
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

IMPORTANT NOTE: If the Terminal Window is active during programming (up-/download) then it will be temporarily disabled until the programming functions are completed.