Re: VT420 Console - a quick question

jordan_at_ccs4vms.com
Date: 07/21/05 

Date: 21 Jul 2005 11:31:15 -0700

One other thing you can do to verify operation of the terminal and its
ports, and your cable. I love VT420s for this!

In global settings, have the ports set as above to "S1=Comm1,S2=Comm2".

In _each_ session (use F4 to switch) set the comm parameters where you
want them (9600,N,8.1 is good) making sure both ports are set the same.
 Also make sure the terminal is online in the setup.

Connect the cable from one port to the other. Type something in the
session you are in. It probably won't echo unless you have local echo
turned on for some reason.

The session icon in the lower left corner should reverse to show the
'other' session has data. Hit F4 and you should see what you typed.
Now type something different, and again you probably won't see it, but
again the session icon should reverse. Hit F4 to return to the
original session and you should see what you just typed. If so, ports
are good, cable is good (or good enough), and terminal is working
acceptably. If not, then you need to do some more research.

Rich

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