Guardian Programming Reference Summary for pTAL and TAL

SETMODE Operations
Guardian Programming Reference Summary for pTAL and TAL—522631-001
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5 Line printer: Set system automatic perforation skip mode (assumes standard
VFU function in channel 2)
param1.<15>
= 0 off, 66 lines per page
= 1 on, 60 lines per page (default)
For the 5530 line printer:
param1
= 0 disable automatic perforation skip.
= 1 enable automatic perforation skip (default).
The value of param2 is not used with function 5.
6 Terminal: Set system auto line feed after receipt of carriage return line
termination (default mode is configured)
param1.<15>
= 0 LFTERM line feed from terminal or network (default)
= 1 LFSYS system provides line feed after line termination by carriage return
param2 sets the number of retries of I/O operations.
7 Terminal: Set system auto line feed after receipt of carriage return line
termination (default mode is configured)
param1.<15>
= 0 LFTERM line feed from terminal or network (default)
= 1 LFSYS system provides line feed after line termination by carriage return
8 Terminal: Set system transfer mode (default mode is configured)
param1.<15>
= 0 conversational mode
= 1 page mode
The param2 parameter sets the number of retries of I/O operations
Note: the param2 parameter is used only with 6530 terminals.
9 Terminal: Set interrupt characters
param1
.<0:7> = character 1
.<8:15> = character 2
param2
.<0:7> = character 3
.<8:15> = character 4
(Default for conversational mode is backspace, line cancel, end of file, and
line termination. Default for page mode is page termination.) See the
discussion of “interrupt characters” in the Guardian Programmer’s Guide.
10 Terminal: Set parity checking by system (default is configured)
param1.<15>
= 0 no checking
= 1 checking
The param2 parameter is not used with function 10.
function Parameters and Effect