- Raritan Paragon II User Guide

APPENDIX E: USING AUATC FOR RS-232 ACCESS 93
• In addition, the access type is shown at the right of line 4 of the top pane. The access type can
be LOC (the local keyboard/monitor user station is active), RMT (a remote Paragon user
station is active), or NO (there is no current user-station activity – the AUATC is idle and
will grant keyboard and mouse control to the first user station that attempts to assert it).
• The four lines in the bottom pane display command keys specific to the current screen.
On Line Mode
When you operate the AUATC in On Line Mode, the main screen area displays your interactions
with the ASCII device, as if it were the screen of an ASCII terminal. Simultaneously, the data
stream being output by the device is stored in an eight-page circular buffer, so you can not only
access and operate the device, but you can also review its historical data as needed. Because the
buffer is circular, it always retains the most recent eight pages of data from the device; the newest
data will overwrite the oldest data.
Conveniently, you may program any of the PC keyboard’s twelve function keys to trigger your
most-often-used data-stream commands. Pressing any key set this way causes Paragon II to send
the corresponding command to the device. During the online session, you can also send any of the
following key combinations (press and hold CTRL or ALT, press and release the command key,
and release CTRL or ALT) to control your communication with the device or to access the
AUATC’s help and setup screens:
• CTRL + Break (the Pause/Break key next to the Scroll Lock key): Resets both the AUATC
and the serial communication with the device.
• CTRL + S (not case-sensitive): Sends a command to the device to temporarily stop it from
sending any data; until the flow is allowed to resume, all output data will be queued by the
device.
• CTRL + Q (not case-sensitive): Sends a command to allow the device to resume sending
data after being halted by the CTRL + S command.
• ALT + F1: Displays the Help screen.
• ALT + F2: Displays the Setup screen.
• ALT + F3: Displays the Set Up Programmable Keys screen.
• ALT + F4: Switch to Buffer Edit Mode.