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>Chapter 2. Preparation</TD
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>2.5. Configure the terminal or the terminal emulator</H1
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>Configure the terminal to match the serial parameters. The
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data bits, parity bits and stop bits must match. If a modern
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<SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"smart"</SPAN
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> modem is used then the bit speeds need not
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match. If a dumb modem or a null modem cable is used then the bit
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speeds must match.</P
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><P
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>Set <SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>CTS</SPAN
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>/<SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>RTS</SPAN
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> handshaking
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on, <SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>DTR</SPAN
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>/<SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>DSR</SPAN
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> handshaking off
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and <SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>XON</SPAN
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>/<SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>XOFF</SPAN
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> handshaking off.
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Your equipment may call
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<SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>CTS</SPAN
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>/<SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>RTS</SPAN
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> handshaking or
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<SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>DTR</SPAN
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>/<SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>DSR</SPAN
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> handshaking
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<SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"hardware handshaking"</SPAN
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> and may call
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<SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>XON</SPAN
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>/<SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>XOFF</SPAN
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> handshaking
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<SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"software handshaking"</SPAN
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>.</P
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>Set automatic line wrapping on. This allows all of a long
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console message to be read.</P
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>Set the received end of line characters to
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<SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>CR</SPAN
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> <SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>LF</SPAN
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> (carriage return then
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line feed). Set the transmitted end of line characters to just
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<SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>CR</SPAN
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> (carriage return).</P
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>If you are using a terminal emulator then it is best to
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choose to emulate the popular <SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>DEC</SPAN
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<SPAN
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CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
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>VT100</SPAN
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> or
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<SPAN
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CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
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>VT102</SPAN
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> terminal. Later terminals in the
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<SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>DEC</SPAN
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> <SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>VT</SPAN
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> range are compatible
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with the <SPAN
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CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
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>VT100</SPAN
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>. If this terminal is not
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available then try to emulate another terminal that implements
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<I
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><SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>ANSI</SPAN
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> <SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>X3.64-1979</SPAN
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>
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Additional Controls for Use with American National Standard Code
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for Information Interchange</I
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> (or its successor
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<I
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> <SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>ISO</SPAN
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>/<SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>IEC</SPAN
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> 6429:1992
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<SPAN
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CLASS="ACRONYM"
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>ISO</SPAN
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> Information technology — Control
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functions for coded character sets</I
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>). For example, many
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emulators have a terminal called <TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>ANSI BBS</TT
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> which
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uses the <SPAN
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>IBM PC</SPAN
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> character set, the 16
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<SPAN
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>IBM PC</SPAN
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> colors, a 80 column by 25 line
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screen and a selection of <I
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>X3.64-1979</I
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> control
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sequences.</P
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>See the <A
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>Text-Terminal-HOWTO</I
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for much more information on configuring terminals.</P
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