LSl-11 VIDEO TERMINAL USER'S GUIDE EK-VT103-UG-001 VT103 LSl-11 VIDEO TERMINAL USER 1 S GUIDE digital equipment corporation • marlboro, massachusetts Preliminary, June 1979 First Edition, September 1979 Second Printing, March 1980 Copyright © 1979 by Digital Equipment Corporation The material in this manual is for informational purposes and is subject to change without notice. Digital Equipment Corporation assumes no responsibility for any errors which may appear in this manual. Printed in U.S.A. This document was set on DIGITAL's DECset-8000 com­ puterized typesetting system. The following are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation. Maynard, Massachusetts: DIGITAL DECsystem-10 MASS BUS DEC DECSYSTEM-20 OMNIBUS PDP DIBOL OS/8 DECUS EDUSYSTEM RSTS UNIBUS VAX RSX VMS IAS CONTENTS PREFACE Page CHAPTER 1 OPERATOR INFORMATION 1 . 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2.1 Monitor Controls ....................................................................................................................... 2 1.2.2 Key boa rd Controls .................................................................................................................... 3 1.2.3 Keyboard Indicators ................................................................................................................. 8 1.2.4 Audible Indicators (Tones) ....................................................................................................... 9 1.3 SET-UP MODE ....................................................................................................................................9 1.3.1 Determining What a Set-Up Feature Does ........................................................................ 10 1.3.2 How to Change a Set-Up Feature ....................................................................................... 10 1.3.3 Set-Up A .................................................................................................................................. 12 1.3.4 Set-Up B (Operational Features) ......................................................................................... 13 1.3.5 Setting the Answerback Message ....................................................................................... 15 1.3.6 Saving the Set-Up Features ................................................................................................. 16 1.3.7 Recalling Set-Up Features .................................................................................................... 16 1.3.8 Resetting the Terminal .......................................................................................................... 16 1.4 DEFINITION OF EACH SET-UP FEATURE .................................................................................. 17 1.5 POWER-UP SEQUENCE ................................................................................................................. 21 1.6 OPERATOR EQUIPMENT CARE ................................................................................................... 22 1.7 SELF-TESTING THE VT103 ........................................................................................................... 22 1.8 WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF A PROBLEM ......................................................................... 24 1.9 RELATED HARDWARE MANUALS AND TAPE SUPPLIES .................................................... 26 CHAPTER 2 PROGRAMMER INFORMATION 2.,1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 29 2.2 THE KEYBOARD .............................................................................................................................. 29 2.2.1 LED Indicators ........................................................................................................................ 30 2.2.2 SET-UP Key ............................................................................................................................. 30 2.2.3 Keyboard 0 perati on ............................................................................................................... 31 2.2.4 Alphabetic Keys ...................................................................................................................... 31 2.2.5 Nonalphabetic Keys ............................................................................................................... 31 2.2.6 Function Keys ......................................................................................................................... 32 2.2.7 NO SCROLL Key .................................................................................................................... 32 2.2.8 BREAK Key ............................................................................................................................. 33 2.2.9 CTRL (Control) Key ................................................................................................................ 33 2.2.10 Cursor Control Keys ............................... :' ............................................................................... 34 2.2.11 Auto Repeating ....................................................................................................................... 34 2.2.12 Special Graphic Characters .................................................................................................. 34 2.2.13 Auxiliary Keypad ..................................................................................................................... 35 2.3 TERMINAL CONTROL COMMANDS ........................................................................................... 37 2.4 CONTROL FUNCTIONS .................................................................................................................. 38 2.4.1 ANSI Mode Control Functions ............................................................................................. 38 2.4.2 Modes ....................................................................................................................................... 52 2.4.2.1 ANSI Specified Modes ................................................................................................ 52 2.4.2.2 DIGITAL Private Modes .............................................................................................. 52 2.4.2.3 Other ANSI Mode States ............................................................................................ 53 2.4.3 ANSI Control Function Summary ........................................................................................ 53 iii CONTENTS 2.4.4 VT52 Mode Control Functions ............................................................................................. 57 2.5 COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL ................................................................................................... 60 2.5.1 Full Duplex - XON/XOFF Response .................................................................................... 60 2.5.2 Reset and Self-Test ................................................................................................................ 62 2.5.3 NO SCROLL and CTRL S/CTRL 0 ....................................................................................... 62 CHAPTER 3 VT103 LSl-11 SUPPORT HARDWARE 3.1 GENERAL .......................................................................................................................................... 65 3.2 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE ............................................................................................................. 65 3.2.1 VT103 Backplane Assembly ................................................................................................ 65 3.2.2 Standard Terminal Port ......................................................................................................... 68 3.2.3 H7835 Power Supply ............................................................................................................ 69 3.2.4 VT103 Fan Assembly ............................................................................................................ 70 3.3 TU58 DECtape II (OPTIONAL) ...................................................................................................... 70 3.4 THE LSl-11 BUS .............................................................................................................................. 70 3.4.1 Module Slot Assignments. Priority, and Configuration Considerations ........................................................................................................................ 70 3.4.2 Configuring LSl-11 Backplane Systems ............................................................................ 70 3.5 TYPICAL LSl-11 CONFIGURATIONS .......................................................................................... 71 CHAPTER 4 TU58 TAPE DRIVE 4.1 GENERAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................. 73 4.1.1 Tape Cartridge Storage and Care ......................................................................................... 73 4.1.2 Write Protect Tab ..................................................................................................................