Terminal Emulation Programs

Rerminal Emulation Programs

Two common communication programs that can be used for the terminal emulation are:

•  HyPerACCESS Lite (for an OS/2 operating system)
•  PROCOMM (for DOS or Windows operating systems)

HyperACCESS Lite

1.  Type the executable (normally HALITE) at the prompt in an OS/2 window (or click on the HyperACCESS Lite icon).
2.  Click on the PROPERTIES selection on the Action Bar.
3.  Click on the Communications selection:
   •  At the Settings entry, choose 8-None-1 (data-parity-stop)
   •  At the Baud rate entry, choose 19200
   •  At Port setup, choose XON/XOFF for both receiving and sending.
      Do not select hardware handshaking. Choose 750 msec for Break signal duration.

4.  Click on ASCII Setting tab and ensure that all selections are blank (off).
5.  Click on Terminal Setting tab:
   •  Choose VT1OO for terminal emulation
   •  Use the defaults (Terminal keys) for the Function, Arrow, and Ctrl keys
   •  When you are ready to upload new firmware to the library controller card,  after selecting the proper symbol from the Diagnostic Selection Menu  (see 'Remote Diagnostic Menu'), answer Y to ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO CHANGE FIRMWARE?  Wait for the READY TO LOAD FIRMWARE message.
      Click on either the Transfer selection on the Action Bar (then select send) or  click on the Send symbol (wings flying away) on the Tool Bar.

   •  Choose the Text Protocol; then type in the proper filename (example:

       a:\xxxxxx.asc) before clicking Send.

   •  Depending on the PC attributes, a firmware upload may take from 10 to 30 minutes (or longer).  HyperACCESS Lite does not show an hourglass or action symbol other than the blinking cursor to  indicated the firmware is being uploaded.
      If the firmware is being loaded from the floppy or A-drive as indicated by the example, you will notice the floppy busy light going on  and off during the transfer.
      When successfully complete, the PC screen shows a message and the library reboots.

PROCOMM

This procedure describes menus and key strokes for any DOS version of PROCOMM.

1.  Type the executable tile name (normally PROCOMM) at the prompt in a DOS full-screen session.
2.  Press Help (ALT-Fl 0) to display the PROCOMM main menu.
3.  Select menu item Line Settings (ALT-P) and choose the following:
   •  19200 baud rate
   •  N,8,1 (no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit)
   •  COM1 (normally)

4.  Select menu item Setup Screen (ALT-S):
   1.  Choose Terminal Setup and select the following values:

              Terminal Emulation:
              Duplex:
              Flow control:
              CR translation (in/out):
              BS translation:
              BS key definition:
              Line wrap/scroll:
              Break length (ms):
              Inquiry (CTRL-E):
       

   2.  Choose ASCII Transfer Setup and select the following values:

              ASCII UPLOAD
              Echo locally:           NO
              Expand blank lines:     NO
              Page character:         0
              Character pacing:       0
              Line pacing:            0
              CR translation:         NONE
              LF translation:         NONE
              ASCII DOWNLOAD
              CR translation:         NONE
              LF translation:         NONE
       

   3.  Choose SAVE SETUP TO DISK to save the settings for the next time.

5.  When you are ready to upload new firmware to the library controller card, after  selecting the proper symbol from the Diagnostic Selection Menu  (see 'Remote Diagnostic Menu'), answer Y to ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO CHANGE FIRMWARE?' Then wait for the message READY TO LOAD FIRMWARE.
    Press ALT-FlO to bring up the main PROCOMM menu.
   •  Select menu item Send files (PgUp key) to display the Protocol menu.
   •  Select ASCII protocol.
   •  Type the filename (for example: a:\xxxxxx.asc).
   •  Depending on the PC attributes, the firmware upload may take from 10 to 30 minutes (or longer).  PROCOMM shows a line counter incrementing while the firmware is being uploaded from the diskette.
      Also, notice that the diskette busy light goes on and off during the transfer.
      When successfully complete, the PC screen shows a message and the library reboots.

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