AT&T 630 MTG User manual

630
MTG
Terminal
User's Guide
Document
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999-300-37518
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501006050
Issue 2,
July
1987
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FCC WARNING STATEMENT
This
equipment
generates, uses
and
can radiate
radio
frequency
energy
and
if
not
installed
and
used in
accordance
with
the
instruction
manual, may cause interference
to
radio
communications.
It
has
been
tested
and
found
to
comply
with the limits
for
a class A
computing
device
pursuant
to
Subpart
J of Part 15
of
the FCC Rules,
which
are
designed to provide reasonable protection
against
such
interference
when operated in a commercial environment. Operation
of
this
equipment
in a residential area is likely to cause interference in
which
ca·se
the user
at
his
own
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IMPORTANT SERVICE INFORMATION
Dear Customer:
The
following
information
is provided to
allow
us
to
better meet
your
service needs. This
information
should
be retained
and
the
directions
followed
as indicated.
In
Case
of
Trouble
Refer to
Chapter
10 titled
Maintenance
and
Troubleshooting
and
follow
the instructions.
If you have a problem with
your
630 terminal,
contact
either
of
the
following
AT&T Information Systems Service Organizations.
For terminals connected to
an
AT&T processor,
contact
the
National
Software
Support
Center (NSSC) on:
1-800-922-0354
For terminals connected to a non-AT&T processor,
contact
the
Customer Service
Support
Organization (CSSO) on:
1-800-242-2121

Contents
Overview
About This Manual
1-1
Introducing the 630
1-2
Dependencies
1-5
Hosts
1-5
UNIX
Releases
1-5
Software
1-6
Hardware
1-7
Documentation
1-10
Installation
Packaging
2-1
Keyboard
2-1
Mouse
2-3
Controller Base
2-4
Display
2-5
Attaching the Base to the Display
2-6
Connections
2-8
AC
Power Cord
2-8
Keyboard Cable
2-9
Mouse Cable
2-9
Interface Cables
2-9
Adjustments
2-1
o
Brightness
2-1
o
Contrast
2-11

Tilt
2-11
Swivel
2-12
Power
On
2-13
Configuration
2-13
Verifying Operability
2-13
Keytop Replacement
2-14
Mouse and Menu Operation
Introduction
3-1
Using the Mouse
3-2
Button Definitions
3-3
Mouse Menus
3-4
Windowing Operations
Introduction
4-1
What is a Window?
4-2
Layers Window Manager
4-4
Layers Automatic Screen Configuration
4-7
Main Terminal Menu
4-1
o
Mouse Cursor
4-11
Window Commands
4-13
New
4-13
Reshape
4-15
Move
4-17
Top
4-19
Bottom
4-19
Current
4-19
Delete
4-21
Exit
4-21
Local Windows
4-23
Windowproc
630 Native Terminal Emulator
5-1
Appearance
5-2
Text Area
5-3
ii

Label Area 5-3
Scroll Area 5-5
Windowproc Setup Options 5-7
Windows 5-7
Buffer Enable 5-7
Window Size 5-8
Font Size 5-8
Fixed Non-Layers Window 5-8
Mouse Operations in Windowproc 5-9
Button 1 5-9
Button 2 5-12
Button .3 5-12
Windowproc Operations 5-13
Edit 5-13
Font 5-18
Buffer 5-20
Peel 5-20
Print 5-22
Programming in Windowproc 5-23
Programming the Label Area 5-23
Programming the Menu 5-24
Printing
Introduction 6-1
Printing Using Windowproc Menus 6-2
Printing Using Escape Sequences 6-4
Supported Printers 6-6
5310/5320 Teleprinters 6-6
AT&T 475 and AT&T 476 6-8
Printer Cables 6-11
Terminal Setup
Introduction 7-1
Entering Setup 7-2
Viewing and Modifying Options 7-6
Default Settings 7-14
iii

Exiting Setup 7-16
Notes on Use of Setup 7-17
Power On Configuration 7-18
Sample Configuration 1 --- Changing Baud 7-20
Sample Configuration 2 --- Multiple Hosts 7-21
PF Keys
Introduction 8-1
Entering PF Edit 8-2
Using PF Edit 8-4
Exiting PF Edit 8-5
An Example 8-6
Software Support
Host Software Installation 9-1
630 MTG Software Development Package 9-1
AT&T Windowing Utilities 9-1
User .profile 9-3
TERM variable 9-3
DMD and PATH variables 9-3
630 Terminfo 9-5
Local Terminfo 9-8
Changing the Default Fixed Non-Layers Window 9-9
Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Care of the Terminal 1 0-1
Testing Operability 10-2
Automatic Selftest 10-2
User-Initiated Selftest 10-2
Testing the Mouse 10-3
Testing the Keyboard 10-3
Problems/Suggestions 1 0-4
iv

Options and Accessories
Expansion Cards and Accessories 11-1
Appendix A: Control Characters and Escape
Sequences
Control Characters A-1
Escape Sequences A-3
Attributes A-3
Clear A-3
Cursor A-3
Delete A-4
Download A-4
Font A-5
Insert A-5
Printer A-6
Program A-7
Request A-8
Reset A-8
Reshape A-9
Restore A-9
Save A-9
Scroll A-9
Appendix B: 98-Key Keyboard
Glossary
Index
v

Vi

Figure
1-1
Figure
2-1
Figure
2-2
Figure
2-3
Figure
2-4
Figure
2-5
Figure
2-6
Figure
2-7
Figure
2-8
Figure
2-9
Figure
2-10
Figure
2-11
Figure
3-1
Figure
3-2
Figure
3-3
Figure
4-1
Figure
4-2
Figure
4-3
Figure
4-4
Figure
4-5
Figure
4-6
Figure
4-7
Figure
4-8
Figure
4-9
Figure
4-10
Figure
4-11
Figure
4-12
Figure
5-1
Figure
5-2
Figure
5-3
Figure
5-4
Figure
5-5
List
of
Figures
630
MTG Terminal
98-Key Keyboard (With Modification Kit Installed)
630
Mouse
630
Controller Base
630
Display with Styrofoam Packing
Aligning
the
Base and the Display
Attaching
the
Base
to
the Display
630
MTG (Rear View)
630
MTG (Front View)
630
Tilt Range
630
Swivel Range
Keytop Replacement
Button Numbering (Right Hand Mouse)
More Submenu
Scrolling Menus
Window
Layers Window Manager
Layers Icon
Example
of
Layers
Automatic
Screen Configuration
630
Main Terminal Menu
Mouse Cursors
Message Boxes
Creating a New Window
Reshaping a Window
Moving a
Window
Current Window
Local
Windowproc
Window
Windowproc
Window
Label Area
Scroll Area
Windowproc
Menu
Edit Submenu
1-2
2-1
2-3
2-4
2-5
2-6
2-7
2-8
2-10
2-11
2-12
2-14
3-3
3-5
3-6
4-3
4-4
4-6
4-8
4-10
4-11
4-12
4-14
4-16
4-18
4-20
4-23
5-2
5-4
5-5
5-12
5-14
vii

Figure 5-6
Figure 5-7
Figure 5-8
Figure 5-9
Figure 5-10
Figure 6-1
Figure 7-1
Figure 7-2
Figure 7-3
Figure 7-4
Figure 7-5
Figure 8-1
Figure 8-2
Figure B-1
viii
Sweeping a Command Line
Selecting Send
Font Submenu
Buffer Submenu
Peeling a Window
Windowproc Print Submenu
Selecting Setup
Setup Window
First Level Setup Menu
Default Power On Window
Port Selections with Optional Host Card
Selecting
PF Edit
PF Edit Window
Key Position Numbers
5-17
5-18
5-19
5-20
5-21
6-2
7-3
7-4
7-5
7-18
7-22
8-2
8-3
B-1

Table
1-1
Table
1-2
Table
1-3
Table
5-1
Table
6-1
Table
6-2
Table
6-3
Table
7-1
Table11-1
Table
A-1
Table
B-1
LIST
OF
TABLES
630
Ordering
Codes
Main1,
Main2
EIA Port
Auxiliary
EIA Port
Button
1
Windowproc
Operations
Windowproc
Print
Summary
5310/5320
Options
475/476
Options
Setup
Options
Expansion
Cards
and
Accessories
CONTROL CHARACTERS
Key
Codes
1-7
1-8
1-9
5-9
6-3
6-7
6-9
7-14
11-1
A-1
B-2
ix

About
This
Manual
The 630 MTG Terminal User's Guide describes
how
to
install, operate,
and
care
for
your
terminal.
Appendix
A
and
B
contain
information
on
ASCII
control
characters, escape characters,
and
the transmitted
character
codes
the keyboard sends.
This
guide
also
contains
a glossary
of
terms
and
definitions
associated
with
terminal operation.
You will
find
it helpful to read the manual,
particularly
Chapters 1
through
3, before
attempting
to operate
your
630. Refer to it while you
configure
your
terminal
and
when you
encounter
specific
questions.
Once you
understand
the
basic
operation
of
the 630, you will
want
to
read the
manual
thoroughly
to familiarize yourself with the
terminal's
more
advanced
features.
The Sequence followed is -
Chapter
2: Installation
Chapter
3: Mouse
and
Menu Operation
Chapter
4:
Window
Operation
Chapter
5:
Windowproc
Chapter
6:
Printing
Chapter
7:
Terminal Setup
Chapter
8:
PF
Keys
Chapter
9: Software
Support
Chapter
10: Maintenance
and
Troubleshooting
Chapter
11:
Options
and
Accessories
Appendix
A:
CONTROL CHARACTERS
and
ESCAPE SEQUENCES
Appendix
8: 98-KEY KEYBOARD
Glossary
Overview
1-1

Introducing
the
630
The 630 MTG is a high resolution,
multi-window,
multi-host,
programmable
graphics
terminal. Its intelligence makes it ideal in
application
environments as diverse as software development, text
preparation, engineering,
and
operations
support
systems.
Figure
1-1
630
MTG
Terminal
One
of
the primary features
of
the 630 is its
support
of
two
terminal
environments: layers
and
non-layers.
In
the
630's
native non-layers
environment,
no
special
host
support
is required
for
terminal
operation.
1-2
630
MTG
Terminal
User's
Guide

Introducing the 630
On a host running the UNIX® System V, the terminal's behavior is
driven by its terminfo* description.
In addition, software is available to
allow downloading
of self-contained terminal application programs.
In the layers environment, a window managert supports up to seven
terminal sessions over a single host connection and an error-
correcting protocol provides full support of downloadable
applications.
A second feature of the terminal is the ability to support multiple,
concurrent host connections. The 630 supports up to two host
connections at any given time, either or both
of which may be in the
layers environment.
Programmability is a third feature. Users may create custom
applications using the 630
MTG Software Development Package.
Other features include:
• Mouse-based user interface with menus for selection of
terminal operations.
• Text buffering and scrolling.
• Selectable font.
• Multiple resident fonts.
• Local text printing capability.
• 1024 x 1024 pixel display on a 16"
CRT.
• 60/50 Hz selectable, non-interlaced display.
• A non-glare screen.
• Display tilt and swivel.
* See terminfo(4) in the UNIX System V Programmer Reference Manual for further
information on terminfo. The terminfo description for the 630 is given in Chapter 9.
t See Chapter 4 for a discussion of windowing and the Layers window manager.
Overview 1-3

Introducing
the
630
• Front access to power, contrast,
and
brightness controls.
• Detached, low-profile keyboard.
• Three-button mouse.
• Two
RS
232-C
ports
for
connection
to
external devices.
•
Optional
third
RS
232-C port.
•
10
MHz
68000
processor.
• Domestic
and
international
power
level compatibility.
• Up
to
384 Kbytes Read Only Memory (terminal control
software).
•
640
Kbytes Random Access Memory standard.
• 8 Kbytes non-volatile RAM
for
options
storage.
• Up
to
384 Kbytes
ROM
in
optional
external cartridges
for
providing
additional
terminal capability.
• RAM
and
1/0 expansion
capability
via
internal expansion
connectors
(See
Chapter
11
).
1-4
630 MTG
Terminal
User's
Guide

Dependencies
Hosts
The 630
can
be used in the
non-layers
environment
on
any
asynchronous
host
computer
or
in the
layers
environment
on
any
host
that
supports
the AT&T
Windowing
Utilities
package.
It is certified
for
use in the
layers
environment
on the AT&T
38
family
of
computers.
UNIX
Releases
Although
the
630 may be used
without
the
aid
of
special software, it is
most
powerful
when used
with
the AT&T
Windowing
Utilities
package.
The
Layers
window
manager,
which
is
part
of
this
package,
is
described
in
Chapter
4.
The AT&T
Windowing
Utilities
package
is a
standard
utilities
package
delivered
with
UNIX System V Release 3 (System V Release 2.1.1
for
the
3820)
and
beyond. For UNIX systems
not
containing
the AT&T
Windowing
Utilities
package,
similar
functionality
can
be
obtained
by
installing
the
5620 DMD Core
package,
as
described
in
Chapter
9.
Overview
1-5

Software
Software available for use with the 630:
• 630 MTG
Software Development Package
This
package enables users to develop and
execute downloadable terminal applications.
It contains the 68000 C Compilation System,
the
application downloader, terminal-specific
library functions, development tools, and
sample application programs.
•
5620 DMD Core Package
This
package provides windowing support
for use with UNIX system releases prior to
those containing the AT&T Windowing
Utilities package.
1-6 630 MTG Terminal User's Guide

Hardware
The ordering codes for the standard 630 features are listed in
Table 1-1. Optional cards and accessories are listed in Chapter 11.
Table
1-1
630
Ordering Codes
Item Comcode
PE
Code
Display 501001697 33534 Col19
Base & Controller 501001671 3344-630
98-Key Keyboard 501004865 33401
Mouse 524594157 33536
Overview
1-7