[Coco] XMODE
Tim Fadden
t.fadden at cox.net
Mon Mar 6 22:03:40 EST 2017
Thanks a ton Greg!
The key is knowing where to look I guess. I am willing to help out with
the wiki Nitros9 docs if you like, (they had places to put the data, but
were blank) let me know if that's possible.
On 3/6/2017 7:09 PM, Gregory Law wrote:
> This is from scf.d in the defs folder. I'll get these transferred into
> the technical reference in the WIKI as well.
>
> * PD.PAR definitions
> *
> * Parity
> PARNONE EQU %00000000
> PARODD EQU %00100000
> PAREVEN EQU %01100000
> PARMARK EQU %10100000
> PARSPACE EQU %11100000
>
> * PD.BAU definitions
> *
> * Baud rate
> B110 EQU %00000000
> B300 EQU %00000001
> B600 EQU %00000010
> B1200 EQU %00000011
> B2400 EQU %00000100
> B4800 EQU %00000101
> B9600 EQU %00000110
> B19200 EQU %00000111
> B38400 EQU %00001000
> B57600 EQU %00001001
> B115200 EQU %00001010
> * Word size
> WORD8 EQU %00000000
> WORD7 EQU %00100000
> * Stop bits
> STOP1 EQU %00000000
> STOP2 EQU %00010000
>
>
> On 3/6/2017 7:39:26 PM, "Tim Fadden" <t.fadden at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> First of all, thanks for the response.
>>
>> I looked there already. It does not have the information needed.
>>
>> It says what par and bau is for, but it does not tell you what values
>> are needed.
>>
>> perhaps the /t2 device descriptor might give me a clue. I haven't
>> looked for that yet.
>>
>> Another thought is to run a terminal program, set the values and see
>> what changed in xmode. Will give that a try to.
>> I can't believe there isn't any one else that has looked for this info,
>> or I am really missing something some where.
>>
>> thanks for your input!
>>
>> On 3/6/2017 5:12 PM, Gregory Law wrote:
>>> It might help to read the SCF-Type Device Descriptor Modules section
>>> in
>>> the NitrOS-9 Technical Reference
>>> (http://nitros9.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Sequential_Character_File_Manager).
>>>
>>> nam=t2
>>> mgr=SCF
>>> ddr=sc6551
>>> hpn=07
>>> hpa=FF68
>>> upc=00 -- Case: 0=upper- and lowercase, 1=uppercase only
>>> bso=01 -- Backspace: 0=backspace, 1=backspace+space+backspace
>>> dlo=00 -- Delete: 0 = backspace over line, 1=carriage return
>>> eko=01 -- Echo: 0=echo off, 1=echo on
>>> alf=01 -- Auto linefeed: 0=auto linefeed disabled, 1=auto linefeed
>>> enabled
>>> nul=00 -- End-of-line null count (the number of NULL characters to
>>> send
>>> at the end of a line; typically used to allow teletypes to return the
>>> carriage to the left)
>>> pau=01 -- Pause: 0=End-of page pause disabled, 1=End-of-page pause
>>> enabled
>>> pag=18 -- Number of lines per page
>>> bsp=08 -- Backspace character
>>> del=18 -- Delete line character
>>> eor=0D -- End-of-record character
>>> eof=1B -- End-of-file character
>>> rpr=04 -- Reprint line character
>>> dup=01 -- Duplicate last-line character
>>> psc=17 -- Pause character
>>> int=03 -- Interrupt character
>>> qut=05 -- Quit character
>>> bse=08 -- Backspace echo character
>>> ovf=07 -- Line-overflow character (ding)
>>> par=00 -- Initialization value
>>> bau=06 -- Baud rate
>>> xon=11 -- X-ON character
>>> xof=13 -- X-OFF character
>>> col=50 -- Number of columns
>>> row=18 -- Number of rows
>>> xtp=00
>>> wnd=00 -- Window number
>>> val= -- Data in rest of descriptor is valid
>>> sty= -- Window type
>>> cpx= -- X cursor position
>>> cpy= -- Y cursor position
>>> fgc= -- Foreground color
>>> bgc= -- Background color
>>> bdc= -- Border color
>>>
>>> On 3/6/2017 6:42:11 PM, "Tim Fadden" <t.fadden at cox.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3/6/2017 1:21 PM, Tim Fadden wrote:
>>>>> Quick question....
>>>>>
>>>>> Is reading the source code the only detailed documentation for the
>>>>> xmode command options, and what the values do?
>>>>> I was looking at the nitros9 wiki docs, but I couldn't find any
>>>>> detailed docs there.
>>>>> The options have changed at some time later that the detailed help I
>>>>> have on it. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thx,
>>>>>
>>>> I have been looking for the last couple of hours with no success.
>>>>
>>>> Where can I get information on what values do what on these?
>>>>
>>>> xmode /t2
>>>> nam=t2 mgr=SCF ddr=sc6551 hpn=07 hpa=FF68 upc=00 bso=01 dlo=00
>>>> eko=01 alf=01 nul=00 pau=01 pag=18 bsp=08 del=18 eor=0D
>>>> eof=1B rpr=04 dup=01 psc=17 int=03 qut=05 bse=08 ovf=07
>>>> par=00 bau=06 xon=11 xof=13 col=50 row=18 xtp=00 wnd=00
>>>> val= sty= cpx= cpy= fgc= bgc= bdc=
>>>>
>>>> some of them are abviously on or off ie 0 or 1 some not so, and some
>>>> I
>>>> have no idea what they are.
>>>>
>>>> I have this from an old doc:
>>>>
>>>> Determines baud rate, word length, and stop-bits for a serial device.
>>>> This byte is bit-mapped as follows:
>>>>
>>>> Bits: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
>>>> ----- ---------- ----- --------------------
>>>> Stop bits Word length Reserved Baud rate
>>>>
>>>> 0 - 1 bit 00 - 8 bits 0 - 110 3 - 1200 6 -
>>>> 9600
>>>> 1 - 2 bits 01 - 7 bits 1 - 300 4 - 2400 7 -
>>>> 19200*
>>>> 2 - 600 5 - 4800 8 -
>>>> 32000**
>>>> * This is for ACIAPAK only ** For SIO driver only
>>>>
>>>> Ex: xmode /p baud=22 gives 1 stop bit, 7 data bits, and 600 baud
>>>> xmode /t3 baud=86 gives 2 stop bits, 8 data bits, and 9600 baud
>>>>
>>>> I am assuming the values need to be converted from bin to dec, and
>>>> not
>>>> hex? I understand this and can figure it out, but what about the
>>>> other
>>>> names/value?
>>>>
>>>> Some of the names have changed since the doc was made.
>>>>
>>>> I looked through the nitros9 source code, bud didn't have any luck.
>>>>
>>>> how about "par" parity I assume, there is none odd and even what
>>>> value
>>>> do I plug in?
>>>>
>>>> sorry for being such a pest, but I am getting frustrated.
>>>>
>>>> any help or pointers are greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> -- Tim Fadden
>>>> "Hey Schmidt, don't forget about the six P's.
>>>> Proper Preparation Prevents Piss-Poor Performance!"
>>>>
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>>
>> -- Tim Fadden
>> "Hey Schmidt, don't forget about the six P's.
>> Proper Preparation Prevents Piss-Poor Performance!"
>>
>>
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