Chapter 6: Tekterm Application
TESS Status Message
Insert mode
Fcursor mode
• In a left justified field, the <BKSP> function erases the character on which the cursor is positioned, unless it is at the right end of the character string; in this case, it erases the character to the left of the cursor.
When the last character in a field is erased, the field remains empty, and any further <BKSP> functions in the empty field result in a keyboard error beep.
• In a right justified field, the <BKSP> function erases the character that is to the right of the cursor and then shifts the data remaining to the right one position.
• If the <BKSP> key is pressed while the cursor is in the right-most character position of that field, the cursor does not shift to the left when that character is erased; it remains in the right-most position in the field.
• When the last character in a field is erased, the field remains empty – i.e. any pre-filled data is not displayed. Pressing the BKSP key in the empty field sounds a keyboard error beep.
• The <BKSP> key can delete data pre-filled by the host application.
• If data is entered into a field and then deleted before the field is completed, the field remains unmodified when the cursor leaves the field or when the screen is transmitted.
• Refer to “Field Mode” at the beginning of this table. The <BKSP> key operates in exactly the same manner in “Fcursor mode” as it does in “Field mode”.
6.5.6 TESS Status Message
• Press <CTRL> <S> to continuously display the status message in the lower left corner of the screen.
• Press <CTRL> <W> to make this message appear only when the 7535 locks. The message should look similar to the sample below:
V6.0 fld 0.6
“V6.0” is the TESS version number. “fld” indicates that TESS is currently in field mode. Insert and replace mode are represented as “ins” and “rep” respectively. The number “0.6” indicates the response time of the last transmission in seconds. Press
<CTRL> <T> to display the unit number instead of the TESS version number.
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