IBM 4840-563 System Reference - Page 60

APA commands, Backspace without deleting, Line feed, Carriage return

Page 60 highlights

Causes the display to reset some programmable parameters back to the power-on state, which is defined as: v Cursor on. v Scrolling alphanumeric message off. v All pixels of (all character positions are filled with X'20'). v Write position for next write is at position X'00' (top left). v Default code page (437) selected. v DC2 mode enabled. v Default (Logic Controls) emulation mode selected. v Brightness set to 100%. v IBM user-defined characters are not erased. The Logic Controls user-defined character key is reset. All byte values between X'00' and X'1F' not defined in this section are ignored by the display in Logic Controls mode. User-defined characters in the IBM mode that have not been defined previously are spaces. APA commands This section describes the following APA VFD commands: v Backspace Without Deleting v Line Feed v Carriage Return v Clear Display v Display Position v Delete to End of Line v Dimming v Cursor Mode v Screen Mode v Horizontal Scroll v Display Mode v User Definable Font v Graphic Display Mode v Double Size Letter in Horizontal v Character Code Set of Full Size Letter v Character Code Set of Half Size Letter v Horizontal Scroll on All Lines v Font Selection Note: The command code format shown in the following topics is in hexadecimal format. Backspace without deleting 08 Line feed Purpose: The write-in position is shifted to the left one digit and the displaying screen is not changed. This command is ignored when the write-in position is on the least significant digit. 0A Purpose: The write-in position is shifted to the next row on the same digit position. If the write-in position is on the bottom row, the displayed character is scrolled up to the upper row and all characters on the bottom row are cleared. The write-in position is not changed. The displayed character under the screen mode of the 24x24-dot 1 row+16x16-dot 2 rows is not scrolled up from the row of 16x16dot format to 24x24-dot. Carriage return SurePOS 500 Model XX3 Technical Reference, v 1.3 81 Page 60 of

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81

Causes the display to reset some programmable parameters back to the
power-on state, which is defined as:
v Cursor on.
v Scrolling alphanumeric message off.
v All pixels of (all character positions are filled with X'20').
v Write position for next write is at position X'00' (top left).
v Default code page (437) selected.
v DC2 mode enabled.
v Default (Logic Controls) emulation mode selected.
v Brightness set to 100%.
v IBM user-defined characters are not erased. The Logic Controls user-defined character key
is reset.
All byte values between X'00' and X'1F' not defined in this section are ignored by the display in Logic Controls
mode. User-defined characters in the IBM mode that have not been defined previously are spaces.
APA commands
This section describes the following APA VFD commands: v Backspace Without
Deleting v Line Feed v Carriage Return v Clear Display v Display Position v Delete to
End of Line v Dimming v Cursor Mode v Screen Mode v Horizontal Scroll v Display
Mode v User Definable Font v Graphic Display Mode v Double Size Letter in
Horizontal v Character Code Set of Full Size Letter v Character Code Set of Half Size
Letter v Horizontal Scroll on All Lines v Font Selection
Note:
The command code format shown in the following topics is in hexadecimal
format.
Backspace without deleting
08
Purpose:
The write-in position is shifted to the left one digit and the displaying screen is
not changed. This command is ignored when the write-in position is on the
least significant digit.
Line feed
0A
Purpose:
The write-in position is shifted to the next row on the same digit position. If the
write-in position is on the bottom row, the displayed character is scrolled up to
the upper row and all characters on the bottom row are cleared. The write-in
position is not changed. The displayed character under the screen mode of the
24x24-dot 1 row+16x16-dot 2 rows is not scrolled up from the row of 16x16-
dot format to 24x24-dot.
Carriage return
SurePOS 500 Model XX3 Technical Reference, v 1.3
Page 60 of
81