Perkin Elmer 550 Terminal

From: Ian Primus <ian_primus_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu Oct 2 13:01:31 2003

On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 12:08 PM, Richard Brown wrote:

> Hi,
> I noticed your email with comments about the 550 terminal. I have one
> that has no vertical and am trying to get info so I can use another
> terminal in its place. I'm trying to find out what the mode switch
> position 2 in the on position does to the settings. ANy chance you
> might be able to tell me that? That's the only MODE switch setting
> used. The BAUD rate is set at 9600. When I try another ASCII
> terminal, the characters come out incorrectly on the display of the
> equipment I'm trying to use the ASCII terminal with. WHere as the
> perkin elmer terminal gives the correct characters except there is no
> vertical on the display so I can't read it.
> Thanks for any help you can give me.
> Richard Brown
> 781 938 7033
>
>
Ok, I got the manual off the shelf - here are the switch settings:

Switches 1 and 2 set the parity:

Switch 1 Switch 2 Parity
-------------------------
Off Off Odd
Off On Even
On Off Mark
On On Space

The other switches are for the other functions:

Switch # On Off
----------------------------------------------
Switch 3 1 stop bit 2 stop bits
Switch 4 50 Hz 60 Hz
Switch 5 Inverse video Standard video
Switch 6* - 12v open
Switch 7* + 12v open
Switch 8 Half Duplex Full Duplex
Switch 9 DTR High Line switch controlled DTR

* - Only applies to terminals with current loop option

Hopefully this is the information you were looking for, let me know if
it helps.


Ian Primus
ian_primus_at_yahoo.com
Received on Thu Oct 02 2003 - 13:01:31 BST