waw103@tijc02.UUCP (Alan Watson ) (03/10/90)
How does one change the printer or comm port configuration to last through a power-cycle? Using setport I can configure the port for the baud rate, parity, etc, that I need but I can't seem to get them to stick. They have to be re-entered everytime the machine is turned on. Any suggestions? waw
GTHEALL@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU (George A. Theall) (03/11/90)
>How does one change the printer or comm port configuration to last >through a power-cycle? You'll need to set these parameters via the <SETUP> key. It's pretty easy to figure how to change the settings. Use the machine for a while until you're sure things are working properly, then go back into the SETUP menu and type <SHIFT><S>, which saves the setup in non-volatile memory (ie, through a power-cycle). You may find, unfortunately, that some programs will set the port to their own, hard-coded, default. I can think of one comm program which does this; there are probably others. George --- BITNET: GTHEALL@PennDRLS Dept. of Economics Internet: GTHEALL@PennDRLS.UPenn.Edu University of Pennsylvania AT+TNet: +1 215 898 3419 Philadelphia, PA 19104-3987
Frank.Mallory@f123.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Mallory) (03/11/90)
AW> How does one change the printer or comm port configuration to last
AW> through a power-cycle? Using setport I can configure the port for
AW> the baud rate, parity, etc, that I need but I can't seem to get them
AW> to stick. They have to be re-entered everytime the machine is turned
AW> on. Any suggestions?
Push F3 (Set-up) and then shift-s. That should save the baud rate and parity,
but possibly not some of the other settings (e.g., flow control).
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UUCP: ...!uunet!blkcat!123!Frank.Mallorywaw103@tijc02.UUCP (Alan Watson ) (03/16/90)
From article <9003102302.AA26549@remote.dccs.upenn.edu>, by GTHEALL@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU (George A. Theall): >>How does one change the printer or comm port configuration to last >>through a power-cycle? > > go back into the SETUP menu and type <SHIFT><S>, which saves the > setup in non-volatile memory (ie, through a power-cycle). > > You may find, unfortunately, that some programs will set > the port to their own, hard-coded, default. I can think of > one comm program which does this; there are probably others. > > George > I have tried doing the <SHIFT><S> in setup but the computer beeped implying that it was an illegal keystroke. And after the reset the parameters were back to the default. I think that I forgot to mention in the original posting that this is a Rainbow 100+. If there is some way of setting the parameters in autoexec.bat that would solve the problem as well. Thanks. Alan Watson Texas Instruments, System Products Integration Johnson City, TN USENET: rti!tijc02!waw103