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     ║                      HELP Topics Available:                         ║
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     ║   1.  ALT Command Listing              14. Toggle Color Palette     ║
     ║   2.  ASCII Download                   15. Screen Clear Keys        ║
     ║   3.  Set Serial Modes                 16. Printer Control          ║
     ║   4.  Edit/Add Telephone Directory     17. Local Mode               ║
     ║   5.  Edit Modem/Mouse Commands        18. BSAVE/BLOAD Mode         ║
     ║   6.  Edit/Add Prog. Key Strings       19. Screenprint              ║
     ║   7.  PC-DOS Execute Mode              20. XMODEM file transfer     ║
     ║   8.  Modem Control Commands           21. Select Terminal Number   ║
     ║   9.  Full/Half Duplex                 22. CAS Online Help          ║
     ║   10. Manual Auto Dial Mode            23. Auto Logon Scripts       ║
     ║   11. Manual Logon Mode                24. Custom HELP Screens      ║
     ║   12. ASCII Upload                     25. Host-driven Pen Plotter  ║
     ║   13. Draw Picture From File           26.                          ║
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`                    Local ALT Command Summary
                     ═════════════════════════
ALT A  List Phone Directory   ALT W  Clr Scrn to Alpha      VT-100 Keypad
ALT B  Send BREAK             ALT X  Exit to PC-DOS     <F1> <F2> <AF1> <AF2>
ALT C  PC-DOS Execute         ALT Y  Printer ON/OFF     <F3> <F4> <AF3> <AF4>
ALT D  Disconnect Modem       ALT Z  Debug ON/OFF       <F5> <F6> <AF5> <AF6>
ALT E  Local Echo ON/OFF      ALT 1  HERE IS Key        <F7> <F8> <AF7> <AF8>
ALT F  Open Download File     ALT 2  Toggl Auto Ans     <F9> <F10><AF9> <AF10>
ALT G  Execute Script File    ALT 3  Sel. Term #          Note <AF4>=ALT <f4>
ALT H  Get Main Help Screen   ALT 4  Toggle Local Mode
ALT I  Accept Download Data   ALT 5  Redial Last Number     vt-100 keypad
ALT J  XMODEM Setup Values    ALT 6  Bsave Screen.0xx
ALT K  Edit Function Keys     ALT 7  Bload Screen         PF1  PF2  PF3  PF4
ALT L  Send Logon String      ALT 8  Show Version & Paths  7    8    9    .
ALT M  Draw Picture File      ALT 9  Toggle Color Palette  4    5    6    ,
ALT N  No Scroll ON/OFF       ALT 0  Send Null Character   1    2    3    cr
ALT O  Misc. Setup Menu       ALT -  Toggle Status Line    0    0    .    cr
ALT P  Add/Edit Phone Number  ALT =  Clear to Graphics
ALT Q  Close Download File    Control F1-F10 Programmable Key
ALT R  Abort Upload           Shift F1-F10 Programmable Key
ALT S  Terminal Setup/Select
ALT T  File Transfer Menu
ALT U  Open Upload File & Start Upload
ALT V  Edit Modem Commands`

                        ASCII File Download Mode
                        ═════════════════════════
           1. Depress ALT-F and enter filename of file to
                create on your pc disk.
           2. As soon as you are ready to accept data from
                the host, depress ALT-I.
           3. As soon as the transfer is complete, depress
                ALT-Q to close the file.

       Download mode saves an ASCII file (characters) on your PC
    disk. Tektronix picture files are in an ASCII format. MicroPlot
    Systems may request that you use file download mode to save a
    picture file or session with your host that is causing problems
    and send the disk in to be analyzed.

        You can temporarily stop saving information to the disk by
    pressing ALT-I and begin saving data again by pressing ALT-I
    again.
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                             Set Serial Modes
                             ════════════════
       Enter ALT-S to bring up the serial setup screen.  Refer to
    manual section 11 for the definition of the terms used in
    the set serial modes screen.

       The serial setup screen serves two purposes; for setup of the
    serial communication parameters and to switch between terminal
    setups.  to select terminal setup 6 when terminal 2 is active,
    depress alt-s, depress the 6 key which selects terminal 6 and
    then depress alt-q to exit to pc-plot.

       The ALT-S setup screen also sets the initial state of several
    important modes such as local echo, VT-100/VT-52 mode, Tek 4105 or
    Tek 4027 mode and the type of printer attached to the system.

       The settings in the ALT-S menu for Terminal #1 are always read
    in when PC-PLOT is started up unless you use the form PCPLOT Tx
    where x is a number from 1-8 which specifies the starting terminal
    number.
`
                      Edit/Add to Telephone Directory
                      ═══════════════════════════════
       Depress ALT-P to bring up the telephone directory edit screen.
    Select the entry to be changed by depressing a letter from A-P.

       The second line in a telephone entry selects the terminal
    number that will be selected when the telephone number is
    automatically dialed.

       The third line is the name that is associated with the
    telephone number.

       The fourth line is the telephone number to be dialed.
    remember to add a 1 prefix if the number is long distance and
    commas for delay if you have to get an outside line by dialing 9
    first.

       The fifth line can contain the auto log on sequence which is
    sent when an ALT-L command is entered following an autodial.
    You must enter a <cr> to terminate each entry in this screen
    except for the top line. Exit with an ALT-S to save on disk or
    ALT-Q to exit without saving new setup.
`
                           Edit Modem Commands
                           ═══════════════════
       The ALT-V command brings up the modem edit screen which
    displays the command string sent to the modem for the following
    functions:

        1. autodial a number
        2. redial the last number dialed
        3. switch to auto-answer mode
        4. switch back to originate mode (reset modem)
        5. answerback message sent on <enq> character

       The default commands in this menu are for a Hayes-compatible
    modem using tone dialing. To switch to pulse dialing, enter ATDP
    on the first line.

        The last three lines select the character sent by the buttons on
    a mouse.

       Use the cursor up/down keys to select an item. Type an entry
    on the selected line and terminate with a <cr>. Use the ( ~ )
    character to replace a <cr> and the ( ^ ) character for a control
    code ( use ^D for control D).
`
                    Edit/Add Programmable Key Strings
                    ═════════════════════════════════
       PC-PLOT can save up to 20 programmable key macros of 76 characters
    in length. The macros are invoked with Shift F1-F10 and Control F1-F10.

       The programmable key macros are stored in the PCPLOT setup file
    and are created using the ALT-K command.

       The ALT-K command brings up the programmable key edit screen.
    This screen shows the keycodes that will be sent when the
    appropriate function keys are depressed.

       Use the cursor up/down keys to select an item. Type an entry
    on the selected line and terminate with a <cr>. Use the ( ~ )
    character to replace a <cr> and the ( ^ ) character for a control
    code ( use ^D for control D). Insert the ( | ) code for a one
    second delay.
`
                          PC-DOS Execute Mode
                          ═══════════════════
       Depressing ALT-C causes a new copy of COMMAND.COM (PC-DOS
    command interpreter) to be loaded and executed.  The user will
    be presented with a PC-DOS prompt. The copy of the command
    processer is found by using the environment string COMSPEC=
    d:\command.com. If you have removed the diskette which contains
    the command processer, this command will not work.

       Run any other program from the PC-DOS prompt. PC-PLOT will
    remain in the background receiving serial data from your host
    in its serial buffer which can contain up to 16384 bytes.

       After running a program, get back to PC-PLOT from a PC-DOS
    prompt with the command: EXIT <cr>.

       The computer will then display the PC-PLOT alpha screen
    along with any data that was received while running the previous
    program.
`



                         Modem Control Commands
                         ══════════════════════
       The following commands can be executed from the keyboard which
    control some aspect of the modem or serial channel.

        ALT-B   Send 500 millisecond break to host
        ALT-D   Disconnect modem from telephone line (toggles DTR 1 sec)
        ALT-5   Redial last number sent to modem     (send redial string A/)
        ALT-0   Send null character to host          (used in EMACS)
        ALT-2   Toggle auto-answer mode on/off
`
                         Full/Half Duplex Select
                         ═══════════════════════
        The command ALT-E can be sent any time. It switches the state
    of the local echo flag. The new mode is displayed for 2 seconds
    on the status line (25) of the screen.

        A Full Duplex host does not use local echo. If you type the
    character A and see AA on the screen, you have local echo on and it
    should be off.

        If you see characters which are sent by your host but not
    characters entered at the keyboard, you will need to turn on
    local echo since your host is half duplex.

        Full/Half Duplex can also be set to start up in the correct
    state in the ALT-S setup menu.
`

                            Manual Autodial Mode
                            ════════════════════
        The manual dialing mode in PC-PLOT is provided for systems that
    may not always require the same logon values or for users who do
    not want to save their passwords in a script file.

        To dial a number which has been saved in the telephone directory,
    depress ALT-A for the directory display, select a phone number by its
    letter, and depress <cr>. The screen will clear, the dialing string
    (ATDTxxxxxxxx) will appear where ATDT is the programmed dialing
    command in the ALT-V menu and xxxxxxx is the telephone number which
    was selected.

        As soon as the CONNECTED message appears on the screen, depress
    ALT-L which will send the logon command which was saved along with
    the telephone number in the ALT-P menu.

        To redial a busy number, depress ALT-5.
`

                            Manual Logon Mode
                            ═════════════════
        The manual dialing mode in PC-PLOT is provided for systems that
    may not always require the same logon values or for users who do
    not want to save their passwords in a script file.

        To dial a number which has been saved in the telephone directory,
    depress ALT-A for the directory display, select a phone number by its
    letter, and depress <cr>. The screen will clear, the dialing string
    (ATDTxxxxxxxx) will appear where ATDT is the programmed dialing
    command in the ALT-V menu and xxxxxxx is the telephone number which
    was selected.

        As soon as the CONNECTED message appears on the screen, depress
    ALT-L which will send the logon command which was saved along with
    the telephone number in the ALT-P menu.

        To redial a busy number, depress ALT-5.
`
                        ASCII File Upload Mode
                        ══════════════════════
        To begin sending an ASCII (character or picture file) to your
    host, you must prepare the host to receive the file by running a
    program on it and then enter the following local PC-PLOT command:

        ALT-U and enter the file name to be uploaded.

        To abort an upload, depress ALT-R.

        There are two ASCII upload modes which are controlled by the LTA
    (line turnaround character) in the ALT-S menu. If the LTA is set to
    the % character, the upload is sent in one continuous string with
    no breaks. If the LTA is any other character, PC-PLOT will pause
    at each <cr> and wait for the LTA character before sending the next
    line to the host. The former mode is used when a host-based program
    can accept a complete file in a stream and the latter is used for a
    host that is programmed to accept a line at a time.

        It is possible to also set an intercharacter delay for hosts that
    cannot accept data at the full baud rate and a line end delay for
    each line. These options are set in the ALT-J menu.
`
                       Draw Picture File On Screen
                       ═══════════════════════════
        Draw a picture file which is saved on a disk by entering the
    ALT-M command. Select the picture file type from the menu. Note
    that there is a special file type for CAS Online pictures.

        Enter the filename of the picture at the prompt on the bottom
    line. Type <cr> to continue if a screen clear is encountered.

        To stop temporarily while drawing, depress ALT-N (no scroll).

        To break out of the draw command, press ALT-B.

        If you select a screen mode which is different than the current
    setting, you will be left in that mode on exit from the draw mode.
    To restore the previous mode, enter ALT-S, ALT-Q.

        After the picture is drawn, the screen can be cleared to alpha
    mode with an ALT-W. If ALT-W has no effect, depress <cr> once or
    twice since there may be characters at the end of your picture file
    which indicate to the draw module that there is another picture
    following.
`

                          Toggle Color Palette
                          ════════════════════

        The color palette may be changed when an IBM Color/Graphics
    adapter is being used in 320 x 200 4 color mode. IBM defined
    two color palettes for their CGA board:

        Palette 1;  Red, Green, Yellow, Black

        Palette 2;  Cyan, Magenta, White, Black

        Note that it is not possible to display BLUE as a foreground
    color. This is a limitation in the IBM board not a limitation of
    PC-PLOT.

        To switch the Palette, depress ALT-9.
`
                        Screen Clear Keys
                        ═════════════════

        The screen can be cleared to alphanumeric mode (VT-100) by
    depressing ALT-W (wipe).

        The screen can be cleared to graphics mode (Tek 4010/4014)
    by depressing ALT =.

        When ASCII file save mode is active (download), a page break
    character which is used by other PC-PLOT utilities can be entered
    into the file by clearing the screen with an ALT-W or ALT =.

        Using CAS Online, if the next screen contains both text and
    graphics information, clear the screen with an ALT = at the
    COPY and CLEAR PAGE PLEASE command.
`
                  Printer Control for ASCII Listings
                  ══════════════════════════════════

        The system printer can be used to list the characters sent by
    the host by depressing ALT-Y. Any characters sent by the host will
    appear on the screen and the printer. Turn the printer off by
    depressing ALT-Y again.

        No information or pictures will be printed if the printer is
    turned on while the host is sending graphics information.
`


                              Local Mode
                              ══════════

        Depressing ALT-4 puts PC-PLOT into local screen mode which is
    similar to the VT-100 setup/4 mode. Any characters typed on the
    keyboard will appear on the screen. The status line will display
    the local status message.

        Exit back to on-line mode by depressing ALT-4 again.
`


                           BSAVE/BLOAD Modes
                           ═════════════════

        If your system has an IBM Color/Graphics adapter and is running
    in 640 x 200 or 320 x 200 mode or a Hercules monochrome graphics card
    it is possible to save a pixel screen image in a disk file which can
    be used by IBM BASICA and the Polaroid Palette picture system.

        ALT-6   Save current graphics screen in file screen.0xx
        ALT-7   Restore graphics screen from file screen.0xx

        The first file will be called screen.001 with the next one being
    screen.002, ...003 etc.

        A screen of characters can also be saved in a file with an ALT-6
    but cannot be redrawn with an ALT-7. Use ALT-M to redraw a character
    screen saved with ALT-6.
`


                        Graphics Printscreen
                        ════════════════════

        A screenprint of the current screen can be made on the printer
    attached to your computer by depressing Shft-PrtSc.

        The printer type must have been selected in the ALT-S setup menu
    before this command is used.

        The printscreen command can also be used for alpha/numeric
    screens.

        The command Ctrl-PrtSc (control printscreen) will abort a screen
    print in progress.
`
                                XMODEM
                                ══════
        The XMODEM file transfer mode is entered by an ALT-T (transfer)
    command. The options available are shown in the file transfer menu.

        The ALT-J screen contains the default error counts and timeout
    values used by XMODEM. They are set initially for use with a packet
    network system such as CompuServ which may insert long delays between
    characters and before <ack> ing a data record.

        To do an XMODEM transfer, run the program on your host to either
    send or receive a file by XMODEM, enter the ALT-T menu, select the
    option to send or receive a file (enter filename at prompt on bottom
    line), and transfer will begin.

        The status of the transfer will appear on lines 1-6 of the
    screen. Packet number, error count, transfer type, and file name
    will all be displayed.
`
                        Select Terminal Number
                        ══════════════════════

        The terminal number (1-8) can be selected in three ways.

        Depress ALT-3, and enter the new terminal number at the prompt
    on the bottom line.

        Depress ALT-S (communication setup menu) enter the new
    terminal number (1-8), and depress ALT-Q which will complete
    the selection.

        Start PC-PLOT with the command PCPLOT Tx <cr> where x is a
    number from 1-8. PC-PLOT will then start up with the selected
    terminal active rather than the terminal 1 default.
`
                        CAS Online Help                     (page 1 of 3)
                        ═══════════════

        The following setup information should allow PC-PLOT to access
    Chemical Abstracts On Line. The settings referred to are found in
    the ALT-S setup menu.

        Baud            1200
        Local Echo      <off>
        Data Format     7 E 1  (7 data bits, Even Parity, 1 Stop Bit)
        Host Echo GIN   <yes>  (CAS host echos GIN report sequence)
        GIN Terminate   <cr>   (CAS expects a <cr> at end of GIN sequence)
        Serial Mouse           Select mouse type if used else <no>
        <-- key sends   <bs>   Backspace key sends backspace code






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{                        CAS Online Help                     (page 2 of 3)
                        ═══════════════
        Using a word processing program, create the following script file
    or modify the sample script file which is on your master PC-PLOT disk.

        TERM    1                 assumes term 1 set for CasOnline
        DIAL    9,,12014443214~   your local telenet number
        WAIT    CONNECT           message from modem
        WAIT    @                 wait for telenet prompt
        SEND    ~|~               2 <cr>'s
        WAIT    TYPE              prompt for terminal type
        SEND    A8~               terminal type A8
        WAIT    HOST              wait for host name prompt
        SEND    C123456~          number for CasOnline
        WAIT    ID                wait for ID prompt
        SEND    ABCCASHOUSE~      send user name
        WAIT    PASSWORD          wait for password prompt
        PASS    power$glide~      your password
        SAVE    filename          open file for session
        TILL    LOG YES           save until log off
        STOP                      end of script
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{
                        CAS Online Help                     (page 3 of 3)
                        ═══════════════

        The script on the previous page will log on to CAS Online and
    save the session in a file called filename.

        Once you are off line, you can view the file a page at a time
    using the CAS Draw option of PC-PLOT. Enter ALT-M to get into the
    draw mode and select option 2 for CAS files. Enter the filename to
    be viewed at the prompt on the bottom line.

        Pages that are of interest can be printed with a sh-prtsc command
    from the keyboard.

        For higher resolution plots, use the CasPrint program which will
    draw a structure with a resolution of 1024 x 780 rather than the low
    resolution of the graphics screen in an IBM PC.




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`                        Auto Logon Scripts     (Page 1 of 3)
                        ══════════════════
        PC-PLOT can be configured to log on to a remote computing service
    completely automatically using a 'script' file. A script file is a
    file of commands created with a word processing program or EDLIN
    which contains simple English commands.
        DIAL    <string>        dial the following string-echoed by modem
        WAIT    <string>        wait for the following string
        SEND    <string>        send the following string
        PASS    <string>        send the following string-no echo
        DELA    <seconds>       delay for seconds
        TERM    <number>        select terminal 1-8
        BREK                    send break
        SAVE    <file>          save incoming data in file
        TILL    <string>        run PC-PLOT till string then close file
        QUIT                    hang up-disconnect modem
        STOP                    end of script-closes open SAVE file
        ECON                    echo of host chars during WAIT
        ECOF                    no echo of host chars during WAIT
        EXIT                    exit PC-PLOT-IV to PC-DOS
        PRNT                    do a screenprint
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{
                        Auto Logon Scripts     (Page 2 of 3)
                        ══════════════════
        This page shows an example of a script which could be used to
    log on to CompuServ Information Service.

                                        ;comments-not in script !
        TERM    1                       ;select terminal setup #1
        DIAL    ATDT4576133~            ;the ~ forces a <cr> to send number
        WAIT    CONNECT                 ;connect message from smartmodem
        DELA    2                       ;2 second delay for network
        SEND    ^C                      ;control-C to network
        WAIT    User ID:                ;prompt from CIS
        SEND    73453,204~              ;id number plus ~ for <cr>
        WAIT    Password:               ;prompt from CIS
        PASS    secret8word             ;not echoed to screen !
        STOP                            ;end of script

        Additional commands could be added to automatically enter EMAIL
    and read all messages, save in a file and log off.

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{
                        Auto Logon Scripts     (Page 3 of 3)
                        ══════════════════
        The script file used with PC-PLOT must have a file extension of
    PCS. A sample filename would be CIS.PCS. The form of the file is
    rather free. The command may start in any column and the operand
    (filename or string) may be separated from the command by tabs or
    spaces. There should not be anything else on the line except a
    command and an operand (if needed).

        Scripts are invoked in two ways:

        ALT-G and enter filename at prompt on bottom of screen

        As a part of the command line which starts up PC-PLOT

                PCPLOT CIS <cr>





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`
                        Custom Help Screens    (Page 1 of 3)
                        ═══════════════════
        This version of PC-PLOT contains a method by which custom HELP
    screens can be added to the standard ones or an entire new one can be
    written which is totally specific to the user's site.

        This HELP file is a plain text file created with a word processer
    that saves data in an ASCII file. The end of each screen is marked with
    the apostrophe character (not the single quote). If there are multiple
    screens in a help topic, they are separated with a left curly brace.

        You will need to have a text segment for every item in the HELP
    menu which is the first segment in this file. The standard version
    has 26 different topics and a total of 27 text segments including the
    HELP menu.

        Use this file as a reference for preparing your own screens.



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{
                        Custom Help Screens    (Page 2 of 3)
                        ═══════════════════
        A text compiler is supplied with this version of PC-PLOT to
    create the help screen files. The text compiler reads the plain text
    file and adds pointers to the beginning which point to the individual
    text segments. To run the text compiler, enter the commands:

        C>TEXT <cr>                            runs TEXT.EXE

        name of input text file....HELP.TEX    filename of your help file

        name of output text file...PCPLOT.HLP  REQUIRED FILENAME !

        number of text segments....27          26 items plus menu

        Note: The filename for the compiled HELP file must be PCPLOT.HLP
              since that name is pre-programmed into PCPLOT. The file
              will be searched for in either the current subdirectory
              or in the subdirectory pointed to by the SET PCPLOT=
              environment command.

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`                        Host-driven Pen Plotter
                        ═══════════════════════
        Some mainframe-based graphics software has the option of driving
    a Hewlett-Packard pen plotter over the serial link. The usual connection
    requires a special Y-cable which places the plotter between the host
    and the terminal.

        PC-PLOT provides an alternative connection which uses the same
    plotter cable as would be used when making plots from a PC-based
    application program such as Lotus 1-2-3.

        To utilize this mode, set the baud rate in the misc. setup menu
    (ALT-O) to match the setting on the plotter. The second line in the
    misc. menu must be set to <on> in order for the option to function.

        As soon as PC-PLOT receives the command from the host to enable
    the plotter, the data path changes so that data coming in from the
    host is routed out the second serial port to the plotter.

        The host-based software should send a command to PC-PLOT to turn
    off the plotter. If it does not, ALT-B will shift out of plotter mode.

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` `
