Specifications

Software Configuration
3–17
3.10.2 Serial Console Features
To use the serial console features, connect a serial console device to Serial 1 or Serial 2. Use SETUP 3 to
enable the serial console feature.
When enabled, the serial console is set up for:
• 9600 baud
• No parity
• 8 bits
• One stop bit
To use an ASCII terminal as the console device for your system, set the serial baud rate, parity, data
length, and stop bits of the terminal to match the serial console settings.
For proper display of SETUP and POST messages from the BIOS, you must use an IEEE-compatible
terminal that implements the standard ASCII cursor commands. The required commands and their
hexadecimal codes are listed in Table 3–5.
Table 3–5 Required Commands
Hex Command
08 Backspace
0A Line Feed
0B Vertical Tab
0C Non-destructive Space
0D Carriage Return
Note
Some programs that emulate an ASCII terminal do not properly
support the basic ASCII command functions shown in Table 3–5.
Ampro provides a suitable PC terminal emulator program,
TVTERM, on the Common Utilities diskette.
After booting this system, the keyboard and screen of the terminal become the system console. The
programs you use this way must use ROM BIOS video functions (rather than direct screen addressing)
for their display I/O. You can enter keyboard data from both the external serial device and the standard
AT keyboard.
Arrow Keys During Setup
During SETUP, the serial console arrow keys and function keys must be simulated.
The arrow keys are simulated with the following:
 Up ^ or Ctrl-e
 Down v or Ctrl-x