Solstice X.25 9.2 PAD User's Guide

Getting Help

To display a summary of the available commands, enter help or a question mark (?) at the PAD: prompt. The display looks like this:


     PAD: help
BREAK                (or B)        - send break signal to the host
BREAKACTION [n]      (or BRA)      - set breakaction
BREAKIN                            - set PAD recall character
CALL host            (or C)        - set up a connection to the named host
CLEAR                (or CLR)      - close the current connection
ECHO [on|off]        (or E)        - enable/disable terminal echo
EMASK [kk]           (or EM)       - set terminal echo mask to kk
FLOW [on|off]        (or F)        - enable/disable terminal flow control
FORWARD [n]          (or FOR)      - set data forwarding conditions
HELP                 (or ?)        - display help information
HOSTS                (or H)        - list all the hosts available
INT                                - transmit an interrupt packet
LFINSERT [n]         (or LF)       - set linefeed insertion action
LOGHOST [on|off]     (or LOG)      -- display incoming X.29 messages
MESSAGE              (or MES)      - enable Message mode of operation
NATIVE               (or NAT)      - enable Native mode of operation
PAGEWAIT [n]         (or PW)       - set page wait to n lines
PARAM                (or PAR)      - display current X.3 parameters
PAR?                               - request current values of specified params
PRINTER              (or PRT)      - define terminal as hardcopy device
PROFILE [p]          (or PROF)     - sets terminal profile
QUIT                 (or Q)        - exit the PAD session
RESET                (or RST)      - reset the current call
RPAR?                              - display remote parameters
RSET?                              - set remote parameters
SET                                - set specified parameters to given values
SET? list                          - set & read specified params to given values
STATUS [all]         (or STAT)     - displays the status of the connection
TRANSPARENT          (or TRA)      - enable Transparent mode of operation
VDU                                - define terminal as display device
WIDTH [n]            (or WID)      - set terminal width to be n characters
PAD: