Frequently Asked Questions
Q. GIST Terminal displays junk characters?
Ans.: Because
of communication problem terminal may display junk. Check the Serial cable
,Communication Parameters of the terminal, and terminal related parameters on
Server.
Q. In some software GIST Terminal is unable to generate script?
Ans.: Change
the GIST Terminal 8 bit mode to 7 bit mode.
Q. No login prompt on terminal?
Ans.: Check that particular serial port is
enabled or disabled. If it’s disable make it enabled. Check the Communication
parameters of terminal and related settings on server. Check the serial cable.
In case of new installation swap the TX and RX 2 & 3 wires in serial
port cable.
By using the stty command the terminal parameters
can be modified temporarily. To make permanent changes modify the terminal
definition files.
stty -a It will display the settings of the terminal.
stty –parenb Disable the parity
stty cs8 Set the character size to 8
Q. Printer prints junk?
Ans.: Select
the proper printer driver. Check the printer cable.
Printing
: For
Multilingual printouts, printer should be connected to GIST Terminal.
Connect the printer to Parallel port of Gist terminal.
Q. GIST Terminal is working fine with English and
displays Hindi as junk
Ans.: Check
the Communication parameters in terminals. Set the character
size to 8. For the following commands.
stty -istrip Disables the istrip
Q. Printer prints junk after few pages fine print?
Ans.: Check the Printer settings. Hand
shake signals to be set properly. For software handshake set the IXON &
IXOFF signals. Set the RTS & DTS for Hardware handshake. If those
parameters are not set properly then terminal may print the data properly
for some pages, When the buffer is full then it sends
a handshake signal to host but system may not be able to
detect the handshake, and it’s keep on sending the data
due to this some data may corrupt ,resulting printer may skip some
data and prints junk.
Q. GIST Terminal function keys are
not working?
Ans.: Set
the TERM settings in terminal as well as user environment.
Q. Function keys are working fine with English terminals. But with same application the GIST terminal function keys are not working?
Ans.: Check the TERM settings. Reconfigure the
keyboard function keys. It may happen that keyboard configuration is configured
for English terminal. In this case it may not work with GIST terminals.
Reconfigure the keyboard.
Q. ALP not working with GIST Terminal. ALP
switches to Telnet mode. Why?
Ans.: ALP may not work with LTS (Local terminal
server), under Telnet. ALP requires Character Size (CS8). LTS does character
processing. While processing and it’s assume 8th bit as a special character
and strip 8th bit. This is resulting ALP switches to Telnet
mode and it will hang. To avoid this problem use Rlogin command from LTS
prompt. Enable the RAW mode in Telnet. Some of the older versions of Telnet
commands may not support RAW mode. In this case upgrade the LTS S/W.
Printing:
For Multilingual printouts, printer should be connected to GIST Terminal.
Q. Terminal cannot be used while printing?
Ans.: There are 2 ways of printing. 1.Front
ground printing 2. Background printing. In front ground printing terminal can
not be used while printing. In background printing terminal can be used as well
as printer at same time. To configure Background connect one serial cable from
Aux. Port of the terminal to Unix server. Configure the Aux. Port as a print
device.
Q. One vertical line is appearing on left side of the monitor?
Ans.: Shift the screen to right side by using ALT M D S keys.
Q. Will the Gist terminal can work with AT keyboard?
Ans.: Currently the Gist terminal will work with XT keyboard . The keyboard AT/XT switch has to be set to XT mode.
Q. Is Gist terminal will work with VGA monitor?
Ans.: Yes. All new Gist terminals will work with VGA (MONO) monitor.
Q. Is it possible to run the X-Windows from GIST Terminal?
Ans.: Gist
terminal can work on Text mode only. But the terminal can display some of the
graphic objects like Thumb Impression and Signature verification .
