A-B T47 Programming Terminal

[plcapps]

Here's a blast from the past.


Does anybody know how to echo (or redirect) the video output to an external monitor? I plugged a monitor into the vga port (I guess it's a vga port), but don't see anything on the monitor. Maybe something to do with DOS "mode" command and "display.sys" file?

 

[Ken Roach]

That's definitely a blast from the past !

The VGA port isn't active in parallel with the built-in display; you have to switch the output to it with the "mode2" utility.

[FONT="Courier New"]mode2 crt

mode2 lcd[/FONT]

That *should* already be on the T-47, as it was distributed on diskette with the terminals.

It is described in the user manual:

https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/ci/okcsFattach/get/30087_4

 

[Operaghost]

Wow. Now that you say it, I remember it. But I wouldn't have come up with that on my own. Well done!

OG

 

[plcapps]

Thanks. That did the trick. The utility wasn't on the hard drive, but I managed to find it on some floppies.

 

[thingstodo]

Thanks. That did the trick. The utility wasn't on the hard drive, but I managed to find it on some floppies.

You found some floppies ... and a floppy drive .. and THEY STILL WORK?!?


I'm impressed. I have a tote full of floppies but I'm quite sure that they would not work in anything any more. Does anyone recycle floppy disks?