NEC 28i/124i Pc Program User Guide

							PRINT MENU
Issue 1-0 The Print Menu Options: Select Programs 45
Understanding the Print Menu
Use the Print Menu to print the active customer database to the parallel
printer attached to your PC. You can print the entire database, only select-
ed programs or just the Customer Information Screen. The printer you use
should be compatible with the IBM extended ASCI character set.
To access the Print Menu:
1. From the Main Menu, type P.
OR
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Printand press Enter. In either
case, the Print Menu displays:
The Print Menu Options
The Print Menu provides the options listed below. Before printing,
make sure your print range is set in Print Range Setup on page 48. This
will help you avoid lengthy, unnecessary or incomplete printouts.
Select Programs
Use Select Programs to choose specific programs for printing. Select
Programs lets you print out just the programs you have changed —
instead of the entire database.
To select programs for printing:
1. From the Print Menu, type S.
OR
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1. From the Print Menu, highlight Select Programsand press
Enter. In either case, the Class Menu appears:
The following screen shows System Numbering highlighted.
For more on the Class and Program Menus, refer to the Edit
Menu section.
2. From the Class Menu, select the program series you want. You see
the Program Menu for the selected Class:
The following screen shows the Program Menu of program
series 0500 - System Numbering,
3. Press Enter(or type the Program number) to select the programs
you want to print.
An ampersand (&) displays to the left of each program series
you select. 
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Issue 1-0 The Print Menu Items: All Edited Programs 47
4. Press Escto back up to the Class Menu to select additional programs.
OR
4. Press F10to print the currently selected programs.
To stop the printing, press Esc.
The PC Program will alert you if your printer is not connect-
ed or functioning properly.
All System Data
The All System Data option allows you to print all data in a customer
database.
To print all the system data:
1. From the Print Menu, press A.
OR
1. From the Print Menu, highlight All System Dataand press Enter.
In either case, the system database prints. To stop the print-
ing, press Esc.
The PC Program will alert you if your printer is not connect-
ed or functioning properly.
All Edited Programs
The All Edited Programs option allows you to print only the programs
that were marked as edited in a customer database.
To print all the edited programs:
1. From the Print Menu, press L.
OR
1. From the Print Menu, highlight All Edited Programsand press
Enter.
In either case, the system database prints. To stop the print-
ing, press Esc.
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The PC Program will alert you if your printer is not connect-
ed or functioning properly.
Customer Data
To print the Customer Information Screen:
1. From the Print Menu, press C.
OR
1. From the Print Menu, highlight Customer Dataand press Enter.
In either case, the Customer Information Screen data prints. To
stop the printing, press Esc.
The PC Program will alert you if your printer is not connect-
ed or functioning properly.
Print Range Setup
With Print Range Setup, you can print customer database information for
a specified range, rather than all extensions. For example, you can print
only certain Tenant Groups, extension ports or Extension (Department)
Groups. This saves printing time by allowing you to more narrowly
define the items you want to print. The Print Range Setup option works
in addition towhatever other print options you have enabled. The ranges
you select are saved along with the other data in the customer database.
To set a print range:
1. From the Print Menu, type P.
OR
1. From the Print Menu, highlight Print Range Setupand press
Enter. In either case, you see:
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Issue 1-0 Print Menu Help 49
2. Using the Upand Down Arrowkeys, select the print range you
want to change.
3. Edit the selected print range:
Leftand Right Arrowkeys highlight the existing entries.
Type in the new range.
Use Backspaceand Deleteto edit your entries.
Press F2to reset the print ranges to their default values.
New range settings will be saved when the customer database is
saved.
4. Press Escto return to the Print Menu.
Print Menu Help
From the Print Menu . . .
At the bottom of the screen, you see:
Press Escanytime to return to the Main Menu.
Press F7to send a form feed to the printer. This
advances the printer to the top of the next page
From the Select Programs Screen . . .
At the bottom of the Select Programs Screen, you see:
Press Escto return to the Print Menu.
Esc
F7
Esc
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While in the Class Menu, press Enterto go to the
selected program series Program Menu.
Press F1to display the following Help pop-up screen:
F2Selects (marks) all programs for the selected class.
F3Selects (marks) allprograms for allclasses.
F4Deselects (unmarks) all programs for the select-
ed class.
F5Deselects (unmarks) allprograms for allclasses.
F6Deselects (unmarks) an edited class.
F7Sends a form feed to the printer.
F10Starts the printing for the selected programs.
Press F7to send a form feed to the printer.
Press F10to start the printing for the selected programs.
From the Print Range Setup Screen
At the bottom of the Print Range Setup Screen, you see:
Press F2to reset all the Print Range fields to their
default settings.
F2
F10
F7
F1
Enter
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							OPTION MENU
Issue 1-0 The Option Menu Options: File Path 51
Understanding the Option Menu
Use the Option Menu to:
Assign the path (location) of the PC Program’s data and temporary
working files.
Determine the permanent RS-232C parameters for the PC’s
modem port.
Set the page width and length options for the printer connected to
the PC.
Assign the format of the dates displayed in the PC Program and printout.
Enable or disable the Invalid Access Level error message.
To access the Option Menu:
1. From the Main Menu, type O.
OR
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Optionand press Enter. In either
case, you see the Option (Parameter Setting) Menu:
The Option Menu Options
The Option Menu provides the following options:
File Path
Use the File Path option to tell the PC Program where to find its pro-
gram and temporary working files. Carefully setting this option is
important, especially if you have many customer databases in different
directories on the PC’s hard disk.
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To access the File Path option:
1. From the Option (Parameter Setting) Menu, type F.
OR
1. From the Option (Parameter Setting) Menu, highlight Fileand
press Enter. In either case, you see the File Screen:
Custom File Directory
Use Custom File Directory to indicate which directory the PC Program
looks into for its database files. For example, when you do a File➩
Readcommand from the Main Menu, the PC program shows you the
list of database files stored in the Custom File Directory.
Temporary File Directory
The Temporary File Directory option lets you specify where you want
the PC Program to create its temporary working files. You can choose
any directory on any of your hard drives as long as it has about 2
Mbyte of free space. When you exit the PC Program, it automatically
removes the temporary files. You’ll have to exit and restart the PC
Program to have your entry take effect. If your PC has expanded or
extended memory, you can speed up the PC Program by creating a vir-
tual drive (“RAMDisk”) for the temporary files.
Initial File Directory
The Initial File Directory entry tells the PC Program where to look for the
database file it loads on initial startup. Your entry should be the directory
for the file listed in the Initial File Name option. When you first start the
PC Program, it tries to load the file programmed here. The default for the
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Issue 1-0 The Option Menu Options: RS-232C Mode 53
28i system is C:\28Ixxx\I28NA.INA or C:\28Ixxx\I28NA.ENA. The
default for the 124i system is C:\TIxxx\I32NA.INA or
C:\TIxxx\I32NA.ENA depending on your PC software version. Use the
Initial File Directory option if your program is installed in a different
directory, or if you want to use a different initial file.
Initial File Name
When you start the PC Program, it automatically loads the customer
database file entered in the Initial File Name option. You might find it
helpful to create a standard customer database and automatically load it
each time through this option. You could then use the standard file as a
baseline for your new installations.
To edit an entry in the File Screen:
1. In the File Screen, use the Upand Down Arrowsto highlight the
option you want to change.
2. Type in the entry you want.
Use the Leftand Right Arrows, the Deleteand Backspace
keys to edit your entry.
3. Press Enterto go back to the Option (Parameter Setting Menu) and
go to step 4.
OR
3. Use the Upand Down Arrowsto highlight another File Screen
option and go back to step 2.
4. Press F2to save your entries.
OR
4. Press Escto go back to the Main Menu without saving.
RS-232C Port
The RS-232C Port option lets you change the following parameters for
the serial port used by the PC Program.
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Speed
This option sets the speed of the serial port the PC Program uses for
communicating with the phone system. The speed of the serial port can
be 300, 1200, 2400, 4800 or 9600 baud. Most modems can automati-
cally detect the speed you select. If you have problems uploading and
downloading files, consider lowering the port speed.
Length
Use this option to set the length of each data character. Currently, the
length option is fixed at 8.
Parity
The Parity option determines the type of parity checking used for each
data character during the serial communications. You should set this
option at None.
Stop
Use the Stop option to set the number of stop bits sent for each data
character during serial communications. You should set this option at 1.
Echo
The Echo option sets the status of the local echo on your PC. Normally,
you should set this option to Off. However, if you need to do a lot of
manual communication from the Modem Screen, you may want to tem-
porarily change this option to On. This will ensure that the characters
you type will display on your screen. (If you see double characters
while typing in the Modem Screen, return this option toOff.)
COM Port
The COM Port option allows you to choose the COM port to which
your modem is connected (COM 1, COM 2, COM 3, or COM 4). If
you are working on a laptop with an integral pointer (like a track ball),
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