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Conveniently,youmayprogramanyofthePCkeyboardʹstwelve
functionkeystotriggeryourmost‐often‐useddata‐streamcommands.
PressinganykeysetthiswaycausesParagonIItosendthe
correspondingcommandtothedevice.Duringtheonlinesession,you
canalsosendanyofthefollowingkeyco
mbinations(pressandholdCtrl
orAlt,pressandreleasethecommandkey,andreleaseCtrlorAlt)to
controlyourcommunicationwiththedeviceortoaccessAUATCʹshelp
andsetupscreens:
• Ctrl+Break(the Pause/BreakkeynexttotheScrollLockkey):Resets
bothAUATCandtheser
ialcommunicationwiththedevice.
• Ctrl+S(notcase‐sensitive):Sendsacommandtothedeviceto
temporarilystopitfromsendinganydata;untiltheflowisallowedto
resume,alloutputdatawillbequeuedbythedevice.
• Ctrl+Q(notcase‐sen
sitive):Sendsacommandtoallowthedeviceto
resumesendingdataafterbeinghaltedbytheCTRL+Scommand.
• Alt+F1:DisplaystheHelpscreen.
• Alt+F2:DisplaystheSetupscreen.
• Alt+F3:DisplaystheSetUpProgrammableKeyssc
reen.
• Alt+F4:SwitchtoBufferEditMode.