Console Configuration

The Console Application defaults to settings that work for most people's computer configurations. If needed, you can plant a file in the aBinary directory under the main brainstem distribution to change these settings. This can be done using a simple text editor (TeachText, Notepad, or the Memo Pad). The basic file format is lines of "setting = value". Below are the default settings and setting names for the Console Application:

Setting Name	Description	MacOS default	Win32 default	WinCE default	Linux default	PalmOS default
portname	Serial port name.	printer	COM1	COM1:	ttyS1	serial
baudrate	Serial port data rate.	9600
mode	BrainStem or SP03	BrainStem
timeout	Packet timeout setting.	1 sec.
debug	Debug information level.	0 (none)
outputBufferSize	Lines in output buffer.	100
left	Window's left coordinate.	100		n/a
top	Window's top coordinate.	100		n/a
width	Window's width.	240		n/a
height	Window's height.	240		n/a
outputColor	RGB color of output to Stem.	0xFF0000				n/a
inputColor	RGB color of input from Stem.	0x00FF00				n/a
statusColor	RGB color of Console message.	0x000000				n/a
commandColor	RGB color of user command.	0x0000FF				n/a
messageColor	RGB color of Stem messages.	0x880088				n/a

This file should be saved into the aBinary folder with the name "console.config". Capitalization matters for both the file name and the contents of the file.

Tip	On the PalmOS, the console.config file should be a file in the Memo Pad with the first line containing only "console.config" followed by the rest of the file on the subsequent lines.

Tip	On many platforms, the extensions are hidden in the file browser to "help" you. Make sure your editor didn't add an extension like .txt to the file you created for your configuration.

An example file that changes the port to the COM2 serial port and the baud rate to 4800 for Windows would look like: