Configuring System Devices with the Mode Utility
The Mode utility configures system devices for use. In addition, you can use it to display the status
of a single device or all devices in the system. To display the status of all accessible devices type
Mode and press Enter. If you want the status of just one device, type Mode followed by the device
name, such as LPT1:, and press Enter. This utility uses the following syntax:
Serial Port
MODE COMm[:] [BAUD=b] [PARITY=p] [DATA=d] [STOP=s] [to={on |
off}] [xon={on | off}] [odsr={on | off}] [octs={on | off}]
[dtr={on | off | hs}] [rts={on | off | hs | tg}] [idsr={on |
off}]
Device Status
MODE [device] [/STATUS]
Redirect Printing
MODE LPTn[:]=COMm[:]
Select Code Page
MODE CON[:] CP SELECT=yyy
Code Page Status
MODE CON[:] CP [/STATUS]
Display Mode
MODE CON[:] [COLS=c] [LINES=n]
Typematic Rate
MODE CON[:] [RATE=r DELAY=d]
The following list describes each of the command line arguments.
COMm[:] Defines the COM port to configure. The Mode utility recognizes any COM port for
which it can find a device name. Generally, this means it will support COM1: through COM9:
unless you have special hardware to make additional COM ports available.
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