CHARON-VAX application note
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1. Unfortunately it does not an accurate emulation of VT terminals It is suitable for limited volume use if no sophisticated pseudo graphics are used CHARON VAX XM XL installs several configuration files for HyperTerm namely opa0 ht tta0 ht ttal ht tta0 ht configuring HyperTerm to connect to localhost ports 10003 10000 10001 10002 correspondingly Create and save your own connection parameter file as follows 1 Open HyperTerm Start gt Programs gt Accessories gt Communication gt Hyper Terminal 2 Enter name of the connection For Example Charon 3 Choose TCP IP in appearing dialog 4 Enter localhost or host name TCP IP address in Host Address 2005 2006 Software Resources International This document is provided for information only and is not a legally binding offer Software Resources International reserves the right to change the product specifications without prior notice or retire the product The CHARON name and its logo are a registered trademark of Software Resources International For further information www charon vax com Email vaxinfo vaxemulator com CHARON VAX application note Enter port number in Port Number Press Ok Press Properties button and choose Settings Set Backspace key send to Del and Emulation to VT100 8 Choose Save or Save As from File menu item 10 Put the resulting Hyper Terminal configuration fil2. E CHARON VAX application note AN 030 Using terminal emulators with CHARON VAX Author Software Resources International Date 3 May 2006 CHARON VAX works with physical terminals and terminal emulators Over time the CHARON V AX built in terminal emulator will be phased out This Application Note includes notes on three popular terminal emulators suggests how to configure them for CHARON VAX and records the currently known problems Configuring CHARON VAX to use a terminal emulator See the User Manual for details Configure CHARON VAX on the first quad serial line to wait for a telnet connection on Port 10000 of the host machine as follows load virtual_serial_line TTAO port 10000 set quart line O TTAO Note for CHARON V AX Industrial users you may use the following commands load DHV11 TXA set TXA line 0 telnet localhost 10000 Automatically start a terminal emulator as the VAX console as follows load virtual_serial_line OPAO port 10003 application o0pa0 ht set quart line 3 OPAO Note that the above example assumes that the file opa0 ht is in the CHARON VAX lt starting directory and is set up to telnet to port 10003 on localhost Spaces are not allowed in the application parameter Read on to find out how to configure Hyper Terminal KEA Powerterm 525 Reflection and Smarterm terminal emulators for CHARON VAX Hyper Terminal Hyper Terminal HyperTerm is delivered as part of Windows and is very easy to use
3. KEA USER find your session file with KTC extension and copy to the CHARON VAX directory Specify the KTC file in CHARON VAX configuration file Example application Charon ktc Page 2 of 5 2005 2006 Software Resources International Known Problems None Power Term 525 Power Term 525 is sold by Ericom and is embedded in various software tools including PATHWORKS To create its configuration file do the following Spt SON I ade Os I Open Power Term Start gt Programs gt PATHWORKS Power Term 525 gt Power Term Choose Telnet in Session Type Enter localhost or host name TCP IP address in Host Name Enter desired port number in Port Number Choose VT100 in Terminal Type and in Terminal ID Save session File gt Save Terminal Setup Specify the location of the Power Term 525 executable and the saved session file PTS extension in Charon CFG file load virtual_serial_line OPAO port lt port number gt application lt full path to Power Term 525 executable no spaces in the path allowed gt lt full path to saved PTS session gt Example load virtual_serial_line OPAO port 10003 application C PTW525 pt525 exe PTDEF PTS Note that you do not need to specify the full path to PTS session if it is located in the CHARON VAX directory Known Problems None Reflection To create configuration file for Reflection terminal emulator do t
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5. e with extension HT in CHARON VAX XM XL directory Specify the HT file in CHARON VAX XM XL configuration file Example application Charon ht Known Problems 1 2 3 4 KEA When using EDIT EDT the keypad does not work exactly like a physical VT100 Arrow keys may not work on certain keyboards or may stop working Paging through documents with type page or edit can display errors Windows may display Unregistered Class error 1412 when closing CHARON VAX This problem is observed only with HyperTerminal Private Edition Ver 6 3 The Standard HyperTerminal KEA and other emulators do not show these symptoms CHARON VAX does not report this error the message comes from HyperTerminal Private Edition Ver 6 3 Good and correct terminal emulator To create its configuration file do the following J AiR ee al SO ee oe O Open KEA Start gt Programs gt KEA gt KEA Press New session Enter a name of the session For example Charon Choose Telnet and press Configure Enter localhost or host name TCP IP address in Host Press Advanced enter desired port number in Telnet Port set Pair CR with to null Press Ok Press Ok Set Terminal to VT100 and press Configure Set DA Response to VT100 and press Ok Press Ok Choose Save from File menu item Close KEA go to C
6. he following 1 Oe SO Oe ee Run Reflection terminal emulator Start gt Programs gt Reflection gt Host UNIX amp Digital Specify localhost or host name TCP IP address in Connection gt Connection Setup Press More settings and enter port number in TCP port VT100 in Terminal type press Ok Press Ok Open up Setup gt Terminal Setup Enter desired terminal VT102 in Terminal Type Enter desired terminal ID VT102 in Emulation TerminalID Press Ok Page 3 of 5 2005 Software Resources International CHARON VAX application note 9 Save the terminal emulator configuration File gt Save settings Put the R2W file in CHARON VAX directory where the executable resides 10 Specify the shortcut in CHARON VAX configuration file Example application Charon r2w Known Problems None SmarTerm Create a configuration file for the SmarTerm terminal emulator as follows 1 Run SmarTerm terminal emulator Start gt Programs gt SmarTerm gt SmarTerm 2 Choose Create new Session from the dialog 3 Choose Digital VT session and press Next 4 Choose Telnet Connection press Next 5 In the resulting dialog choose the Host page and enter localhost in the Host name 6 Choose the Option page and set Port Number to desired value e g 10003 7 Press Ok 8 Save the terminal emulator configuration File gt Sa
7. ve session Put the STW file in the CHARON VAX directory where the executable resides 9 Specify this shortcut in CHARON VAX configuration file Example application Charon stw 10 Once the terminal emulator starts choose the desired session File gt lt Session Name gt Known Problems SmatTerm does not appear to select the session automatically on startup if it is started from a CHARON configuration file To workaround this problem either manually start SmarTerm or select the desired session once the terminal emulator appears PuTTY PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms along with an xterm terminal emulator To use PuTTY configure CHARON VAX as follows load virtual_serial_line OPAO port lt port number gt application lt full path to PuTTY executable no spaces in the path allowed gt telnet localhost lt port number gt Example load virtual_serial_line OPAO port 10003 application C Putty putty exe telnet localhost 10003 To change the appearance and other settings of the PuTTY terminal e g set up a session log right click on the PuTTY window title line and select Change Settings Save your session settings as Default Settings Page 4 of 5 2005 2006 Software Resources International Known Problems None Software Resources International is happy to update this Application Note to reflect real customer experiences with terminal emulators Please send
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