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Terminal Server User Guide
Making a Connection
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Chapter 3 Terminals on mutli-user systems
Making a Connection
If you are using initiated connections, you will not see the Terminal Server menus. Instead,
you see the login prompt of the host you assigned in the host field of the Port Setup Menu.
However, if your connection field is set to None, the Connections Menu appears. You are
now ready to make connections. From the Connections Menu press the Enter key on a ***
FREE *** session to display the Commands menu. Select the Telnet field and press the Enter
key.
This produces a pop-up menu allowing the choice of the host machines that are configured in
the host table. To select a host, move the cursor down to the required name then press the
Enter key. At this point the unit attempts to make a connection across the network to the
indicated host using the telnet protocol.
If it succeeds, the host machine’s login prompt is displayed. There may be an error in the
configuration if the connection cannot be established.
While in session to the host machine, you can return to the communications server by using
a hot key. This is user-defined, but defaults to ^]. Press this key and the Connections Menu is
displayed. To resume your connection select the host session you were on (notice that the
Note
At this point, check the host table again for correct entries, then check the network connection
and host machine you’re connecting to.