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Configuring the Terminal Server 51
Downloading Terminal Definitions
Downloading Terminal Definitions
All terminal types can be used on the Terminal Server. Some terminal types which are not
already defined in the Terminal Server, however, are unable to use Full Screen mode (menus)
and may not be able to page through sessions properly. When installed, the Terminal Server has
several defined terminal types—Dumb, WYSE60, VT100, ANSI, TVI925, IBM3151, VT320, and
HP700.
If you are not using, or cannot emulate, any of these terminal types, you can add up to three
additional terminal definitions to the Terminal Server. The terminal definitions can be downloaded
from a TCP/IP host.
To download terminal definitions, follow these steps:
1. Decide which TCP/IP host you are going to use. It must be a machine with TFTP enabled.
2. Configure TFTP in the Terminal Server as necessary.
3. Download the new terminal definition to the Terminal Server as
Term1
,
Term2
, or
Term3
.
4. In the Line configuration, select the Terminal Type Termx that you custom defined.
Creating Terminal Definition Files
To create new terminal definition files, you need to copy and edit the information from the
terminfo database.
1. On a UNIX host, change directory to
/usr/lib/terminfo/x
(where
x
is the first letter of
the required terminal type). For a Wyse60, for example, you would enter the command
cd /usr/lib/terminfo/w
.
2. The termcap files are compiled, so use the command
infocmp termfile
to read the
required file (for example:
infocmp wy60
).
3. Check the file for the attribute
xmc#n
(where
n
is greater than or equal to 1). This attribute
will corrupt menu and form displays making the terminal type unsuitable for using Menu
mode.
4. If the terminal definition is suitable, change to a directory of your choice.
5. Rename and copy the file to the directory specified at step 4. using the command
infocmp termfile > termn
where
n
is greater than or equal to 1; (for example,
infocmp wy50 > term1
). Make sure the file has global read and execute permission for its
entire path.
6. Edit the file to include the following capabilities in this format:
term=
acsc=
bold=
civis=
clear=
cnorm=
cup=
rev=
rmacs=
rmso=
smacs=
smso=
page=
circ=