Configuring Terminal Connections

Use this topic to configure ports for terminals.

Starting Point

This procedure assumes the following:

• That you are logged in as the administrator
• That you know the attributes, such as baud rate and parity, of the terminal that will be connected to this port

Command Line 

Procedure

1. Supply a set ports command that specifies the following:
   • The ports to which this command applies (on the range field)
   • dev=term
   • The number of simultaneous sessions the port user can maintain (on the sess field)
   • The terminal type (on the termtype field)
2. Supply a set line command that specifies the following:
• The ports to which this command applies (on the range field)
• The baud rate for this line (on the baud field)
• The character size to use on this line (on the csize field)
• The parity scheme to use on this line (on the parity field)
• The number of stop bits to use (on the stopb field)
3. If your terminal uses hardware flow control, supply a set flow command that specifies the following (software flow control is the default, so a set flow command is not required in that case):
• The ports to which this command applies (on the range field)
• ixoff=off
• ixon=off
• The flow control scheme required by your terminal. 

Example

In this example, port 2 and 3 are configured for connection to terminals using hardware flow control. The connection uses default for character size (8 bits), parity (no parity), and stop bits (1).

set ports range=2-3 sess=3 dev=term termtype=wy60
set line range=2-3 baud=19200
set flow range=2-3 ixon=off ixoff=off rts=on cts=on

Web Interface

This feature can be configured with the web interface on PortServer TS 8/16 devices. Digi One RealPort and PortServer TS 2/4 devices do not support the web interface.