Ascii host connect panel – Visara LINCS Features User Manual

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Chapter 5. Host Connectivity

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ASCII Host Connect Panel

The following is an example ASCII Host Connection panel. This panel is displayed when
“ASCII” is selected from the Host Connection Menu, or when “Connect Menu: ASCII” is
chosen as the “Host Assignment At Power On” in a displays Device Profile. From this panel,
you may connect to an ASCII host port in a class, or to a specific ASCII host port.

Connection Type: ASCII

Class

Name

ASCII Host Port availability

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1 - Menu 2 - Queue

3 - Setup

4 - Dequeue

6 - Reconnect

9 - Refresh

AAAAAAAA

BBBBBBBB

CCCCCCCC

DDDDDDDD

01234567

A.......

........

.A......

........

..I.....

........

...I....

........

....A...

........

.....I..

........

......A.

........

.......I

........

vax

Vaxmail

The fields are described below:

• Class – The class numbers of all configured ASCII Host Classes.

• Name – The class name.

• ASCII Host Port Availability – A diagram showing the ASCII host ports which are currently

available as follows.

• A indicates that the port is available.

• I indicates that the port is in use.

• . indicates that the port is not a member of the class.

• Profile – This field selects an ASCII Session Profile for the host connection being attempted.

It is an optional field. If not entered, the ASCII Session Profile will be assigned based on the
setting of the “ASCII Session Profile Assignment” field on the ASCII Host Options panel
in Configuration.

To connect to an ASCII host in a class, enter the class name or class number in the “Connect
to:” field on the panel and press . If a host is available, and the device is authorized to
connect to the specified class, the connection will occur.

To connect to a specific ASCII host, enter the specific host (A0-D7) in the “Connect to:” field.
If the host port is available, and the device is authorized for “Dynamic Access” to ASCII
Hosts, the connection will occur.