Emulator

IMPORTANT: HSC sessions are affected by the Dominion KX IV–101 Idle Timeout.

If you have not changed the Dominion KX IV–101 Idle Timeout setting from the default, your session could be closed automatically if it exceeds the Idle Timeout period.

Change the default Idle Timeout setting and then launch the HSC. See Login Limitations for details on changing the Idle Timeout setting.

Access Emulator Options

1. Select the Emulator drop-down menu to display a list of options.

   

Settings

Note:

KX3 administrators can set Terminal emulation settings in Setup > Port Configuration.

KX4-101 administrators can set terminal emulation settings in DSAM Serial Ports > Settings.

1. Choose Emulator > Settings. The Terminal Properties dialog displays the default settings.

   

2. Set the terminal size by selecting the number of Columns and Rows. Default is 80 by 25.
3. Set the Foreground and Background colors. Default is white on black.
4. Set the Font size. Default is 11.
5. Set the Scrollback number to indicate the number of lines available for scrolling.
6. Choose one of the following from the Encoding drop-down menu:
   • UTF-8
   • 8-bit ascii
   • ISO-8859-1
   • ISO-8859-15
   • Shift-JIS
   • EUC-JP
   • EUC-KR
7. Choose one of the following from the Language drop-down menu:
   • English
   • Japanese
   • Korean
   • Chinese
   • Bulgarian
8. The Backspace Sends default is ASCII DEL, or you can choose Control-H from the Backspace Sends drop-down menu.
9. Click OK to save. If you changed the Language setting, the HSC changes to that language when the Display Settings window is closed.

Get History

History information can be useful when debugging, troubleshooting, or administering a target device. The Get History feature:

• Allows you to view the recent history of console sessions by displaying the console messages to and from the target device.
• Displays up to 512KB of recent console message history. This allows a user to see target device events over time.

When the size limit is reached, the text wraps, overwriting the oldest data with the newest.

Notes: History data is displayed only to the user who requested the history.

To view the Session History, choose Emulator > Get History.

Clear History

• To clear the history, choose Emulator > Clear History.

Get Write Access

Only users with permissions to the port get Write Access. The user with Write Access can send commands to the target device. Write Access can be transferred among users working in the HSC via the Get Write Access command.

To enable Write Access, choose Emulator > Click Get Write Access.

• You now have Write Access to the target device.
• When another user assumes Write Access from you:
  • The HSC displays a red block icon before Write Access in the status bar.
  • A message appears to the user who currently has Write Access, alerting that user that another user has taken over access to the console.

Get Write Lock

Write lock prevents other users from taking the write access while you are using it.

1. To get write lock, choose Emulator > Get Write Lock.
2. If Get Write Lock is not available, a request rejected message appears.

Write Unlock

To get Write Unlock, choose Emulator > Write Unlock.

Send Break

Some target systems such as Sun Solaris servers require the transmission of a null character (Break) to generate the OK prompt. This is equivalent to issuing a STOP-A from the Sun keyboard.

Only users with Write Access privileges can send a break.

To send an intentional “break” to a Sun Solaris server:

1. Verify that you have Write Access. If not, follow the instructions in the previous section to obtain write access.
2. Choose Emulator > Send Break. A Send Break Ack (Acknowledgement) message appears.
3. Click OK.

Reset Port

Reset Port resets the physical serial port on the SX2 and re-initializes it to the configured values regarding bps/bits, and so on.

Connected Users

The Connected Users command allows you to view a list of other users who are currently connected on the same port.

1. Choose Emulator > Connected Users.

   

2. A star appears in the Write column for the User who has Write Access to the console.

Exit

1. Choose Emulator > Exit to close the HSC.