[Info-vax] Reverse telnet to a terminal emulator?

[Snowshoe]

On 7/19/2011 8:13 AM, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:

> How many of these "operator panels" do you have ?

There are two, that display different info.  One is where they log in 
and start the application, some of its output goes to SYS$OUTPUT, that 
terminal.  The other terminal gets allocated by the application, and 
(different) output goes to it.  At this time, both "terminals" are PCs 
running Reflection connected to a serial line.  The serial lines are to 
go away and be replaced by telnet.  The first is trivial, Reflection 
telnets to the host.  The second is what I am dealing with, I'd like for 
the application to connect to the second PC automatically.  Port # 
doesn't matter, I used 23 as it's the standard telnet port.

> I guess you could have s simple start-script in a terminal emulator
> (such has Reflection or similar) that logs into the VMS system and runs
> a simple DCL file that creates a known logical name pointing to the
> actual (dynamic) TNA device used in the session. Your application
> would then use this fixed logical to write to.
>
> Yes, you need a user on the VMS system to do this.

That's what I will probably wind up doing (captive account).

> Or you could setup a spare terminal server in your server room
> with two ports interconnected. One port is setup using exactly the
> same routines on the VMS system as today, the other port is
> connected to by the Reflection session using IP address and port
> number 1000x, 300x or whatever the specific terminal server uses.

They want to get rid of hardware.

Thanks everyone for the help so far.