[Info-vax] Monitoring serial consol ports.

[George Cornelius]

In article <k64er2$nft$2 at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
> Rich Jordan wrote 2012-10-22 20:17:

>> C-Kermit for VMS may be able to do what you want.

> OK, well worth a look. I guess it can connect directly to IP/port
> without needing a telnet TNAnnn device?
> 
> Jan-Erik.

See below.

I assume there is some kind of capture mode.

Note that various terminal emulators such as Reflection have capture
modes and scripting.

George

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MYSERVER> ckermit
C-Kermit 8.0.201, 8 Feb 2002, for OpenVMS Alpha
 Copyright (C) 1985, 2002,
  Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
Type ? or HELP for help.
PROOT:[MYDIR] C-Kermit>h set line

Syntax: SET LINE (or SET PORT) [ switches ] [ devicename ]
  Selects a serial-port device to use for making connections.
  Typical device name for this platform: TXA0:, TTA0:, or LTA0:.
  The default device name is SYS$INPUT: (i.e. none).
  If you do not give a SET LINE command or if you give a SET LINE command
  with no device name, or if you specify SYS$INPUT: as the device name,
  Kermit will be in "remote mode", suitable for use on the far end of a
  connection, e.g. as the file-transfer partner of your desktop communication
  software.  If you SET LINE to a specific device other than SYS$INPUT:,
  Kermit is in "local mode", suitable for making a connection to another
  computer.  SET LINE alone resets Kermit to remote mode.
  To use a modem to dial out, first SET MODEM TYPE (e.g., to USR), then
  SET LINE xxx, then SET SPEED, then give a DIAL command.
  For direct null-modem connections, use SET MODEM TYPE NONE, SET LINE xxx,
  then SET FLOW, SET SPEED, and CONNECT.

Optional switches:
  /CONNECT - Enter CONNECT mode automatically if SET LINE succeeds.
  /SERVER  - Enter server mode automatically if SET LINE succeeds.
  /SHARE   - Open the device in shared mode.
  /NOSHARE - Open the device in exclusive mode.

Also see HELP SET MODEM, HELP SET DIAL, HELP SET SPEED, HELP SET FLOW.
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