[Info-vax] USB/DB9 terminal converter for RX2660

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2016-06-03 kl. 05:06, skrev Steven Schweda:
>> I'm not 100% sure what you are trying, [...]
>
>    I'm with him.  Around here, most of the simple-minded
> (serial) system consoles (HP PA-RISC workstation, HP zx2000,
> Sun workstation, VAX, XP1000, ...) are connected to DECserver
> terminal server ports, which can be reached by LAT from my
> main Alpha system.  (I haven't tried it, but I suspect that I
> could arrange to use Telnet for that part, too.)

Yes, if you have a DECserver new enough to have TCPIP. You do
not say, and I don't going to guess, but if it has TCPIP you
simply connect to the IP address of the server and to the
IP port number of the actual serial port.

At my office it is a Lantronix ETS8P with port numbers 3001-3008.

At my customer it is newer Lantronixs with 10001-10002 port no's.

That way you can use your normal/standard terminal emulator.

Note that in PyTTY you should set "raw" as "Connection type"
and "Force off" for both "Local echo" and "Local line editing".

You can also easily enable "logging" in PyTTY and get a complete
log from your console session as documentation.

Jan-Erik.



> For the
> smarter ones (rx2600, ...), I use Telnet to talk to their iLO
> gizmos directly.
>
>> I would like to use Silex2000WG or similar device and
>> Keyspan usb/serial adapter [...]
>
>    My suggestion would be to start by describing what you
> wish to do _functionally_, rather than listing a bunch of
> hardware which may or may not be useful in solving the actual
> problem.  Which system (Mac, rx2660) is where?  Where is a
> serial cable practical?  Where is Ethernet required?
>
>> Only question is, [...]
>
>    I disagree.
>