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Accessing Serial Ports using ts_menu
The ts_menu is an application to facilitate connection to the serial ports. It displays a menu showing
the server names connected to the serial ports of the console server. You must configure the login
profile for the group that the users belong to as ts_menu.
ts_menu options
-u <user> [-l] [-ro] <console port>
Parameter Description
-u
<user>
Invokes ts_menu as the user named by <user>. This requires a password to be entered. The user
only has access to authorized serial ports.
-l
Generates a list of ports the user can access. Port aliases are shown if defined.
-ro
Invokes ts_menu in read-only mode. You may connect in read-only mode to any port you have
access to.
<console
port>
If issued, produces a direct connection to that port. If you have no access rights to the port or if the
port does not exist, the application returns a console not found message and terminates. The
console port may be the port alias or the port number.
-p
Display TCP port.
-i
Display Local IP assigned to the serial port.
-u
<name>
Username to be used in SSH/Telnet or Raw command.
-e <[^]
char>
Escape character used to close the target session. The default escape character is Ctrl-X.
ts_menu Parameters
To close the target session:
1. Enter the escape character shown when you connect to the port.
2. The menu with ports is displayed.
3. Select the exit option to return to the shell prompt.