User`s guide

Setting the UNIX System
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TCP/IP AXEL Platine Terminal 27
The /etc/hosts file must be updated in order to use the embedded TCP/IP
print server capability of the Platine terminal (see Chapters 5 and 7).
3.2 - CONFIGURING THE OPERATING SYSTEM
3.2.1 - Overview
Unlike a serial terminal, a networked terminal is not assigned to one dedicated
device. Instead a pseudo-terminal device file is allocated, dynamically,
according to the sequence in which networked peripheral devices are
connected.
As a result, it is not possible to use mapping files to associate a device name
with a dedicated function (for example: /etc/ttytype for System V or
/etc/default/mapchan for SCO UNIX).
3.2.2- TERM Value
The AX3000 Platine terminal can use exactly the same emulation as is used by
the main console.
To achieve this, the terminal parameters (number of lines and columns,
function keys, etc) must be defined by setting the TERM variable to a value
that is described in /etc/termcap or /usr/lib/terminfo, the terminal
capability description files.
The TERM value can be set through the AX3000’s TCP/IP Set-Up. Use the
[Terminal]
[Add View] option to associate a view with a UNIX host and a
TERM value.
Because the 8 sessions are independent, a different TERM value can be
associated with each session.
The value of this variable is 'negotiated', between the host and the AX3000
Platine terminal, when opening a session (i.e. making a connection).