Product specifications

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Other Devices Setup
Other Devices Setup 8
IOLAN+ is a very versatile product and can handle a lot of
creative applications. This section deals with setting up
printers and data acquisition type equipment, including retail
point-of-sale equipment. Many types of RS-232 equipment
can be attached including:
• Retail point-of-sale (POS) equipment
• Maintenance ports on network equipment
(for monitoring)
• Making terminals with ‘fixed ttys’
• Manufacturing equipment
IOLAN+ accomplishes this by using a
reverse telnet
connection. On Unix you utilise the ioland software
supplied on the Chase CD. For Windows
®
, consult the
support section of the web sites for the latest support
software for dial-out applications.
8.1Reverse
Telnet Port
Configuration
This setup is used when you need to access a serial port from
the network. For example you might want to collect data
from a serial device such as a barcode scanner, POS
terminal, etc. Or you can tie a login to a specific Unix tty
device (using
ioland ). For Unix you use the Chase utility
ioland . For Windows
®
system consult the Chase FTP site.