Communicator 3000 MPE/iX Release 6.0 (Platform Software Release C.60.00) (30216-90269)

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Interoperability and Internet Solutions
Telnet/iX Server—Full Functionality Release
Telnet/iX Server—Full Functionality
Release
by Cas Caswell
Commercial Systems Division
The version of the Telnet/iX Server released with MPE/iX Release 5.5
had several functionality restrictions that were documented in the
MPE/iX 5.5 Communicator article, "Telnet/iX Server Functionality
Details." The Telnet/iX Server included with this MPE/iX release is now
fully functional. The purpose of this article is to update the information
from the MPE/iX 5.5 Communicator.
Changes from the MPE/iX 5.5 Telnet/iX Version
• FControl and FDeviceControl behavior for this version will function
as documented in the Asynchronous Serial Communications
Programmer's Reference Manual.
• All Block Modes and Binary Mode are now supported.
• Type-ahead is now supported.
• The maximum number of concurrent Telnet Sessions has been
raised from 250 to 2000.
• The TLNETDOC.ARPA.SYS file has been updated with information
for the Telnet/iX Server, and is included in this patch.
• The Telnet/iX Server now supports all of the Telnet commands that
require interaction with the Server.
In addition to the commands open, send break, send AYT, send
IP, send EC, send EL, quit, and close that were supported with
the MPE/iX 5.5 version, this version of the Telnet/iX Server also
supports the toggle and mode commands.
You should be aware of the following points when using the toggle
and mode options:
• toggle
The Server was written to assume the user is always right. This
means that if you do a toggle echo to allow the client to do all
the echoing, the Server stops echoing and leaves all echoing to the
client. However, if you then run an application on the HP 3000
that enables echoing, there will be a double echo on your display.
• mode