THIS IS A STRIPPED DOWN VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL REMOTE.DOC. BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT ALL ORIGINAL FILES INCLUDED IN THIS ARCHIVE, THERE IS NO NEED TO BOTHER YOU WITH THESE THINGS. VMC HAS THE PERMISSION TO INCLUDE THIS STRIPPED DOWN VERSION INTO THE HYPERCOM DISTRIBUTION ARCHIVE. PLEASE DONT ASK STEVE IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE AUX- HANDLER. HIS ADDRESS IS ADDED ONLY FOR COMPLETION, NOT FOR SUGGESTIONS. Carsten REMOTE AUX: Support Steve Drew ------------------- Here are some utilities I wrote to enchance and support, remote AUX: logins. I Files included ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sd_aux_handler mountlist.aux Version 1.5 - minor bug fixes. - Multi line support (define multiple AUX's) Version 1.2 - Supports AZ Zmodem program (see below) - ^R key (retype current line) - Better typeahead handling. Typing a command while the display is active, does not stop the current output, instead it is buffered and printed after the next CLI prompt. (Like VMS). To stop the current output just use standard XON, XOFF. This is much better when over the modem as with the 1.3 aux: handler any line noise would stop the current output until ^X or was entered. - When the typeahead buffer is full AUX: sends a BELL back to the user. - Support to 'kill off' a AUX: CLI process via the 'ECHO >AUX:ENDCLI' command from another CLI window. - Prevents multiple 'NEWCLI AUX:' commands. - Suspends input/output on loss of carrier. The mountlist file needs to be inserted into your DEVS:mountlist file. Make sure to remove the definition of the commodore AUX: handler from your mountlist if you are planning to use mine. II Installation instructions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Unpack all files into a directory: 2. Add to your startup-sequence (user-startup) Assign Rem: dev:directory Execute Rem:Remote-Startup III Notes ~~~~~ - REMOTELY Stopping an AUX: Process Once a CLI is running on the AUX: port, you can remotely cause the CLI to 'ENDCLI' by issuing the following command: ECHO >AUX:ENDCLI , from another CLI window. The sd-aux-handler detects a file open request for 'AUX:ENDCLI' and imediatley causes an ENDCLI command to be sent to the current reader of the AUX: device. Note: This does not work with the 1.3 AUX: handler, and will not work if the CLI running on the AUX: is currently running a program, ie not at the cli or shell prompt. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Author: Steve Drew 216 MacEwan Valley Mews N.W. Calgary, Alberta Canada. T3K 3T3 403-295-3601 (Home) 403-295-4357 (Work) drew@cgou11.enet.dec.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------