ATERM(1C) — Series 500 Only

NAME

aterm − general purpose asynchronous terminal emulation

SYNOPSIS

aterm configfile

HP-UX COMPATIBILITY

Level: HP-UX/NON-STANDARD

Origin: HP

Native Language Support:
8−bit data.

Remarks: Aterm is implemented on the Series 500 only.

DESCRIPTION

Aterm is a general purpose asynchronous terminal emulator designed for maximum connection flexibility and simple file transfers without remote host support. Transparent pass-through mode provides all user terminal capabilities in multi-user systems.

Configfile is used by aterm to match the particular terminal configuration needed for the remote system you are logging onto. This file consists of configuration commands, one to a line. Each line consists of the command name and its arguments, if any. Only configuration parameters which differ from the standard default need be specified. Most configuration commands can also be given from the keyboard while the emulator is running. You can exit aterm by typing "~.".

The following list shows the recognized configuration command names:

da Serial device file name (no default);

hn Name of remote computer system (no default);

db Number of data bits per character: 5, 6, 7, or 8 (default = 7);

sb Number of stop bits per character: 1, 1.5, or 2 (default = 1);

pa Character parity: none (n), odd (o), even (e), zero (0), or one (1) (default = o);

dr Rate for data sent and received: 50, 75, 110, 134.5, 150, 300, 600, 1200, 1800, 2400, 3600, 4800, 9600, or 19200 baud (default = 2400 baud);

mc Modem control: enabled (+) for full-duplex modem, or disabled (−) for full-duplex hard-wired connection (default = −);

ss Switched service: auto-answer (a) or manual originate (o) (default = o);

ga Gap: number of character transmission times to delay between successive output characters; values range from 0 to 254 (default = 0);

ec Echo: enabled (+) if the host computer echos characters sent by the emulator, disabled (−) otherwise (default = −);

te Terminal ENQ/ACK: enabled (+) or disabled (−) (default = +);

he Host ENQ/ACK: enabled (+) or disabled (−) (default = −);

tx Terminal XON/XOFF: enabled (+) or disabled (−) (default = −);

hx Host XON/XOFF: enabled (+) or disabled (−) (default = −);

im Input mode: block (b), character (c), or line (l) (default = b);

om Output mode: character (c) or line (l) (default = c);

ph Prompt handshake: if enabled (+), the emulator waits for the prompt sequence before sending each line of data during an input diversion; if disabled (−), no wait is performed (default = −);

pt Prompt timeout: number of seconds to allow for receipt of a prompt sequence during an input diversion; values range from 1 to 600, with 0 disabling the timeout altogether (default = 0);

st Single text terminators: list of characters, any of which terminates a line sent by the host computer when the emulator is in input line mode; up to eight characters may be specified (default = no characters);

dt Double text terminator: a pair of characters which together terminate a line sent by the host computer when the emulator is in input line mode (default = carriage-return/line-feed);

ps Prompt sequence: one or two characters which terminate a line sent by the host computer when the emulator is in input line mode, and which satisfy the prompt handshake if enabled (default = DC1);

bl Beginning of line: character to be prefixed to each line sent to the host computer (default = none);

el End of line: one or two characters to be postfixed to each line sent to the host computer (default = carriage-return);

es Local command character: character which designates a local command to be interpreted by the emulator if it comes at the beginning of a line read from the standard input (default = ~).

Note that emulation does not include block or format modes.

BUGS

Does not work with 6−channel multiplexer.

Hewlett-Packard — last mod. May 11, 2021

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