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8.1 Reverse
Telnet Port
Configuration
Other Devices Setup 8
The Terminal Server 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:
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Retail point-of-sale (POS) equipment
•
Maintenance ports on network equipment
(for monitoring)
•
Making terminals with 'fixed ttys'
•
Manufacturing equipment
The Terminal Server accomplishes this by using a reverse
telnet connection. On Unix you utilise the ioland software
supplied on the Support Disk. For Windows
support section of the web sites for the latest support
software for dial-out applications.
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 utility ioland .
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For Windows
system consult the Chase FTP site.
Other Devices Setup
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, consult the
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