Switching To Another Session; Closing A Session; How To Use Multiscreen Multisession - Digi PortServer/8 User Manual

Switching to another session

At the PortServer command line, type the session number as the first character of a line to switch
to the associated session. This is a special case, and does not require that you hit return after
typing the number.

Closing a session

To close either a telnet or rlogin session, either log out of the remote system (which closes the
session from the other end) or escape to the command line and type the close command.
Rlogin sessions may also be closed using the rlogin escape sequence "<CR> ~ . " (Carriage
return / tilde / period).

How to use Multiscreen Multisession

If your port is configured to a terminal type (set ports term=termtype—see page 52) given in the
TERM table, the PortServer automatically switches between screens on your terminal when the
user switches between sessions. This requires that your termtype supports multiple screen switch
sequencessee Configuring Multi Screens on page 100.
The PortServer screen switching algorithms were carefully designed to preserve as much screen
context as possible. It is, of course, not possible to keep screen context for four sessions on a ter-
minal with only three screens. The PortServer does its best by keeping screen context on the
three sessions most recently used, and losing context on the least recently used session.
If your terminal is configured for three screens (for example, WYSE 60 in ECON-80 mode) you
may run up to three simultaneous sessions, switching back and forth without losing screen
context. However if you escape to the PortServer command line, or open yet another session, the
PortServer will clear and re-use the terminal screen least recently used to display that session.
You will then be able to switch between the new session, and the last two other sessions without
losing screen context, but when you go back to the least recently used screen, the PortServer will
again clear and re-use the terminal screen to show that session.
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