Serial Line - Silicon Graphics IRIS Series Terminal Manual

26 IRIS TERMINAL GUIDE
6. A login prompt will appear in the upper left-hand corner of this
window.
To use the IRIS Terminal, login to an account.
To reboot the IRIS Terminal, press the
and follow the boot procedures outlined above.

6.2 Serial Line

If the
Boot Environment
Terminal will emulate a simple ASCII terminal interfaced to the host computer.
The user must then login and download the terminal software.
1. Connect a serial line from the host computer to
Cabinet I/O Panel (see Section 4.6).
2. Set the
9) to "01100" where "0" means
Appendix A).
3. Set the
and 3) to a suitable baud rate (see Section 4.6 and Appendix A). For
example, to set the baud rate to 9600 baud, set these switches to "11"
where "0" means
4. Set the Monitor
to the
5. Set the Cabinet
the
On
6. The IRIS Terminal will provide a simple ASCII terminal interface to
the host computer and display a login prompt. Login to an account
with permission to use the IRIS Terminal.
7. The command dliris downloads files into the IRIS Terminal. By
default it downloads the terminal software (iris). Section 6.7 has
other examples of downloading files with dliris.
The IRIS Terminal initially displays a series of dots to show that
downloading is underway. The time necessary for downloading the
terminal software is dependent on the baud rate of the serial line
to the host computer and the load on the host computer. For a 9600
baud connection (recommended), this time is about 5 minutes.
8. After downloading is complete, the IRIS Terminal screen will clear
and a rectangle in the bottom of the screen will change colors. This
login:
configuration switches are set to '01100', then the IRIS
Boot Environment
Serial Line Baud Rate
Closed
switch located on the Monitor Control Panel
Power
position.
On
switch located on the front of the Cabinet to
Power
position.
login:
$ /usr/iris/c/dliris iris
button on the IRIS Control Panel
Reset
configuration switches (switches 5 through
Closed
configuration switches (switches 2
and "1" means
Open
Port 2
and "1" means
.
Operation
on the
(see
Open
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