Network Users; Serial Users - Alpha Microsystems AM-6060 Owner's Manual

System Administration

Network Users

The majority of AM-6060 users will be network users. The initialization file changes needed for a
network user are different than when adding additional serial port users. In fact, after your initial setup,
you may often be able to add network users without changing the initialization file at all.
However, the initialization file setup for using the AlphaTCP networking software can be involved, and
in addition to changing your initialization file, you may need to modify your AlphaTCP configuration
files when you add new users. These files are minimally configured before your AM-6060 is shipped, but
you will probably want to change them to add more capability fairly quickly.
Making sure you are configuring your initialization file to make the best use of your resources with
AlphaTCP is too lengthy a process to discuss here. Please see your AlphaTCP Administrator's Guide,
shipped with the AM-6060, especially chapters 3 and 4, for detailed information and instructions.
The AM6060.INI file is configured for 8MB of memory, a maximum of 16 AMOS users, and
starts only the TELNET, FTP, and TAME servers for AlphaTCP.
You may also want to use the MUSER command to define user names for the new users. See
"Adding New User Names" on page 5-4 and the MUSER reference sheet in the AMOS System
Commands Reference Manual.

Serial Users

The AM-6060 includes only four serial ports. Port 0 is used for the boot terminal; ports 1 - 3 can be used
for terminals, printers, or modems. You don't really need to "add" users for these ports; they are already
defined in AM6060.INI, and all the system parameters allow for them being used. You may, however,
want to change their parameters: all four ports are defined to use the ALPHA.TDV terminal driver at
19,200 baud.
To change either the terminal driver or baud rate for any of the serial ports, do the following:
1. Make a copy of the initialization file, as discussed previously.
2. In TEST.INI, find the lines starting with TRMDEF. The line for port 0 is very near the top of the
file; those for the other ports are together later in the file. Here is a sample TRMDEF statement:
TRMDEF TERM2,AM318=1:19200,ALPHA,200,200,200,EDITOR=10
3. This statement defines port 1, as you can tell from AM318=1. To change the baud rate, change
19200 to the rate you want: for example, to match a modem attached to the port. To change the
terminal driver name, change ALPHA to the driver name, such as AM75.
4. Later in the file are a series of SETJOB statements; one for each of ports 1 - 3 (and others for
background jobs which don't require a port). Here is a sample statement for TERM2, the
terminal attached to port 1:
SETJOB JOB4,TERM2,256K,LOG DEMO,VER
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