To all Conserveraffectionados,
I am considering building an external piece of hardware that will permit the
console manager to control whether a terminal close to the host, as well as
the host, is also connected and able to display, and/or able to transmit
keyboard information to the host. This device would be a simple "Y"
connection on the host's transmit data leads, allowing the local terminal
and the remote conserver to see every character from the host. However,
transmit data from the local terminal, or from the conserver, could be
remotely interrupted.
It may be necessary to use a device like this for several reasons:
Some hosts I deal with, like HP3000s, have a "block mode" which causes the
terminals to "answer back" with cursor positions, etc. If a remote terminal
is connected, via conserver, and a local terminal near the host is also
connected, and the host enquires information from the terminal, it will get
2 responses if both are able to respond.
Sometimes it is necessary to grab the console from the local terminal so
that the remote console operator is assured he or she is in complete control
of the session during critical installations. And the opposite may be
necessary for the same reason.
I have made other devices on this scale and can do my own printed
circuitboard design.
My question to the group is: Does anyone know of a device that does this
and which is already available? I am exploring a software feature of the
MRV In Reach terminal server that is supposed to have this functionality,
but I have not yet tested it. If something already exists out there, I
would prefer to use it, rather than "re-invent the wheel." I know that ASP
makes a Cat Walk box that comes with each host licensed for their Vantage
program, but I don't think they sell this separately.
Conserver is a great product. The additional capability of this device
would make it possible to add another class of machines to those that I can
currently manage.
Thanks for any help you can lend me,
Greg Brown
Midrange Communications Specialist
CSC San Diego Data Center
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I am considering building an external piece of hardware that will permit the
console manager to control whether a terminal close to the host, as well as
the host, is also connected and able to display, and/or able to transmit
keyboard information to the host. This device would be a simple "Y"
connection on the host's transmit data leads, allowing the local terminal
and the remote conserver to see every character from the host. However,
transmit data from the local terminal, or from the conserver, could be
remotely interrupted.
It may be necessary to use a device like this for several reasons:
Some hosts I deal with, like HP3000s, have a "block mode" which causes the
terminals to "answer back" with cursor positions, etc. If a remote terminal
is connected, via conserver, and a local terminal near the host is also
connected, and the host enquires information from the terminal, it will get
2 responses if both are able to respond.
Sometimes it is necessary to grab the console from the local terminal so
that the remote console operator is assured he or she is in complete control
of the session during critical installations. And the opposite may be
necessary for the same reason.
I have made other devices on this scale and can do my own printed
circuitboard design.
My question to the group is: Does anyone know of a device that does this
and which is already available? I am exploring a software feature of the
MRV In Reach terminal server that is supposed to have this functionality,
but I have not yet tested it. If something already exists out there, I
would prefer to use it, rather than "re-invent the wheel." I know that ASP
makes a Cat Walk box that comes with each host licensed for their Vantage
program, but I don't think they sell this separately.
Conserver is a great product. The additional capability of this device
would make it possible to add another class of machines to those that I can
currently manage.
Thanks for any help you can lend me,
Greg Brown
Midrange Communications Specialist
CSC San Diego Data Center
_________________________________________________________________
Watch LIVE baseball games on your computer with MLB.TV, included with MSN
Premium!
http://join.msn.com/?page=features/mlb&pgmarket=en-us/go/onm00200439ave/direct/01/