ITEM: E4807L

Cannot get terminals to work on 128 port adapter.

Question:

I have a RISC System/6000 with a 128 port adapter connected to it.  
On this adapter I have some Wyse 50 terminals that are working and 
some ADDS Viewpoints that are not.  I have tried adding the Viewpoints 
as both viewpoint (which there is a terminfo file entry for) and dumb.  
In both cases, I can get a login, enter my ID, and press enter.  At 
this point, nothing happens.  The curser moves under the "l" in login 
and it just hangs there.  I am able to cat to the screen.  I have 
redigested the terminfo file with "tic adds.ti"  I have tried changing 
the settings on the terminal.  I also have a PC connected serially that 
is experiencing the same problem.  I realize that I may need to contact 
ADDS for help setting up the terminal, but right now I am suspicious 
that the stty run time and login attributes may not be set correctly.  
Could you please help me with this?

Response:

Response:
Check the setup on the Viewpoint.  The ADDS Viewpoint terminal has 
hardware switches for configuration.  They are as follows:

           1--- baud rate                                                       
           2--- baud rate (1 and 2 on, 3 off: 9600; all on, 19200)              
           3--- baud rate                                                       
           4--- auto scroll (on enables)                                        
           5--- auto line feed (on enables)                                     
           6--- full duplex (on enables)                                        
           7--- parity                                                          
           8--- parity (7 off, 8 on: even; 7 off, 8 off: odd)                   

The customer's terminal is setup as:
  9600 BAUD
  Auto Scroll Disabled
  Auto Line Feed Enabled
  Full Duplex Enabled
  EVEN Parity

In SMIT, the customer has the following:
  9600 BAUD
  viewpoint terminal type
  8 bpc
  1 stop bit
  no parity

Notice that there is not a hardware switch on the ADDS Viewpoint for 
bits per character or number of stop bits.  This terminal only supports 
7 bits per character and 2 stop bits.

You should go into SMIT and setup the terminal as 7/2/EVEN and that 
should allow you to login to the ADDS Viewpoint.  You may also want to
disable Auto Line Feed and enable Auto Scroll so that everything is
displayed nicely on the screen.



Support Line: Cannot get terminals to work on 128 port adapter. ITEM: E4807L

Dated: October 1993 Category: N/A

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