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Virtual Terminal

Figure 2-1 Virtual Terminal Service

In addition to your local session, you can also create multiple remote

sessions on your own local node or on remote nodes. Optionally, you can

conﬁgure your own remote prompts, so that you can identify each

remote environment by its prompt.

In order to create a remote session, you can use either REMOTE

:nodename followed by a logon, or, you can use DSLINE nodename followed

by a REMOTE HELLO user.acct. After using either the DSLINE command

or the REMOTE HELLO command, you then use the REMOTE command in

order to be able to use commands in the remote environment. The

following pages will explain how to use these commands.

For recommended programming practices for VT-connected devices,

refer to the Asynchronous Serial Communications Programmer’s

Reference Manual.