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145 lines
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AST RESEARCH, INC. TECHNICAL BULLETIN #TB-0344 11/19/87
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AST-5250/ASYNC DIALUP INSTALLATION
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This technical bulletin is written as a guide for installation
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of the AST-5250/Async Dialup.
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I. THINGS TO CHECK BEFORE RUNNING CLUSTER EMULATION
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A. On the master async dialup, bring up emulation for the
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session that will be used by the slave. This can be
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done by defining the sessions under STATION in the
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CFG5251 program as a regular DISPLAY (not CLUSTER
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DISPLAY) and running KERNEL and APS without ACLU5251.
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This will verify that the session is available and
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correctly configured on the host.
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II. SETTING UP THE ASYNC DIALUP
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A. Master Async Dialup: CFG5251 program configuration
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1. Type CFG5251.
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2. Answer YES to Master Async Dialup question.
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3. Go into STATION.
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a. Define sessions to be used by the master as
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DISPLAYs or PRINTERs under the STATION option.
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b. Define sessions to be distributed to slaves as
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CLUSTER
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Give unique SESSION NAMEs for each CLUSTER session
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that will be distributed. Make a note of these names
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and their corresponding sessions numbers.
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4. Go into CLUSTER: Configure async dialup interface.
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a. COMPORT configurations. These settings depend on
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how the slave device is set. The most common
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settings are:
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BAUD=9600 for COM LINE=DEDICATED, or
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BAUD=(speed of modem) for COM LINE=DIALUP
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DATA=8
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STOP=1
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PARITY=NONE
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REMOTE DEVICE=device type of slave, either PC,
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ASCII24 or ASCII25 (ASCII refers to "dumb-
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terminals").
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COM LINE=DIALUP for slaves using modems to
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communicate to master.
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COM LINE=DEDICATED for slaves using RS-232C
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cables to communicate to master (must be null-
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modem cables).
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The following only applies if REMOTE DEVICE=ASCII24
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or ASCII25:
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XON/XOFF=XON/XOFF setting of ASCII terminal
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SESSION NAME=NONE
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b. DIRECTORY settings. Enter a directory NAME for each
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slave that will be using this session and port. For
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example enter Alf for the NAME of directory listing
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0. Alf must also be entered in the slave for
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directory listing 0 if it will be using this session
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and is attached to this port. Up to 19 directory
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listings may be defined.
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c. INITIALIZE option. If a modem will be used to
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remotely dial into this master async dialup, an
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initialization string must be entered here.
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Modem String
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Hayes compatible 1200 baud ATE0Q0S0=1
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Hayes compatible 2400 baud ATE0Q0S0=1&C1&D2
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Microcom compatible ATE0Q0S0=1&C1&D2\J0
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The purpose of this string is to set the modem into
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auto-answer mode, inhibit command echo, enable
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result codes back to the terminal, and set the modem
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to be in direct mode with a set baud rate speed.
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d. The EBCIDIC, ASCII, and TERMINAL options do not have
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to be changed.
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5. SAVE configurations and QUIT.
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6. In DOS type KERNEL, ACLU5251 and then APS. These
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commands could also be put in a batch file.
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B. Slave Async Dialup: CFG5251S program configuration
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1. Type CFG5251S.
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2. Answer NO to all initial questions.
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3. Go into HARDWARE.
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a. COMPORT configurations. All settings in this
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selection: BAUD, DATA, STOP, PARITY, COM_PORT,
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DEVICE, and COMLINE must be the same as the master
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configurations for this particular port.
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b. DIRECTORY configurations. Each directory NAME must
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match the name on the master directory. For
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example, if Alf was entered for the NAME of
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directory listing 0 on the master then Alf must also
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be entered for directory listing 0 on this slave.
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If slave will be a DIALUP device (remote emulation,
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using modems) the PHONE NUMBER of the master must
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also be entered, remember to start the number with
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the ATDT dial command.
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c. INITIALIZE option. If a modem will be used to
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remotely dial into the master cluster, an
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initialization string must be entered here.
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Modem String
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Hayes compatible 1200 baud ATE0Q0S0=1
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Hayes compatible 2400 baud ATE0Q0S0=1&C1&D2
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Microcom compatible ATE0Q0S0=1&C1&D2\J0
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The purpose of this string is to set the modem into
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autoanswer mode, inhibit command echo, enable result
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codes back to the terminal, and set the modem to be
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in direct mode with a set baud rate speed.
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4. Go into the STATION option.
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a. Define all sessions to be used by this slave PC as
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DISPLAYs or PRINTERs.
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Ensure the session numbers and corresponding SESSION
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NAMEs match the master cluster definitions, the name
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is case dependent.
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5. SAVE configurations and QUIT.
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6. In DOS type KERNELSL and then APS. These commands
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could also be put in a batch file.
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