conPort - acquire a console to a specific port

conPort nodeHost portName

The conPort utility acquires a console session to the specified serial port. Once acquired the InstrumentService will be suspended and the user can interact directly with the instrument. The console behavior can be modified by changing the default conPort options. To change the conPort options enter CTRL-A followed by an 'a' and select from the list of available conPort options, such as echoing characters locally, appending newline characters to carriage returns, etc. To end the console session enter CTRL-X followed by the character 'x'. When the console session is ended the InstrumentService will be unsuspended and sampled according to it's schedule. The port is the name of the platform serial port, e.g.

$ conPort sidearm6 /dev/ttySX3

or

$ conPort sidearm6 3

This utility may be run on the same host as the node, or on any networked host from which the node host is accessible.

The following environment variables must be set:

• JAVA_HOME - location of Java installation, e.g. /j9 or /opt/java/jdk1.3.1
• JAVA - name of the JVM. E.g. on a Sidearm, JAVA should be set to j9. On a workstation with Sun's Java installed, JAVA could be set to java.
• SIAM_HOME - top of the SIAM directory tree
• SIAM_BIN - the appropriate bin subdirectory within SIAM_HOME for the particular platform, e.g.
  on x86-Win32 SIAM_BIN = SIAM_HOME/bin/x86-win32
  on x86-Linux SIAM_BIN = SIAM_HOME/bin/x86-linux
  on arm-Linux SIAM_BIN = SIAM_HOME/bin/arm-linux
• SIAM_CLASSPATH - on a Sidearm, SIAM_CLASSPATH should be set to SIAM_CLASSPATH=$JAVA_HOME/lib/jclMax/classes.zip:$JAVA_HOME/lib/prsnlmot.jar:$JAVA_HOME/lib/RXTXcomm.jar:$SIAM_HOME/classes:$SIAM_HOME/jars/log4j-1.2.8.jar.  On X86 system, SIAM_CLASSPATH should be set to $SIAM_HOME/classes;$SIAM_HOME/jars/RXTXcomm.jar;$SIAM_HOME/jars/log4j-1.2.8.jar

SEE ALSO

 listPorts