Xref: utzoo comp.sys.dec:5838 comp.os.vms:39060 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!central!smunews!txsil!danmc From: danmc@txsil.lonestar.org (Dan McDonald) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.os.vms Subject: Re: Putting a modem on a LAT server Message-ID: <469@txsil.lonestar.org> Date: 20 May 91 17:02:09 GMT References: <42405@cup.portal.com> Followup-To: comp.sys.dec Distribution: na Organization: Summer Institute of Linguistics, Dallas Lines: 72 In article <42405@cup.portal.com> Azog-Thoth@cup.portal.com (William Thomas Daugustine) writes: > >I would like to attach a modem to our DECserver 200/mc, for the >purposes of dialing out, and have some questions regarding this... > >The physcial connections I can handle ok, but my concern is how to >use VMS to tell them modem to dial out? Dialing in is no problem, >but things seem to work a little differently the other way >around. > >For example, when I connect to VMS thru our LAT, I can do a >$ show users/full bill >and itll show me, for example, that my device is LAT32, but each >time I log into the LAT, the device changes... > >I am wondering if there is a way to specify which port, such as >LAT3 for port three? But then that doesnt fit with the above. LAT32 is >physcially connected to port 1. The setup is a little convoluted, but it can be done. Basically, you set up your modems just like printers. This is done from LTLOAD.COM (LAT$SYSTARTUP.COM if you are running LATmaster). For example, I have the following lines in my LAT$SYSSTARTUP.COM file - $ lcp := $latcp $ lcp !start image and feed it commands ... ! Enable LAT server mode and user groups. SET NODE ALPHA /identification="DALLAS uVAX 3600"/connections=both/service ... CREATE PORT/APPLICATION/LOGICAL=(TABLE=SYSTEM,MODE=EXEC,NAME=DIAL)/nolog !this is a modem CREATE PORT/APPLICATION/LOGICAL=(TABLE=SYSTEM,MODE=EXEC,NAME=SWBELL_1)/nolog !this is a modem CREATE PORT/APPLICATION/LOGICAL=(TABLE=SYSTEM,MODE=EXEC,NAME=SWBELL_2)/nolog !this is a modem SET PORT DIAL /APPL /node=HNT500 /SERVICE=DL.MOD24 - /noqueue /NOLOG SET PORT SWBELL_1 /APPL /node=HNT500 /SERVICE=DL.MOD24 - /noqueue /NOLOG SET PORT SWBELL_2 /APPL /node=HNT500 /SERVICE=DL.MOD24 - /noqueue /NOLOG Before we had LAT master I defined logical names for these ports as follows: define/sys/exec DIAL LTA9200: define/sys/exec SWBELL_1 lta9201: define/sys/exec swbell_2 lta9202: and used similar commands in LTLOAD.com These ports can be used with SET HOST/DTE, KERMIT, DECUS UUCP, Alisa's EASYLINK CONNECTION and probably a bunch more. I also use SET HOST/LAT fairly often, but that doesn't help when you are trying to set up UUCP. > >And how to tell VMS which device. What I would like to do login from my >terminal, and do a set host command thru VMS to connect to port 3. > If you have a service set up on the terminal server, you can do: SET HOST/LAT/NODE=/DEST= >Thanx for any info > >Billy D'Augustine >Azog-Thoth@cup.portal.com ****************************************************************************** Dan McDonald * UUCP ...letni!txsil!dalsil!mcdonald Summer Institute of Linguistics * Internet mcdonald@dallas.sil.org Dallas Computer Services * -OR- danmc@txsil.lonestar.org 7500 W Camp Wisdom Rd * SILnet DAN.MCDONALD@A1@DALLAS Dallas, TX 75236 * POTSnet (214)709-3389 USA * FAXnet (214)709-3387 ******************************************************************************