[vmsnet.sysmgt] LAT & Modem setup

systemmcd@sa.gov.au (02/13/91)

Has anybody set up LAT ports such that user on a terminal server is always 
connected to a fixed LTAxx device when a connection is requested?
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eden@fallout.uucp (Robert Eden) (03/25/91)

> Has anybody set up LAT ports such that user on a terminal server is always 
> connected to a fixed LTAxx device when a connection is requested?

It can be done, but there's a catch....

     LOCAL> DEF PORT ?? DEDICATED SPECIAL_PORT

     LATCP> CREATE SERVICE SPECIAL_PORT/ID="DEDICATED PORT SERVICE"
     LATCP> CREATE PORT LTAXXX /DEDICATED
     LATCP> SET    PORT LTAXXX /DEDICATED /SERV=SPECIAL_PORT

Now the catch.... there must be a channel assiged to the LTA device
for the connection to be connected.  You can't have a user log in 
through it, or use the AUTO-LOGIN facility for the port.

What you <<CAN>> do is write an application that runs as a detached
(or through some other terminal) process and assignes a channel to
that port and watches for a connection.  Once a connection is made,
the program then can work with the terminal.  

I've gotten this to work as a daily bulletin type thing, but the main
drawback is you've got to keep a process out there watching the port.
  
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