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Console Parameters

CHARON-AXP console line TTA0 (COM2) has the following parameters:

(info) All the values in the following tables are case insensitive

communication

Parametercommunication
Type

Text string

Value
  • "ascii" - for connection to terminals  (default)

  • "binary" - for binary (packet) protocols, which are used mainly for communicating with PLCs

line

Parameterline
TypeIdentifier
Value

This parameter is used to connect a particular serial line mapping interface to the controller.

Example:

set COM2 line=TTA0

Example

set COM2 communication="binary"


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TypeFunction
physical_serial_line

This type of mapping associates a COM port on a host system with an emulated HP Alpha serial line controller virtual "line".

The COM port can be a physical hardware port or a logical COM port.

virtual_serial_lineThis type of mapping associates a network connection on the host system with an emulated HP Alpha serial line controller virtual "line"

Example:

load physical_serial_line TTA0

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Parameterline
TypeText string
Value

A defined COM port on a host system in the form of "\\.\COMn" (or "COM<n>:")

Example:

set OPA0 line="\\.\COM1"

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Parameterbaud
TypeNumeric
Value

Forces the baud rate of the corresponding COM port to be a specified value.

The variety of supported values depends on the underlying physical communication resource (COM port). The most widely used values are: 300, 1200, 9600, 19200, 38400.

Example:

set OPA0 baud=38400

break_on

Parameterbreak_on
TypeText string
Value

Specifies what byte sequences received over the physical serial line will trigger a HALT command.

This parameter works only for the console line.

Specify the following values: "Ctrl-P", "Break" or "none" ("none" disables triggering a HALT condition).

Note

If your guest operating system is OpenVMS in addition to "none" setting you have to set a specific console parameter "controlp" to "off" in the following way:

>>> set controlp off
>>> power off

The second line is to preserve the ROM settings.

Example:

set OPA0 break_on="Ctrl-P"

The default value is "Break".

(warning) This parameter can be specified only for COM1 (OPA0) console

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Parameterstop_on
TypeText string
Value

Specifies what byte sequences received over the physical serial line will trigger a STOP condition. The STOP condition causes CHARON Virtual Machine (VM) to exit.

Specify the one of the following values: “F6” or “none” ("none" disables triggering a STOP condition).

Example:

set OPA0 stop_on="F6"

The default value is "none".

Setting "F6" triggers the STOP condition upon receipt of the "<ESC>[17~" sequence. Terminals usually send these sequences by pressing the F6 button

(warning) This parameter can be specified only for COM1 (OPA0) console

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Parameterlog
TypeText string
Value

A string specifying a file name to store the content of the console sessions or a directory where the log files for each individual session will be stored.

If an existing directory is specified, CHARON VM automatically enables creation of individual log files, one for each session using the same scheme as used for the generation of the rotating log files. If the "log" parameter is omitted, CHARON VM does not create a console log.

Examples:

set OPA0 log="log.txt"
set OPA0 log="C:\Charon\Logs"
Note

Only existing directory can be used as a value of the "log" parameter.

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Parameterlog_file_size
TypeText string
Value

If log rotation is enabled, the log_file_size parameter determines the log file size threshold at which the log is automatically rotated.

  • "unlimited" or "0" (default) - the feature is disabled
  • "default" - default size is used (4Mb)
  • <size>[KMG] - size of the current log file in bytes with additional multipliers:
    • K - Kilobyte - multiply by 1024

    • M - Megabyte - multiply by 1024*1024

    • G - Gigabyte - multiply by 1024*1024*1024

Examples:

set OPA0 log_file_size="default"

set OPA0 log_file_size=10M

(warning) Minimum log file size is 64K, maximum is 1G. Setting size less then 64K effectively makes the log file unlimited.

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Parameterapplication
TypeText string
Value

An application (a terminal emulator is assumed in most cases) to be started on initialization of this serial line emulation. The specified application startup string may contain all required parameters.

Example:

set OPA application = "putty.exe -load OPA0"

In this example the terminal emulator application: "putty" is started with the parameters "-load OPA0" telling it to load a specific saved session named "OPA0", (created separately) from the host registry.

The "application" parameter is often combined with a "port" parameter:

set TTA0 port = 10003 application = "putty.exe -load TTA1"

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Parameterbreak_on
TypeText string
Value

Specifies what byte sequences received over a virtual serial line triggers a HALT command.

Specify one of the following values: "Ctrl-P", "Break" or "none" to disable triggering a HALT condition. The commands are case insensitive.

Note

If your guest operating system is OpenVMS in addition to "none" setting you have to set a specific console parameter "controlp" to "off" in the following way:

>>> set controlp off
>>> power off 

The second line is to preserve the ROM settings.

Example:

set OPA0 break_on="Ctrl-P"

The default value is "Break".

(warning) This parameter can be specified only for COM1 (OPA0) console

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Parameterstop_on
TypeText string
Value

Specifies what byte sequences received over the virtual serial line will trigger a STOP condition. The STOP condition causes CHARON VM to exit.

Specify one of the following values: “F6” or “none” ("none" disables triggering a STOP condition). The commands are case insensitive.

Example:

set OPA0 stop_on="F6"

The default value is "none".

Setting "F6" triggers the STOP condition upon receipt of the "<ESC>[17~" sequence.

(warning) This parameter can be specified only for COM1 (OPA0) console

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Parameterlog
TypeText string
Value

A string specifying the filename to store the content of the console sessions or a directory where log files for each individual session will be stored.

If an existing directory is specified, CHARON VM automatically enables the creation of individual log files, one for each session using the same scheme as used for the generation of the rotating log files. If the "log" parameter is omitted, CHARON VM does not create any console log.

Examples:

set OPA0 log="log.txt"
set OPA0 log="C:\Charon\Logs"
Note

Only existing directory can be used as a value of the "log" parameter.

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Parameterlog_file_size
TypeText string
Value

If log rotation is enabled, the log_file_size parameter determines the log file size threshold at which the log is automatically rotated.

  • "unlimited" or "0" (default) - the feature is disabled
  • "default" - default size is used (4Mb)
  • <size>[KMG] - size of the current log file in bytes with additional multipliers:
    • K - Kilobyte - multiply by 1024

    • M - Megabyte - multiply by 1024*1024

    • G - Gigabyte - multiply by 1024*1024*1024

Examples:

set OPA0 log_file_size="default"

set OPA0 log_file_size=10M

(warning) Minimum log file size is 64K, maximum is 1G. Setting size less then 64K effectively makes the log file unlimited.

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