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The type member of the TX object indicates what kind of serial port the virtual Alpha is to use.  The following table describes the supported values.

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titleVirtual Serial Console Types
TypeDescription
deviceConnect the virtual serial port to a physical serial device attached to the host system (i.e. COM1).
socketAttach the virtual serial port to a raw TCP/IP listener socket on the host.
telnetAttach the virtual serial port to a telnet TCP/IP listener socket on the host

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In order to use these devices under OpenVMS and Tru64 UNIX it is necessary to install the Digiboard driver. This process is documented, for OpenVMS in the section PBXDA-AB Serial Board Driver.