set UART alias=OPA0
set OPA0 port=10003 application="putty -load CHTERM-VT100 -title OPA0@myvax -P 10003"

set QUART alias[3] = OPA0
set OPA0 port=10003 application="putty -load CHTERM-VT100 -title OPA0@myvax -P 10003"

alias

Identifier

The main purpose of this parameter is migration from old CHARON systems (which do not have the described implementation of consoles) to the current design, since it allows retaining the original name used for parametrization, since the rest of the parameters stay the same in both implementations. 

Example: set UART alias=OPA0

 This parameter is optional as Charon-VAX/PDP presets UART's alias to OPA0

rts[<line>]

Text string

1. "On" - assert the RTS (Request To Send) signal

2. "Off" - clear the RTS signal (default)

3. "DTR" - assert the RTS signal as soon as the DTR signal is asserted ( Applicable only for QUART )

dsr[<line>]

Text string

1. "On" - always reports DSR signal assertion

2. "Off" - always reports DSR signal deassertion

3. "DSR" - use the DSR signal of the physical serial line (if configured)

4. "CD", "DCD", "RLSD" - use the CD (carrier detect) signal of the physical serial line (if configured)

This parameter is applicable only for line "2" of QUART. UART has no such parameter

communication[<line>]

Text string

1. "ASCII" - for connection to terminals  (default)

2. "BINARY" - for serial lines carrying binary (packet) protocols, which are used mainly for communicating with PLCs

line[<line>]

Identifier

This parameter is used to connect a particular serial line interface to the controller. See below for details.

set QUART rts[2]="DTR"
set QUART dsr[2]="On"
set QUART communication[2]="binary"

PDP-11/93,
PDP-11/94,
MicroVAX II,
MicroVAX 3600,
MicroVAX 3900,
VAXserver 3600,
VAXserver 3900  (QBUS systems)

CXA16, CXB16, CXY08, DHQ11, DHV11, DZV11, DZQ11, DL11, DLV11, DZ11

MicroVAX 3100 - 96,
MicroVAX 3100 - 98 (SCSI systems)

DHW42-AA, DHW42-BA, DHW42-CA

VAX4000 - 106,
VAX4000 – 108,
VAX4000 – 700,
VAX4000 – 705 (QBUS/SCSI systems)

CXA16, CXB16, CXY08, DHQ11, DHV11, DZV11, DZQ11, DLV11, DHW42-AA, DHW42-BA, DHW42-CA

VAX6310, VAXstation 4090

N/A

DHV11

DHV11

DHQ11

DHV11

CXY08

DHV11

CXA16

DHV11

CXB16

DHV11

DHW42AA

DHV11

DHW42BA

DHV11

DHW42CA

DHV11

DZV11, DZ11

DZ11

DZQ11

DZ11

DL11, DLV11

DL11

load DHQ11/DHV11 TXA

address

Numeric

Specifies CSR address. The address must be a valid QBUS 22-bit wide address in I/O space.

Default values are 017760440 for the DHV11-family controllers and 017760100 for the DZV11/DZQ11 family controllers, which are the factory settings for asynchronous serial line multiplexers.

This parameter is not applicable to DHW42-xx serial line controllers.

vector

Numeric

Specifies the interrupt vector.

The default value is 0300, which is the factory setting for asynchronous serial line multiplexers.

This parameter is not applicable to DHW42-xx serial line controllers.

line[N]

N=0…3(7,15)

Identifier

Specifies the name of the serial line interface object in the configuration to which the N-th line of the multiplexer is connected. See below for details.

communication[N]

N=0…4(7,15)

Text String

1. "ASCII" - for connection to terminals  (default)

2. "BINARY" - for serial lines carrying binary (packet) protocols, which are used mainly for communicating with PLCs

rts[N]

N=0…3(7,15)

Text String

Controls the RTS signal of the Nth line of the multiplexer. 

1. "On" - assert the RTS (Request To Send) signal

2. "Off" - clear the RTS signal (default)

3. "DTR" - assert the RTS signal as soon as DTR signal is asserted

When left blank (initial state), the level of the RTS signal is as requested by the VAX/PDP11 software.

dsr[N]

N=0…3(7,15)

Text String

1. "On" - always reports the DSR signal assertion

2. "Off" - always reports the DSR signal deassertion

3. "DSR" - use the DSR signal of the physical serial line (if configured)

4. "CD", "DCD", "RLSD" - use the CD (carrier detect) signal of the physical serial line (if configured)

This parameter is applicable only to the DZV11 and DZQ11 serial lines controllers.

tx_q_max_depth[N]

N=0…3(7,15)

Numeric

Specifies the depth of the TX FIFO for the N-th line of the multiplexer. Possible values are 1…1000, initially set to 1, to properly represent the hardware limitation of certain multiplexers. Values greater than 1 improve transmission rate of the corresponding lines, but break correspondence to the original hardware.

This parameter is applicable only to the DHV11 serial lines controllers.

load DHV11/DHV11 TXA address=017760440 vector=0300
load DHV11/DHV11 TXB address=017760460 vector=0310

load DHW42CA/DHV11 TXA

physical_serial_line

This type of mapping associates a COM port on a host system with an emulated VAX/PDP11 serial line controller virtual "line".

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

virtual_serial_line

This type of mapping associates a network connection on the host system with an emulated VAX/PDP11 serial line controller virtual "line"

load physical_serial_line/chserial OPA0

line

Text string

A defined COM port on a host system in the form of "\\.\COMn"

Example:

set OPA0 line="\\.\COM1"

baud

Numeric

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

Text string

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

This parameter works only for the console line (for the one UART line and "line[3]" of QUART).

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

Example:

set OPA0 break_on="Ctrl-P"

The default value is "Break" for line 3 of QUART and "none" for other lines.

stop_on

Text string

Specifies what byte sequences received over the physical serial line will trigger a STOP condition. The STOP condition causes CHARON-VAX / CHARON-PDP to exit.

This parameter works only for the console line (for the one UART line and "line[3]" of QUART).

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

log

Text string

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-VAX / CHARON-PDP 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-VAX / CHARON-PDP does not create a console log.

Example 1:

set OPA0 log="log.txt"

Example 2:

set OPA0 log="C:\Charon\Logs"

Notes:

1. Specify only an existing directory.

2. If you want to store the OPA0 log file in the Charon virtual machine home directory (default for virtual machine log file), use: set OPA0 log=".\."

log_file_size

Text string