If you "really" want the console, then what you need to do is
enable the "remote console" access by issuing the "ER" (enable
remote) command from the maintenance mode prompt (hit <cntrl><B>
from Ldev 20).  You may also need to configure the baud rate, parity,
etc. which can be accomplished with the "CO" command.  Following
that, plug your modem into the remote access port (in normal mode
it is usually Ldev 21, so I'm assuming that's the port your already
using), and again at the CM> prompt, issue the "UL" (unlock remote)
command (just in case :).  When the remote is enabled and unlocked
(which can be verified from Ldev 20 when at the CM> prompt by checking
if REMOTE: enabled is displayed in the status line at the bottom of
the display), you can become the physical console by hitting the <BREAK>
key.  At that point, you ARE LDEV 20, not 21.  If someone at the actual
console hits the <BREAK> key, they get the console back (kind of like
ping pong!).  When you are not the console, you do get all output
displayed back to you so you can monitor what the other console is doing
without being able to do anything yourself until you hit <BREAK>.
 
  A couple of caveats:
1.  Make sure you use a proper cable that supports full modem signals.
   That way, if you loose the connection (even if you had Ldev 20),
   the console reverts back.
2.  There is an option when you enable the remote access port to place
   a password on that port.  DO IT!  Otherwise, anyone who happens to
   get ahold of that phone number when the remote is enabled can do
   some not so grand things to your system!
 
  I have used this ability to bring systems up and down remotely without
any problems.  Openview System Manager also makes use of this feature
to allow operators to remotely manage systems (it calls this "Control
Console").  If you have any questions about it, give me a call.
 
Regards,
Michael L Gueterman
Easy Does It Technologies
email: [log in to unmask]
http://Editcorp.nwinfo.net
voice: (509) 946-6179
fax:   (509) 946-1170
 
 
 
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From:   [log in to unmask][SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Thursday, May 30, 1996 3:20 PM
To:     Editcorp
Subject:        remote console
 
 
I have an HP3000 947RX. I do alot of work from home via modem, and would like
to install software updates this way. I discovered that even though I "took"
the console to Ldev 21, I couldn't issue a CNTL-A reply command. What I want
to do is mount the DAT update tape in Ldev 7 before I leave for the weekend.
Then, from home, I want to dial in, restore the tape (CNTL-A reply pin,ldev#)
and then stream the various update jobs needed. I thought I heard something
when we first got this machine about how this could be done. I was even under
the impression that I could do a system shutdown and restart via modem. Can
someone clue me in on the possibilities of this happening, and how? Many
thanks.