Explanation on HPSTDIN_ and HPVT_ CI-variables
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Due to lack of help text and multiple customer requests, here's a
detailed explanation of those CI variables set by the VTSERVER
process on MPE/iX 5.5 and later. These same variables appear
in some earlier versions of MPE/iX, providing that appropriate
NS services patches have been applied.
Note that as the number of 3rd party VT providers has increased,
not all previous versions will be able to properly identify all
client types. New client types have been added all the time,
latest additions in a yet unreleased patch (NSSED78A).
03/18/1996 Eero Laurila - HP CSY Networking lab, NS services, VT.
Variable Types
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R READ ONLY variable (cannot be modified).
W READ/WRITE variable (can be modified).
JCW A standard MPE/iX JCW.
I Integer format.
B Boolean format (TRUE/FALSE).
S String (ASCII) format.
(NP) Not programmatically accessible. They may be
accessed through the COMMAND or HPCICOMMAND
intrinsics, but not with the HPCIGETVAR,
HPCIPUTVAR, and HPCIDELETEVAR intrinsics.
HPSTDIN_... CI-variables
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These variables are intended to be variables that could be set by any type
of connection to the HP 3000 system. As such, they are named using a very
generic name HPSTDIN_..., only reflecting the fact that the only thing they
describe is how and where from the access to file $STDIN was established.
Although NS/VT is currently the only subsystem on HP 3000 using these
variables, it should be noted that they are intended for wider use and
should convey no VT specific information - HPVT_ variables are for that
purpose. Should other subsystems desire to convey some of their own
internal information in CI-variables, they should allocate their own
and start all variable names with "HP" to avoid conflicts with customers'
own variables and to conform to HP's predefined CI variables naming
conventions.
Variable Type Definition Initial Value
--------------------- ---- ---------- -------------
HPSTDIN_ACCESS_TYPE S Type of connection used to gain NS/VT
access to file $STDIN. Currently
only VT sets this variable, i.e.
the only setting at this point
of time is the initial value.
Other values that were discussed
for this variable were such as
X.25 PAD, DIRECT, MODEM etc.,
however, no other subsystem than
VT currently sets this variable.
HPSTDIN_TERMINAL_TYPE S Describes the terminal type as 10 (T_BLOCK(3))
the VTSERVER process sees it
(i.e. what has been reported for
the terminal type from the
remote side) as well as VT's
internal terminal type VT has
mapped the actual termtype into.
Contents of this variable is as
follows:
NN (<text>(MM)), where:
NN = actual terminal type number
shown with MPE/iX - MPE/iX
connections, where both
machines are running VT-
protocol version nine(9) or
greater. Set to zero for
all other types of clients.
This information was added
to initial VT-negotiation
and was not conveyed in
previous versions of VT.
VT protocol version 9 was
introduced in patches:
MPE/iX 4.0 : NSSDDP3
MPE/iX 5.0 pull: NSSDDQ0
MPE/iX 5.0 push: NSSDDQ3
and their successors.
<text> = VT internal mapping to
which all terminal types
are folded.Possible values:
T_UNKNOWN
T_BASIC
T_SCROLL
T_BLOCK
T_DATA_ENTRY
(from 0..4,correspondingly).
MM = internal numeric value
corresponding to mapped
termtype string(this is the
integer value assigned to
above enumeration by the
pascal compiler).
HPSTDIN_TRANSPORT_TYPE S Describes the underlying network TCP/IP
transport type used to carry the
data between the HP3000 host and
the client.
Other values that were discussed
for this variable were such as
ADCP/AFCP (DTS terminal I/O),
SPX/IPX (Netware clients),
Appletalk (Appletalk clients),
SNA (IBM/SNA connections)
BSC (IBM/BSC connections)
etc.
however, no other subsystem than
VT currently sets this variable.
HPSTDIN_NETWORK_NODE S Describes the name of the node No default.
as appropriate depending on the
type of network and transport in
use (NS, SNA, Netware, Appletalk
etc. networks).
Note that at the moment no other
subsystem than NS/VT sets this
variable, i.e. the only type of
nodename that will be seen in
this variable is what the VT-
client sends to the HP 3000 (NS
nodenames).
HPSTDIN_NETWORK_ADDR S Describes the network address of No default.
the $STDIN accessor in a format
appropriate to the type of
network and transport in use. In
case of TCP/IP network (and a VT
client), this field will contain
the IP-address of the remote
computer accessing $STDIN.
Note that at the moment no other
subsystem than NS/VT sets this
variable, i.e. the only type of
network address that can be seen
in this variable is an IP-
address.
HPSTDIN_LINK_ADDR S This variable is intended to not set yet...
be used for showing the level-1
address of the client (or the
closest to HP 3000 host network
device) sending link level data
frames to the HP 3000.
Currently this information is
not available to the VTSERVER
process and thus the variable is
set to "not set yet...".
The variable has been allocated
so that when/if the network
transport makes this information
available to a process, this is
where it would be stored.
The link address should be
displayed in format appropriate
to the type of networking h/w
in use. For LAN networks this
CI-variable would contain the
station (or MAC) address, for
other networks their correspon-
ding level-1 address.
HPVT_CLIENT_... CI-variables
============================
These variables are specific to NS/VT service and will be set by the
VTSERVER process on VT connections only.
Variable Type Definition Initial Value
--------------------- ---- ---------- -------------
HPVT_CLIENT_VENDOR S Shows the vendor-id that was No default.
sent to the VTSERVER process in
the first VT negotiation packet
from the remote VT-client. As
of 3/1996 the following VT-
client vendor-id's are known and
defined in NS services(5.0 patch
level NSSED78A or later):
VENDOR_UNDEFINED
HEWLETT_PACKARD
UNISON_BUSINESS_SESSION_FOR_WINDOWS
UNISON_BUSINESS_SESSION_FOR_MACINTOSH
WRQ_CONNECTION_3000_FOR_DOS
WRQ_CONNECTION_3000_FOR_MACINTOSH
WRQ_CONNECTION_3000_FOR_WINDOWS
SLC_IX_CONNECT_FOR_HPUX
SLC_IX_CONNECT_FOR_SCO_UNIX
SLC_IX_CONNECT_FOR_SUN
MINISOFT_FOR_DOS
MINISOFT_FOR_WINDOWS_16_BIT
MINISOFT_FOR_WINDOWS_32_BIT
ATTACHMATE_0
...all the way to
ATTACHMATE_9
HPVT_CLIENT_OPSYS S Shows the operating system on No default.
top of which the remote VT-
client reports to be running.
The following operating systems
are recognized in NS/VT service:
CLIENT_OS_UNKNOWN
MPE_IX,
MPE_VE
RTE
UNIX,
BASIC
MS_DOS
IBM
MACINTOSH_OS
SUNOS4
SUNOS5
SCO_UNIX
Note that this item (as well as
some other ones) gets set to
what the client reports to the
VTSERVER, i.e. if the client
sends us incorrect information,
that will be shown here as sent
from the client. The VTSERVER
has no way of finding out what
the real value is/should be.
Also,in addition to the OS type,
MPE/iX - MPE/iX connections with
VT protocol version 9 or greater
also communicate the OS user
version and the processor type
the OS is running on. For
example, a possible value for
MPE/iX-MPE/iX connection is:
"MPE_IX C.50.00 - SERIES 967SX"
HPVT_CLIENT_MODE S Shows the type of the VT-client No default.
in use. This variable gets set
to indicate whether the connec-
tion was established through the
VT stream-mode TCP SAP (port
#1570), or the message-mode SAP
(#1537). Possible values are:
MESSAGE_MODE
STREAM_MODE
HPVT_CLIENT_TCP_PORT S Shows the TCP SAP (port#) that No default.
was allocated on the client side
for this VT connection. This
number is also known as the
socket address in use. Values
in this string variable are in
range of legal socket addresses,
i.e. positive short (16 bit)
integers 1..65535. The variable
contains an ASCII representation
of the shortposint value.
HPVT_CLIENT_LDEV_NUM S Valid only when the client is No default.
another MPE/iX system running VT
protocol version 9 or greater.
When set, this variable reports
the MPE logical device (LDEV)
number in use on the remote side
for the session connecting to
this machine. This can be used
to trace back to the initiator
of the session.
HPVT_CLIENT_JOB_NUM S Valid only when the client is No default.
another MPE/iX system running VT
protocol version 9 or greater.
When set, this variable reports
the session or job number on the
remote machine that initiated
this VT-session. This can be
used to trace back to the
initiator of the session.
HPVT_CLIENT_JOB_NAME S Valid only when the client is No default.
another MPE/iX system running VT
protocol version 9 or greater.
When set, this variable reports
the session or job name on the
remote machine that initiated
this VT-session. This can be
used to trace back to the
initiator of the session.
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