User Console Settings

Console Settings

Click on Console Settings of the Default user or of a specific user to configure console related settings. These settings will apply to any session run in Advanced Console or in Full Console Mode.

Default Screen
Default Rows:

Specify the default number of rows in the console. NAWS will override this value.

Default Columns:

Specify the default number of columns in the console. NAWS will override this value.

Screen Update Timers

These 3 settings control the screen refresh rate:

Wait Init: The minimum time in milliseconds the Server will wait before checking for a screen update.

Wait Increment: The increment used to count up from the minimum time to maximum time

Wait Max: The maximum time in milliseconds the Server will wait before checking for a screen update.

Default Colors

Default Foreground Color:

Specify the default foreground color the user will receive in color mode

Default Background Color:

Specify the default background color the user will receive in color mode

Use Monochrome for Default Screen Color:

Specify whether to give the user monochrome output. The default monochrome color combination is white on black. To have reverse video, set the Default Background color to any color other than black, and check this box.

Use optimized screen scraper:

Check this box to use the enhanced screen procedure. A screen scraper is an algorithm to send a picture of the console window. The optimized screen scraper sends only the differences between the console window and the previous screen sent. This procedure will always be used with and will only work with clients that support Negotiate About Window Size (NAWS). It will not do any 24/25 line remapping. The server will dynamically set its console window to the size the client instructs. Check client documentation for how to change client side console settings, and to determine if the client supports NAWS.

Slow Network Connection:

Check this box if information is being lost during the session and the screen does not refresh correctly. This will reduce redraw problems due to information being lost by slow clients. This option will turn the client cursor off, and when used with the optimized screen scraper option, it will only display in monochrome.

Enable Application Wrap:

This option enables Pragma’s wrapper technology. Application wrap enables character or console based programs that have difficulty running in a telnet or terminal session, to run on Windows.

NOTE: This option automatically loads the user shell with Pragma’s wrapper technology embedded. With this option on, the wrap program will not have to be run explicitly. This option is on by default.

Largest Packet Size:

Specify the largest packet size sent to the client. To use the default packet size, set it to 0. If information appears to be getting lost due to slow connections, the packet size should be lowered. The minimum value should not be lower than 500, and the maximum value depends on the client screen size. The maximum amount of information that could be sent is 6 * rows * columns. For example, for a 18x25 console, 12,000 bytes of information could be sent. If portions of the screen are not being drawn, try setting this value to less than maximum, then increase or decrease, depending on the results.

This value used in conjunction with the Optimized Screen Scraper will improve performance for hand-held clients.

Default Character Map:

The default character map, as it is defined in the charmap.ini file. The value here should be exactly as it appears in the charmap.ini file, including enclosing brackets. For example, to set the default character map to the [vtxxx] map, type [vtxxx]. See Dynamic Character Mapping for more information.

User Shell:

Command shell used for telnet session run in Full or Advanced Console Mode.

Startup Program:

A batch file, command, or login script to give to the shell before the user gets control.

NOTE: A login script can be specified in either in the Windows User Management, or under Console Settings. To avoid conflicts, Windows logon script setting should be turned off if the user is to run a Pragma Session logon script.

Close cmd.exe shell after running startup program:

Check this option to close the shell after running startup program.