MVsharp Installation Guide

How to install the various components related to MVsharp Terminal Emulator.

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Pre Requisites

3. Install MVsharp Terminal Emulator

4. Using the MVsharp terminal emulator

4.1 Setting up a connection

4.2 Menu Options

4.3 MVSHARP Terminal Emulator Toolbar

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Introduction

The MVsharp Terminal Emulator is a "vt220" compatible terminal emulator used access the MVsharp environment.

The Terminal Emulator has many features including:

1. Multiple connections to the server from a single client.

2. Auto login to the server.

3. Supports both Telnet and SSH.

4. Configurable fonts and colours.

5. Copy and Paste.

All installation packages are built using the standard Microsoft ".msi" package.

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Pre Requisites

Before installing the MVsharp environment, the following needs to be in place:

1. Microsoft Windows XP or later.

2. Microsoft .Net Framework Version 4.5 or later.

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Install MVsharp Terminal Emulator

The MVSHARP Terminal Emulator is supplied as a standard Microsoft 'msi' package, MVsharpTerm.msi

Locate the above file on your installation media, launch the installer and complete the following steps:

Click Next button to begin the installation of the MVsharp Terminal Emulator.

By Default, MVsharp Terminal Emulator is installed in the above folder. You can modify the path by either typing in a new path or clicking the Browse button.

Select Everyone to make sure MVsharp Terminal is available to all users on the server.

The next screen displays the license agreement for the use of MVsharp Netbuilder Administrator. Please read the agreement carefully and select I Agree in order to continue with the installation.

You are now ready to install the software on your server. Clicking Next will install the software on your server.

Once the installation is completed, the following screen is displayed.

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Using the MVsharp Terminal Emulator

Setting Up a Connection

The MVSHARP Terminal emulator allows you to define connections to multiple servers. An emulation session is then started by selecting the server from the drop down box and connecting to the server. To create a new server definition, click the button on the toolbar. The following parameters are then displayed:

Property	Description
Caption	The name to use for the definition. This name will appear in the dropdown list.
ConnectionMode	Select either Telnet of SSH. SSH is a secure connection.
IpAddress	The IP Address or host name of the server.
Port	The telnet port used by the server. MVSHARP uses 2023 by default.
LoginId	The Login Id to be used when automatically logging into the server.
Password	The password for the above Login Id.
AutoLogin	When set to true, the system will automatically use the above credentials to login.
AutoPaste	When set to true, a right click on the mouse will copy or paste.
ColourScheme	The background colour to be used. Setting different background colours per server can give you an indication of which server you are connected to.
ForegroundColour	The foreground colour of the font.
TerminalFont	The font and size to be displayed. Mono spaced fonts give the best screen display.

Once the parameters have been configured, select the Ok button to save this servers parameters. The server can then be selected from the dropdown list.

To remove a server definition, select the server name from the dropdown list and press the button on the toolbar.

Menu Options

Options	Description
Save	Save the current configuration.
Printer Setup	Allows you to configure the printer to use when printing the contents of the terminal window.
Print	Print the contents of the active tab window to the printer specified above.
Edit	Edit the server parameters for the current server connection.
Exit	Exit the MVSHARP Terminal Emulator.

MVSHARP Terminal Emulator Toolbar

The MVSHARP Terminal emulator toolbar allows you to interact with the emulator by selecting a button from the toolbar to perform a function.

Button	Description
	Edit the current server parameters.
	Save the server parameters and configuration.
	Copy any text that has been selected in active emulation tab.
	Paste the contents of the Clipboard into the active emulation tab.
	Print the contents of the active emulation tab to the printer. The default printer can be selected from the menu options File, Printer Setup.
	Increase the size of the font in the active emulation tab.
	Decrease the size of the font in the active emulation tab.
	Set the active emulation tab to 80 Column mode.
	Set the active emulation tab to 132 Column mode.
	Scroll the screen buffer back one page.
	Scroll the screen buffer forward one page.
	Scroll to the first page in the screen buffer.
	Scroll to last page of the screen buffer.
	Connect to server select in the dropdown described below.
	Dropdown list to allow you to select which server you wish to connect to. Select the server name from list and then click the Connect button described above to connect to the server.
	Add a new server configuration.
	Remove the current server configuration.

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