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How to Establish Terminals

If you have just finished installing Thoroughbred Basic, you can use the following procedure to establish all your site terminals to Thoroughbred Basic:

  1. Define your system console as a terminal that Thoroughbred Basic can efficiently use.

    During the installation you may have specified a terminal definition that does not match the terminal type of your system console. In that case, you are using terminal emulation capabilities to mimic a predefined terminal or relying on the capabilities your terminal has in common with a predefined terminal.

    If you changed any of the settings on your system console to make use of terminal emulation you may run into problems with other programs and applications. If you are relying on a compatible terminal, even a good match for a predefined terminal may generate minor display problems when you run Thoroughbred Basic or other Thoroughbred products.

    For information on how to fully define your system console to Thoroughbred Basic, please refer to the section titled How to Create a Terminal Definition.

  1. Define other types of terminals as terminals Thoroughbred Basic can efficiently use.

    If you have a variety of terminals at your site, you can define all of them to Thoroughbred Basic. If Thoroughbred Basic has predefined a terminal, you only need to follow the procedure outlined in this section; if Thoroughbred Basic has not predefined a terminal, you may want to use the procedure described in the section titled How to Create a Terminal Definition.

    Diagram: NOTE: If you have only one type of terminal at your site you can skip this task.

  2. Establish all site terminals as terminals Thoroughbred Basic can use.

    After you define site terminals to Thoroughbred Basic, you can specify all your terminals as Thoroughbred Basic terminals. For more information on the procedures, you can use to accomplish this task please refer to the section titled How to Establish All Site Terminals.

  3. Establish site login procedures.

    For more information on Thoroughbred Basic logins, please refer to the section titled How to Establish Site Login Procedures.

You may need to modify a terminal definition to make more use of its capabilities. For more information on how to modify an existing terminal definition, please refer to the section titled How to Modify a Terminal Definition.

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