Adding serial terminals

Adding serial terminals

Adding terminals lets more users access the system and adds to overall system capabilities.

This chapter explains how to:

Before you add a serial terminal to your system, follow the instructions in your terminal's manual for connecting the terminal to a serial line. (If you add a serial card, the possible names of the additional device files are listed in serial(HW) or in the documentation for cards that include driver software.)

Many types of terminals are supported; see the terminals(M) manual page for a comprehensive list. Support for terminals is provided through the terminfo(M) database, which contains the definitions and classifications of keystrokes and control sequences which vary from terminal to terminal. For a description of the terminfo database, see the terminfo(M) and terminfo(F) manual pages.