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June 2001 AIX Administration Supplement

Perle Adds TruePort for AIX Applications to Serial Server Range

Perle Systems announced the addition of TruePort for AIX applications across its range of serial servers. With this functionality, according to the company, Perle supports the connection of serial devices to AIX applications via Ethernet-based serial servers.

TruePort for AIX allows serial devices such as terminals, POS, and other data collection equipment connected to a Perle Serial Server to function as if directly connected to the AIX server by mimicking TTY port functionality. Applications written for directly connected serial devices can thus be deployed across an Ethernet LAN environment without modification.

TruePort software provides transparent access from AIX applications to as many as 500 serial ports on Perle JetStream, LanStream, LinkStream, and IOLAN+ serial servers located across a TCP/IP network. Other features include:

Applications written for serial device connections can be deployed without modification. TruePort's TTY API emulation allows applications to remain configured as if they were supported directly by connected serial devices. TruePort for AIX uses a single process on the AIX server for all serial servers on the Ethernet network, reducing processing server overhead. Perle Serial Server ports are configured to appear as if directly connected to AIX rather than being connected over a TCP/IP backbone.

TruePort software is available free of charge to Perle JetStream, LanStream, LinkStream, and IOLAN+ serial server customers and can be downloaded from Perle's Web site at: http://www.perle.com/downloads. For more information, contact: Perle Systems, 700 Commerce Drive, 5th Floor, Oak Brook, IL 60523; Fax: (630)288-2651; WWW: