This page has instructions explaining how to perform some important
JET 6530 tasks.
The JET 6530
Documentation
has further information about installing, configuring and using JET
6530.
Creating, saving and using a local
session
Here is an example of how to create, save and use a new local session.
To use this example your workstation must have access to a NonStop
Himalaya server via TCP/IP. Where nshostname appears below substitute the
name of your NonStop Himalaya server.
- Start JET 6530 from the original Shortcut.htm file.
Note: Another web page can be used to start JET 6530 for this
example if the web page does not have any applet parameters that start
with disable_ set to
yes.
- If JET 6530 is running within the browser window:
- Click the Close Session toolbar button (trash can/garbage bin icon).
- Click New Window.
A JET 6530 window and Untitled Session Settings dialog box
appear.
- If a JET 6530 window appears but no Untitled Session Settings
dialog box appears:
- From the Session menu select Close.
- Click New Window.
A JET 6530 window and Untitled Session Settings dialog box
appear.
- If no JET 6530 window appears:
- Click New Window.
A JET 6530 window and Untitled Session Settings dialog box
appear.
- Enter
nshostname for Hostname on the Untitled
Session Settings dialog box.
- Click Colours in the Category list.
The Colours panel is displayed with Cursor Colour selected.
- Click the Choose Colour button.
The Colour Selector dialog box appears.
- Select yellow from the list.
- Click OK on the Colour Selector dialog box.
The Colour Selector dialog box disappears. The Cursor Colour square
is yellow.
- Click Background Colour.
- Click the Choose Colour button.
- Select brown from the list.
- Click OK.
The Background Colour square is brown.
- Click Display in the Category list.
The Display panel is displayed.
- Select TimesRoman for Font.
- Select 12 for Font Size.
- Click OK on the Session Settings dialog box.
The Session Settings dialog box disappears. The background colour
and screen keyboard on the JET 6530 window
change. JET 6530 attempts to connect to the host.
- Select Save As... from the Session menu.
A Save Session As dialog box appears.
- Enter mysession for the session name.
- Click Save.
- Select Close from the Session menu.
The JET 6530 window disappears.
- Click the Open Session in New Window button.
An Open Session dialog box appears.
- Select mysession from the Local list.
- Click Open.
A JET 6530 window appears.
The background colour is brown and the
screen keyboard buttons are in a larger Times Roman font.
JET 6530 attempts to connect to
your NonStop Himalaya server. If it
connects successfully
your server's logon screen
is displayed with a
yellow cursor.
Starting a Debug Log
Here are instructions on how to make a debug log of a
JET 6530 session. The debug log is used to determine the
cause of a JET 6530 problem.
If you are collecting a debug log to provide to
Platypus Partners support, please ensure that you turn on debug logging
before connecting to the host. Sometimes the events leading up to a
problem are important in assisting our diagnosis.
Internet Explorer with Sun JVM under Windows
Start Internet Explorer.
Start JET 6530 by loading the Shortcut.htm web page
provided in the applet directory of the JET 6530
distribution, or the web page you use to run JET 6530.
Open a JET 6530 session for the 6530 host you are
having problems with.
If you are already connected or connecting to the host, click
the Disconnect from Remote
Host toolbar icon, or select "Disconnect" from the "Connection"
menu. Sometimes the events leading up to a
problem (and in particular, the negotiation exchange with the host
during connection) are important to assist us in resolving your
problem.
Select "Preferences" from the "Session" menu. If the JET
6530 screen is painted inside your main browser window, you
will not have a "Session" menu: instead click the Preferences toolbar
icon.
You will see a Preferences dialog box. Select "Debug" from the
Category list. Click "Enable Debug Logging" to place a tick in the
check box. You may also select to log to either the Java Console or
to a specific file that you select. These instructions assume that
you accept to log to the Java Console. Click OK.
Right-click the Java icon (the Java Steaming Coffee Cup log)
in the status area of the task bar (near the bottom right corner of the
screen). Select Show Console. The Java Console window will appear.
Click the Connect toolbar icon, or select "Connect" from the
"Connection" menu. You will see the host's login screen or a
similar host welcome screen.
Log on to your 6530 host and recreate the JET
6530 problem scenario you are experiencing.
After the problem you have identified has occurred, scroll to
the top of the Java Console. Drag the mouse from the top to the end.
Click the Copy button to copy the data to the clipboard.
Start Notepad (or a text editor). Paste the data
logged from the clipboard into the Notepad window. Save
the data to a file.
Netscape 6 or later
Start Netscape.
Select "Java Console" from the "Tools" submenu of the "Tasks"
The Java Console will appear.
Start JET 6530 by loading the Shortcut.htm web page
provided in the applet directory of the JET 6530
distribution. When you see the Java Security windows,
click on "Grant".
Open a JET 6530 session for the 6530 host you are
having problems with.
If you are already connected or connecting to the host, click
the Disconnect from Remote
Host toolbar icon, or select "Disconnect" from the "Connection"
menu. As mentioned above, sometimes the events leading up to a
problem (and in particular, the negotiation exchange with the host
during connection) are important to assist us in resolving your
problem.
Select "Preferences" from the "Session" menu. If the JET
6530 screen is painted inside your main browser window, you
will not have a "Session" menu: instead click the Preferences toolbar
icon.
You will see a Preferences dialog box. Select "Debug" from the
Category list. Click "Enable Debug Logging" to place a tick in the
check box. You may also select to log to either the Java Console or
to a specific file that you select. These instructions assume that
you accept to log to the Java Console. Click OK.
Click the Connect toolbar icon, or select "Connect" from the
"Connection" menu. You will see the host's login screen or a
similar host welcome screen.
Log on to your 6530 host system and recreate JET
6530 problem scenario you are experiencing. You will
see data flowing between JET 6530 and the host being
logged in the Java Console. If the Java Console becomes
full data will no longer be logged. If this happens,
press the "Clear" button on the Java Console so that
new data will continue to be logged.
After the problem you have identified has occurred,
click the Copy button the Java Console to copy the data to the
clipboard.
Start Notepad (or a text editor). Paste the data
logged from the clipboard into the Notepad window. Save
the data to a file.
Internet Explorer with Microsoft VM under Windows
Start Internet Explorer.
Enable
JavaTM
logging in Internet Explorer. To do this, from the Tools
menu (View menu for 4.01 SP1) select "Internet Options...".
On the "Advanced"
tab click the "Java logging enabled" check box to place
a tick there.
Start JET 6530 by loading the Shortcut.htm web page
provided in the applet directory of the JET 6530
distribution, or the web page you use to run JET 6530.
Open a JET 6530 session for the 6530 host you are
having problems with.
If you are already connected or connecting to the host, click
the Disconnect from Remote
Host toolbar icon, or select "Disconnect" from the "Connection"
menu. As mentioned above, sometimes the events leading up to a
problem (and in particular, the negotiation exchange with the host
during connection) are important to assist us in resolving your
problem.
Select "Preferences" from the "Session" menu. If the JET
6530 screen is painted inside your main browser window, you
will not have a "Session" menu: instead click the Preferences toolbar
icon.
You will see a Preferences dialog box. Select "Debug" from the
Category list. Click "Enable Debug Logging" to place a tick in the
check box. You may also select to log to either the Java Console or
to a specific file that you select. These instructions assume that
you accept to log to the Java Console. Click OK.
Click the Connect toolbar icon, or select "Connect" from the
"Connection" menu. You will see the host's login screen or a
similar host welcome screen.
Log on to your 6530 host system and recreate the JET
6530 problem scenario you are experiencing.
After the problem you have identified has occurred, click the
Disconnect from Remote Host toolbar icon, or select "Disconnect"
from the "Connection" menu.
Internet Explorer writes the Java log to javalog.txt.
For Windows 98 it is in C:\windows\java
For Windows NT it is in C:\winnt\java
Using Windows Explorer or the MS-DOS Prompt make a copy
of the javalog.txt file. (Some programs do not read the
log correctly from the original javalog.txt file,
making a copy avoids this problem.)
Netscape Communicator with Netscape JVM
Start Communicator.
Select "Java Console" from the "Tools" submenu of the "Communicator"
menu (it may be on the "Communicator" menu itself). Communicator's
Java Console will appear.
Start JET 6530 by loading the Shortcut.htm web page
provided in the applet directory of the JET 6530
distribution. When you see the Java Security windows,
click on "Grant".
Open a JET 6530 session for the 6530 host you are
having problems with.
If you are already connected or connecting to the host, click
the Disconnect from Remote
Host toolbar icon, or select "Disconnect" from the "Connection"
menu. As mentioned above, sometimes the events leading up to a
problem (and in particular, the negotiation exchange with the host
during connection) are important to assist us in resolving your
problem.
Select "Preferences" from the "Session" menu. If the JET
6530 screen is painted inside your main browser window, you
will not have a "Session" menu: instead click the Preferences toolbar
icon.
You will see a Preferences dialog box. Select "Debug" from the
Category list. Click "Enable Debug Logging" to place a tick in the
check box. You may also select to log to either the Java Console or
to a specific file that you select. These instructions assume that
you accept to log to the Java Console. Click OK.
Click the Connect toolbar icon, or select "Connect" from the
"Connection" menu. You will see the host's login screen or a
similar host welcome screen.
Log on to your 6530 host system and recreate JET
6530 problem scenario you are experiencing. You will
see data flowing between JET 6530 and the host being
logged in the Java Console. If the Java Console becomes
full data will no longer be logged. If this happens,
press the "Clear" button on the Java Console so that
new data will continue to be logged.
After the problem you have identified has occurred,
scroll up to the top of the Java Console. Drag the
mouse from the top to the end. Press Ctrl-C to copy the data to the
clipboard.
Start Notepad (or a text editor). Paste the data
logged from the clipboard into the Notepad window. Save
the data to a file.
Internet Explorer under Mac OS X
Start Console. This application is part of Mac OS X, it is in the
Utilities folder of the Applications folder.
Start Internet Explorer.
Start JET 6530 by loading the Shortcut.htm web page
provided in the applet directory of the JET 6530
distribution, or the web page you use to run JET 6530.
Open a JET 6530 session for the 6530 host you are
having problems with.
If you are already connected or connecting to the host, click
the Disconnect from Remote
Host toolbar icon, or select "Disconnect" from the "Connection"
menu. As mentioned above, sometimes the events leading up to a
problem (and in particular, the negotiation exchange with the host
during connection) are important to assist us in resolving your
problem.
Select "Preferences" from the "Session" menu. If the JET
6530 screen is painted inside your main browser window, you
will not have a "Session" menu: instead click the Preferences toolbar
icon.
You will see a Preferences dialog box. Select "Debug" from the
Category list. Click "Enable Debug Logging" to place a tick in the
check box. You may also select to log to either the Java Console or
to a specific file that you select. These instructions assume that
you accept to log to the Java Console. Click OK.
Click the Connect toolbar icon, or select "Connect" from the
"Connection" menu. You will see the host's login screen or a
similar host welcome screen.
Log on to your 6530 host system and recreate the JET
6530 problem scenario you are experiencing. You will see
data flowing between JET 6530 and the host being logged in
the console.log window of Console.
After the problem you have identified has occurred, select
the console.log window of Console. Select "Select All" from the
Edit menu. Select Copy from the Edit menu to copy the data to the
clipboard.
Start TextEdit. Paste the data logged from the clipboard into the
TextEdit window. Add a line at the end of the data saying "-- Java
Console.log --".
Select the "Java Console.log" window of Console. Select "Select
All" then Copy from the Edit menu.
Paste the data into the TextEdit window below the data from
console.log. Save the data to a file.
Please create an email message, attach the log file,
and send it to us at:
jetsupport@platypuspartners.com
You will receive confirmation that your JET 6530
problem is in our support queue, problem status updates,
and a fix (if necessary) when ready.
Configuring to automatically open a
web session
You can make JET 6530 automatically open a web session in a new window
the first time it runs on a client. To do this set the applet
parameters in the page used to load JET 6530 as follows:
| Name |
Value |
| last_web_session |
0 |
| startup_operation |
open_session_new_window |
| startup_session |
session_name |
| web_session_name_0 |
session_name |
| web_session_url_0 |
url |
For session_name use the name you choose. For
url use the fully
qualified URL pointing to the web session on your web server. For
example, if the web server's name is intranet.acme.com and the web
session file is called Accounts in the jet/session subdirectory of
the web server's document directory then the URL might be:
http://intranet.acme.com/jet/session/Accounts
Users can change their preferences so that the web session is not
opened in a new window when JET 6530 subsequently runs on their
client. To change the preferences back to automatically opening a web
session in a new window users can follow these steps:
- Select Preferences from the Session menu
- Select Startup from the Category list
- Select Open Session in New Window for Startup Operation
- Click OK
Configuring your host for secure
sessions
JET 6530 enables you to start secure, encrypted sessions.
To start secure sessions, you must correctly install and
configure a suitable secure proxy server that can sit between the JET
6530 client and your NonStop TN6530 server software. The JET
6530 clients then connect to the secure proxy server using SSL
or TLS secure sessions, and the secure proxy server in turn relays the
information to the TN6530 server.
Platypus Partners provide the JETGuard Secure Proxy Server, which
runs on your NonStop server system as a Guardian NonStop process
pair. If you do not already have a copy of JETGuard, or a suitable
secure proxy server, please contact Platypus
Partners to obtain a copy of JETGuard.
Note:From a security point of view, it is generally safer to
have the secure proxy server running on the same system as the
destination TN6530 system. This is because the connections between the
secure proxy server and the TN6530 server are unsecured. It is
therefore better to have no physical communication links (which can be
tapped) between the secure proxy server and the TN6530 server.
The JET 6530 documentation contains
instructions for installing and configuring JETGuard.
