Terminal (TTY) software for the Field PC

11 Nov 2008

Note: This information is provided as a reference and does not imply that Juniper Systems will provide full support for the use of any specific third-party device or software with a Juniper Systems product.

Terminal (or TTY) software applications can be used on the Field PC to perform communications (I/O) testing through RS-232 serial cable, modem, Bluetooth, USB (if configured properly), and many other connection methods.

Some terminal software for use on Juniper Systems Field PCs include:

• Cambridge Computer vxHPC (Windows Mobile and Windows CE)
• DeJaVu Software PockeTTY (Windows Mobile)
• PocketPuTTY (Windows Mobile; open source)
• MobileVT (Windows Mobile)
• Windows CE Terminal (Windows CE; included in OS)
• PTerm (DOS; included in HarvestMaster software, FileScout)

For information on how to use terminal applications for testing the RS-232 serial port on a Field PC, please refer to our Serial port will not communicate FAQ webpage.

For information on how to directly input ASCII data (such as from a barcode scanner) directly into a text field (such as an Excel Mobile spreadsheet cell) through a terminal "wedge" application, please refer to our Wedge software for the Field PC FAQ webpage.