There are couple ways to start your KoalaTerm session.
Currently, KoalaTerm supports command line like following: (case insensitive)
MKT <session
name>
MKT -H <host name>
MKT -P <port name>
MKT -F <file name>
where:
<session name> is file name, port name, or host name.First of all, MKT.EXE will try to open a file such as <session name> or <session name>.mkt if it fails. And then MKT.EXE will keep trying to connect a host or port named as <session name>.If <session name> is like "COM<port number>", MKT.EXE will connect through a serial port, otherwise, MKT.EXE will connect the host via telnet.
<host name> is Host name or IP address.
<port name> is a serial port number like "COM<port number>" or simply port number.
<file name> is a name of the file saved by previous session, which includes host or port information as well as emulation settings.
Basically, you can just type "MKT <host name>" to connect a host (assume there is not the same file name as the host name, otherwise, you have to type "MKT -H <host name>").
KoloaTerm can be utilized by Netscape or other browser as a "helper application" for opening telnet sessions.
You can execute a script file immediately after KoalaTerm
started a session:
MKT -s <script filename>
You can start a session in "Editing" mode, which allows
you to edit the session file, but won't actually establish the connection:
MKT -e <session filename>
You can double click the MKT.EXE in the Windows Explorer or File Manager to start KoalaTerm. No connection will be made initially. To start a new connection:
1. Click the "New"
button on the
toolbar, or select "New..." from
"Connection" menu. The "New
Connection" dialog will display.
2. Select a "Connection Type".
The latest KoalaTerm support five connection type: Telnet, Serial
Port, Local, Modem Dailup, and Telnet Proxy.
Secure KoalaTerm: Two more connection types are supported:
SSH1 and SSH2.
3. Specify host (the connection destination) parameters. There are different parameters to be specified for different connection:
4. Click the "Terminal Settings..." button if you need to customize the emulation settings like terminal settings, display and keyboard settings, international support, etc. The "KoalaTerm Settings" dialog will apear. When you completed this dialog, click "OK" to make changes effective or "Cancel" to discard the changes.
5. Click "OK" to connect to the host or "Cancel" to do nothing.
Once you started a connection to a host, you can save the session into a file which you may open it later for automatical reconnection. The session file includes the host information, as well as terminal emulation settings which you may have changed using the "KoalaTerm Setttings" dialog.
If you connect to a variety of hosts, you can create a different settings file for each one and save the settings file with a name descriptive of the host.
When you open a previously saved session file, the connection to host will be automatically re-established and all the saved terminal settings will take effect.
To save a setting file:
1. Click the "Save"
button on the
toolbar, or select "Save" from "Connection"
menu. If this is the first time to save the session, the "Save
As" dialog box will appear, and you need to name
the session file by type in the "File Name"
edit box.
2. Click "OK" to save or "Cancel" to cancel.
To open a session file:
1. Click "Open" button
on the toolbar, or
select "Open" from "Connection"
menu. The "Open" dialog box appears.
2. Get to the directory where your session file resides and select the file, or type a file name.
3. Click "OK" to open the file or "Cancel" to cancel.
The name of the session file will be displayed in the title bar of terminal window, allowing you to quickly identify the host to which you are connected.
There are several ways to exit connected
sessions. To close the current connection window, you can choose
"Close" from the "Connection"
menu, or type "exit" or "logout" command in
terminal to close the host session. To close all open connection
and exit the application, click "Exit"
button on the
toolbar or select "Exit" from "Connection"
menu.