QOpen

Description

QOpen (Open Communications Server) is a hardware/software solution which provides TCP/IP devices with access to a polled Uniscope environment (consider this the inverse of QTS).  Terminal emulators that support TCP/IP can connect  over any suitable TCP/IP network to the QOpen server which is polled by a Unisys DCP communications processor or by a Unisys System 80 mainframe. 

Sample QOpen configuration

To the TCP/IP network, QOpen appears as an HLC type interface for TCP/IP UTS devices.  QOpen converts the traffic from polled lines to TCP/IP INT1 traffic.  QOpen also provides a set of network management services that can be accessed and controlled from the TCP/IP side of the network using any terminal emulator which supports a TCP/IP interface.

Installation and Setup

When purchased as a complete package, no additional hardware or software is required. The complete Plug-n-Play package includes: QOpen software, operating system, TCP/IP stack and network interface products, all tested and ready to use.  Please contact Quickware for different packaging options.

Typically you will be installing a QOpen to connect to existing wiring on the polled Uniscope side and to a network hub or similar LAN connection on the TCP/IP side.  

Connecting to the QOpen network management software, you can easily configure the line parameters, terminal addresses and destination host details.

Network Connectivity

QOpen supports a variety of TCP/IP hardware interfaces including:

• Ethernet (Thick, Thin & 10 Base T)
• SLIP/PPP
• Token Ring
• FDDI
• ISDN
• X.25

Features

• Up to 64 sessions per basic server
• Multiple lines
• Dialup TCP/IP access (PPP/SLIP)
• Remote network management