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HGS Web Client for T27 — Technical Information

Capability summary for the browser-launched T27 terminal client served by HGS — emulation, printing, customization, security, and requirements.

Last updated January 1, 2013

What's new in 4.2

  • IPv6 DNS resolution
  • FIPS 140-compliant cryptographic security modules (requires HGS)
  • FDCC standards
  • Unisys single point sign on
  • Microsoft .NET Framework
  • Quick and easy web implementation

Standard terminal emulation

  • Emulates the entire T27 family of terminals
  • Fully emulates T27 color features

Extended terminal emulation

  • Up to 24 simultaneous terminal environments (screens)
  • Input recall — previously transmitted text can be recalled and pasted into the screen
  • Screen text copy, cut, and paste operations
  • Special diagnostic to aid problem resolution

Printing

  • Print only the on-screen text
  • Print an exact image of the screen including delimiters
  • Change the printer font

Connection, screen, and keyboard

  • Visual host connection configuration
  • Configurable color highlighting by screen attribute
  • Configurable screen color palette and font selection (fixed and proportional)
  • Font / screen scaling: no scaling, screen-to-font, or font-to-screen
  • Visual keyboard configuration; map keys to terminal functions like Transmit, or to predefined scripts; key macros for cut/copy/paste, text strings, prompts, timed waits, and conditional waits

Security and requirements

  • Lock all or part of the configuration so end users can't change settings
  • Restricted, limited, and power user group levels
  • Required software: any ClearPath Libra (or Dorado) system, accessible via HGS, with a currently supported Windows build