When making an RS232 serial connection in TinyTERM 4.20, you will need to set all three flow control options in most cases. To do that, go to the Edit menu and select Session Properties. Next to the COM port is a Setup button. Click that to get to the flow control options. Make sure all three are checked, then save the settings.

CR 257, fixed in TinyTERM 4.21

From TinyTERM’s Tools menu, select the Edit Text File option. It may come up empty, or with only a list of directories.

To list the files in the current directory, type an asterisk * in the File name line, then click Open or hit Enter. The files in the current directory will then list.

This error comes up in TinyTERM version 4.20, usually when trying to connect again after logging off a network connection. If you wait long enough, you don’t get the error on connecting. It’s not a problem in other versions.

It’s actually tied to the Ribbon Bar. To fix the error, go to the View menu and make sure the Ribbon Bar option is checked. Once that’s on, you won’t see the error again.

CR 275, HP-UX
CR 283, fixed in TinyTERM 4.21

Any network connection requires a TCP port be open and available on the server. There is an excellent list of common TCP ports at www.iss.net.

If you are using a non-standard port in TERM, you can specify the correct port by adding to the address, after a colon. For example:

term -l telnet:192.168.0.1:1023

will cause TERM to use telnet to connect to port 1023, rather than using the default port of 23. TinyTERM for DOS can also be configured this way.

In TinyTERM for Windows, you will need to go into the advanced setup for the telnet, SSH or SSL/TLS protocol. That dialog box will include a port number that can be edited.

At this writing, no file transfer protocol has this capability. This includes FTP in the emulator, as well as the protocols available in the Century FTP Client or SecureFT. The NFS client and server likewise cannot be changed.

CR 235, Century FTP Client
CR 620, FTP in emulator
CR 828, SecureFT

This NFS client error is a name resolution error. To bypass it, create a hosts file on your PC, or edit the existing one. Add the NFS server to the file. Make sure the server is listed there only one time, then use the hostname you gave it in NFS.

If you have a problem connecting to an NFS share from your PC, or copying a file to or from the NFS share, there are several things to check:

• Do not use “root” as your NFS username. A number of NFS daemons see the root user as equivalent to no user, and will not allow it to connect.
• Do not bypass the Windows login, especially if your Windows username is the same as your UNIX username.
• Verify that your username has the correct rights for the directory on the host, usually both read and write.
• The host must be running pcnfsd version 2. To check that, go to a shell prompt and execute this command:
  

  rpcinfo -p | grep nfs

• In the NFS client setup, try both case-sensitive and case-insensitive operation.
• Also in the NFS client setup, try turning the “Cache Reads” and “Cache Writes” options on and off.
• On the host, check the /etc/exports file to make sure the directory you need is exported.

As you can see, there is no one optimal configuration for all NFS servers. Trial and error is usually the best way to determine what will work for a given setup.

In TinyTERM 4.10 and 4.11, connecting via SSH requires you to save your username and password in the Session Properties. That is a potential security risk. It can be avoided by using this script. It will prompt for a username and password when connecting.

1. You must use the connect button on the ribbon bar when connecting. Auto connect will not work with this script.
2. Save the sshlogin.cs script to the C:\Program Files\Century\TinyTERM directory.
3. Open TinyTERM and click the Session button on the Ribbon Bar, or from the Edit menu select Session Properties.
4. Select the radio button labeled Post session start and click the Browse button below. Browse to the sshlogin.cs script in the TinyTERM directory.
5. Select OK.
6. On the Login tab, clear the username and password if they are saved there.
7. Save the changes and exit Session Properties.

The next time you open TinyTERM and connect with this configuration, you will be prompted for a username and password.

CR 86, prompt added in TinyTERM Plus 4.12
CR 96, sshlogin.cs fails to connect at times

You may encounter a situation where you can upload files to the remote system, but not download them to your PC. Or download may work, but uploading fails. There is a set of configuration changes that will fix this problem in most cases.

For systems running TinyTERM 3.3 for Windows, or any version of TERM on any operating system, write a script that includes three lines:

SET ESC8BIT ON
SET COMPRESS OFF
PROTOCOL NONE

Save that script as “onewayft.cmd”, then run it when you start TERM by adding it to the command line:

term onewayft.cmd

Add any other command-line arguments as needed. If you are transferring files between two versions of TERM, create and use the script on both systems.

For TinyTERM 4.x for Windows, the settings are in the file transfer properties. To access them, go to the Edit menu and select File Transfer Properties. On the resulting dialog, clear the check box marked Use automatic data compression.

Next, click the Setup button in the upper right. In the resulting File Transfer Protocol Setup dialog, check the Use 7bit transfer over 7bit connection (esc8bit) box. Click OK twice, then save the session.

This will take care of the problem in most cases. Once in a while, you may need to add this command to the TERM script:

SET ESCCTL ON

In TinyTERM 4, go to the File Transfer Protocol Setup dialog and check the Escape Control Characters option to accomplish the same thing.

CR 229

The TSL compatibility command tsl_atobjaddarray() does not work. It should populate a list box or similar control with the contents of an array. Instead, it does nothing.

You can work around this with a simple while() loop. For example, the following CScript fragment adds the contents of a ten-item array named Items:

tsl_atobjinit();
counter = 0;
while (counter < 10) {
tsl_atobjaddlist(Items[counter]);
counter++;
}
tsl_atobjdone(111,9,5,5,250,200,(0)|16385,"","",0,0,-1,"chosen", "");

The closing tsl_atobjdone() command must be included, but the format will vary depending on the control you’re populating.

CR 611, fixed in TinyTERM 4.40

If your install media is damaged or missing, you may be able to download a replacement. Contact our support department at 801-268-3088 x5 or support@centurysoftware.com.

Century Software, Inc., does not provide replacement media for unsupported products.