From: MERC::"uunet!WKUVX1.BITNET!goathunter" 9-APR-1992 00:33:47.26 To: fsupdate@WKUVX1.BITNET CC: Subj: Supervisor Series v5.1 Now Available (ADVISOR/OBSERVER/PHOTO) FILESERV@WKUVX1.BITNET update The Supervisor Series v5.1 (ADVISOR, OBSERVER, and PHOTO) is finally ready (I think) for distribution. I've taken over the maintenance of the programs, which were submitted to DECUS by Dan Shoop recently. OBSERVER -- Lets you watch another user's terminal ADVISOR -- Lets you watch another user's terminal *and* enter input PHOTO -- Records a terminal session to a log file The delay was caused because the version of the Supervisor Series that was submitted to DECUS had some bugs (which I fixed) and poor documentation (which I rewrote). V5.1 (my first version) is installed using VMSINSTAL and comes with BLISS sources and manuals in three formats: ASCII text files, PostScript files, and Bookreader files. Part of the release notes is included below my signature. You can get the files via anonymous ftp from FTP.SPC.EDU (192.107.46.27) in the [.MACRO32.SAVESETS] directory. The saveset is SUPERVISOR.BCK_Z; you'll need the LZDCMP.EXE program in [.MACRO32] to decompress it. IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO FTP, PLEASE PICK IT UP THAT WAY!!!! If you don't have access to FTP, you can get them by mail by sending the following commands in the *body* of a mail message to FILESERV@WKUVX1.BITNET: SEND SUPERVISOR SEND FILESERV_TOOLS If you encounter any problems or have suggestions, please let me know. I will be enhancing the program in the future, so send your wish lists. Hunter ------ Hunter Goatley, VMS Systems Programmer, Western Kentucky University goathunter@WKUVX1.BITNET, 502-745-5251 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The version of the Supervisor Series that was released to DECUS was version 5.0-D. This document describes V5.1 of the Supervisor Series, as modified by Hunter Goatley, Western Kentucky University (goathunter@WKUVX1.BITNET). The Supervisor Series V5.1 provides the following bug fixes and enhancements to V5.0-D: 1 The documentation provided with 5.0-D was for version 4.5 of the Supervisor Series and was in PCwrite format. The documentation was rewritten and formatted using VAX DOCUMENT to provide documentation in three formats: DECW$BOOK files for use with Bookreader, PostScript files, and normal text files. 2 The utilities were modified to allow invocation via either a foreign command or a regular CLD definition. 3 PHOTO v5.0-D incremented the reference count of the terminal being logged and did not decrement the count properly after logging had been terminated. This bug has been fixed by changes that eliminate the need to increment the reference count. 4 ADVISOR and OBSERVER v5.0-D were limited to monitoring terminals that were already logged on because they, too, incorrectly incremented the reference count of the target terminal. The utilities have been modified so that the reference count is never incremented. 5 ADVISOR and OBSERVER will correctly handle port disconects (for example, when a user logs out of a terminal). If the terminal is a deletable device (LT, FT, etc.), ADVISOR and OBSERVER will exit with a ``Data set hangup'' error. If the terminal is not a deletable device, monitoring is not terminated, allowing you to monitor physical terminals across multiple logins. 6 The VMSINSTAL installation procedure was rewritten and enhanced. 7 A few other minor bugs were fixed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.1 Supported and Unsupported Terminal Devices The Supervisor Series V5.1 has been successfully tested with the following terminals: o Normal physical terminal ports (TTAx:, TXAx:, etc.). o LAT terminal devices (LTAx:) created by terminal servers and by the SET HOST/LAT command. o Terminals with virtual terminals (VTAx:) associated with them. o FT devices, which are pseudo-terminals created by FTDRIVER, the pseudo-terminal driver used by DECwindows Motif and included with VMS. o TW devices, which are pseudo-terminals created by PYDRIVER and TWDRIVER, the old DECwindows pseudo- terminal drivers. These drivers are also used by the public domain utilities BOSS and PHOTO (the other one). The following terminals are not supported: o RT devices, which are network terminals logged in via SET HOST over DECnet. o WT devices, which are UIS VT100 pseudo-terminals (VWS). o VAX 62XX and 63XX console terminals. PHOTO and OBSERVER work, but ADVISOR causes the console to hang.