Running APPX on Windows from a hand held device via a Linux Terminal Server

Overview

Required software components

APPX Server

• You need a functioning APPX installation, with a listener configured that is accepting APPX logins. Follow instructions in this document to install APPX on Windows if you don't already have APPX installed.

Linux server with SSH or Telnet server accepting logins.

Device that you are trying to access APPX from (such as hand held warehouse scanner)

Steps

Place the appx for linux application on the Linux server.

• You only need the appx engine for Linux.

[joe@linuxserver /]$ su -l 
[root@linuxserver /]# mkdir -p /usr/local/appx 
[root@linuxserver /]# cd /usr/locla/appx/ 
[root@linuxserver /]# wget http://www.appx.com/ftp/appx/products/appx/server/4.2.a/exec_lin.tgz
[root@linuxserver /]# tar xzf exec_lin.tgz appx
[root@linuxserver /]# chmod 775 appx
[root@linuxserver /]# exit

Create Keymap

• Remote in via SSH or Telnet from the device to the Linux server.

[joe@linuxserver /]$ export APPX_UID="appx:secret" 
[joe@linuxserver /]$  export APPX_DATA_SERVER="appxserver.example.com:8060"
[joe@linuxserver /]$  ./appx -k -m=JOEJOE
                   ***  APPX Keyboard Definition Utility  ***


Terminal Type: JOEJOE
APPX User ID :
This program will ask you to identify 27 special keys on
your keyboard, plus 10 number keys.

After it has been defined, BACKSPACE can be used to back up
in the list of requested keys so they can be redefined.
Except when defining it, the END key allows you to exit the
program leaving the current APPX keymap file unchanged.


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Bugs:

1. Fixed - Bug Description 1.
2. OPEN - Bug test - Test bug. Not valid.

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