Difference: APPXonWindowsFromHandHeldViaLinuxTerminalServer (4 vs. 5)

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  Running APPX on Windows from a hand held device via a Linux Terminal Server
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 This document will demonstrate how you can run APPX on Windows in character mode when your front end device is a hand held (such as a hand held warehouse RF scanner or time clock).
 
  Running APPX on Windows from a hand held device via a Linux Terminal Server 
  Overview
   Required software components 
  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.
   Create Keymap
 
 
 

 Overview
 This document will demonstrate how you can run APPX on Windows in character mode when your front end device is a hand held (such as a hand held warehouse RF scanner or time clock).
 
  Running APPX on Windows from a hand held device via a Linux Terminal Server 
  Overview
   Required software components 
  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.
   Create Keymap
 
 
 

 Overview
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+APPX processing will be performed on the Windows server, however, the character interface will be performed by the Linux server.
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+If you have a hand held device that needs to run an APPX application and your APPX server is Linux or Unix based, you can simply use the built in telnet program on the device to connect to APPX (most devices include a telnet client). However, if your APPX server is running on Windows, this is not an option. This document describes how you can use a Linux server as a proxy to provide a telnet interface to your APPX for Windows server.

Alternatively, APPX Release 5.4 and higher includes a browser based client that runs on most devices. See the APPX HTML Client on the Desktop Downloads page.
  Required software components
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+ 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.
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+You need to install and configure a Linux server. Almost any version of Linux will suffice. It can be running on a virtual machine.
  Device that you are trying to access APPX from (such as hand held warehouse scanner)
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+You will need the actual device as you need to map the keyboard in APPX.
  Steps 
 Place the appx for linux application on the Linux server.
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+ 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
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+Install the latest version of APPX for Linux from the Server Download page. We only need the APPX engine, extract it and set the permissions with following command:
[root@linuxserver /]# tar xzf exec_lin.tgz appx
[root@linuxserver /]# chmod 775 appx
  Create Keymap
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+ Remote in via SSH or Telnet from the device to the Linux server.
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+[joe@linuxserver /]$ export APPX_UID="appx:secret"
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+Remote in via SSH or Telnet from the device to the Linux server, then do the following:
 [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  *
 Do you wish to Continue? (Y or N)
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 APPX_UID is made up of a user name followed by a colon and the the password for a user that can successfully log into APPX on the Windows server.  APPX_DATA_SERVER is made up of the resolvable hostname or IP address of the APPX Windows server following by a colon and the TCP port number of the running and configured APPX Login Manager.
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+ Bugs: 
 
 Fixed - Bug Description 1. 
  OPEN -  Bug test - Test bug.  Not valid. 
 
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