PASSPORT Knowledge Base
Configuration

Date Published: May 20, 2004

Date Updated: March 3, 2008

Title

VT Scrolling Speed

Product

PASSPORT PC to Host, PASSPORT Web to Host

Emulation Types

VT, SCO ANSI, Wyse 60

Issue

Is it possible to control the speed at which lines of data scroll across the screen in a VT session?

Solution

For PASSPORT PC to Host:

1. Start a PASSPORT session.
2. Choose the Options®VT menu command.
3. Enable Scroll Speed and set the Lines Per Second (between 1 and 100; 5 is default).
4. Un-check the Show Button Text option.
5. Click OK to save.

For PASSPORT Web to Host:

From the Client:

Instructions are the same as those for PASSPORT PC to Host.

From the Administrator:

1. Start the PASSPORT Web to Host Administrator program.
2. Edit an existing or create a new Attribute profile.
3. Select the VT tab.
4. Enable Scroll Speed and set the Lines Per Second (between 1 and 100; 5 is default).
5. Click OK to save.
6. Open the session profile that you would like to assign this attribute profile to.
7. Select the Options tab.
8. Locate and select the attribute profile name from the Attribute Profile list.
9. Click OK to save or Connect to test.

More Information

• This option is available only for VT, SCO-ANSI, or Wyse sessions.

• Feature added in PASSPORT PC to Host version 2004-2430 SP-2 and PASSPORT Web to Host 2004-930-2

Keywords

vt, scroll, speed, lines