Frank Hintsch IT Consulting

Overview

VTconsole is a telnet and ssh client specialized for application in industry and retail.

The design of VTconsole focuses on rapid data entry:

• Process barcodes
• Customize keyboard
• Set viewport
• Modify appearance

Other topics:

• Shared device (in-app purchase)
• Messages
• Settings deployment
• Connections via Telnet Proxy Server
• Use SSH with authentication keys

The target group are users of legacy host applications like i.e. SAPconsole which are text based and  run under Windows Server, VMS or Unix. VTconsole supports the high speed scan engines of Linea Pro and Infinea Accessories of the US based company Infinite Peripherals. It is also possible to use the builtin iPhone camera as a barcode reader.

System requirements

VTconsole runs on iPhone 4s or newer or iPod touch 5G or newer. It requires iOS 9 or newer. The app supports usage of product line LineaPro and Infinea by Infinite Peripherals.

VTconsoleAssistant is a device manager application, running on macOS, targeting iPhones oder iPods that run the app VTconsole. The devices should be in the same local area network as VTconsoleAssistant app.

• Query the current app status.
• With VTconsoleAssistant you support deployment of entire configuration sets:
  • Setup a template configuration on one of your iOS devices,
  • download this configuration and store it on your harddisk or use the macOS app VTconsoleConfigurator, 
  • then distribute this template or master configuration to all iOS devices of your site.
• Lock the uploaded configuration against changes by the user.
• Send a message to a VTconsole device which will be presented to the user instantly.
• Download and save the VTconsole event log.

See also

VTconsole Device Management, VTconsoleConfigurator

VTconsoleConfigurator is a utility program that is related to macOS app VTconsoleAssistant and helps managing iOS App VTconsole.

With VTconsoleConfiguarator you can edit all preferences of VTconsole on your Mac. This includes creating and changing of host profiles, of keyboard layout and size, font and its size, barcode prefix and suffix etc. Using VTconsoleAssistant you load a configuration from an iOS device, which runs VTconsole. Subsequently, VTconsoleConfigurator can continue to edit the configuration. Finally VTconsoleAssistant can distribute the modified configuration file to numerous iOS devices.