Starting May 3 2017 the new version 3.4.0 of VTconsole is available in the App Store.
Important new features:
- The implementation of “Double width double height” is closing an emulation gap.
Now the following control codes are recognized:ESC # 3
(Line double width, double height, top half),ESC # 4
(Line double width, double height, low half),ESC # 5
(Line single width, single height),ESC # 6
(Line double width, single height),ESC # :
(Line single width, double height, top half),ESC # ;
(Line single width, double height, low half). - The program structure was converted to multi-threading thus making bulk data processing much better.
- The connection parameter „Terminal type“ can now be set to any value. Before it was fixed „vt220“.
- Now acoustic signalling will not only be done by the accessory but also accompanied by sounds of the iOS device.
- If a barcode scan accessory is connected you can trigger a scan by tapping on the VT screen. This is the same behaviour as with the builtin camera.
Other improvements and bugfixes:
- If you tap the Info button of a running session, the session will be aborted and its profile can be edited immediately.
- The accessory connection will be checked continuously. Thus there is no need to restart the app after a connection error.
- If the hostname could not be resolved an error message will be issued.
- The control code sequence
CSI ? 5 h CSI ? 5 l
can be used to generate a screen flash. - Log data is more accurate now.
- In the Telnet protocol an output control code
CR
will now be followed by control codeNUL
unless the new switch „Force Binary Option“ is enabled. - The control code
BEL
now generates a sound again. - The screen reverse mode implementation has been corrected.
- In „Shared Device“ module you couldn’t erase username and password in a reliable manner. Furthermore the cursor movement was annoying. These problems were resolved.
- There were some rendering problems with error and warn messages corrected.
- Some rendering problems while changing from portrait to landscape mode or vice versa were solved.
- Profile names are now guaranteed to be unique.
- The camera can now again be used in landscape mode.
Caution: macOS-App VTconsoleConfigurator does not support VTconsole configuration parameter created in version 3.3.0 or later. An update of VTconsoleConfigurator will be published soon.