mimic aspect script in another language

[dhazer]

in a previous thread: thread448-1220904

the user "demohr" talked about translating an aspect script into C#. Does anyone know how this would be accomplished, even with another language? Are there any good resources online? I couldn't find any.

 

[knob]

Basically you are going to have to map an ASPECT command into its equivalent command(s) in the other language. It's possible as I've done it when I moved an ASPECT script to another communications application a few years back, but there is usually no shortcut or utility that can be employed.

http://www.aspectscripting.com

 

[dhazer]

Knob,

What language did you use? Or possibly what application did you convert it for?

This is also a good time for me to ask: are there any alternatvies to Procomm Plus or programming/scripting languages meant for interacting with similar com port app's?

Thanks in advance.

 

[knob]

I was to Hummingbird's Reflections I believe, has been a few years back. I thought their scripting language was less intuitive than ASPECT myself. I'm not really sure what is still out in the marketplace that has a scripting languare. I think the data portion of WinFax that Symantec bought was put to pasture due to them having Procomm at the time.

http://www.aspectscripting.com

 

[kodr]

With enough effort, almost any of the more well established languages support data communications.

I've written telnet clients in C++, VB, and Java without too much difficulty (and if I can do it, anyone can.)

 

[geirendre]

You could check out SecureCRT® from

http://www.vandyke.com/products/securecrt/

Haven't testet it myself though...

 

[dhazer]

Thanks for the info.!

I evaluated securecrt. I like the simpler interface for initial settings it has. However, I did have a problem with the screen refreshes, and navigating through the menu system under telnet was impossible (it's like securecrt wasn't sending the characters that I typed, and where password were typed it showed plain text). I tried various session settings to stop the problems mentioned before, but I couldn't get it to work the way that procomm does once it's configured for a certain connection directory setting.


Also another question regarding kodr's post: How complex or involved do the scripts/programs written in another language become in order to perform a relatively simple task that an aspect script could accomplish? Would someone be willing to post a script that they did or a fragment of a script? I'd prefer to see something in Java, but anything would be great!

 

[kodr]

What are you looking to do, specifically?

 

[dhazer]

What I'm trying to do is have a linux server be connected up to a serial cable that Procomm was hooked up to in order to execute certain tasks on demand. The tasks are pretty much what I have been doing with Aspects scripts.

This developed out of a need to have the script that's controlling the com port be able to talk directly with the applications server.

At this point in time I thought seeing some examples of other tasks/projects would help by example, because I know there are not ready-made solutions. Also, I'm dealing with Wyse 50 emulation.

 

[geirendre]

If you are connecting a Linux server to something with
a serial cabel, you can use minicom as the terminal emulator,
and automate it with a expect-script.
Expect is simmilar to Aspect in syntax.
Havent testet this myself though...

http://expect.nist.gov/

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1122703&page=1

Example of a expect-script:

http://expect.nist.gov/example/passmass

HTH