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Title Connectivity options for QNX
Ref. No. QNX.000009501
Category(ies) Network
Issue We wish to view what is on another node.  Can we use ditto to acheive this?

Solution These are the possible connectivity options for QNX.

Console to console:
If the remote node does not use a graphical user interface (GUI),then use ditto. If the remote node does have a GUI, then it will depend if the GUI supports connectivity.

Photon to Photon:
If both nodes are running Photon, 'phditto' can be used.  Phditto will open up a pterm containing the remote Photon session.

Photon to a console:
If the node is running Photon and the remote node is only in a console, then you will have to run ditto. Phditto requires that Photon is running on the remote node.

Console to Photon:
It is not possible to view a Photon session from a console.

Photon to MS Windows:
It's possible to view a Microsoft Windows server on a Photon session.  To do this, the Citrix ICA client is required.  The Citrix ICA client will connect to the windows box using a TCP/IP connection.

MS Windows to Photon:
To connect to a Photon session from a Windows system, the Phindows utility is required.  Phindows will allow either a TCP/IP or serial connection.

X Windows to Photon:
PhinX will allow the viewing of a Photon session in the X windows environment.

For more information on connectivity options for QNX, please see:
http://www.qnx.com/products/photon/connectivity.html