1 CONNECT

Use the CONNECT command to enable a local terminal to act as the 
console for a remote system.

2 NODE

Use the CONNECT NODE command to set up a logical connection between 
the host node and the console interface on a specified target node. 
Both the host node and the target node must be on the same broadcast
circuit.  

To define information for the target node in the volatile database,
use the NCP command SET NODE to specify the ADDRESS, SERVICE CIRCUIT,
SERVICE PASSWORD,  and HARDWARE ADDRESS parameters for the target
node.  Once you set these parameters, you can override them by
specifying new parameters in the CONNECT command.    
        
CONNECT NODE node-id    (parameters ...)

All underscores found in parameters must be replaced with spaces
when parameters are used in NCP commands.
 
3 PHYSICAL ADDRESS p-address

Specifies the physical address of the target node.  The value is the
physical address that the target node has set for itself or, if the
target node has not set a physical address, the hardware address
associated with the target node's device controller.
                                                              
3 SERVICE PASSWORD hex-password

Identifies the password required to create the logical link between
the host node and the target node.  The password is a 16-digit
hexadecimal number in the range 0 to FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF.

3 VIA circuit-id

Specifies the circuit to be used to create the logical link between 
the host node and the target node.  This circuit must be a broadcast
circuit.  

3 Examples

     NCP>CONNECT NODE RTRDEV SERVICE PASSWORD FEFEFEFEFEFEFEFE -
     _ VIA UNA-0 PHYSICAL ADDRESS AA-00-04-00-38-04

         This command connects the host node to the console 
         interface on the target node RTRDEV specifying the 
         service password FEFEFEFEFEFEFEFE, the service circuit 
         UNA-0, and the physical address AA-00-04-00-38-04.

     NCP>CONNECT NODE RTRDEV

         Since the physical address is not specified in this 
         command, the host node acquires the hardware address 
         associated with node RTRDEV from its local node 
         database, and then attempts to connect using a channel 
         to that hardware address.  
         
         If the connection attempt using the hardware address 
         channel is unsuccessful, the host node uses the node 
         address associated with node RTRDEV in its local node 
         database to construct a physical address.  The host 
         node will then attempt to connect using a channel
         to that physical address.  

     NCP>CONNECT NODE RTRDEV PHYSICAL ADDRESS 08-00-2B-22-45-CD

         The host will connect to the target node RTRDEV using 
         a channel to the address 08-00-2B-22-45-CD.  The 
         address specified in the command overrides the default 
         node information provided by the host node's volatile 
         node database.

2 VIA

Use the CONNECT VIA command to set up a logical connection between 
the host node and the console interface on a target node using the
specified circuit.  If the DECnet node address of the target node is
not known, use the CONNECT VIA command instead of the CONNECT NODE
command. Both the host node and the target node must be on the same
broadcast circuit.
                                                             
CONNECT VIA circuit-id PHYSICAL ADDRESS p-address (parameter)

3 PHYSICAL ADDRESS p-address

Specifies the physical address of the target node.  The value is the
physical address that the target node has set for itself or, if the
target node has not set a physical address, the hardware address
associated with the target node's device controller.  This parameter
is required.

3 SERVICE PASSWORD hex-password

Identifies the password required to create the logical link between
the host node and the target node.  The password is a 16-digit
hexadecimal  number in the range 0 to FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF.

3 Examples

     NCP>CONNECT VIA UNA-0 PHYSICAL ADDRESS 08-00-2B-22-45-CD

         This command connects the host node to the console interface
         on the target node by specifying the circuit over which the
         connection is to be made and the physical address currently 
         in use by the target node.

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