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About this guide
Who should use this guide
The Meridian IVR 2.0/I VT100 Gateway Development Guide is intended for use by Meridian IVR 2.0/I application developers whose voice applications require VT100 based access to computer resources external to the application processor. The VT100 communications board and its supporting software are not part of the VT100 Gateway product.
This manual assumes that the user is familiar with the operating characteristics of the VT100 terminal, and is experienced in creating voice applications with Meridian IVR 2.0/I. You should also be familiar with the UNIX operating system and the vi text editor (or another text editor installed on your application processor).
How to use this guide
This guide contains the following chapters and appendices:
Chapter 1: About the VT100 Gateway
This chapter provides an overview of the VT100 terminal and a description of the Meridian IVR 2.0/I VT100 Gateway features.
Chapter 2: Template files
This chapter explains how to create the necessary files for sending data to and receiving data from a remote computer.
Chapter 3: Getting started
This chapter describes the steps you must perform and the additional files you must create to activate the VT100 Gateway software. This chapter also includes a sample set of template files.
Meridian IVR VT100 Gateway Development Guide Product release 2.0/I
