To set up the host system, do the following:
Connect the host system to the test machine using serial port A on both machines. This connection must be made with a null modem cable.
On the host system, make an entry in /etc/remote for the connection if it is not already there (see remote(4)).
The terminal entry must match the serial port being used. The Solaris 8 operating environment comes with the correct entry for serial port B, but a terminal entry must be added for serial port A:
debug:\ :dv=/dev/term/a:br#9600:el=^C^S^Q^U^D:ie=%$:oe=^D:
The baud rate must be set to 9600.
In a shell window on the host, run tip(1) and specify the name of the entry:
% tip debug connected
The shell window is now a tip window connected to the console of the test machine.
Do not use STOP-A (for SPARC machines) or F1-A (for IA machines) on the host machine to send a break to stop the test machine. This action actually stops the host machine. To send a break to the test machine, type ~# in the tip window. Commands such as this are recognized only if they are the first characters on a line, so press the Return key or Control-U first if there is no effect.