Foundation for growth

SAP Console

Basel, July 29, 2008

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What Is SAP Console?

● SAP Console translates Graphical Based (GUI) screens into Character

Based screens.

● This allows the translation of just about any SAP GUI screen into the

character-based screens used by RF devices, without the use any RF

middleware.

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GUINonGUI

Hand held

Vehicle mount

Screens developed in SAP Screens as viewed on Handheld

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Ethernet

RF TERMINAL

(TELNET CLIENT)

RF TERMINAL

(TELNET CLIENT)

RF ACCESS

POINT

WINDOWS NT/2000

SAPCONSOLE

TELNET

SERVERI/O ENGINE

INTERFACETRANSLATION

SAP R/3 SYSTEMSAPConsole Administrator

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Pro fess io na l Works tat ion 6000

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Components of SAP Console

ECC 6.0

The telnet server must be installed on the same server as SAPConsole.

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Translation Data

Connection

RF front end (Windows NT)

Component SAP Console

RFTerminal

RFTerminal

RFTerminal

RFController/ Access Point

I/O

Interface

Engine

Translation

Data

Connection

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Telnet

server

Provided by SAP & an integral part of the SAP GUI 6.40

SAP Console – Conceptual Architecture

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Current version of SAP Console

● Up to and including Release 6.40 of SAP GUI for Windows/SAPConsole,

SAPConsole was delivered together with SAP GUI.

● We’re currently on SAP GUI 6.40

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Way forward

● Copy one of the screens & Z TCode, for SAP Console, from Ulysses to

Foundation

● Carry out the test run

● Explore the possibility of replacing the Z TCodes, for SAP Console, with

the standard TCodes

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