Foundation for growth

SAP Console

Basel, July 29, 2008

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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 Vehicle
mount
NonGUI
GUI

Hand held

Screens developed in SAP Screens as viewed on Handheld

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 Components of SAP Console
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Ethernet

RF TERMINAL
(TELNET CLIENT) WINDOWS NT/2000

RF ACCESS SAPCONSOLE
SAP R/3 SYSTEM
POINT SAPConsole Administrator ECC 6.0
TELNET
RF TERMINAL SERVER
I/O ENGINE
(TELNET CLIENT) TRANSLATION
INTERFACE

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

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SAP Console – Conceptual Architecture

RF front end (Windows NT)

Component SAP Console

RF
Terminal Translation Data
Telnet
Connection

Application
server I/O Data
RF RF Interface Translation Connection
Terminal Controller/

Server
Engine

SAP
Access
Point
RF
Terminal

Provided by SAP &

an integral part of the
SAP GUI 6.40

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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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THANK YOU