= Configuring a terminal to use enter Stocktake counts via PDE =
 1. Check to see if terminal has a spare serial port
  1. If not, you will need to:
   1. Ensure your PDE cable has a USB connector OR you have a USB-Serial connector
   1. If using Windows, need to ensure that COM port number assigned to device is less than 10
   1. If using Linux, need to create symlink called /dev/ttySXX that points to the actual device file (usually /dev/ttyUSB0)
 1. Connect the PDE to the PC
 1. Run {{{netserial}}} with the following arguments
 {{{
netserial 4001 <SERIAL_PORT> 19200,n,8,1}}}
 1. Connect to port 4001 on the local computer
 {{{
telnet localhost 4001}}}
 1. Make sure that {{{netserial}}} does not crash or give errors. Some  reasons for {{{netserial}}} crashing are:
  1. If Linux, the serial port you specified is not of the form /dev/ttySXX
  1. If Windows, the serial port number you specified was 10 or higher
  1. There is another instance of {{{netserial}}} running and it is using the same serial port
  1. The serial port is being used by another program
 1. Setup {{{netserial}}} to be run at startup
  1. Linux:
   1. Add the following to /etc/inittab
   {{{
pde:345:respawn:/u/cc/std/utbinw/netserial 4001 <SERIAL_PORT> 19200,n,8,1}}}
  1. Windows:
   1. Create shortcut icon on desktop that runs
   {{{
C:\cc\std\utbinw\netserial-quiet.exe 4001 <SERIAL_PORT> 19200,n,8,1}}}
   1. Copy shortcut icon to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
 1. Create a printer record in Control where the system printer is
 {{{
tcp:<TERMINAL_IP>:4001
}}}
 1. Configure the appropriate terminal record to use the newly created printer record as the "PDE Port"