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Note Please note that the SAPConsole release cycle is independent of the SAP NetWeaver release cycle.

For detailed information please refer to: SAPConsole on SCNInformation published on SAP site

Note

The SAPConsole for web-equipped devices (also called Web-enabled SAPConsole or WebSAPConsole) will no longer be supported for SAP-systems based on SAP NetWeaver releases higher than 7.0. SAP therefore recommends to use ITSmobile for SAP a technology based on ITS (see Creating Mobile Applications with ITSmobile).

SAPConsole's main responsibilities are:
  • Connecting to, and exchanging information with the SAP system. This information is usually in the form of descriptions of screen elements and their contents.
  • Managing the interaction between users and screens.

  1. Via Telnet

    Telnet is used for character-based terminals. You can see the Telnet information flow on the left-hand side of the picture. During a telnet connection, the telnet client connects to the Telnet server and the Telnet server starts sapcnsl.exe as command interpreter. For every authenticated connection a new interpreter is started. The rendering is done by the console displayer.

  2. Via Web Server

    You can see the Web Server information flow on the right-hand side of the picture. During a browser-based session, the browser connects to the web server. In the example shown in the picture, the Web Server is an IIS web server. IIS starts isapi_sapcnsl.dll as command interpreter. The rendering is done by the web displayer.
Note As of SAP NetWeaver 7.10, SAP J2EE Engine is not supported anymore as web server in the SAPConsole scenario. Instead the available IIS of Windows 2003 or 2008 should be used.
Implementation Considerations
  • You find the system requirements for running SAPConsole as well as the supported Telnet Servers, Web Servers, and Browsers in SAP Note 1043241 Information published on SAP site.
  • Since the SAPConsole is a standalone component, you do not have to install SAP GUI on the server, where the SAPConsole is running.
Features
  • Provides the backbone for interfacing with mobile devices.
  • Enhances the display coverage of the standard front-end SAP GUI component for character-cell environments.
  • Provides vendor-independent support for character-cell RF terminals and web-equipped devices.
  • Provides Telnet and Web access to the SAP system.
  • Is compatible with standard ABAP/SAP GUI application and supports standard ABAP/SAP GUI development.
  • Enables increased reusability of the ABAP environment.
  • Is a single source for both graphic and character-cell terminals.
  • Involves minimum application-specific development.
  • Supports multiple configuration profiles.
  • Supports text boxes, check boxes, radio buttons, and push buttons.
  • Supports automated logon to a SAP system.
  • Supports printing from a SAP system (output device must be configured in SAP system).