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Overview
Introduction
About This Guide
About TN5250
Terminal
Emulation
The TN5250 T er minal Emulation User’ s Guide, explains ho w to configure and
use the TN5250 emulation on your terminal. This emulation is an option for
terminals.
This guide is organized into three chapters and two appendixes:
Chapter 2, “The Menu System,” e x plains the TN525 0 onlin e menu sy stem
including keyboard mapping, and how to navigate through the menu
system.
◆
Chapter 3, “Terminal Keyboard,” compares TN5250 and terminal keys,
and outlines t he terminal’s keyboard feat ures.
◆
Appendix A, “Error Messages,” lists error messages and solutions to
problems reported by those error messages.
◆
Appendix B, “Troubleshooting Aids,” provides a short guide for
preparation in troubleshooting your terminal.
TN5250 terminal emulation provides the protocol to connect a terminal to
IBM midrange systems (AS/400 servers). Once connected, the user can access
and use legacy applications such as database and word processing through a
terminal.
Product Features
TN5250 terminal emulation includes these easy-to-use features:
◆
Interactive keyboard mapping
◆
TN5250-style screen attributes, including color and attribute settings
◆
Multiple sessions
◆
Telnet protocol
◆
Color terminal support
viOverview
The TN5250
Connection
Guide Format
Conventions
To operate TN5250 emulation, you must connect to an AS/400 server
operating with OS/400 V ersion 1, release level 3.0 or higher . Additionally , you
must be operating the emulator across a TCP/IP network, using an IBM 8209
or equivalent TCP/IP attachment. When you use TN5250 terminal emulation,
you are communicating directly with the AS/400 server. This communication
is accomplished with the IBM AS/400 system internet protocol. Figure 1
shows the TN5250 connection related to a terminal.
Figure 1The TN5250 Connection
TN5250 Terminal
Emulation
Windows Terminal
❖
Note TN5250 terminal emulation software is downloaded, stored, and
TCP/IP NetworkTN5250 Server
AS/400
operated on your terminal.
This section describes the format conventions used in this guide.
Text Format
Ta ble 1 lists the text format conventions used in this document.
Table 1Text Format Conventions
ConventionDescription
BoldIndicates a factory default.
ItalicIndicates emphasis, a new term, or book
title.
Keycaps
Indicates a key on the keyboard.
San Serif CompressedIndicates screen display.
MonospaceIndicates user input.
Monospace Italic
Indicates user input variables.
Overview vii
Command and Key
Sequence Format
Table 2 lists the command and key sequence formats used in this guide.
Table 2Command and Key Sequence Format Conventions
ConventionDescription
command <
xxx
>Command format.
The right and left angle brackets
indicate the boundaries of the
parameter list.
Alt + x
or
Alt + X
Key sequence format.
To enter this type of key sequence,
press the keys sim ultaneousl y in the
sequence shown. The operation is
performed only when the last key is
pressed.
Ctrl
(right)
key on the right side of the
Ctrl
keyboard in contrast to the one on
the left side.
1
Getting Started
This chapter discusses how to initiate TN5250 terminal emulation and
explains:
◆
Downloading the TN5250 terminal emulation option.
◆
Defining and using TN5250 connections.
◆
Opening and exiting sessio ns .
Read this chapter carefully before attempting to connect to a TN5250 server.
Downloading
TN5250 Option
Firmware
TN5250 Server
Connection
Definitions
Preexisting
Connection
Definitions
The downloading of the TN5250 is similar to a flash download, and is done
through the serial port, the parallel port, the Remote Administratio n tool, or
the PCMCIA card.
❖
Note TN5250 terminal emulation can be downloaded only to some
terminals. Contact your system administrator or see the Terminal Firmware Download Instructions for options available for your terminal.
When your terminal is first turned on, the Connections dialog box dis plays. In
this dialog box you will see the Connections list box. It is a list of preexisting
connections. You can use one of these preexisting connections to connect to
and start TN5250 emulation, or you can define a new TN5250 connection.
❖
Note See your terminal’s connectivity guide for more information about
connection definitions and the Connections dialog box.
To use a preexisting connection definition:
1 Click on an appropriate connection name in the Connections list box (see
Figure 1-1).
2 Click on the Connect command button.
1-2Chapter 1
You will connect to the host you specified in the connection definition
selected. Connection definitions appearing in the Connections list can be
edited. To edit:
1 Select the connection that you want to edit from the Connections list.
2 Click on the Setup command button in the Connections dialog box.
3 Click on the Properties command button in Connection Setup dialog box.
The Connection Properties dialog box displays. Use this dialog box to edit
your preexisting connection de finition.
New Connection
Definitions
If the connection def initio n you w ant does no t already e xist in t he Connections
list, you can create one by:
1 Click on the Setup command button in th e Connections dialog box.
2 Click on the New command button in the Connection Setup dialog box.
3 Click on the Terminal Emulation radio button, then the OK command button
in the New Connection dialog box.
❖
Note See your terminal’s connectivity guide for more information about
instructions 1 throu gh 3 ab o ve. Refer to Figure 1-1, the Connection Properties
dialog box, while executing instructions 4 through 8.
Figure 1-1Connection Properties Dialog Box
4 Click on the TN5250 radio button in the Terminal Type group box.
5 Enter a connection description (a name you choose) in the Description
entry field.
Getting Started1-3
6 Enter a server name and any command options (see Table 1-1, TN5250
Command Options), in the Server Name entry field.
❖
Note The port command option (for example 5250) should be included in
the server name entry.
❖
Note If the TN5250 terminal type is grayed out, check with your
Administrator to see if the TN5250 application firmware has been
downloaded to your terminal.
7 If you wish to activate the reverse video display, click the Reverse Screen
button. This effects reverse video in all the subsequent displays of the
session.Click on the OK command button.
8 Click on the Close command button in the Connection Setup dialog box.
After you click on the Close command button, a dial og box appears di splaying
the message:
Flash Write In Progress, Do Not Power Down Unit
This message indicates that your new connection definition is being stored in
the terminal’s memory.
When the flash write is finished, the new connection appears in the
Connections list in the Connections dialog box. To connect, highlight the
connection, then click on the Connect command button in the Connections
dialog box. A message displays:
TN5250 Command
Options
Trying to connect to XXX.XXX.XX.XX.
Connected to XXX.XXX.XX.XX.
Table 1-1 lists the command options that can be included in the Server Name
field.
Table 1-1TN5250 Command Options
OptionDescription
-escape <character>Sets the escape character for escaping
from a session.
Specify character as:
A single character.
◆
A key combination.
◆
hostnameLets you specify a host name for
immediately di splaying a session. The
host name is the name of your AS/400
host.
1-4Chapter 1
Table 1-1TN5250 Command Options, Continued
OptionDescription
-terminal <terminal type>Specifies the type of terminal format
for the data you receive from the host.
Specify terminal type as:
◆
IBM 3179-2
◆
IBM 5251-11
◆
IBM 3196-A1
◆
PC-XT
◆
NVT
This option overrides terminal
negotiations.
-port <#>Specifies the host port you want to use.
-?Displays the command option
summary.
-versionDisplays the version number and
environment variable settings.
❖
Note The default command options are:
Host Name: OCS_Gateway.
◆
◆
Port Number: 23.
❖
Note Pressing
when the cursor is positioned next to any field listed in
F4
Table 1-1 displays a list of choices for that function.
Sessions
If you connect to a TN5250 server using a definition that contains an IP
address, the emulator will open up an initial TN5250 ses sio n (emulatoropened session) using that IP address. That session will be placed in the
Sessions list in the Sessions menu, as the initial open session (see Chapter 2,
“The Menu System,” for more information).
If you try to connect to a server using a definition that does not contain an IP
address, you will not connect. Instead, the emulator will display the TN5250
menu system, allowing you to create a session (user-opened session). Once a
session is created, you can then connect and run your session.
A session must be opened to use TN5250 terminal emulation. This section
discusses both emulator-opened sessions and user-opened sessions.
Getting Started1-5
Emulator-Opened
Sessions
If you have specified an IP address in your connection definition, then once
connected the Pass Through Screen displays (see Figure 1-2).
Figure 1-2Pass Through Screen
Pass Through Screen
Type choices, Press Enter.
Remote location name AS400A
Mode name LU62APPC
Virtual controller QPACTL00
Virtual display device ___________
Remote network identifier ___________
Local PU name MKPTU3
Local LU name ___________
An initial session has been opened by the emulator. From the Pass Through
Screen, press
sessions, press
(right) to go to the first open session. To open subsequent
Ctrl
. The main menu will display. Use the Sessions menu to
Alt + ?
open more sessions.
User-Opened
Sessions
If you have not specified an IP address in your connection definition, then
Main Menu - TN5250 displays (the main menu of the TN5250 user interface).
Use this menu to open your initial sessi on. You will need to open a session to
continue.
❖
Note See Chapter 2, “The Menu System,” for further instructions about
navigating through the TN5250 terminal emulation menu system.
To open a session:
1 Position the cursor at Open Session.
2 Press
Ctrl
.
1-6Chapter 1
Ending a Session
3 In the Open Session menu with the
key select:
Tab
a Session: Enter a name for your session.
b Host Name: (skipping Auto Start) Enter the address of the server.
c Port Number: Specify 23 or other appropriate number.
4 Skip IBM Terminal Type, and press
Ctrl
.
Your initial ses sion will be opened.
❖
Note The maximum number of simultaneous open sessions is three.
You can end a session in one of two ways:
1 Press
, while a session is displayed:
Alt + x
a Terminal emulation ends.
b The terminal user interface displays.
If other sessions are active, the Open Session menu displays. You can end
all open sessions by repeating the steps in 1 for each session, or resume a
previous session. The terminal user interface will display only after all
active sessions are ended.
2 Use Main Menu - TN5250:
a Press
+ ?, displaying Main Menu - TN5250.
Alt
b Position the cursor at Exit TN5250.
c Press
Ctrl
.
The terminal user interface displays. See Chapter 2, “The Menu System,”
for more information about ending TN5250 sessions.
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