Black Box 5250 manual Remote Emulator Card, simplex: Prints on only one side of the paper

5250 REMOTE EMULATOR CARD

router: PC Support/36, /38 and AS/400 programs that run on the personal computer (PC) and the host system. Routers manage communications between the PC Support facilities on the system and PC.

RTS (Request to Send): This indicates that the DTE has data to send.

RXD (Receive Data): Data from the host is being received by the 5250 Remote Emulator Card.

scan code: Code used to transmit data from the keyboard to the PC.

session: An active connection between the terminal emulation and a host system. A session is opened when the user signs on.

Set Text Orientation (STO): This command causes text to be printed in a specified orientation regardless of paper size.

SDLC (Synchronous Data Link Control): An IBM communications protocol commonly used in SNA environments.

simplex: Prints on only one side of the paper.

status attributes: An option used to define how the status line is displayed.

status line: An information line displayed on screen that displays information to the operator concerning the processing of the text.

status message: Information on the last line of the display screen that tells the operator about display station conditions.

stop bits: The number of bits sent to terminate each character sent to a serial printer.

third-party: Software and/or hardware made by a company other than the original manufacturer.

truncate: To break off a part of a number or character string.

twisted pair: A pair of small insulated wires, commonly used in telephone cables, that are twisted around each other to minimize interference from other wires in the cable.

TXD (Transmit Data): Data is being transmitted by the 5250 Remote Emulator Card to the host.

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