Black Box Remote Emulator Card, 5250 manual

5250 REMOTE EMULATOR CARD

027	038	108	054	068	Decimal
1B	26	6C	36	44	Hexadecimal

Type in “05” to tell the software how many characters/codes long the sequence is, then type in the codes themselves, like this:

05 1B 26 6C 36 44

You don’t have to press [ENTER] when you finish; the software will automatically advance to the next line. Command-string sequences can be a maximum of fifteen (“0F”) characters/codes long.

•EBCDIC to ASCII Translation: (This option is for advanced users only.) The character-code set used by the host (EBCDIC) is not compatible with that used by the printer (ASCII). To allow both systems to communicate, the 5250 Remote Emulator Card’s software uses an EBCDIC-to-ASCII translation table.

With this menu option, you can customize the table. For example, to force the “$” character to print as a “#” character, move the cursor to the EBCDIC to ASCII Translation option and press [ENTER].

The translation table will appear. Change the table by first entering the EBCDIC code for a “$” character, which is 5B (see Appendix B for EBCDIC and ASCII tables). Second, enter the ASCII code for the character to be displayed; in this case, the ASCII code for the “#” character is 23.

•Code Page Selection (4214 only): The default code-page selection is Code Page 850. If the printer supports it, you can change to Code Page 437 by pressing [ENTER] at this field and selecting that page. Refer to the printer’s manual for information about the code page(s) the printer uses.

NOTE

When you change to Code Page 437, any changes made to the Code Page 850 character set will be lost, and vice versa.

•CPT Delimiters: The 5250 Remote Emulator Card’s “command pass- through” feature lets the Card recognize printer-control commands and transparently pass them through to the printer. A two-character delimiter (the default setting is “&%”) signals the card to pass the command through.

Select the new delimiter by typing the corresponding hexadecimal character codes (refer to Appendix B) in the spaces on the screen. See Section 8.4.3 for more information on the command pass-through feature.

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