Black Box Remote Emulator Card, 5250 manual Advanced Features, Record/Playback

5250 REMOTE EMULATOR CARD

8. Advanced Features

The 5250 Remote Emulator Card has some unique features that come in handy with certain applications that require extra productivity tools. These added features include Record/Playback, 3812 printer emulations, 5219 printer emulations, a special command language, and command pass-through.

8.1 Record/Playback

With the Record/Playback feature, you can record a sequence of keystrokes and play them back later by pressing only three keys, which cuts down on repetition.

Use these keys to control the Record/Playback feature:

Keystroke Function

[ALT][F10]Record a sequence of keystrokes (functions as the <Record>

key on a 5250 keyboard)

[ALT][F8] Playback a sequence of keystrokes (functions as the <Play> key on a 5250 keyboard)

[ALT][F7] Delete a recorded keystroke sequence

[ALT][F9] Clear all recorded keystroke sequences

8.1.1RECORDING A SEQUENCE

To record a keystroke sequence, follow these steps:

1.Press and hold the [ALT] key, then press [F10] to enter Record mode. A blinking R appears in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. The number to the right of the blinking R is the number of keystrokes available for recording (maximum of 1,000).

2.Press the key (any of [F1] through [F10] or [0] through [9]) to assign as the “trigger key” for the recorded sequence. (You might want to write down each “trigger key” and its associated sequence in the NOTES pages at the end of this manual.)

3.Type the keystroke sequence to be recorded.

4.When the keystroke sequence is completed, press [ALT][F10] again to save the sequence and exit the Record mode.

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