IBM 3151 Emulation

5.When you have specified the required settings in the New Connection dialog box, click the Connect button to make the connection.

Note: You can save these settings as a connection template using the Save Session As dialog box. Refer to the Setup Menus chapter for details.

The Status Bar

The status bar along the bottom of the display shows the status of various operations.

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Field 1: (rrr,ccc) indicates the current row and column position of the cursor.

Field 2: INSERT indicates that Insert mode is active when the Insert key is pressed or when the Insert Character command is received. Note that the message will not be displayed if the Insert Character option is not set to Mode. Insert mode is exited by pressing the Insert or Reset key.

Field 3: Indicates the current operating mode.

In BLOCK mode, keyboard entered data is displayed and processed locally, allowing you to edit it before a block of data is sent to the host.

In CHAR mode, keyboard entered data is sent simultaneously to the host and the display.

In ECHO mode, keyboard entered data is sent only to the host. The host is then responsible for returning the data to the display.

Field 4: HOLD SCREEN indicates that the Hold Screen key has been pressed to suspend screen update. Press Hold Screen again to enable screen up- date.

INVALID KEY appears when you press an invalid key.

KEYS LOCKED appears when the keyboard is locked. The keys will be unlocked when the Keyboard Unlock command is received or when the Cancel key is pressed.

NUMERIC indicates the cursor is located in an unprotected numeric field.

PRINTING indicates that data is being sent to the printer.

SENDING indicates that data is being sent to the host.

WRONG PLACE appears when you press an invalid key in a protected field or field attribute character position. It is also displayed when you

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