Displaying and Customizing Keyboard Maps

Selecting a Server-Wide Terminal Type and Keyboard Map for a Port

A port user who wants to establish a TN3270 session using a server-wide keyboard map can do the following:

Step Action

1Check to see what terminal types (and associated keyboard maps) are available with the following command:

Local> SHOW TN3270 TERMINAL

Server: LAT_08002B26D0DE

Terminal

Keymap

VT100

VT100

VT220

VT220

VT320

VT220

VT420

VT220

ANSI

VT1000

PC_100_DCA

NEW_KEYS

PC_220_DCA

NEW_KEYS2

2Choose a keyboard map for one of the terminal types (for example, NEW_KEYS) and check its associated keymapping:

Local> SHOW TN3270 KEYMAP NEW_KEYS

3If the keymapping is what the users require for TN3270 applications, they set up the port to use the access server-wide terminal type:

Local> SET PORT TN3270 TERMINAL PC_100_DCA

4The user can now confirm what terminal type and key assignments TN3270 sessions will use at the port:

Local> SHOW PORT TN3270 CHARACTERISTICS Local> SHOW PORT TN3270 KEYMAP

The port user has set up the port to use an access server-wide customized set of keymapping assignments without any added memory or complexity.

Note

Port users cannot customize access server-wide keyboard maps. The port users can customize only the default keyboard maps. See the Customizing a Default Keyboard Map for a Port section in this chapter.

18-12 Configuring and Managing 3270 Terminal Emulation (TN3270)