Guidelines for Managing the Use of NVRAM for TN3270

Guidelines for Managing the Use of NVRAM for TN3270

Introduction

There is a pool of approximately 2.5 KB of shared NVRAM for the customization of the following TN3270 characteristics:

Keyboard maps for the ports

ASCII-to-EBCDIC and EBCDIC-to-ASCII translation tables

This section provides guidelines on managing the available memory pool.

Storage Requirements for TN3270 Definitions in NVRAM

The following table lists the TN3270 storage requirements for TN3270 definitions in

NVRAM:

Definition Description

Storage Requirements

 

 

Keyboard map definition for a port

8 bytes

Optional description text for a port

8 bytes for increments of 7 bytes of text

Each ASCII-to-EBCDIC and

8 bytes

EBCDIC-to-ASCII customized

 

translation

 

 

 

TN3270 Commands That Free NVRAM Space

The following table lists the commands used to free NVRAM space:

Command

Frees NVRAM Space Used By

 

 

DEFINE [PORT] TN3270

The ASCII mnemonic and key sequence

KEYMAP 3270-Function

definition for the specified 3270 function.

DEFAULT

 

DEFINE [PORT] TN3270

All customized keyboard maps.

KEYMAP ALL DEFAULT

 

DEFINE TN3270 ETOA E-

The specified EBCDIC-to-ASCII

CODE A-CODE DEFAULT

translation.

DEFINE TN3270 ATOE A-

The specified ASCII-to-EBCDIC

CODE E-CODE DEFAULT

translation.

 

 

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