IBM TN5250 manual The Status Line, Error Messages, Status Line Errors

Error Messages A-3

The Status Line

The Status Line displays real-time system messages that appear during terminal emulation. This field resides at the bottom of your terminal screen, and consists of seven separate sections. Figure A-1 shows the Status Line.

Figure A-1		Status Line
	SA MW	IM II TN_5250-n HOST	HELP: ALT?

Table A-3 describes each section of the Status Line.

	Table A-3	Status Line
	Section	Description
	SA	System Available
	MW	Message Waiting
	IM	Insert Mode
	II	Input Inhibited
	TN_5250-n	Telnet 5250 Emulation-Session Number
	Host	Host name
	Help: Alt ?	Help screen key sequence
Status Line Errors	When an error occurs, error messages are sent from the host. They appear on
	the Status Line as numbers followed by a message. To respond to Status Line
	errors:

◆ Press the reset key sequence Ctrl (left ).

◆ Ensure that the action being undertaken is appropriate.

◆ Ensure that the field into which data is being entered is the appropriate field.

◆ Ensure that the data being entered into the field is valid.