HP-UX TN3270 Users Guide, March 1998

Chapter 3 75
Getting Started with 3270 Emulation
Overview of 3270 Operations
Motif The Motif TN3270 emulation program uses graphical symbols for some
of the messages on the status line (similar to the symbols used on an
IBM terminal), instead of the character symbols shown in Figure 3-5,
“Status Line Format for 3270 Emulation.” The overall format of the
status line and the meaning of individual messages is the same for both
character-based and Motif versions.
The Motif program's status line is always on a separate line (not shared
with the last line of the 3270 display). It is always displayed; the STAT
TOG key has no effect.
If your LANG environment variable is set to Japanese, to enable
communication with a Japanese host, the TN3270 emulation program
displays an additional status line below the standard one. This line,
called the Japanese extended status line, displays additional messages
that are specific to the Japanese host system.
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Types of Status Line Information
The following list summarizes the different types of information that
appear on the status line. Appendix B, “Status Line Information,”
describes all the individual status line messages and symbols.
Session Status messages
The Session Status messages indicate whether the
HP-UX computer and the host system are already
communicating on this session, are ready to
communicate, or are not ready to communicate.
Do Not Enter messages
The Do Not Enter messages indicate the current state
of the 3270 session. Some of these messages indicate
normal conditions; others indicate that your 3270
keyboard is disabled temporarily and specify the
reason for this.
Communications Check codes
The Communications Check codes indicate the current
state of the connection to the host. Some of these
messages indicate normal conditions that occur during
initialization; others indicate problems with either
hardware or configuration.
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