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1. Defining PowerTerm FTP Client Preferences PowerTerm FTP client provides various options to customize the working environment Specify which actions will prompt with a confirmation message e g removing a file and specify the information displayed when connecting to an FTP site PowerTerm InterConnect 113 of 139 User s Guide Confirm Before On Connection PowerTerm InterConnect FTP Preferences x Confirm Before Remove Directory Append to File Delete File Replace File Un Connection T Open Log Window Write to Log File Clear Log File on Connect Include Files List in Log General Iw Keep Version No of YMS File Names Show File Size ignore Remote Files and Directories List l Save Settings on Exit Password for Anonymous Login Password pe OK Cancel Determines the actions which display a confirm message Remove Directory prompts the user for confirmation before deleting directories from the computer or the remote FTP site Append to File prompts the user for confirmation before appending adding a file to an existing file in the computer or the remote FTP site Delete File prompts the user for confirmation before deleting a file from the computer or the remote FTP site Replace File prompts the user for confirmation before overwriting a file in the computer or the remote FTP site Determines the connection information displayed when connecting t
2. Capslock Mode Reverse Gin Always On Sound Numpad Decimal Sends Comma Use Emulator Alt Keys Iw Auto Repeat vy Typeshead Backspace Deletes Automatic Reset Key vy Lock Numeric Fields Non SNA System Wait TTT TTT G TTTTTTTTTTTTTOTTTTE canci Option Capslock Mode Backspace Deletes Auto Repeat PowerTerm InterConnect Description Determines the behavior of the Caps Lock key Caps Unix locks alphabet keys on main keypad in uppercase Shift locks alphabet and numeric keys on main keypad in shift setting Pressing the shift button on the keyboard will release shift lock mode Reverse Win Same behavior as Caps Lock however pressing the shift button on the keyboard reverses the caps operation Always On Caps Lock will always be on in PowerTerm This will not be applied to other non PowerTerm windows Select to delete characters by pressing the Backspace key on the keyboard Repeatedly displays the character for which its key is being continuously pressed down 43 of 139 User s Guide Lock Numeric Field Typeahead Automatic reset Key Numpad Decimal Sends Comma Use Emulator Alt Keys Non SNA System Wait Determines whether the keyboard is locked when the user tries to enter non numeric data Types data ahead before the host responds If the Keyboard is locked a reset key sequence is generated prior to when the user click on the tab key to adva
3. Files cannot be transferred or received PowerTerm InterConnect Ensure that the remote system provides an FTP server which is running Ensure that the system type is entered correctly Select Auto if unsure about which system type to use Ensure that the User name and Password were entered correctly Ensure that the correct transfer type Binary or Ascii is selected Transferring a file in the incorrect mode may corrupt that file Select Binary unless transferring text files to or from a UNIX FTP server Ensure that the necessary permission for specific operations is entered like write access to a directory 130 of 139 User s Guide 15 Creating Capture and Log Files to Send to Ericom Support Ericom Software s Technical Support team can better assist you when the required diagnostic information is sent This feature automates the process for the end user To create the necessary captures and log files to send to support 1 Open PowerTerm InterConnect 2 Perform the following Press key combination Appears on the Status bar ctri shift s capture log with send with keys ctri shift k capture log with send ctri shift t tcpip log Warning One s password is liable to be recorded in this manner 1 Connect to host and arrive at the trouble spot 2 Continue with the following Press key combination Appears on the Status bar ctri shift s capture file end ctri shift t tcpip log end c
4. SS Specify the desired Answerback Message 3 Clear to delete the message 4 Conceal to hiding the message without erasing it 5 Select Auto Answerback to let the terminal automatically send the message to the host system 6 Click OK To lock numeric fields For IBM 3270 emulations only Lock the keyboard to avoid entering non numeric data 1 Select Terminal Setup and click the Keyboard tab PowerTerm InterConnect 86 of 139 User s Guide 2 Select Lock Numeric Fields and click OK To unlock numeric fields For IBM 3270 emulations only Enter non numeric data in numeric fields in two ways 1 Select Terminal Setup and click the Keyboard tab 2 Select Lock Numeric Fields twice so it becomes selected but grayed out Non numeric data can be typed in the field only if lt Shift gt is pressed at the same time 3 Clear Lock Numeric Fields All data can be typed in the field To type ahead For IBM emulations only Continue to type data before the host responds 1 Select Terminal Setup and click the Keyboard tab 2 Select Typeahead and click OK To set automatic reset Generate a reset key sequence prior to advance to the next field 1 Select Terminal Setup and click the Keyboard tab 2 Select Automatic Reset Key and click OK To set SNA system wait For IBM 3270 emulations only 1 Select Terminal Setup and click the Keyboard tab 2 Select Non SNA System Wait and click OK PowerTerm InterConnec
5. To select the entire screen Select Edit Select Screen VT emulations specific techniques To select a block A block is any rectangular section or the work area PowerTerm InterConnect 79 of 139 User s Guide e Point to one corner of the block hold down the lt Ctrl gt key on the keyboard and drag the mouse to the opposite corner of the block to include in the selection To select a menu entry Double clicking on a word sends that word to the host followed by an lt Enter gt signal Use this feature to select a menu entry For example if the emulation screen displays the menu of an application residing on the host click a menu entry to activate the program that the menu entry represents IBM emulations specific techniques To select a block A block is any rectangular section or the work area e Point to one corner of the block and drag the mouse to the opposite corner of the block to include in the selection To map arrow keys that enable Shift arrow key combination to perform text selection 1 Run psl command set select key highlight on 2 Click on the Shift key in the PC keyboard 3 Click on the Shift key in the 3270 keyboard The SelUp SelDN SelLf and SelRt keys are visible 4 Drag the SelUp SelDN SelLf and SelRt keys on the 3270 5250 keyboard to their respective arrow key positions on the PC keyboard as shown below xj IBM 3270 Keyboard ox Cancel Defaults Help bp pope p
6. Type of File Text txt Spreadsheet Database Word Processor Program source code Electronic mail message UNIX shell archives shar Compressed files zip tar Izh arc Binary arj Unencoded PowerTerm InterConnect Mode Ascii Usually Binary Usually Binary Ascii Ascii Ascii Ascii Binary Ascii 116 of 139 User s Guide Executable Binary Executable script bat etc ASCil PostScript Usually Ascii Hypertext html documents ASCil Pictures tiff jpeg mpeg Binary Rich Text Format rtf ASCil LEJ When transferring files between UNIX FTP servers and Windows computers select Binary mode when unsure about the kind of file being transferring To select the data transfer mode Click the Binary Ascii button File Transfer Setup Options Setup the Data Conversion mode and Data Type for both the computer and the remote computer host x Data Translation Host Data Type 7 Bit PC Data Type windows Ansi Cancel Data Translation Defines the mode of transferring files no translation Ascii mode translation and Ascii and binary translation Host Data Type Defines the data type for the FTP site 7 bit 8 bit DOS Ascii and 8 bit Windows Ansi PowerTerm InterConnect 117 of 139 User s Guide PC Data Type Defines the data type DOS Ascii and Windows Ansi To select file transfer options 1 Select Settings File Transfer Setu
7. which appears in the session window title bar A session is assigned the first available letter For example if A B and D are opened the next session opened is assigned C To open a new instance of the PowerTerm window Select File New Terminal Window A new instance of the PowerTerm window opens To toggle between open sessions Press lt Ctrl gt lt Spacebar gt To switch to a specific session e Press lt Shift gt lt Ctrl gt lt X gt where X is the session letter For example to work in session C press lt Shift gt lt Ctrl gt lt C gt e Click the desired session s icon in the Toolbar e Select Sessions the desired session Ending a PowerTerm Session There are a few options to end a session e Automatic closing close PowerTerm automatically when the user closes a session If terminal parameters were modified during a session a message displays asking if to save the setup file before closing e User initiated closing Manually closes a session at any time e User initiated fast exit Sometimes a fast exit is needed while communication is in progress PowerTerm then reacts according to the parameters selected in the Preferences property page in the Terminal Setup dialog The user can enable the option to prompt a confirmation when closing PowerTerm during a session and to immediately re connect again automatically for non IBM emulations only To manually close a session Select Com
8. C Other Limit Font Size TUTELLE Cursor e Block C Underline l Ins Change MV Blinks Iw Visible Scrolling Cursor Ruler fe Crosshair Horizontal Vertical Visible fe Jump 4 Iw Enable Soft Fonts Cancel Defaults Help Keyboard Printer Tabs Colors Preferences Ctrl Characters Interpret Display Power GUI Show Frame CC Smooth Jump Scroll Speed x Option General PowerTerm InterConnect Description Reverse Display Colors reverse the text and background colors in the work area Unscaled Screen when this parameter is cleared the characters appearing in the work are scaled A change in the size of the desktop causes the fonts to shrink in elation to the size of the window Select this parameter to disable this feature Autowrap Characters wraps words at the end of a line and the cursor moves to the next line History Scroll Bar displays the vertical history scroll bar along the right edge of the PowerTerm screen This enables the user to scroll through the data displayed previously on the screen If the host transmits during scrolling the display automatically scrolls back to its 38 of 139 User s Guide Cursor Ruler Cursor Ctrl Characters Power GUI Show Frame Dimensions PowerTerm InterConnect current position NOTE Selecting Clear History from the Edit menu can erase the History b
9. F21 F22 F23 F24 F1 F2 F3 Fa FS Fe F7 Fe Fo F109 F 11 F12 latto ctear 1 2 ialla lls Ls Lel olo oi Ing rgdped F Help pg Tab a w e r tiy luei o Lp e gt Endl ins pei KP KPs KP6 tes a le lal olnu DI el ees ales smitt lt sl x elolola lal 17 shitt egw mie met a wo PC Keyboard English United States Capslock Mode Reverse Win Tite tsists s els 2 K NEm is ean ete neat eee ee ae Meat Lett Ile of LIES acl C set Totty tk tA ES Sa at SL Lach t bel Sled aen mw e 8 To view the keyboard mapping 1 Select Options Keyboard Map The Keyboard Mapping dialog appears 2 Slide the mouse pointer over the different keys The bottom line of the dialog shows the corresponding PC and terminal keys For PowerTerm InterConnect 82 of 139 User s Guide example if you point to the t key of the VT keyboard you see that the corresponding PC key is T To map aPC key e Drag a key from the upper terminal keyboard to a PC key on the lower keyboard e Click the lt Shift gt or lt Ctrl gt keys on the terminal keyboard to display additional key functions For example if you click the lt Shift gt key the alphabet keys on the terminal keyboard are displayed in upper case You can then map drag these keys to your PC keyboard keys To assign a script command to a PC key 1 Right click a key on
10. Select the attribute to define foreground and background colors Attributes change according to the emulation type selected in the Connection properties dialog Generally the attribute of the entire screen is Normal The color for the Normal attribute determines the color of the entire work area Select the color that will apply to the text foreground of the display Select the color that will apply to the background of the text Preferences Property Page Terminal Setup x Un Terminal Setup File Open C Auto Connect Ce Show Connect Dialog Box C Do not Connect SEER ERE E ERE EEE EEE EERE EEE O On PowerT erm Exit Save Terminal Setup IY Confirm Save Save Window Size amp Position Window Title Iw Confirm Disconnect Session Inactivity Timeout Minutes lo History Buffer On Session Exit History Buffer Size Auto ReConnect 200K v Auto Exit PowerT erm Cancel Defaults Help Option On Terminal Setup File Open PowerTerm InterConnect Description Auto Connect establishes a connection immediately with the parameters saved in the terminal parameters file Show Connect Dialog Box does not establish a connection immediately rather the Connect dialog opens and enables the user to select required connection 57 of 139 User s Guide Window Title History Buffer On PowerTerm Exit On Session Exit Do not Connect opens only the PowerTerm windo
11. etc LU Rules lu rule is any valid data that can be put in the lu device name field such as DEV DEV DEV3 etc These rules can be applied for multiple hosts as follows host lu rulelba lu rulelb lt hnostZ lujruleza lu ruleZzb ia Re ee ee eG EES Automatic Name Generation according to User s Rules TN3270 LU Name and TN5250 Session Device Name Options Device Name Entered Assigned DEV DEVO to DEV9 DEV DEVOO to DEV99 And oon DEV DEV1 to DEV9 DEV DEVO1 to DEV99 And so on PowerTerm InterConnect 95 of 139 User s Guide Session Pool device name 3270 and 5250 DEV DEV1 to DEV9 DEV DEVO1 to DEV99 And so on DEV 3 DEVO to DEV3DEV 30 DEV 30 DEVOO to DEV30 And so on DEV 3 or DEV 3 DEV1 to DEV3 DEV 30o0r DEV 30 DEVO1 to DEV30 And so on The difference in behavior between specific LU Device naming specific LU Device naming by Session ID and pool LU device naming can be demonstrated in the following examples Specific LU Device Naming A specific name like SALES1 is entered If it is not available the connection attempt fails Specific LU Device Naming by Session ID DEV a session ID was entered as the device name when session E a local non unique identifier was opened It will try to connect only as DEV5 and will fail if that LU device name is not available since each session has its own unique name DEV a session ID was entered as the LU device name when s
12. 525 7 XTERM C ADDS VP A2 C VT 525 8 C WYSE 370 C HZ1500 Cancel Help Defaults Description Displays supported terminal emulations and selects a terminal type Defines parameters for the terminal emulation type Defines display settings for the PowerTerm window Defines keyboard setup parameters Defines printer parameters For VT emulations only Defines tab stops in the work area Defines color settings for the PowerTerm window Defines parameters that determine PowerTerm behavior and automate processes 32 of 139 User s Guide General Property Page Non IBM Emulations Terminal Setup x Emulation General Display Keyboard Printer Tabs Colors Preferences Terminal ID vT320 M Online NAL Set UPS Set Cursor Keys Ce Normal Application DEIER IN one NewLine CR gt CRLF fiso Latin 1 WMV Use 8 Bit Data Characters 0498 Enabled User Defined Keys Locked Keypad Cursor coupling Status Line fe Numeric Iw Vertical None Application Iv Page T Numlock Labels Line Cancel Defaults Help Option Terminal ID NRC Set UPS Set 8 bit Controls PowerTerm InterConnect Description Determines the ID returned by the emulation program to the host Verify that the ID selected is one that the host application system recognizes Determines the communication and keyboard character set fo
13. For IBM 5250 emulations only 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the Colors tab The Colors property page is displayed 3 Select Column Separator Selecting Text General selection techniques To select a word e Inthe work area just click a word to select it e lt Ctrl gt clicking the word will select the word and any punctuation marks or other symbols up to the first space that follows them ze In en pat ai ES nr ra ai e pm pi pn em pt ee e em ee em pa ai e eee ee en pa eee ee ee ee ee ee ee ra e ee ee ee e em eee em em em ri e eee ee ee ee ai pe ee ee eee ee pe e ee en pm eee ee em pm e en pa ee lt RS Ifthe Automatic Copy option in the Edit menu is active default selecting text also copies the selection to the clipboard I e em rm rm e rm rn rs em zm rm re rm rm rs em zm rm re rm rn rs em rm rm re em rn rs em rm rm rm rm rem rm em rm rm re rm rm rm em zm rs rm rm rem rm em zm rm rm rm rn re em rm rm rm rm ren rs em rm rm rm rm rm re em rm rm rn rm rm rm em rm rm rm rm rm rm em rm rs rn rm rem re em rm rs e rm rm rm em rm zs rn rm rs zs e sl To select full lines Point to a line hold down the lt Shift gt key on the keyboard and drag the mouse to the last line to include in the selection To select a string 1 Point to the first character to include in the selection 2 Drag the mouse to the last character to include in the selection and release the mouse button
14. Montenegro FYR Macedonia PowerTerm InterConnect 135 of 139 User s Guide 1140 USA Canada French Netherlands Portugal Brazil Australia New Zealand same as 037 but with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1141 Germany Austria Same as 273 but with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1142 Denmark Norway same as 277 but with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1143 Finland Sweden same as 278 but with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1144 Italy same as 280 but with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1145 Latin America Spanish Spain same as 284 but with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1146 United Kingdom same as 285 but with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1147 France same as 297 but with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1148 Belgium Switzerland French Switzerland German same as 500 but with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1149 Iceland same as 871 but with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1153 Latin 2 Multilingual 870 with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1154 Cyrillic Multilingual 880 with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1155 Turkey 1026 with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1158 Cyrillic Ukraine wi
15. NOTE Text mode is designated by selecting Host UTF 8 character sets or None For non IBM emulations only Specifies the job delimiter character that will divide the data into print jobs thus disabling the escape sequences arriving from the host application The command to close the printer queue is delayed by the number of seconds defined here This command only takes effect if no open command is issued at the same time Important for printing to cut sheet printers for example inkjets lasers and network printers When pages are being 49 of 139 User s Guide printed improperly try different values here Advanced Printing Setup Advanced Printing Setup x Printer Ge Tray Ignore ll i Ignore A 11 Courer 10 X Printer columns ES Gi I 10 7 fo Iw Ignore Printer rows EE E fo v Ignore Page ype for Test Printing Form Feed Orientation A4 210 x 297 mm Autocut Ignore Enable A897400 Host Print Transform Lustomeng Object Library OG WPDEFAULT Fer Drawer Drawer 2 Default Default 7 Envelope Hopper Defaut E Supports ASHI Code Fag Cancel Hep Option Description Printer Type For text printing only Specifies the destination printer Edit enables the user to edit the printer configuration file Margins Specifies the space between the edge of the printout page and the border of the printing Font For text printing only PowerTerm I
16. and concatenation High level API enables access from other environments such as C Visual Basic and Power Builder Supports HLLAPI EHLLAPI and WinHLLAPI Session Manager to manage saved configurations Additional language support Modem dialing Multi session capabilities User programmable soft buttons Floating Power Pad with programmable buttons Control of color selection and screen attributes Supports printing including Auto Print mode and Slave Printing Also supports Advanced Printing capabilities including TN5250 Host Print Transform specifying the orientation of the printed output setting values for CPI LPI FONT parameters printer rows and columns Supports Kermit get command Easy to use keyboard mapping OLE ActiveX COM client DDE communication as client or server PowerTerm InterConnect 8 of 139 User s Guide e Supports PowerTerm RemoteView for RDP access to workstations PowerTerm InterConnect 9 of 139 User s Guide System Requirements Please read the Readme txt file included with the installation Or visit the Ericom Website www ericom com systemreg asp for the most updated requirements Getting Started PowerTerm Setup e To enable PC host connections two sets of parameters are required e Terminal parameters e Communication parameters e All parameters are saved in a Terminal setup file where the default file is named ptdef pts Setup file extensions are e pts for the Terminal s
17. appears 2 Click the Display tab The Display property page is displayed PowerTerm InterConnect 74 of 139 User s Guide 3 Select or clear History Scroll Bar in the General section 4 Click OK Customizing Desktop Display Customize the desktop display in various ways for example change colors of background and or text change the cursor display change the work area dimensions as well as select fonts and GUI language To change the GUI language e Inthe Terminal menu select the desired language Setting Fonts Use standard system fonts or select special PowerTerm fonts to be displayed in the PowerTerm window e System fonts are standard general purpose fonts which different attributes can be set e PowerTerm fonts are scaleable fonts automatically calculated according to the screen size of the host application and whether the Unscaled screen option is selected or not To work with PowerTerm fonts Select Terminal PowerTerm Fonts The PowerTerm window will now display PowerTerm fonts To work with system fonts 1 Select Terminal System Fonts The Font dialog appears 2 Select the font style and size as desired 3 Click OK The PowerTerm window will now display the selected system font To work with VT soft fonts For VT emulations only The fonts will be loaded from the host application 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the Display tab The Display
18. as it arrives If Jump is selected set the Jump Scroll Speed this is measured in number of line units The higher the value the faster the scrolling Unlimited displays data without delaying communication Page scrolls data by full screens Smooth is equivalent to a Jump Scroll Speed of 1 Enables VT soft fonts The fonts will be loaded from the host application 40 of 139 User s Guide Keyboard Property Page Non IBM Emulations Terminal Setup 3 x Emulation General Display Keyboard Printer Tabs Colors Preferences Capslock Mode Sound Numpad Decimal Sends Comma Use Emulator Alt Keys Iw Auto Repeat Local Echo Backspace Key Sends Delete Use VT Keyboard Mode Answerback Message PowerTem Auto Answerback Clear Conceal Always On Cancel efaults Option Capslock Mode Backspace Key Sends Delete Auto Repeat PowerTerm InterConnect Description Determines the behavior of the Caps Lock key Caps Unix locks alphabet keys on main keypad in uppercase Shift locks alphabet and numeric keys on main keypad in shift setting Pressing the shift button on the keyboard will release shift lock mode Reverse Win Same behavior as Caps Lock however pressing the shift button on the keyboard reverses the caps operation Always On Caps Lock will always be on in PowerTerm This will not be applied to other non PowerTerm windows D
19. case of the file names Password for Anonymous Login provides PowerTerm FTP client with a specified password for anonymous login Type in the e mail address in the Password field To define PowerTerm FTP client preferences 1 Select Settings Options The FTP Preferences dialog appears 2 Select the option 115 of 139 User s Guide 3 Click OK Selecting a File Transfer Mode PowerTerm FTP client distinguishes between transferring Binary data and transferring a text ASCII file It is important to select the right transfer mode to obtain the correct information when accessing files on host computers By default PowerTerm FTP client transfers files in Binary mode e In Binary mode data is copied bit by bit so that the original and the copy are identical This mode is appropriate when transferring files between computers of the same type Programs are usually transferred in Binary mode for example doc exe and OI files e In Ascii mode data is treated as a set of characters seven bit plus one bit for parity checking The characters transferred have the same meaning on the target computer as they have on the source computer This mode is appropriate for transferring textual data between two different systems for example UNIX and Windows Text files are usually transferred in ASCII mode for example a file with the txt extension The following is a list of common file types and their recommended mode of transfer
20. continuously pressed down Types data ahead before the host responds If the Keyboard is locked a reset key sequence is generated prior to when the user clicks on the tab key to advance to the next field Determines whether the Numeric Pad sends a comma instead of a decimal Select to make an lt Alt gt key perform the terminal operation even if Windows OS has an operation mapped to the same key 45 of 139 User s Guide Sound Terminal Sound Setup Terminal Sound Setup PowerTerm InterConnect 46 of 139 User s Guide Option Sound Events Sound Generation Key Click Properties PowerTerm InterConnect Description Determines the behavior of the sound Key Click Emits a click sound when a key on the keyboard is pressed Warning Bell Determines whether the terminal sounds a bell tone when receiving the bell ASCII 7 character For operating errors mail messages etc Margin Bell Determines whether the terminal sounds a bell tone when the cursor reaches the right margin Allows the user to choose whether to play sound through the sound card speakers or through the internal PC speaker Use Sound Card will play sounds through the speakers using the sound card When using the sound card PowerTerm will play keyclick wav and warning wav Async determines whether to use synchronic and asyncronic sound Asynchronic sound allows the application to continue executing while the sound is being ge
21. displayed 2 Select the required Power Pad file and click Open Parameters defined in the selected Power Pad setup are now applied to the current session PowerTerm InterConnect 90 of 139 User s Guide 10 Printing Printer emulation is the printing of data from a host to personal printers connected to personal computers PC Host applications generate print jobs that can be printed on host attached printers or printers attached to PCs The actual location of the printer is transparent to the host application Print emulation is the receiving of data in host format or languages and converting it to printer format and languages PowerTerm InterConnect enables the user to define print parameters in order to print the terminal screen or data transferred from the host application PowerTerm InterConnect supports three methods of printing host information to local or network accessible printer resources e Screen printing allows printing what is on the display using print screen features of the client operating system Direct the printer output to a printer attached to the client computer or to a network accessible resource e Client redirected printing delivers a host printer data stream to the appropriate emulation application running on a client computer The client software converts the data stream into data that can be output to a locally attached or network accessible printer resource e Server based redirected printing u
22. functions etc and the operation of the terminal to be emulated Some features documented in this guide may not be available in the version of PowerTerm you are using For example InterConnect for Mac does not include the FTP component PowerTerm InterConnect 6 of 139 User s Guide 1 Introduction This chapter describes the PowerTerm terminal emulator and its main features It also explains the basic steps on how to use PowerTerm for users who are familiar with accessing remote terminals This chapter includes the following topics e What is PowerTerm e PowerTerm Features e System Requirements e Getting Started What is PowerTerm PowerTerm is a fully functional terminal emulator for Microsoft Windows Mac and Linux operating systems It emulates various terminal types including IBM UNIX HP VMS and Tandem PowerTerm enables connections to a single or to multiple hosts via both network and remote connections PowerTerm has two main features to simulate a traditional host terminal e Terminal display emulation PowerTerm emulates the exact display of the chosen terminal It presents host applications precisely as they would appear on a traditional terminal Once the PC connects to a host computer all host operations can be performed similar to the actual host terminal e Terminal keyboard emulation PowerTerm emulates the selected terminal s keyboard by mapping the PC keys to match the host keys Keyboard mapping defi
23. in the Print Setup Lines are printed on top of each other Cannot open the print setup file PowerTerm InterConnect 102 of 139 box Click the OK button Click File Save Terminal Setup In the Printer properties page assign the following values Print Screen Data Conversion Graphic Slave Printer Data Conversion Graphic Delay for Print Closing 5 In the Advanced Printing dialog assign the following values CPI user defined 17 132 columns LPI auto In the Advanced Printing dialog select the printer which is most compatible to the desired printer and set CPI and LPI to Auto paper size Delete the ptw_prti cfg and ptw_prt2 cfg files from the Windows directory and restart PowerTerm Change the End of Medium parameter CR to CRLF in the pts file Delete prt files in the Working directory and cfg files in the Windows directory User s Guide 11 Scripts PowerTerm supports scripts for automating tasks For example you can create a script to login to a PowerTerm session execute a file display a message etc Scripts can be run upon startup or during a PowerTerm session Scripts can be written in any standard text editor like Notepad and are saved with a pel extension This chapter describes how to create edit run save and activate script in PowerTerm The PowerTerm Script Language PSL is PowerTerm s own programming language For a full description of the different PSL comma
24. is deleted PowerTerm InterConnect 72 of 139 User s Guide 6 Hower Term RemoteView windows Only PowerTerm RemoteView enables access any Windows application running on a Windows Terminal Server 2000 2003 and 2003 x64 using True Seamless Windows To use PowerTerm RemoteView 1 Select Communication Connect to Microsoft Terminal Server The PowerTerm RemoteView dialog appears 2 Type the IP address or name of the terminal server to connect to 3 Click OK Torun PowerTerm RemoteView in True Seamless mode Install the PowerTerm Terminal Server Agent by downloading the PowerTermTerminalServerAgent exe from www ericom com GetAgent 1 Copy it to the desired Terminal Server and run it 2 Once installed on the Terminal Server select Communication Connect to Microsoft Terminal Server The PowerTerm RemoteView dialog appears 3 Click on Options The PowerTerm RemoteView property pages are displayed 4 Select the Program tab 5 Select the Seamless option LEJ Save PowerTerm RemoteView connection settings in the PowerTerm RemoteView General property page and load them later on To re launch double click the connection file icon which is generated automatically on the user s computer when the connection settings are stored For extended Server Based Computing features such as application publishing load balancing remote desktop shadowing integration with Active Directory secure SSL gateway and
25. keys on the terminal keyboard Displays the Power Pad Setup dialog to adjust the number of buttons in the Power Pad 22 of 139 User s Guide Start Stop Trace Hide Menu Hide Show Tool Bar Hide Show Buttons Hide Show Status Bar Hide Show Power Pad Script Menu Stores received data in the Trace log and Capture log files These files are located in the PowerTerm folder The menu command toggles between Start Trace and Stop Trace Capture log stores raw data as received from the host Trace log stores formatted data with readable escape sequences Hides the Menu bar To restore it select Restore Menu from the Control Menu box Hides Shows the Toolbar Hides Shows the Soft buttons Hides Shows the Status Bar Hides Shows the floating Power Pad The Script menu provides options to create and run PSL commands Run Script Edit Script Script Command Start Stop Script Recording PowerTerm InterConnect Displays the Run Script dialog to select and run a Script Displays the Edit Script dialog to edit an existing script or create a new one Displays the Script Command dialog to run individual script commands Records a script automatically After requesting Start Script Recording the manual operations performed in the emulation screen are recorded into a script file until the user chooses the Pause or Stop Script 23 of 139 User s Guide Recording command Pause Continue Script Pauses
26. numeric keypad mode The Num Lock key toggles between numeric keys or arrow keys In the General tab select Numeric and Numlock To define the application keypad mode The Num Lock key toggles between numeric keys or application keys In the General tab select Application and Numlock ASCII specific parameters To show the labels line Display a status line at the top and the bottom of the emulation screen In the General tab select Labels Line PowerTerm InterConnect 68 of 139 User s Guide 5 Defining Connections The connection parameters that are defined will remain active only for the current session unless saved The default setup name is the name of the connection Customized settings Should be saved with a name other than its current name when the PowerlTerm session is running Connections that are no longer in use should be deleted To define a connection Connect E x session Type Parameters Host Name Device Name as400 ericom com Auto SignOn APPC MS SNA Server Port Number 23 Keep Alive Timeout fo Terminal Type 5250 Display D ID 3477 FC 27x132 D Upon Connection Run Details gt gt script File setup File Sessions List TELNET vms ericom com pave As Rename Modity Delete Close Help 1 Select Communication Connect The Connect dialog appears 2 Select Session Type and enter required parameters PowerTerm Int
27. page enables the user to define parameters for the selected emulation type such as e The ID returned by the emulation program to the host e Communication and keyboard character sets for both 7 bit and 8 bit data e The behavior of the lt Enter gt key e Whether applications on the host system can override user defined keys UDKs e Determines the effects of the numeric keypad on the keyboard VT emulations only wee ee ee zm ee ee rm zm pm rm eB rm rm mm rm eB rm rm e rm rm rm rm ee vm rm rm eB rm rm mm rm rm rm rm eB rm eB rm rm e rm rm mm rm e mm rm mm rm rm rm rm eB rm zm rm rm ee rm mm rm ee ee rm rm rm rm ee zm pm rm e rm rm mm rm e rm rm e rm rm rm rm e rm rm mm rm eB rm rm mm rm rm rm ee mm lt I RS The selected host application will usually determine the default option To define emulation parameters 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Select the Emulation tab The Emulation property page is displayed 3 Select the desired terminal type from the list of emulations 4 Select the General tab The General property page is displayed 5 Select the emulation parameters 6 Click OK General parameters To define host s ID response This option is disabled when connected to a host In the General tab select Terminal ID from the dropdown list PowerTerm InterConnect 66 of 139 User s Guide To specify type of Cursor coupling In the General tab select Vertical to move the c
28. rm eB mm vm mm rm e mm rm mm ee ee em sl 1 Edit the source prt file in the following manner blank X1B escapesequence which the emulation should ignore Save the file Create the file ignore prt with the following line blank Save the file ignore prt to the PowerTerm folder Create a PSL file with the following line open printer file ignore prt Save the PSL file to the PowerTerm folder Se i ee Edit the PowerTerm InterConnect shortcut by adding the newly created PSL file name after the exe preceded by a space 8 Double click the shortcut icon Modifying Printer Settings via the PED file The ped files are useful when modifying a particular print setting page orientation LPI Lines Per Inch or CPI Characters Per Inch The ped files are located in C Program Files Ericom Software PowerTerm printers PowerTerm InterConnect 100 of 139 User s Guide Insure that the Printer Properties Page parameters are set correctly before applying the ped settings To Print Screen 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog is displayed 2 Select the Printer tab The Printer properties page is displayed 3 Set Print Screen Data Conversion to None To use Slave Printing 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog is displayed 2 Select the Printer tab The Printer properties page is displayed 3 Set Slave Printer Data Conversion to None If the value Graphic is left in the above
29. sheets are automatically fed into the printer Most printers require a sheet feed attachment CONT continuous sheets are used by printers that have a 51 of 139 User s Guide Orientation Enable AS 400 Host Print Transform Customizing Object Library Drawer 1 Drawer 2 Envelope Hopper Supports ASCII Code Page 899 PowerTerm InterConnect tractor feed attachment on the device CUT single cut sheets are manually fed into the printer Specifies the orientation of the printed output The default depends on the printer s settings Options are Host receives escape sequence from the host about the page orientation Auto if the width is greater than the length then it will print in Landscape otherwise in Portrait orientation Ignore does not send any escape sequence Portrait A vertical page orientation in which the page height is greater than the page width Landscape A horizontal page orientation in which the page width is greater than the page height For IBM 5250 printer emulations only Enabled pass through transparent mode The host sends ASCIT command and text directly to the printer Non graphic printing only Disabled the host sends EBCDIC 5250 SCS format commands and text to the emulation The emulation in turn translates to printer specific commands Specifies the object name that the user has previously defined on the AS 400 Enabled only for Other printer models Specifi
30. specified in parameter 4 Parameter 7 Path and name of the local or remote file that received the transferred file according to the file transfer direction specified in parameter 4 RS IMPORTANT The PowerTerm FTP client will display an error message informing the user of missing parameters if there is no password Enter as the password parameter rather than leaving it empty To create a shortcut The following procedure describes one method to create a shortcut Consult Windows documentation for descriptions on other methods 1 Locate the file ftpc32 exe on the computer It resides in the PowerTerm installation folder 2 Right click and select Create Shortcut The shortcut to ftpc32 exe appears in the current folder 3 Right click the shortcut and select Properties The Shortcut to ftpc32 exe Properties dialog appears 4 Enter after the Target file path the required parameters Click OK The next time that the PowerTerm FTP client is launched it will open with the defined parameters File Transfer Conventions Use wildcards and combinations in parameters 6 and 7 to transfer groups of files The symbols used for wildcards are Any character combination Any single character PowerTerm InterConnect 128 of 139 User s Guide To transfer all files with the same extension Type and the file extension to upload or download all files of this type in a directory Example All files with the cpp extensi
31. the CPI escapes to the terminal however if Other Printer is selected then create other poed file with all the relevant pa eae E ae EE 4 Verify that Enable AS 400 Host Print Transform is not selected Non IBM 5250 Printer Session Data Conversion Graphic Mode A graphic is a pictorial representation of data which is processed differently than text by the emulation To achieve the best fit for the page 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Select the Printer tab 3 Set Slave Printer Data Conversion to Graphics 4 Set CPI to Auto Note Selection of Auto is the best fit for the page while Auto Printer Sizes is best fit for the page using only the pre defined printer font sizes 5 Select the desired Page Type for Text Printing Text Mode Text mode is designated in the Printer Property Page by setting the two data conversion combo boxes Print Screen or Slave Printer to non graphics value Host None UTF 8 Page orientation is relevant to non graphic mode if the correct printer under Advanced Printer Setup is selected Escape Sequences An escape sequence is a series of characters used to trigger some sort of command state in computers and their attached peripherals A text editor like VI can display lines of text in a terminal window by simply writing those characters to the window However in order to perform such functions as moving the cursor making text the brighter or era
32. the PC keyboard to assign a command and select Enter Script Commands The PC Button dialog appears 2 Enter the desired script command and click OK The PC key has now been assigned a script command To map combinations of keys that include Alt Ctrl and Shift e Click the lt Alt gt lt Ctrl gt or lt Shift gt key or any combination of them on the PC keyboard Then map keys by following the procedure described previously e Click the required lt Alt gt lt Ctrl gt or lt Shift gt key or any combination of them to view the mapped keys Tocancel a key definition Drag the PC key definition to be cancelled to This restores the default function of the PC key To replace a PC key with another PC key The user can move the functionality of a mapped PC key to another PC key For example drag the F6 key on the PC keyboard to the spacebar on the PC keyboard to give it F6 functionality e Drag the desired PC key onto the PC key that it will replace The functionality of the PC key has been replaced e Drag the original key back to its initial position to restore the values Tocopy aPC key to another PC key PowerTerm enables the user to copy the functionality of one PC key to another PC key 1 Select the PC key whose function is to be copied and right click Copy PowerTerm InterConnect 83 of 139 User s Guide 2 Select the destination PC key to copy the function to and right click Paste Both ke
33. which enables the user to access PowerTerm FTP client functions Contains icons which can be used as shortcuts to access frequently used menu commands Displays information about a selected file like file size date and time for compilation etc when the user selects more than one file the combined size of files is shown The Display Area also shows the current button menu or toolbar option selected Displays the activity status of PowerTerm FTP client The icon is active while the client is running Provides options to create open and save a configuration file as well as exit the client Provides options to select preferences for file transfer and define the data translation mode Provides options to connect and display connection information in a log window This menu also enables the user to refresh the file list in both the local and remote directory Provides online help and product information Creates a new configuration file Equivalent to File New ES Opens an existing configuration file Equivalent to File Open 110 of 139 User s Guide Save Options File Transfer Setup Connect Log Windows Refresh Exit Saves a configuration file Equivalent to File Save Opens the FTP Preferences dialog which enables the user to select preferences for file transfer Equivalent to Settings Options Opens the Data Conversion dialog which enables the user to select options for data c
34. x SSL Version Cancel SSH Security In the SSH Security dialog the user can specify what type of SSH to use SSH Security x SSH Yersion Show SSH Login Dialog on Connection Show SSH Info SSH properties UserName Cipher 3DES v Enable Compression Enable X11 Forwarding Attempt 11S or CryptaCard auth SSH1 Attempt keyboard interactive auth SSH2 Allow Agent Forwarding Private key file for authentication Kerberos Security Windows Only In the Kerberos Manager dialog the user can configure advanced Kerberos parameters and perform advanced Kerberos actions PowerTerm InterConnect 59 of 139 User s Guide Kerberos Manager R Xx Actions Tickets Options Principal Las Date Expire Date Renew De Yehuda ERICOM L 06 18 06 05 58 53 06 15 06 15 58 53 06 21 06 Menu Description Actions Change Password Refresh Close Tickets Get opens the Kerberos Login dialog where the user can request to get tickets Delete removes all the Kerberos Tickets Renew enables the user to prolong time limited tickets Import searches for Window Kerberos Tickets and imports them Options Realm Configuration opens the Realm configuration dialog where the user can specify with which domain the computer is associated to PowerTerm InterConnect 60 of 139 User s Guide 3 Starting and Stopping Sessions When PowerTerm is used for the first time the PowerTerm win
35. 39 User s Guide 2 Click the Keyboard tab The Keyboard property page is displayed 3 Select Reverse Win Pressing Shift on the keyboard reverses the caps operation To keep Caps Lock mode On Turn Caps Lock Off in a different application and keep it On in PowerTerm 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the Keyboard tab The Keyboard property page is displayed 3 Select Always On To set the Backspace key The Backspace key can either send Delete or an actual Backspace 1 Select Terminal Setup and click the Keyboard tab 2 Select or clear Backspace Key Sends Delete as desired and click OK To automatically repeat a character 1 Select Terminal Setup and click the Keyboard tab 2 Select Auto Repeat and click OK The character will display repeatedly when pressed To emit a sound when certain actions are taken 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the Keyboard tab The Keyboard property page is displayed 3 Select Key Click to emit a click sound when a key is pressed 4 Select Margin Bell to emit a bell tone when the cursor reaches the right margin 5 Select Warning Bell to emit a bell tone when receiving the bell ASCII 7 character To set the effects of the numeric keypad For VT emulations only 1 Select Terminal Setup and click the General tab 2 Select Numeric to set the keypad to insert numbers 3 Select Application to s
36. C and on the host Only available for the Windows edition Displays signal options 21 of 139 User s Guide Connect to Microsoft Terminal Server Dial dial a specific phone number for COM type communication Break sends a break for COM type communication Equivalent to lt Ctrl gt lt Break gt Set Clear DTR sets clears DTR Data Terminal Ready Signals Set Clear RTS sets clears RTS Ready To Send Signals AUX Modify Connection enables two way slave printing to a serial printer Displays the PowerTerm RemoteView dialog to remotely connect to another computer via RDP Remote Desktop Protocol Sessions Menu Windows Only The Session menu lists all of the active PowerTerm sessions and enables the user to toggle between them The first session generated is automatically named Session A the next Session B and so on Display options Session Manager Session Options Menu Arranges the open sessions in different views Launches the Session Manager a standalone component that opens and closes a session by the click of an icon List of all active PowerTerm sessions The Options menu enables the user to map keyboard commands and define the Power Pad display It also enables the user to store a session in a log file as well as provides options to customize the PowerTerm screen Keyboard Map Power Pad Setup PowerTerm InterConnect Displays the Keyboard Mapping dialog to map PC keys to host
37. Graphics as Text To specify the character or symbol to separate one printing job from another For non IBM emulations only 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Select the Printer tab and select Slave Printer Job Delimiter To delay print closing 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Select the Printer tab and select Delay for Print Closing To change page orientation Default orientation depends on the printer s settings The options are Ignore Portrait and Landscape 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Select the Printer property page PowerTerm InterConnect 94 of 139 User s Guide 3 Click Advanced Printing The Advanced Printer Setup dialog appears 4 Select desired page Orientation in the dropdown list To set an LU Device name 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 From the Emulation tab select either IBM 3270 or 5250 Display and click OK 3 Select Communication Connect The Connect dialog appears 4 Select the Session Type and enter the IBM Host Name 5 Inthe LU Device Name field specify the device name for the emulation session The maximum length of the assigned LU name is 8 characters while that of Device name is 10 characters When using multiple sessions enter a plus sign after the name e g John and each session will automatically be assigned a new name John1 John2
38. P IP connections with parameters similar to those of TELNET e Verify that the BAPI support software is installed before using this option Uses the DIGTAL CTERM protocol for network communication with a remote or local VAX Open VMS host via DIGITAL PATHWORKS 32 e Specify the host computer name in the Node Name field Uses DIGITAL LAT protocol for network communication with a VAX Open VMS host via DIGITAL PATHWORKS 32 e Specify Service and a Password if required TELNET for 3270 emulations e Select Use TN3270 Protocol to work with TELNET SNA extensions e Specify the LU Name of the host LU name or LU pool For connection via Microsoft SNA Server e Specify the LU Name or LU pool For connection via IPX to Novel Netware for SAA The Service Name is the same as Novel s Profile e Select an LU Category e Specify an asterisk as the Server Name and PowerTerm will connect to the appropriate Netware for SAA server 30 of 139 User s Guide NWSSA Same as previous for TCP IP connection TCP IP e Specify the server s IP address or host name in the Server Name field TN5250 TELNET for 5250 emulations APPC e Specify the appropriate AS 400 names in Host Name and Device Name fields e Select Auto SignOn to skip the sign on stage RLOGIN Uses the RLOGIN protocol over TCP IP for network communication e Specify the host computer name or IP address in the Host Name field The user can also specify th
39. arameters to perform these PowerTerm InterConnect 126 of 139 User s Guide operations Once the shortcut is created activate it by double clicking its icon The following parameters can be specified e Connection parameters for connecting to an FTP site They include the host site user name and password e File transfer parameters for connecting to an FTP site and transferring files to or from the computer The transfer parameters include the location of the PowerTerm FTP client and the host site file transfer direction and file path of the local or remote file to be received or sent Use file transfer conventions to transfer all files or all files of a single type to and from a directory 3 RS IMPORTANT The PowerTerm FTP client uses a set sequence of parameters to transfer files This sequence cannot be modified Example of Connection parameters P Pi P2 P3 Ee Kee SS Eee Example of File Transfer parameters P P1 P2 P5 P P7 gt P3 P 7 Wit encom com anonymous eran ericom comget Ascii usr pub ericom abc txt C ftp mydir cde doc Parameter 1 Host site name Parameter 2 User name Parameter 3 Password Parameter 4 File transfer direction Get for downloading Put for uploading PowerTerm InterConnect 127 of 139 User s Guide Parameter 5 File transfer mode Binary Ascii Parameter 6 Path and name of the local or remote file that to be transferred according to the file transfer direction
40. behavior of the Ins Insert button on the keyboard To display the status line in the emulation window 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the General tab The General property page is displayed 3 Select desired option in the Status Line dropdown list To display the Labels line in the emulation window For ASCII emulations only 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the General tab The General property page is displayed 3 Select Labels Line To show host response time For IBM emulations only 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the General tab The General property page is displayed 3 Select Show Response Time To disable enable underlined data If data is transmitted with the underline attribute the user can disable the underline by clearing this parameter 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the Colors tab The Colors property page is displayed 3 Select Clear Enable Underline as desired PowerTerm InterConnect 78 of 139 User s Guide To disable enable blinking data Choose whether to enable blinking of data which was received from the host with the blinking attribute 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the Colors tab The Colors property page is displayed 3 Select Clear Enable Blink as desired To set column separator
41. can be used as shortcuts to access frequently used menu commands Displays the data entered on the PC terminal or received from the host During an emulation session this work area emulates a terminal display For IBM terminal types the background of the work area is displayed in black For non IBM emulations only Enables the user to scroll up and down through the PowerTerm window to view previously displayed data Default displayed Contains a series of buttons displayed above the Status bar that the user can program to execute specific script commands Indicates communication activity Displays the current terminal emulation type selected from the Emulation tab in the Terminal Setup dialog Displays the current line and column position of the text cursor in the work area 15 of 139 User s Guide Caps Hold Status Indicator On Line Off Line Printer Auto Prt Macro Message Display Area Window border and corners Menu Bar Indicates whether the keyboard is in Caps lock mode Indicates whether the screen is in hold or frozen mode The status indicator reads On Line when communication is established The indicator reads Printer when data is transmitted with a printing request to the slave printer The color of the indicator is the same as when PowerTerm is in On Line mode for example the printer will appear in red if the system was On Line when the printing request arrived The data is s
42. ces Connect or click The Connect dialog appears 121 of 139 User s Guide 2 Specify connection parameters To specify Firewall parameters 1 Open the Connect dialog and select Use Firewall to enable the Firewall button 2 Click Firewall The Firewall dialog appears Enter required parameters and select a firewall type 4 Click OK Working with Connection Profiles If the user frequently connects to a specific remote computer create a Connection Profile for this computer to use again for other PowerTerm FTP client sessions This profile contains the connection parameters for the specific FTP site for example the host name user name and password The connection profile that is created is displayed in the Connection List which is saved in the current Configuration File along with the configuration settings PowerTerm FTP client enables the user to modify delete and reset clear the parameters of a Connection Profile the user can use Reset to introduce new parameters and create a new Connection Profile Tocreate a profile 1 Enter parameters in the Connect dialog 2 Type a profile name in the Description field 3 Click Add The profile is created and displayed in the Connection List To modify a profile 1 Select the desired profile from the Connection List 2 Modify the parameters as required 3 Click Modify The profile is modified To delete a profile 1 Select the desired profile from the Connectio
43. character PowerTerm ignores the space and looks directly for the psl extension Click OK When PowerTerm starts the script file is automatically executed and PowerTerm will be connected to the host specified in the setup file Torun a script file upon connecting to a host be 2 4 Open the Connect dialog Click the browse button next to Script File in Upon Connection Run Select the desired file Click OK The designated script will be executed upon connection To run a script file during a PowerTerm session using Soft buttons Click the Soft button that has the desired script assigned The script is executed For more information see chapter Soft Buttons and Power Pad To run a script file during a PowerTerm session using the Power Pad Click the Power Pad button that has the desired script assigned The script is executed For more information see chapter Soft Buttons and Power Pad PowerTerm InterConnect 105 of 139 User s Guide 12 Application Program Interface API PowerTerm InterConnect supports various APIs such as e COM e DDE currently not supported for Windows Vista e hilapi ehllapi and winhllapi They all use the hilapi dll file This file can be renamed if necessary For more information about how to use the different APIs commands please refer to PowerTerm script Language Reference for DDE and COM and to m ee ERR ES EE E EN programmingO7 htm for hllapi PowerTerm InterCon
44. cter Code Page 860 Portuguese Code Page 863 Canadian French Code Page 865 Nordic Code Page 866 Cyrillic Code Page 872 Bulgaria Serbia Montenegro FYR Macedonia 855 With Euro Windows 1250 Windows Eastern Central European Windows 1251 Windows Cyrillic Windows 1252 Windows Latin 1 US Western Europe Windows 1253 Windows Greek Windows 1254 Windows Turkish Windows 1257 Windows Baltic PowerTerm InterConnect 133 of 139 User s Guide A 2 IBM EBCDIC emulations 5250 037 USA Canadian 273 German 277 Danish Norwegian 278 Finnish Swedish 280 Italian 284 Spanish Latin American 285 UK English 297 French 423 Greek 500 Belgian New Swiss French and German 836 People s Republic of China 870 Poland Hungary Romania Slovakia Czech Croatia Slovenia 871 Icelandic 875 Greek 880 Cyrillic 924 USA Canada French Netherlands Portugal France Finland 1025 Russia Bulgaria Serbia Montenegro FYR Macedonia 1026 Turkish 1047 USA Canada French Netherlands Portugal Latin 1 Open System 1140 USA Canada French Netherlands Portugal Brazil Australia New Zealand same as 037 but with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1141 Germany Austria Same as 273 but with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1142 Denmark Norway same as 277 but with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1143 F
45. d 1 Select Options Show Power Pad or click 2 The Power Pad is displayed 2 Right click the Power Pad button to be programmed The Power Pad Button dialog is displayed PowerTerm InterConnect 88 of 139 User s Guide Power Pad Button x Button Description E Script Commands send lt f2 gt Cancel 3 Enter Button Description the new name that will appear on the Power Pad button 4 Enter a Script Command or script commands separated by semicolons 5 Click OK The Power pad button is now displayed with its new name Clicking on it will execute the newly defined script command To adjust the number of buttons in the Power Pad Display a maximum of 10 rows and 10 columns in the Power Pad The default number of buttons is 9 rows and 4 columns 1 Select Options Power Pad Setup The Power Pad Setup dialog is displayed Power Pad Setup x Number Of Rows Number OF Columns 4 2 Click the dropdown list to select the number of rows and columns that the Power Pad will contain 3 Click OK The Power Pad is displayed with the specified number of rows and columns To save the Power Pad settings 1 Select File Save Power Pad File The Save Power Pad File dialog is displayed 2 Enter a File name and click Save PowerTerm InterConnect 89 of 139 User s Guide To open predefined Power Pad settings 1 Select File Open Power Pad File The Open Power Pad File dialog is
46. d screen Pause Change the cursor shape Ctrl Up Arrow Scroll up one line Ctrl Down Arrow Scroll down one line Ctrl Home Scroll to the beginning of the history buffer Ctri End Scroll to the end of the history buffer Ctri Page Up Scroll up one page Ctrl Page Down Scroll down one page Shift Ctri X Switch focus to session X X is the session letter A Z displayed in the PowerTerm windows Title bar Ctri Spacebar Switch to next active session Connection Dialog RS The parameter options change according to emulation and Session Type protocol selected Please note only Telnet and COM are supported protocols in the Mac and Linux Edition PowerTerm InterConnect 28 of 139 User s Guide as400 ericom com EO O O O Setas gt gt TELNET vms ericom com Session Type Parameters TELNET Uses the Telnet protocol over TCP IP for network communication e Specify the host computer name or the IP address in the Host Name text box e Specify the TELNET Port number default 23 e The winsock dll file must be in the search path PowerTerm InterConnect 29 of 139 User s Guide COM BAPI CTERM LAT N3270 MS SNA Server NWSAA IPX PowerTerm InterConnect Uses serial communication with the PC s COM ports e Define the Baud Rate Port Number Parity Stop Bits and Flow Control e Optionally specify a telephone Dial number e Optionally specify to check for parity errors For TC
47. dow is automatically displayed together with the Connect dialog After the connection parameters have been defined the Connect dialog will be displayed according to the user s selected options The user can set PowerTerm behavior and automate processes in the Preferences property pages These remain active until changed For example if the user selects to connect automatically at PowerTerm startup it will always be connected when PowerTerm launches Other settings can also be customized for example auto reconnect and keyboard inactivity time limit PowerTerm opens with the default terminal setup file The user can also open PowerTerm using a customized setup file or a script file Once the user has defined terminal and communication parameters PowerTerm will be ready to connect to a host For more information on connections see chapter Defining Connections The communication mode appears beside the application name on the PowerTerm window title bar When communication ends the mode name disappears from view When working with more than one host PowerTerm enables the user to connect to a host using customized PSL scripts The user will need to define a different script with the name of each host This option provides a Windows shortcut to a host For more information about scripts see chapter Scripts PowerTerm also provides the option to modify connection parameters for COM type communications This option is only available when c
48. e Connect dialog appears 2 Click Setups The Setup dialog appears 3 Type the desired setup file name or alternatively click the browse button and select the desired file in the Select File dialog Step 3 Connect to Host Once the terminal emulation is defined specify the communication parameters for the current session or select a previously saved session from the session list PowerTerm also provides an option to run a script file before connecting to a host Toconnect to a host 1 Select Communication Connect The Connect dialog appears 2 Define communication parameters or select a session with previously defined connection parameters from the Session list 3 Click Connect A connection is established to a host computer Step 4 Work with the Host Once connected to a host the session will emulate a traditional terminal Step 5 Exit PowerTerm PowerTerm provides different options when exiting the application The session can automatically close or be prompted with a confirmation message prior to closing PowerTerm InterConnect 12 of 139 User s Guide e Select File Exit or press both lt Alt gt and lt X gt on the keyboard If the terminal setting has changed PowerTerm displays a warning message asking if to update the terminal settings file The message will point to the name of the setup file currently loaded ptdef pts is the default setting Click OK to update the terminal settings or No to cancel the la
49. e Terminal Setup dialog in which terminal setup parameters are defined Equivalent to Terminal Setup Opens the Keyboard Mapping dialog in which PC keys to host keys are mapped Displays the Power Pad Click the icon again and the Power Pad closes User s Guide Help Contents New Terminal Window Session Hot Keys Equivalent to Options Show Power Pad D Displays product information Equivalent to Help Contents On request Displays the PowerTerm online help Ei Opens a new instance window of PowerTerm Click the session s icon to bring it to the front Hot keys are keyboard shortcuts that are used instead of selecting menu commands These hot keys refer to the standard PC keyboard keys before they are mapped to terminal keys Once hot keys are mapped they lose their original function and reflect the newly mapped terminal key For example if you map Alt F4 gt to the lt Backspace gt key on the terminal keyboard it performs the function of a lt Backspace gt key The following table lists the default PowerTerm hot keys Windows Only Alt F4 Alt F6 Alt F9 Ctri Alt F9 Ctri Shift P Alt F10 Alt F11 Alt F12 PowerTerm InterConnect Exit Open a new terminal window Activate script Start Stop script recording Activate recorded script Select screen Clear screen Reverse screen 27 of 139 User s Guide IBM 5250 emulations not included Scroll Lock Hol
50. e UTF 8 Either the host instructs the printer or the user specifies the desired print escape sequences in a ped file e Graphics mode is graphic printing It is designated in the Printer property page by setting the two data conversion combo boxes Print Screen or Slave Printer to Graphics General Printing Missions To define a printer via the Windows Print Manager 1 Select File Print Setup The Print Setup dialog appears with a set of printing parameters The displayed parameters change according to the printer selected For details consult the printer documentation 2 Specify desired printer parameters and click OK To define multiple printers via the Windows Print Manager 1 Select File Print Setup for Additional Printers Printer X The Print Setup dialog for that printer appears 2 Specify desired printer parameters and click OK To configure an additional printer for Slave Printing This is accomplished by setting the appropriate properties on both the local computer and the central host Local Computer 1 Select File Print Setup for Additional Printer 2 Select the desired printer The desired Printer Setup is displayed 3 Make any necessary modifications and click OK Central Host Configure the host to send the appropriate escape sequence before sending any output to a Slave printer CSI 10 1 open main printer same as CSI 5 1 CSI 11 1 open second printer CSI L 1 open 6th print
51. e port number in the Host Name field e Configures PCs running Microsoft Windows TAPI to use telephone services Not available in Windows Vista 7 and Windows 2008 SUPERLAT This is a version of the LAT protocol for network communication with a VAX Open VMS host which requires Meridian s SUPERLAT e Specify Service Name and Password if required NSVT For HP emulations Terminal Setup Dialog Ve mm mm rm kee rm rm rm rm rm rm rm pm mm rm rm rm pm rm rm pm rm rm pm ee rm rm pm rm ee rm pm rm rm rm rm ms rm rm pm rm pm mm rm rm rm rm rm ee rm rm rm rm pm mm rm pm rm pm rm rm pm rm rm rm rm ee rm pm rm pm rm rm ee rm rm rm pm rm rm pm rm ee rm rm rm rm eee ee rm rm ee rm pm rm AAS LEE Ee EE EE EE EE EE EE een EE EE EE EE EE PowerTerm InterConnect 31 of 139 User s Guide Terminal Setup x x Property Page Emulation General Display Keyboard Printer Tabs Colors Preferences PowerTerm InterConnect Emulation General Display Keyboard Printer Tabs Colors Preferences ASCII Terminals C WYSE 50 IBM Terminals 3270 Display YT Terminals C YT 52 C 5250 Display VT 100 C 3270 Printer 5250 Printer C WYSE 50 G VT 220 7 WYSE 60 YT 220 8 General Terminals C TM Da C VT 320 7 C TANDEM C SCO ANSI C Tv 920 C VT 3208 8 A E d Se C TyI925 i C S VT 420 7 le SIEMENS C AIXTERM 2 ee el MEET C LINUX ee C VT
52. e preview box above the Select Attribute parameter shows the result of the selections 4 Click OK To reverse display colors 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the Display tab The Display property page is displayed 3 Select Reverse Display Colors To specify ANSI Attribute colors For non IBM emulations only 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the Colors tab The Colors property page is displayed 3 Select preferences in the Default Colors drop down list PowerTerm InterConnect 76 of 139 User s Guide Setting work area To specify dimensions of screen 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the Display tab The Display property page is displayed 3 Configure 80 or 132 Columns or enter desired number of columns in Other 4 Select how many Lines per screen from the dropdown list 5 The Limit the font size can also be configured To change the appearance of the PowerTerm window 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the Display tab for non IBM emulations and the General tab for IBM emulations 3 Select Power GUI or Show Frame as desired To specify pace at which data is displayed 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the Display tab The Display property page is displayed 3 Select Smooth or Jump scrolling 4 Select Jump Scroll Speed
53. ed The exit code points to the error that caused the problem Press Enter on the keyboard To automatically reconnect a PowerTerm session after exiting the current session Re establish communication if the line was disconnected 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Select the Preferences tab PowerTerm InterConnect 64 of 139 User s Guide 3 Select Auto Reconnect in the On Session Exit section 4 Click OK To specify keyboard inactivity timeout Specify the time limit for keyboard inactivity after which PowerTerm shuts down Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears Select the Preferences tab Enter the amount of minutes for Inactivity Timeout Click OK ee SE PowerTerm InterConnect 65 of 139 User s Guide 4 Defining Emulations PowerTerm enables the user to define terminal settings for connecting to a host Once the terminal settings are defined they can be saved as a setup file This file can be activated at startup or opened manually during a PowerTerm session The Emulation property page displays the emulation terminal types available to the user The emulation type that is selected changes the tabs property pages displayed in the Terminal Setup dialog Some emulation types also change the look of the PowerTerm desktop For example for IBM 3270 and 5250 terminal types the work area is black and the toolbar contains fewer icons The General property
54. elete a file Select the file to be deleted and click Delete To rename a file 1 Select the desired file and click Rename The Rename dialog appears 2 Type the new file name and extension if necessary and click OK The file is displayed in the file list with the new name To refresh the directory display Select Services Refresh All changes that were made to directories and or files are displayed Transferring Files The user can download and upload files between the local computer and an FTP site Files can be copied to a directory or appended to an existing file Most menu options and toolbar icons are inactive during the transfer of files However the user can still perform informative operations such as view directory and file information and access online help The user can minimize the PowerTerm FTP client window while file transfer is in progress PowerTerm InterConnect 125 of 139 User s Guide be be et re bei bm E a e e be ei et re be e rm re et e re bei et re re e en re It rei re bt e rm re e en re ei ei re ri e rm re et et re bei e rm re e en re ai at re ri e rm re bet e re re et ee e et re bei e rm re be en re ei et re re e rm jami It et re bi ai pm re e en re ei at re ri e rm re bet e re zt pm lt E Use standard windowing keys e g Shift and Ctrl to select multiple files To download file s from an FTP site The name s of the file s which is to receive the downloaded file must be specified I
55. end RTS signals as well as select a modem from a list of existing modems Connect Displays the Connect dialog which enables the user to PowerTerm InterConnect 20 of 139 User s Guide Modify Connection Disconnect Modem Setup Reset Communication File Transfer Setup Receive File Send File SSL Setup Kerberos Manager Run FTP Data File Transfer Utilities PowerTerm InterConnect define session parameters and connect to a host Displays the Connect dialog which enables the user to modify connection parameters for COM type communication Disconnects the communication session Opens the Modem Setup dialog which enables the user to select a modem from a list of existing modems and initialization strings Customized modem definitions and initialization strings can also be provided Resets the communication port for COM type communication Displays the File Transfer Setup dialog which enables the user to define host and PC data types for file transfer Receives a file from the host via Kermit Zmodem Ymodem Xmodem Ascii or Binary Sends a file to the host via Kermit Zmode Ymodem Xmodem Ascii or Binary Enables SSL security in the connection SSL must be Supported by the host Allows the user to configure advanced Kerberos parameters and to perform advanced Kerberos actions Launches the PowerTerm FTP client Only available for the Windows edition Specifies type of data on the P
56. ent to the screen and printer and the indicator reads Auto Prt when the terminal is in Automatic Printing mode Displays system messages or a script sequence as it is typed in the work area Changes the size of the window The characters that appear in the work area are scaled up or down so that all data always remain in view The PowerTerm Menu bar displays the main PowerTerm functions in dropdown menus The following is a brief description of each menu and the functions that it can perform File Menu The File menu provides options to create save and restore configuration files The File menu also provides selections to create an icon for the current PowerTerm settings and open a new instance of the PowerTerm window New Terminal Setup PowerTerm InterConnect Restores the default parameters including the terminal display colors If the terminal parameters were changed since the last save PowerTerm displays a warning message asking whether or not to save the latest changes The message will refer to the terminal 16 of 139 User s Guide Open Terminal Setup Save Terminal Setup Save Terminal Setup As Save as Icon Open Keyboard File Save Keyboard file Open Power Pad file Save Power Pad File Print Screen Print Selection Print Setup PowerTerm InterConnect settings file currently loaded Displays the Open File dialog which allows the user to open an existing setup file Saves both
57. epe Sabse fe ees Tab ES SP FF IY FY YJ feiss eise Falls Si E E E E EE EE EE EE EE Rn NV wd rekslgitrielgt lgltizlzka JI ag Jam zs ET gt j zj xie uja RER Jenaj A Jam wot ia ez ec EZ PC Keyboard English United States Capslock Mode Reverse Win Clear F1 F2 F3 F4 FS F6 F7 Pitt Print Reset 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 o eee Tns e 7 oe NEE Kl Deferon Paz Home as Ee Selz RBD a ow an ejs enter Reset ait Space art Enter SeILf Salen semt me Dat Terres key PC key e PowerTerm InterConnect 80 of 139 User s Guide To activate light pen support For IBM 3270 emulations In certain fields double click on the screen is equivalent to touching the screen with a light pen PowerTerm InterConnect 81 of 139 User s Guide 8 Keyboard Settings PowerTerm enables the user to map PC keys to host keys in order to emulate the host terminal keyboard The keyboard mapping definitions are stored in a file with the same name as the current terminal setup file with the extension ptk For example the default keyboard mapping definitions are stored as ptdef ptk Mapping Keys The Keyboard Mapping dialog is presented in three colors e Gray is a virtual terminal key e White is an OS character e Yellow is an OS dead character Keyboard Mapping j x IBM 5250 Keyboard Cancel Defaults Help 13 F14 F15 ER F17 F18 F19 F20
58. er CSI 4 i close as usual PowerTerm InterConnect 92 of 139 User s Guide CSI esc To print accumulated data displayed in the work area 1 Select File Start Auto Print The Start Auto Print command starts accumulating incoming data while it is displayed on the screen and the menu option changes to Stop Printing 2 Select File Stop Printing The Stop Printing command prints all the data accumulated in the printing buffer of the slave printer or in the auto print buffer If data was buffered with a printing request and communication failed before the data was sent to the slave printer select this command to print the accumulated data To manually close the print queue Select File Close Print Queue To print the terminal screen 1 Mark the desired text or the entire contents of the work area 2 Select File Print Screen or click To define printing parameters 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Select the Printer tab The Printer property page is displayed 3 Select the parameters that are required To select a specific device or file as the printing output channel RS When Graphics is selected for Print Screen Data Conversion Slave Printer Data Conversion the Print Manager is automatically used as the printing RECHERCHES EE EE CTE SN a a EES PSO ea SR E A E ea HE 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Select the Printer tab and fr
59. er s Guide Edit the script and click Save from the File menu to save changes 4 Select File Exit to exit the editor To record a script 1 Select Script Start Script Recording or click All actions start will be recorded and the menu option changes to Stop Script Recording 2 Perform the manual operations to be recorded For example select a menu option enter parameters in a dialog or type a password 3 Select Script Pause Script Recording to stop recording in order to omit recording of certain operations The script recording process pauses and the menu option changes to Continue Script Recording 4 Select Script Continue Script Recording to resume the recording 5 Select Script Stop Script Recording or click when all the operations are complete and ready to be stored in the script Save the script so that it may be used in the future To activate a recorded script e Select Script Activate Recorded Script lt Alt gt lt F9 gt The script currently recorded in memory is now activated To save a recorded script 1 Select Script Save Recorded Script The Save Recorded Script dialog appears 2 Enter a script name 3 Click OK The script will be saved with the specified name Toruna specific script 1 Select Script Run Script The Run Script dialog which lists all the Saved scripts appears 2 Double click the script to be run and it will launch Torun individual scri
60. erConnect 69 of 139 User s Guide 3 Select the Terminal Type and ID 4 Select the desired Security to be employed in the connection 5 Specify if necessary the Script and or Setup files to be run upon connection 6 Click Connect To specify SSL Security parameters 1 Select SSL in the Security Type dropdown list and click Details The SSL Security dialog is displayed SSL Security d z i SSL Version Cancel 2 Select the desired SSL Version and click OK To specify SSH Security parameters 1 Select SSH in the Security Type dropdown list and click Details The SSH Security dialog is displayed SSH Security RI SSH Version SSH 2 Show SSH Login Dialog on Connection Show SSH Info SSH properties User Name Cipher 3DES Enable Compression Enable X11 Forwarding M Attermat TS or CryptaCeard auth SSH1 Attempt keyboarc interactive auth SSH2 Allow Agent Forwarding Private key file for authentication PowerTerm InterConnect 70 of 139 User s Guide 2 Select the desired SSH Version 3 Specify the SSH properties 4 Click OK To specify Kerberos Security parameters Windows only 1 Select Kerberos in the Security Type dropdown list and click Details The Kerberos Login dialog is displayed xi Name Realm User ID Password Ticket Lifetime 9 Hours 0 Minutes Renew duration 7 Days 0 Hours Iw Renewable Iw Forwardable Iw N
61. es the customizing object s library on the AS 400 Enabled only for Other printer models Specifies the size for the paper in Paper Source 1 Specifies the size for the paper in Paper Source 2 Specifies the size of the envelope Specifies whether the printer has Code Page 899 installed 52 of 139 User s Guide Tabs Property Page For VT emulations only Terminal Setup x Tab Stops d 2 3 4 5 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234 T T T T T T J EE D Set Every im Clear All Cancel Defaults Help Options Description Tabs Stops Click anywhere within the Tab Stops area to set tab stops manually Set Every Sets a tab stop in increments of a number typed in the adjacent text field Clear All Clears all tab stops PowerTerm InterConnect 53 of 139 User s Guide Colors Property Page Non IBM Emulations Terminal Setup x Underline Reverse Underline Reverse Blink Option Preview Box Enable Underline Enable Blink Coloring method dropdown list PowerTerm InterConnect Preferences V Enable Underline Je Enable Blink Default Colors v M Show BMP Color Frame Cancel Defaults Help Description Shows the result of the selections Enables underlined characters For data transmitted from the host with the Underline attribute clear to disable displaying data with the underline Enables blinking For data trans
62. ession E a local non unique identifier was opened It will try to connect only as DEV4 and will fail if that LU device name is not available since each session has its own unique name Pool LU Device Naming DEV was entered as the LU device name when session E or any other session was opened It will try to find an available LU device name between DEVO1 and DEV99 starting with DEVO1 then DEVO2 etc Only if none of these LU device names are available will it fail PowerTerm InterConnect 96 of 139 User s Guide IBM 5250 Printer Session Data Conversion Graphic Mode A graphic is a pictorial representation of data which is processed differently than text by the emulation To achieve the best fit for the page 1 2 Set Slave Printer Data Conversion to None Set CPI to Auto Auto Printer Note Whenever the CPI or LPI field is set to Auto Auto Printer specify the desired page type for text printing Select desired Page Type for Text Printing To use the host s CPI value For 5250 Printer emulations only 1 2 3 Set Slave Printer Data Conversion to Graphics Select Use Host Value in the CPI field Verify that Enable AS 400 Host Print Transform is not selected To set the margins Printout margins are the space between the edge of the printed page and the border of the printing Modifying the top and left margins will determine the position at which printing will begin Minimize maximize the marg
63. et the keypad to generate control sequences 4 Select or clear Numlock to set the NumLock key behavior Cleared the NumLock behaves as a regular emulation key It will not change the NumLock keyboard status Selected the NumLock will toggle between function states enabling either numeric keys or arrow keys PowerTerm InterConnect 85 of 139 User s Guide 5 Click OK To set the numpad decimal The numeric pad s decimal key can send either a decimal or a comma 1 Select Terminal Setup and click the Keyboard tab 2 Select or clear Numpad Decimal Sends Comma as desired and click OK To use emulator Alt key Let the lt Alt gt key perform the terminal operation even if Windows OS has an operation mapped to the same key 1 Select Terminal Setup and click the Keyboard tab 2 Select Use Emulator Alt Keys and click OK To display keyboard input Display the keyboard input even if the host system does not echo input The input will not be displayed if this option is cleared unless the host system echoes the characters 1 Select Terminal Setup and click the Keyboard tab 2 Select Local Echo and click OK To set an LK450 Digital keyboard For non IBM emulations only Change the keyboard to work in Digital VT keyboard mode 1 Select Terminal Setup and click the Keyboard tab 2 Select Use VT Keyboard Mode and click OK To display an answerback message 1 Select Terminal Setup and click the Keyboard tab
64. etermines whether the lt Backspace gt key sends Delete or Backspace key Repeatedly displays the character whose key is being 41 of 139 User s Guide Numpad Decimal sends Comma Use Emulator Alt Keys Local Echo Use VT Keyboard Mode Answerback Message Auto Answerback PowerTerm InterConnect continuously pressed down Specifies that the Numeric Pad s decimal key sends a comma instead of a decimal Select to make an lt Alt gt key perform the terminal operation even if Windows OS has an operation mapped to the same key Determines whether keyboard input is displayed echoed on the screen Select to display the keyboard input even if the host system does not echo the input Clear to send the keyboard input to the host system without being displayed on the screen unless invariably the host system automatically echoes the characters Changes the keyboard into a Digital VT keyboard mode In this mode the PC keyboard operates as close to a VT keyboard as possible and takes full advantage of LK450 Digital keyboards Specifies an answerback message and its display Clear deletes the message Conceal hides the message without being deleted Determines whether the terminal automatically sends the message to the host system after the connection This is useful if the answerback message is a command to the host system 42 of 139 User s Guide IBM 3270 Emulations Terminal Setup E x
65. eters have been defined the Connect dialog will be displayed according to the selected option PowerTerm opens with the default terminal setup file The user can also open PowerTerm using a customized setup file or script The most important section of the PowerTerm window is its work area which emulates a host terminal screen This section is where the user interacts with the host and where the host returns display data For more information on how to customize the desktop see chapter Customizing the Desktop and Selecting Text Step 2 Select a Terminal Emulation At the Connect dialog the user can either configure a new session or open a previously defined terminal setup file PowerTerm InterConnect 11 of 139 User s Guide To select terminal settings 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Select the Emulation tab 3 Click one of the Terminal Types The emulation type that is selected changes the number of setup tabs and for IBM emulations the PowerTerm windows display 4 Define terminal settings by clicking the relevant Property page tab and define setup parameters Click OK 6 Save the settings by selecting File Save Terminal Setup or Save Terminal Setup As The file is saved To open a previously defined Terminal setup file 7 Select File Open Terminal Setup The Open File dialog appears 8 Select the desired setup file and click OK Or 1 Select Communication Connect Th
66. etup file e ptc for the Communication setup file e ptk for the Keyboard definitions file e ptp for the Power Pad definitions file e PowerTerm provides the option to work with a single host or with multiple hosts Different setup configurations may be created for working with each host For more information about defining and Saving parameters see chapters Defining Emulations and Defining Connections Working with a Single Terminal Connection For connections to a single host connection use the default terminal setup and communication file PowerTerm will automatically use the parameters in the setup file to start the system Working with Multiple Terminal Connections For connections to multiple terminal connections create a different setup file for each emulation session To create a setup file first define the terminal setup and communication parameters and then save these parameters to a terminal setup file PowerTerm InterConnect 10 of 139 User s Guide Using PowerTerm Step 1 start PowerTerm FIP Client Connect to step 2 anF IP site Step 3 Transfer Files Step 4 Exit PowerT erm FTP Client Step 1 Start PowerTerm Select Start menu Programs Ericom Software PowerTerm and click the PowerTerm icon The PowerTerm window opens st Re seat EELER 7 RS When Powerterm is used for the first time the PowerTerm window is automatically displayed together with the Connect dialog After the connection param
67. f the four arrow keys Normal generates ANSI standard control sequences for moving the cursor Application generates customized application program functions For VT emulations only Determines the effects of the numeric keypad on the keyboard Numeric keypad keys insert numbers For example pressing lt 7 gt on the numeric keyboard is the same as typing 7 on the keyboard Application keypad keys generate control sequences that can be used by some applications Use NumLock enables or disables the NumLock keyboard 34 of 139 User s Guide Cursor coupling Status Line Label Line PowerTerm InterConnect function in respect to the above Numeric and Application modes NumLock checkbox not checked the NumLock key is a regular emulation key that has been mapped defined as PF1 default or any other key The NumLock key will not change the NumLock keyboard status NumLock checkbox checked Numeric Keypad Mode the NumLock key toggles between function states enabling numeric keys when lit or arrow keys when not lit Application Keypad Mode the NumLock key toggles between function states Enabling numeric keys when lit or application keys when not lit Vertical determines whether the user window pans with the cursor when the cursor moves past the top or bottom border of the user window Page determines if a new page appears in the display when the cursor moves to a new page None display
68. f the receiving file does not exist the PowerTerm FTP client will create it The downloaded file is copied into the directory under this file name If the receiving file already exists the new file will overwrite it Copying file s to the local computer 1 Select the target local directory 2 Select the file s to download from the FTP site 3 Select Copy 4 Click the left arrow The FTP Transfer dialog graphically displays the progress of downloading the selected file s Appending file s from the local computer 1 Select the target local file s 2 Select the file s to download from the FTP site 3 Select Append A Click the left arrow The FTP Transfer dialog graphically displays the progress of downloading the selected file s To upload file s to an FTP site Copying file s to an FTP site 1 Select the target remote directory 2 Select the file s to upload from the computer 3 Select Copy 4 Click the right arrow The FTP Transfer dialog graphically displays the progress of uploading the selected file s Appending file s to an FTP site 1 Select the target remote file s 2 Select the file s to upload from the computer 3 Select Append 4 Click the right arrow The FTP Transfer dialog graphically displays the progress of uploading the selected file s Automatic File Transfer It is possible to automate connection and transfer options by creating a shortcut which specifies the necessary p
69. fields then OS Print manager takes control and decides how to print the job To change the default if necessary 1 Open up the desired PED file in a text editor such as Notepad 2 Locate the section entitled Printer Escapes 3 Add a line starting with init Note This will initialize the printer for this specific setting which may be overwritten by a Subsequent modification in the user interface 4 Type list of desired escape sequences separating each one with a Wu 1 5 Save the PED file The new escape sequences will be applied to future outputs Troubleshooting Printing Issues Refer to the following checklist for printing related problems Timeout on printer message Select File Print Setup and set the device as Print Manager or Network Unsuccessful printing to default printer Employ the use default printer PSL script Prints end of line text onto the next line Open Terminal Setup Display and click the General tab Clear the Autowrap Characters check PowerTerm InterConnect 101 of 139 User s Guide 132 column reports are resulting in 80 column format Changing CPI as well as print columns with no result The user requires 13x11 inches paper size for an Oki Microline 3321 printer This is for slave printing where Print Device is defined as File and Device name as Ipi The print output is only letter size 8 5 inches The user s printer name does not appear
70. from the dropdown list To set tabs in the work area 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the Tabs tab The Tabs property page is displayed 3 Click on the ruler where a tab should be set A T will appear 4 Click the T to clear it 5 Specify a certain interval between the tabs by entering a number and then clicking Set Every To set cursor coupling For non IBM emulations only 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the General tab The General property page is displayed 3 Select Vertical and or Page for when the cursor moves past the top or bottom border of the user window or to a new page respectively To display a cursor ruler 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears PowerTerm InterConnect 77 of 139 User s Guide 2 Click the Display tab for non IBM emulations and the General tab for IBM emulations 3 Select Visible to display the cursor ruler 4 Select Crosshair Horizontal Vertical appearance of the cursor ruler To change cursor appearance For IBM 3270 and 5250 display emulations only 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the Display tab for non IBM emulations and the General tab for IBM emulations 3 Select in Cursor the desired appearance Block or Underline 4 Select Ins Change to enable toggling the cursor between underline and block appearance This will impact the
71. iguration files is not noname cfg To save a file under a different name 1 Select File Save As The Save File As dialog appears 2 Specify a name in the File Name field 3 Click Save The file is saved with a cfg extension PowerTerm InterConnect 118 of 139 User s Guide Defining Connection Parameters When using the FTP client set parameters for the destination FTP site These parameters include login system and directory information The last parameters that are specified in the Connect dialog are stored and displayed when the application is reopened excluding the password RS The parameters that are defined will only remain active for the current session they are saved Connection Parameters Connect EI Login Host Name User Name v Account Ada Reset Local _ Qose Remote SSH 2 SFTP PASV Mode Connection List PowerTerm InterConnect 119 of 139 User s Guide Login System Directory Description Connection List PASV Mode Use Firewall PowerTerm InterConnect Host Name the remote computer that to be accessed Use the host computer s domain name or its IP address User Name the account to be used to access the remote computer Use anonymous if necessary or enter the user name if a personal account exists on the remote computer Password enter the password Account optional may be required for personal FTP in addition to the user name a
72. inland Sweden same as 278 but with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1144 Italy same as 280 but with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1145 Latin America Spanish Spain same as 284 but with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol PowerTerm InterConnect 134 of 139 User s Guide 1146 United Kingdom same as 285 but with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1147 France same as 297 but with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1148 Belgium Switzerland French Switzerland German same as 500 but with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1149 Iceland same as 871 but with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1153 Latin 2 Multilingual 870 with Euro 1154 Cyrillic Multilingual 880 with Euro 1155 Turkey 1026 with Euro 1158 Cyrillic Ukraine with Euro 3270 Cyrillic same as 880 Danish same as 277 English UK same as 285 English USA same as 037 Finnish same as 278 French same as 297 German same as 273 Greek same as 423 Icelandic Same as 871 Italian same as 280 Spanish same as 284 Swiss same as 500 Turkish same as 1026 Latin 1 Open System same as 1047 274 Belgian 870 Poland Hungary Romania Slovakia Czech Croatia Slovenia 875 Greek 924 USA Canada French Netherlands Portugal France Finland 1025 Russia Bulgaria Serbia
73. ins or alternatively shift the print margins i e 30 in the right margin and 30 in the left margin E 2 3 4 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears Select the Printer tab Select Graphics for Slave Data Printer Conversion Click the Advanced Printing button The Advanced Printer Setup dialog box is displayed From the Printer Type Model drop down list select the desired printer Note If the manufacturer Printer Type and Model are not listed then choose one that is compatible Define the Margins For example to shift the margin 1 cm type in 100 Note When Auto Auto Printer Sizes is selected the default printer values are used for CPI then the right margin field is enabled When either of these values is selected for LPI the bottom margin field is activated PowerTerm InterConnect 97 of 139 User s Guide Text Mode Text mode is designated in the Printer Property Page by setting the two data conversion combo boxes Print Screen or Slave Printer to non graphic values Host None UTF 8 In text mode a printer selection is useful since PowerTerm requires the printer specific escape sequences to instruct it how to format the document to be printed Page orientation is relevant to non graphic mode as long as the correct printer under Advanced Printer Setup is selected This mode is recommended for dot matrix printers Host Print Transform The Host Print Transform feature allows the SCS t
74. le contains login system and directory and firewall information The connections profile along with configuration information is saved in a configuration file Displays in the Connection dialog the saved connection profiles Contains the connection s profiles and configuration settings Configuration files are saved with a cfg extension Default configuration file is ftp cfg which is loaded at startup Refers to the current connection between the PC and the remote computer PowerTerm FTP Client Window Al PowerTerm FTP Client ftp ctg File Settings Services Help x Dee we o sh X Local c a Remote rec Connect Directory c program files aen Change Create help Remove printers Refresh Files Files E se re View D appc ps D bapi psl D beep wav D capture psl k capture_exc D com_create Delete k com_dirps sel Rename l Open i Ascii OFF The PowerTerm FTP client window consists of the following components PowerTerm InterConnect 109 of 139 User s Guide Control Menu Box Title Bar Menu Bar Toolbar Display Area Application Status Icon Menu Bar File Menu Settings Menu Services Menu Help Menu Toolbar New Open PowerTerm InterConnect Provides standard Windows commands Displays the application name and the Configuration File currently in use Contains drop down menus
75. mitted from the host with the blink attribute clear to disable blinking data Default uses the default color type for each emulation type VT and Siemens Attribute amp ANSI colors ANSI and HP ANSI colors All others Attribute colors i e not affected by setting to a different value 54 of 139 User s Guide ANSI 8 Color Mode Color Frame Select Attribute Text Background PowerTerm InterConnect Attribute colors based on the attributes For example the user can select different colors for bold for underline and for bold underline ANSI colors based on host defined colors For example the host sends red foreground on blue background however the user can select the default ANSI color Different attributes do not affect colors Attribute amp ANSI uses both Attribute and ANSI colors as explained above For ANSI emulations only A regular terminal has 16 colors 8 colors with the Bold attribute applied to them and 8 colors without the Bold attribute applied to them The Background color never has the bold attribute therefore it is dark while the Text foreground is always mapped to the color with the Bold bright light attribute Non selected each entity text background can have any of the 16 colors mapped to them Selected each entity text background can have any of the 8 colors mapped to them Select to draw a color frame on the screen Select the attribute to define foregro
76. more please visit http www ericom com serverbased asp to download and evaluate PowerTerm WebConnect PowerTerm InterConnect 73 of 139 User s Guide 7 Customizing the Desktop and Selecting Text Customize the PowerTerm window by displaying or hiding desktop components and changing the display colors for different text attributes The color attributes change according to the emulation type selected This chapter also presents specific text selection techniques useful in different emulations Customizing Desktop Components Most components are displayed or hidden according to the settings in the Options menu To show hide the Menu bar 1 Select Options Hide Menu This conceals the Menu bar 2 Click the Control menu and select Restore Menu The Menu bar is shown again Or e Map a Soft button with the following PSL command menu restore To show hide the Soft buttons e Select Options Hide Buttons The menu option becomes Show Buttons e Select the option again to redisplay the Soft buttons bar To show hide the Status bar e Select Options Hide Status Bar The menu option becomes Show Status Bar e Select again to redisplay the Status bar To show hide the Power Pad e Select Options Show Power Pad The menu option becomes Hide Power Pad e Select again to hide the Power Pad To show hide the History Scroll bar For non IBM emulations only 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog
77. munication Disconnect To exit PowerTerm 1 Select File Exit If the terminal settings changed PowerTerm displays a warning message asking to update the terminal settings PowerTerm InterConnect 63 of 139 User s Guide 2 file The message will point to the name of the setup file currently loaded Click OK to update the file or NO to cancel the latest changes and restore the original settings of the current setup file To fast exit the current session Press lt Alt gt lt F4 gt on the keyboard To confirm disconnect E 2 3 4 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears Select the Preferences tab Select Confirm Disconnect Session Click OK To define parameters for automatic closing PowerTerm when disconnecting a session Close PowerTerm altogether on disconnect 1 2 3 4 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears Select the Preferences tab Select Auto Exit PowerTerm in the On session exit section Click OK To manually reconnect to a PowerTerm session after exiting the current session PowerTerm displays the following message at session termination when Auto ReConnect and Auto Exit PowerTerm in the Preferences tab are cleared Session Closed 0 Hit ENTER to Restart Session where the exit code in this example 0 may have one of the following values Zero 0 Communication ended successfully Any number other than 0 Communication abort
78. n List 2 Click Delete The profile is deleted To reset clear a profile 1 Select the desired profile from the Connection List 2 Click Reset Parameters are cleared PowerTerm InterConnect 122 of 139 User s Guide Connecting to an FTP Site Once the connection parameters are defined or a connection profile is selected the client will be ready to connect to an FTP site After the connection is established the PowerTerm FTP client window displays directories and files of the remote computer in the lower part of the window A log window is displayed if the Open Log Window option selected under the FTP Preferences dialog To connect to an FTP site 1 Display the Connect dialog 2 Specify connection parameters or select a profile from the Connection List 3 Click Connect e Double click a profile in the Connection List Using the FTP Log Window To open a temporary log window to display messages exchanged connection information by the PowerTerm FTP client and the remote server The user can automatically display the log window every time the FTP is connected or open it just for a specific session Mi Log FTP O x Save Close Start Stop Toggles between start stop displaying connection information Save Saves the connection information in a log file PowerTerm InterConnect 123 of 139 User s Guide Clear Clears the log window Close Closes the log window To automatically display c
79. nce to the next field Determines whether the Numeric Pad sends a comma instead of a decimal Select to make an lt Alt gt key perform the terminal operation even if Windows OS has an operation mapped to the same key Determines whether the System Wait in the IBM 3270 emulation will act as a System Wait in a non SNA terminal IBM 5250 Emulations Terminal Setup x TTT Capslock Mode Reverse vin Always On Sound Numpad Decimal Sends Comma Iw Auto Repeat Backspace Deletes Use Emulator Alt Keys vy Typeshead Automatic Reset Key Option Description PowerTerm InterConnect 44 of 139 User s Guide Capslock Mode Backspace Deletes Auto Repeat Typeahead Automatic reset Key Numpad Decimal Sends Comma Use Emulator Alt Keys PowerTerm InterConnect Determines the behavior of the Caps Lock key Caps Unix locks alphabet keys on main keypad in uppercase Shift locks alphabet and numeric keys on main keypad in shift setting Pressing the shift button on the keyboard will release shift lock mode Reverse Win Same behavior as Caps Lock however pressing the shift button on the keyboard reverses the caps operation Always On Caps Lock will always be on in PowerTerm This will not be applied to other non PowerTerm windows Select to delete characters by pressing the Backspace key on the keyboard Repeatedly displays the character for which its key is being
80. nd password Port a number that identifies an Internet application Default port is 21 Type the operating system used by the remote computer Default type is Auto Optional parameters Local the local directory located on the PC where PowerTerm is installed Remote the remote directory located on the host A name for the connection profile Displays a list of the existing connection profiles Specifies that the program will work in PASV mode Select this option to enable the Firewall button 120 of 139 User s Guide Firewall Parameters Host Name User Name Password Port Type Rl iets Information Host Name User Name e SITE host name C USER after logon C USER with no logon Proxy OPEN Cancel C FirelD host C User host FirelD C User FirelD host Transparent The computer that will act as a security guard prior to granting access to a remote computer The account on the computer that will perform the security check Enter the password that was assigned to the computer that will perform the security check A number that identifies an Internet application which performs the security check Default port is 21 The Firewall type If unsure about which type of firewall is being used choose the default the most popular or contact the firewall manufacturer to verify the type To define connection parameters PowerTerm InterConnect H 1 Select Servi
81. nds see the PowerTerm Script Language Programmer s Reference PowerTerm provides the following script options Create a Script creates a script to run upon startup or at any time during a PowerTerm session Edit a Script edits and modifies an existing script file Record a Script creates a script by recording all actions that are performed in the PowerTerm window Actions can include selecting a menu option typing an entry on the screen making selections in a dialog and so on Run Scripts runs specific scripts or individual commands upon startup connection to a host or during a PowerTerm session Only run saved scripts can be run Activate a Recorded Script executes a non saved script from the current memory Save a Recorded Script saves the current script to a file Assign Scripts to the Power Pad and Soft buttons To create a script file U NO kA e 4 Select Script Edit Script The Edit Script dialog appears Type a name for the new script in the script Name text box Click Edit The PowerTerm Script Editor appears Type the script and click Save from the File menu to save the new script This new file will appear in the Scripts List Select File Exit to exit the editor To edit a script file NR Se Select Script Edit Script The Edit Script dialog appears Select the required script file and click OK The PowerTerm Script Editor appears PowerTerm InterConnect 103 of 139 Us
82. nect 106 of 139 User s Guide 13 Session Manager Windows Only PowerTerm standard edition features a Session Manager that provides quick access to a list of user configured sessions The list includes both active and non active sessions and the user can determine which of the non active sessions to activate The Session Manager enables the user to conveniently modify the connection parameters or setup of a desired connection Activated sessions are also represented by lettered icons on the toolbar Clicking on the desired active session will bring it to the foreground To activate all or some of the sessions 1 Select Sessions Session Manager The PowerTerm Session Manager toolbar appears 2 Select the desired session s to activate and click Activate Session The selected emulation session is displayed To modify the connection parameters or setup of a desired connection When modifying connection parameters the Connection Name cannot be modified 1 Select the desired connection 2 Right click the appropriate action PowerTerm InterConnect 107 of 139 User s Guide 14 PowerTerm FTP Client windows only For Mac users we recommend Classic FTP for Mac which can be downloaded from the Apple website The PowerTerm FTP client is a client server application which uses the File Transfer Protocol FTP It provides an easy to use graphic user interface to define how to transfer files between the local computer clien
83. nerated If the sound is not played asynchronously that is sychronously the application will wait until the entire sound has finished playing before executing the next statement Use Internal Speaker will play sound through the internal speakers Specifies the sound duration and pitch for the Key Click Duration ms determins the length of time the Key click sound will be played in Mili seconds Pitch Hz determines the perceived frequency of a sound between 1 to 10000 Hertz For playing the warning bell PowerTerm will always use the following settings Duration 750 Pitch frequency 150 47 of 139 User s Guide Printer Property Page Terminal Setup EK x Print Device Print Manager MV Use Form Feed Iw LF gt CRLF Yv ite Print Line Graphics as Text Print Screen Data Conversion Graphic M Slave Printer Data Conversion None r Device Device Name File Creation Append Ge vente Slave Konter Job Delimiter None z Delay for Print Closing S econds 0 v Advanced Printing Cancel Defaults Help Option Description Print Device None no destination was assigned The Device Name is disabled Printer data is received by the terminal but discarded not printed Device sends printing to the device designated in the Device Name text box This can be a device such as COM1 COM2 COM3 etc in the Device Name text box the user can also specify communication parameter
84. nitions are stored in a ptk file PowerTerm provides various features to customize and optimize the working environment e Power Pad a programmable floating keypad Windows edition only e Soft buttons programmable buttons located at the bottom of the PowerTerm window e PowerTerm Script Language PSL a full featured programming language which enables the user to create scripts for automating tasks For example a PSL script can be created for automatic login Scripts can be used at startup of PowerTerm or can be utilized any time during a PowerTerm session PSL commands can also be assigned to the Soft buttons and the Power Pad to enable additional functions with a click of the mouse PowerTerm InterConnect 7 of 139 User s Guide PowerTerm supports the standard Microsoft OLE COM and DDE mechanisms to communicate with other Windows applications PowerlTerm Features PowerTerm features include Compact lightweight and high performance application 32 bit support for Windows XP Vista Windows7 Windows 2003 Windows 2008 Windows 2008 R2 Linux Mac OS X and Solaris File transfer for Xmodem Ymodem Zmodem Kermit Ascii Binary and IND FILE Supports TCP IP WinSock DECnet CTERM and LAT Supports TAPI Not supported in Vista Windows 7 Windows 2008 Supports RS 232 both direct and via modem PPP SLIP SNA and APPC connections PowerTerm Script Language PSL String functions including sub string index
85. nterConnect 50 of 139 User s Guide CPI Characters per Inch LPI Lines per Inch Printer Columns Rows Page Type for Text Printing Form Feed PowerTerm InterConnect Printer default font and size will be applied to the output when Ignore is selected Otherwise User input will be applied Use Host Value 5250 printer only AS 400 selects the font User defined the user selects the CPI Use Host Value 5250 printer only AS 400 selects the font CPI Select None for Slave Printer Data Conversion Ignore Does not send escape i e prints in the printer default font typically 10 CPI Auto Default printer values are used Auto Printer sizes Fits to page but uses only the predefined printer font sizes i e 5 10 10 12 15 17 20 CPI User defined the user selects the LPI Use Host Value 5250 printer only AS 400 selects the font LPI Ignore Does not send escape i e prints in the printer default font typically 6 LPI Auto Default printer values are used Auto Printer sizes Fits to page but uses only the predefined printer font sizes i e 2 3 4 6 8 10 LPI For graphic printing only Determines the number of printer columns rows in the output Select Ignore to apply the number of columns on the emulation screen to the output Specifies the page type for example A3 A4 A5 etc Defines the form type of the printer PowerTerm provides the following three types AUTOCUT single cut
86. o ASCII data stream conversion to take place on the host server instead of by PowerTerm InterConnect 3 RS The Printer settings properties impact the data stream prior to reaching the output destination Therefore any changes following this made in Windows will have no effect on the PowerTerm printer settings When Host Print Transform is enabled SCS data is transformed to ASCII data and passed through PowerTerm to the specified ASCII printer If the data stream is ASCII the data is sent directly to the printer and not converted by PowerTerm This is relevant when printing to a specific printer such as barcode or in an environment which has limited memory Insufficient memory could be due to several factors for example there is no Print Manager installed the ped files cannot be installed or Graphic mode is not functional To set values for IBM 5250 host print transform 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Select the Printer tab 3 Select a text mode Host None UTF 8 for Slave Data Printer Conversion 4 Click Advanced Printing The Advanced Printer Setup dialog appears Select Enable AS 400 Host Print Transform and select the parameters To use the host s CPI value For 5250 Printer emulations only 1 Set Slave Printer Data Conversion to None 2 Select the correct printer 3 Select Use Host Value in the CPI field PowerTerm InterConnect 98 of 139 User s Guide ES The AS 400 sends
87. o Address NAT Cancel 2 Specify User ID and select the desired options 3 Click OK To save a connection 1 Select Communication Connect The Connect dialog appears 2 Select Session Type and enter required parameters 3 Select the Terminal Type and ID 4 Select the desired Security to be employed in the connection 5 Specify if necessary the Script and or Setup files to be run upon connection 6 Click Save As The Save Session dialog appears 7 Enter a Session Name and click OK The connection is displayed in the Sessions List To use an existing connection 1 Select Communication Connect The Connect dialog appears PowerTerm InterConnect 71 of 139 User s Guide 2 Select the desired session from the Sessions List 3 Click Connect To modify connection parameters 1 Select Communication Connect The Connect dialog appears 2 Select the desired session from the Sessions List 3 Make desired changes in the parameters 4 Click Modify To rename a session 1 Select Communication Connect The Connect dialog appears 2 Select the desired session from the Sessions List 3 Click Rename The Rename Session dialog appears 4 Enter a new Session Name and click OK To delete a connection 1 Select Communication Connect The Connect dialog appears 2 Select the desired session from the Sessions List 3 Click Delete A confirmation notification is displayed 4 Click OK The connection
88. o an FTP site 114 of 139 User s Guide General PowerTerm InterConnect Open Log Window opens a temporary Log FTP window which displays the messages exchanged by the computer and the FTP site while connecting This window enables the user to monitor the status of the current FTP connection Write to Log File saves connection details to a file Clear Log File on Connect clears the log file when connecting to an FTP site Only the current connection information is saved in the log file Include Files List in Log displays a list of remote file in the Log FTP window To access this option select Open Log Window Determines general information displayed when using the PowerTerm FTP client Keep Version No of VMS File Names retains the version number of the VMS file names Show File Size displays the size of files in the lower part of the PowerTerm FTP client window Use standard windowing Shift and Ctrl keys to select multiple files and see the combined size of the selected files Ignore Remote Files and Directories List refrains from displaying the remote files and directories list Save Settings on Exit automatically saves the current configuration settings when exiting PowerTerm FTP client without prompting to save settings If this option is not selected PowerTerm FTP client will always prompt to save the current configuration file when exiting the application Preserve Case of File Names Copies the original
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90. om the Print Device dropdown list select Device or File 3 Enter the print communication port or file in the Device Name field and click OK To configure the OS default printer as the printing output channel 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Select the Printer tab and from the Print Device dropdown list select Print Manager To add a form feed after each printing job 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Select the Printer tab and select Use Form Feed PowerTerm InterConnect 93 of 139 User s Guide To define the form type of the printer PowerTerm provides three types of form type Autocut Single cut sheets are automatically fed into the printer Most printers require a sheet feed attachment Cont Continuous forms are used by the printers that have a tractor feed attachment on the device Cut Single cut sheets are manually fed into the printer 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Select the Printer property page Click Advanced Printing The Advanced Printer Setup dialog appears 4 Select the desired Form Feed To add a line feed after each carriage return 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Select the Printer tab and select LF gt CRLF To convert line graphics to text 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Select the Printer tab and select Print Line
91. on will be copied to usr pub Ericom Cr epp Just pub Ericom To transfer all files of one type and save them with a different extension Type and the extension to be used for the transferred files Example All files with the cpp extension will be copied to the folder usr pub Ericom receiving the same name but with a txt extension Co a CPO ust oub Ericom sii To append all files of one type to a specific file Type the name of the file to be appended with the transferred files Example All files with the cpp extension will be appended to the file usr pub Ericom aaa txt EN Ate usr pub Ericom daastxt To transfer a file to another unknown file Type for the unknown letter in the file name Example The file aaa log will be copied to the file usr pub Ericom babcc txt C aaa log usr pub Ericom b b txt Disconnecting and Exiting Before exiting the PowerTerm FTP client disconnect from the current FTP site Changes to the preferences are either saved automatically upon exit of the client if Save Settings on Exit is selected or the user is prompted to save them To disconnect from an FTP site Click Disconnect To exit the PowerTerm FTP client Select File Exit PowerTerm InterConnect 129 of 139 User s Guide Troubleshooting the PowerTerm FTP Client Refer to the following checklist to resolve FTP related issues Connection cannot be established PowerTerm FTP client reports a login failure
92. onnected to a host To start PowerTerm 1 Click the Start button in the Task bar 2 Select Programs Ericom Software PowerTerm PowerTerm The application is launched To define preferences 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Select the Preferences tab The Preferences property page is displayed 3 Select the parameters that are required Starting PowerTerm Using a Setup File PowerTerm can be started using a default or customized setup file A setup file contains both communication session parameters and terminal setup parameters It is in text format and can be edited using a text editor PowerTerm InterConnect 61 of 139 User s Guide The Default Setup file called ptdef pts is used with single host connections When the user opens PowerTerm it automatically uses this file to initiate terminal setup and connection parameters A customized setup file is used to start PowerTerm with predefined communication and terminal setup parameters for a specific connection This can be done by using a command or creating a Windows shortcut Before creating a shortcut to a setup file create and save the setup file in PowerTerm For more information about creating and customize setup files see chapter Defining Connections To start PowerTerm with a customized setup file Double click the PowerTerm shortcut icon on the desktop or access it from the Start menu The session starts automatically
93. onnection information for all sessions 1 Select Settings Options The FTP Preferences dialog appears 2 Select Open Log Window and click OK The log window will automatically open and display connection information each time the user connects to an FTP site To display connection information for a specific session 1 Select Services Log The Log FTP window opens with no information 2 Click Connect in the PowerTerm FTP client window and enter connection parameters 3 Click Connect The log window now displays each step in the connection process To stop start displaying connection information Click Stop Start to toggle between stopping and resuming the display To save the connection information to a log file 1 Click Save The Save As dialog appears 2 Select the directory and specify the name of the file to save the connection information 3 Click Save The file is saved with the log extension To clear the log window Click Clear All connection information displayed is cleared To close the log window Click Close Working with Local and Remote Directories and Files The PowerTerm FTP client enables the user to manipulate directories and files in both to local computer and in the remote computer It also provides options to select create and remove directories and files as well as rename and view the contents of a file in the format that it was created Ve mm mm rm rm ee ee rm rm rm rm rm rm rm
94. onversion Equivalent to Settings File Transfer Setup Opens the Connect dialog which enables the user to enter connection parameters for file transfer Equivalent Services Connect Opens the Log FTP window Equivalent Services Log Refreshes the display of directories and file names shown in the PowerTerm FTP client window Equivalent to Services Refresh Exits the PowerTerm FTP client application Equivalent to File Exit Quick Guide for PowerTerm FTP Client The following workflow is a quick guide for using PowerTerm FTP client This quick guide is intended for users who are familiar with FTP applications PowerTerm InterConnect 111 of 139 User s Guide Step 1 start PowerTerm FIP Client Connect to step 2 an FTP site Step 3 Transfer Files Step 4 Exit PowerT erm FTP Client Step 1 Launch PowerTerm FTP client 1 Select in the PowerTerm window Communication Run FTP The PowerTerm FTP Client window opens 2 Click Connect The Connect dialog appears Step 2 Connect to an FTP site 1 To define connection parameters for the current session enter the required parameters in the Connect dialog 2 To save the connection profile for future sessions type a profile name in the Description field and click Add The connection profile is displayed in the Connection List 3 To select a connection profile click on a profile in the Connection List 4 To connect to the specified FTP si
95. or resumes the script recording Pausing will Recording exclude certain operations from recording Activate Recorded Activates the script recorded in memory The script is Script kept in memory while the PowerTerm session is active Save Recorded Script Save a script loaded in memory to a specified file Help Menu The Help menu provides options for accessing the PowerTerm online help and product and license management information Contents Accesses the online help PowerTerm Scripting Accesses the PSL scripting online help Language Ericom Software on the Links to Ericom Software s products Web About PowerTerm Product and contact information Toolbar The PowerTerm Toolbar contains icons which provide shortcuts to frequently used menu options The following is a brief description of the icons Place the cursor over the icon to display its description as a tool tip p a aa i a EH Hold Screen Release Hold For non IBM emulations only Suspends and resumes communication with the host When clicked the Hold Screen icon turns red When clicked again it changes back to green and update of the PowerTerm window resumes PowerTerm InterConnect 24 of 139 User s Guide Connect Disconnect Cut Copy to Clipboard Paste from Clipboard Print Start Stop Auto Print PowerTerm InterConnect d a 25 of 139 Equivalent to Terminal Hold Screen Opens the Connect dialog to define session communication pa
96. p The Data Conversion dialog appears 2 Select the required file transfer setup parameters and click OK Working with Configuration Files A Configuration file consists of the configuration settings that are defined and the connection profiles Save configuration settings to the default ftp cfg configuration file create a new configuration file or save the configuration file under a different name All configuration files are saved with a cfg extension Use previously defined configuration settings by opening an existing configuration file or by starting PowerTerm FTP client with a customized configuration file To do this create a shortcut and add the name of the configuration file to it For more information about creating a shortcut see paragraph Automatic File Transfer To create a new configuration file Select File New A new configuration file called noname cfg is created where desired parameters can be saved to To open an existing configuration file 1 Select File Open The Open Configuration File dialog appears 2 Select the configuration file 3 Click Open The configuration file opens with the settings that were previously defined To save a configuration file 1 Define configuration settings and connection profiles as required 2 Select File Save The file is saved without any confirmation prompt if the current configuration is already in use The Save File As dialog appears if the current conf
97. pm rm rm rm rm pm rm rm rm rm rm rm rm ee rm rm rm rm rm rm pm rm rm rm rm ee rm rm rm ee rm rm rm rm rm rm ms rm rm rm rm pm mm rm rm ee rm rm ms rm rm rm rm ee rm rm ee rm rm ee rm rm rm pm rm rm rm rm ee rm rm rm rm eee rm rm ee ee rm rm rm pm rm mi e EE EE E Et ee PowerTerm InterConnect 124 of 139 User s Guide be be et re bei bm E e e be ei et re re mt rm re et e re bei e re re e e re It rei re bi e rm re e en re ei e re ri e rm re et et re bei e rm re e en re ai at re ri e rm re It e ee ri e rm re It en re ei et re re e e re It et re bi et pm re e en re It at re ri mn rm re bet e re zt pm lt RS Use standard windowing keys e g Shift and Ctrl to select multiple files To select a directory There are several ways to select a directory and display its files e Select the required directory and click Change e Double click the required directory e Type the directory name in the Directory field and press Enter on the keyboard Tocreate a directory 1 Double click the required drive 2 Type the new directory name in the Directory field and click Create Toremove a directory Select the directory to be removed and click Remove To view a file The file will be displayed in the format in which it was created i e a file with a doc extension will be opened in Word and a file with a txt extension will be opened in Notepad e Select the desired file and click View e Double click the desired file To d
98. property page is displayed 3 Select Enable soft fonts To lock font size Characters appearing in the work area are scaled and their size will change proportionally when changing the desktop size 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears PowerTerm InterConnect 75 of 139 User s Guide 2 Click the Display tab for non IBM emulations and the General tab for IBM emulations 3 Select Unscaled Screen to lock the font size To wrap words at the end of a line For non IBM emulations only 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the Display tab The Display property page is displayed 3 Select Autowrap Characters Setting Color To change the display color of the PowerTerm window The color for the Normal attribute determines the color of the entire work area The box above the Select Attribute parameter shows the result of any selections The Select Attribute of the entire screen is generally Normal for non IBM emulations 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog is displayed 2 Click the Colors tab The Color property page is displayed 3 Select the attribute to define foreground and background colors Notice that the attributes change according to the emulation type selected previously In the Text area select the color to apply to the text foreground of the display In the Background area select the color to apply to the background of the text Th
99. pt commands 1 Select Script Script Command The Script Command dialog appears 2 Type the name of the script command to run Include parameters if necessary 3 Click OK The specified script command is executed at once PowerTerm InterConnect 104 of 139 User s Guide Toruna script at startup This option creates a Windows shortcut to PowerTerm and a specific script file It can be used to connect to different hosts using different scripts The following procedure describes one method to create a shortcut Consult Windows documentation for a description of other available options 1 2 Locate the file ptw23 exe on the computer Right click and select Create Shortcut The Shortcut to ptw32 exe appears in the current folder Right click the created shortcut and select Properties The Shortcut to ptw32 exe Properties dialog appears In the Target field add a space after the exe file name and then type the name of the required script psl file If needed add parameters to the script file These determine communication parameters for example the name of the host to connect to or the Port number In the Target field add a space after the psl script file and then type the required parameters Parameters should be separated by a space Example PTW32 PTW32 EXE COMM PSL 1 9600 xonxoff PowerTerm recognizes Windows file naming conventions including Spaces in a file name If a setup file name includes a space
100. r 7 bit data Determines the communication and keyboard character set for 8 bit data Enables when UPS Set is specified as Code Page 437 and up Disable determines if 0x80 to OxAF are displayed characters Enable determines if 0x80 to OxAD are control characters Ox9B all characters are displayed characters except Ox9B which is a control character 33 of 139 User s Guide Online New Line Use 8 Bit Data Characters User Defined Keys UDK Cursor Keys Keypad PowerTerm InterConnect Equivalent to Terminal On Line Off Line Determines whether the lt Enter gt key generates only a carriage return or a carriage return line feed combination Select this parameter if the communicated data is in 8 bit character format Clear it for 7 bit characters When cleared the 8 bit is truncated If receiving 7 bit data it can converted to 8 bit data for printing on the slave printer Determines whether applications on the host system can override user defined keys UDKs when a defined function key conflicts with how the host uses the key UDKs lets the user use a Single key for multiple keystrokes To program the 15 UDKs 256 bytes are available The key definitions are loaded sequentially from F6 to F20 so that if the 256 byte limit is reached more definitions cannot be loaded Locked prevents UDKs from being overridden Unlocked allows UDKs to be overridden For VT emulations only Determines the behavior o
101. r can select the fonts and languages in versions that support it to be displayed in the PowerTerm window Setup Opens the Terminal Setup dialog in which the user can define settings for terminal emulation This dialog contains different tab pages to configure different aspects of the terminal setup PowerTerm Fonts Displays the default PowerTerm fonts These fonts are scaleable so that if the window shrinks the fonts will shrink in relation to the size of the window System Fonts Displays the PowerTerm window with system fonts These fonts remain the same size no matter what the size of the window when Unscaled Screen from the Display Property page is selected When selecting System fonts only fixed size fonts are available Reset Resets the VT terminal defaults This command does not apply to PowerTerm s exclusive terminal parameters such as color Online Sets the system to be online or offline Hold Screen Stops communication and freezes the screen To unfreeze the screen reselect the command Language option Selects the user interface language to appear in English German French Italian Spanish Greek or Czech Communication Menu The Communication menu provides options to define and modify the communication session parameters and to connect disconnect a communication session The Communication menu also provides file transfer options It enables the user to set and clear Data Terminal Ready DTR and Ready to S
102. rameters and connect to the host Disconnects an open session Equivalent to Communication Connect Disconnect For 5250 emulations only Cuts the selected text Equivalent to Edit Cut Copies the selected data displayed in the work area to the clipboard Equivalent to Edit Copy Pastes data from the clipboard to the host application Equivalent to Edit Paste Prints selected text from the history buffer or the entire contents of the work area Equivalent to File Print Screen For non IBM emulations only Prints incoming data as it is displayed on the screen Click the icon again and the automatic printing stops Equivalent to File Start Auto Print User s Guide Dial Start Stop Script Recording Change to 80 Columns Change to 132 Columns Terminal Setup Keyboard Mapping Show Hide Power Pad PowerTerm InterConnect 26 of 139 For non IBM emulations Dials a specific telephone number for COM type communication Equivalent to Communication Utilities Dial Records manual operations in script form Click the icon again and the script recording stops Equivalent to Script Start Script Recording For non IBM emulations only Specifies an 80 column display for the work area Equivalent to Terminal Setup Display For non IBM emulations only Specifies a 132 column display for the work area Equivalent to Terminal Setup Display Displays th
103. s For example COM 1 9600 8 Network sends printing to the network printer the user must then perform the following 1 Select File Print Setup 2 Select Network from Port field 3 Type UNC Universal Naming Convention in the Net Path For example net1 hp4000 File sends printing to the file specified in the File Name text field PowerTerm InterConnect 48 of 139 User s Guide Device Name File Name Use Form Feed Print Line Graphics As Text LF gt CRLF Print Screen Data Conversion Slave Printer Data Conversion Slave Printer Job Delimiter Delay for Print Closing PowerTerm InterConnect AUX sends printing to the auxiliary port The available printing devices are LPT1 default COM x Specify Append or Overwrite mode NOTE Ipt1 is a saved word and cannot be used as a file name Adds a form feed page eject after each printing job This depends upon the available connections on the PC Converts line graphics to text This speeds up printing on a Slow dot matrix printer Adds a line feed after each single carriage return one that has no line feed following it when in slave printing mode Converts data to Host or UTF 8 character sets or prints in Graphics mode None does not convert data NOTE Text mode is designated by selecting Host UTF 8 character sets or None Converts data to Host or UTF 8 character sets or prints in Graphics mode None does not convert data
104. s 66 PowerTerm InterConnect 3 of 139 User s Guide 5 DEFINING CONNECTION ccc cccteeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 69 6 POWERTERM REMOTEVIEW WINDOWS ONLY ZA 7 CUSTOMIZING THE DESKTOP AND SELECTING UAT EE 74 Customizing Desktop Components sseceeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeseeeeesneeeeeeeeeeoeenseeeeeseseooeeens 74 Customizing Desktop Display cccccssssseeeeceessseeeseeesseeeeeeeenseeeeeeeesseeeseoeesseesseoenseeessooenss 75 SPICCO TEX EE 79 8 KEYBOARD SETTINGS EN 82 Mapping KEYS cioinn ia a 82 Saving and Opening Keyboard Mapping Settings ccccccsssseeseesseeeenseeseesseeseeneeesoeas 84 KEV DO ard BEN AVION suseni EE 84 9 SOFT BUTTONS AND POWER PAD 005 88 TOPRINTING DE 91 General Printing AE Le E 92 IBM 5250 Printer Session Data Conversion cccccccssessseseeeeeeeeeeeeeenseeeeeeeeeeeeesneeeeeeseeoes 97 Non IBM 5250 Printer Session Data CONVErSION sccecceeeeeeeeeeeseeeneeeeeeeeaneeeeeeeeeneeeeeens 99 Se E Oe 99 Troubleshooting Printing ISSUCS 21 ssssccnssssessccnnnsssscccennssssccsennasssccennnsesscccannesseseensnes 101 Aker aa T S eer ener ect ee nn ee eee 103 12 APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE API 106 13 SESSION MANAGER WINDOWS ONLY 107 PowerTerm InterConnect 4 of 139 User s Guide 14POWERTERM FTP CLIENT WINDOWS ONLY 108 eales Le E UC 108 M Lei 108 Powerlerm FUP Cent Win Ve E 109 Quick Guide for Po
105. s an emulation screen without the status line Indicator displays the status line Host Writeable displays the status line sent by the host For ASCII emulations only Displays a status line on the top and bottom line of the emulation screen 35 of 139 User s Guide IBM Emulations Terminal Setup x eee Emulation General Keyboard Printer Colors Preferences General ID 3278 2 24x00 M Unsealed Screen Show Response Time HLLAPI Names Short Long DELT Cursor Ruler Cursor Appearance Ce Crosshair f Block C Underline C Horizontal IT Ins Change C Vertical Iw Blinks Iw Visible Power GUI Show Frame Alternate Size Enable Rows 24 Cols en Visible Code Page Host English USA PC liso Latin 1 Cancel Defaults Help Option General Cursor Ruler PowerTerm InterConnect Description ID determines the ID returned by the emulation program to the host Make sure an ID that the host application recognizes is selected Unscaled Screen when this parameter is cleared the characters appearing in the work area are scaled A change in the size of the desktop causes the fonts to shrink in relation to the size of the window Select this parameter to disable this feature Show Respone Time displays the number of seconds that elapsed between the time data was sent to the host and the host response
106. ses a server process to convert SNA host printer data streams into data that can be redirected to a locally attached or network accessible printer resource defined with the Windows NT Server Printer Manager In most cases the user does not have to modify the standard printer stream before sending it to a defined printer The Printer property page and Advanced Printing setup dialogs enables the user to define printing parameters Printing can be done in either Text or Graphic mode For IBM 5250 printing emulations there is also the option to enable Host Transform printing Advanced Printing Under the Advanced Printing setup if the user wants to format line data ina format other than that which was originally generated by the application additional information must be provided in the page format This additional information defines the following e Locations and lengths of fields in the input record e Placement direction and font for each field as it is mapped into page format e Suppression of fields which is usually specified if multiple page copies are printed with field suppressions on selected copies PowerTerm InterConnect 91 of 139 User s Guide The two different modes Text and Graphic impact which fields are functional in the Advanced Printing Setup dialog e Text mode is designated in the Printer property page by setting the two data conversion combo boxes Print Screen or Slave Printer to non graphic values Host Non
107. sing part or all of the screen escape sequences must be sent to the host these are special strings of characters meant to control the terminal A terminal observes each input character and if it is a part of an escape sequence it interprets that character string as a command instead of displaying it as text Escape sequences may be recorded in a number of ways e prt files PowerTerm InterConnect 99 of 139 User s Guide e ped files e keyboard mapping Printer Configuration Files prt The Printer Configuration Files prt enables the user to manipulate the printer output for example bold italic underline Use the escape sequences in the PowerTerm supplied prt file However there are circumstances that would warrant looking up alternative escape sequences Typical Use 1 Verify the existence of the prt file in the folder where ptw32 exe resides 2 Create a PSL file with the following name open printer file yourfilename prt Referencing alternative escape sequences There are times when the printer will print an unnecessary escape sequence To avoid this force the emulation program to reference an alternative sequence thus replacing it with a more effective sequence Dee eee ee ee em rm em rm e rm ee rm rm rm rm eB rm ee rm e rm rm mm rm rm rm rm eB rm zm rm rm e rm rm mm rm rm rm rm e mm ee rm e mm vm mm rm rm rm rm e rm rm rm rm eB mm vm rm rm ee rm mm rm eB rm rm eB mm eB rm rm ee rm mm rm e rm rm e rm rm rm
108. t and remote computers servers across a wide variety of platforms like Unix Windows and more PowerTerm FTP client provides direct access to any FTP server site The server site only requires a user name and password before it will respond to requests Features and Benefits PowerTerm FTP client e Provides access to a wide variety of operating systems including UNIX Windows 98 ME 2000 NT XP 2003 VAX VMS IBM AS400 IBM Mainframe operating systems such as MVS VSE etc and more e Saves connection parameters in a configuration file e Uses prompt messages to confirm actions e Provides detailed on screen connection information e Provides a choice of Binary or ASCII data transfer modes e Provides a variety of data conversion options e Creates removes and changes directories as well as deletes and renames files e Automates connection and transfer operations Definitions FTP Site The remote site to which the user is connecting to In this guide this term is also Known as a host or remote computer Configuration Contains the PowerTerm FTP client preferences and selected Settings data transfer mode These parameters only remain active for a current transfer session unless they are saved ina configuration file PowerTerm InterConnect 108 of 139 User s Guide Connection Profile Connection List Configuration File Current Session Creates a connection profile for an FTP site to be saved This profi
109. t 87 of 139 User s Guide 9 Soft Buttons and Power Pad Along the bottom of the PowerTerm window are twelve programmable Soft buttons by default named from F1 to F12 These can be renamed and programmed to execute customized scripts or to send individual commands to the host For example clicking the F1 Soft button is equivalent to sending F1 to the host Soft buttons settings are saved automatically in the terminal setup file The Power Pad is a floating keypad that contains buttons which can be programmed to execute customized PSL scripts The user can also change the names and adjust the number of buttons displayed in the Power Pad Power Pad buttons are named by default F1 F2 F3 and so on with a few default function names such as Clear Enter and Insert For example clicking on the Fi button is equivalent to sending El to the host Power Pad settings are saved in separate files with the pad extension To program Soft buttons 1 Right click the Soft button to be programmed The Function Button dialog is displayed Function Button X Function Description F5 Script Commands send lt f5 gt Cancel 2 Enter the Function Description the new name that will appear on the button 3 Enter a Script Command or script commands separated by semicolons 4 Click OK The Soft button is now displayed with its new name Clicking on it will execute the newly defined script command To program the Power Pa
110. te click Connect Step 3 Transfer files Select Copy or Append in the lower part of the PowerTerm FTP client window Downloading files 1 Select the files to transfer in the Remote Files field PowerTerm InterConnect 112 of 139 User s Guide 2 Click the left arrow button Uploading files 1 Select the files to transfer in the Local Files field 2 Click the right arrow button Step 4 Exit 1 Click Disconnect A confirmation message is displayed 2 Click OK 3 Select File Exit Configuration Settings To set up the PowerTerm FTP client working environment define the PowerTerm FTP client preferences and select the required file transfer mode PowerTerm FTP client also provides an option to select the data transfer conversion The user can save their own settings to a configuration file so that they can be used in later sessions I ee rm ee ee ee zm rm re rm rm rm ee rm rm rm rn rm em zm rm rn em rn rs em rm rm rm rm rem rm em zm rm re rm rm rm em zm rs ee rm rm em zm rm rm rm rm rm em rm rm rm rm ren rs ee rm rm rm rm rm em rm rm rm rm rm rm em rm ee rm rm rm em rm rs rn rm rem rm em rm rs ee rm rm em rm rm rn rm rs rs X 3 RS The parameters that are defined will only remain active for the current session unless they are saved I I be en et re rei mi re ren be en ben bet en re E re e en ren be e rn ren en en re bet et rn be e rm re be em re be et rm re en em ren e e E E re re et re re ben en re be et re be E EE
111. tents of the history or scroll back buffer This command is only available when the history buffer is in use For RTL languages only Reverses the text typing from left to right or right to left depending on the language chosen For IBM emulations only Cuts the selected text and places it on the clipboard Copies marked text to the clipboard when the Automatic Copy option in the Edit menu is not active Pastes the clipboard contents into the work area Right click sends data stored on the clipboard to the host Equivalent to actually typing the contents of the clipboard on the host screen Copies a table to a spreadsheet while maintaining the contents of each of its individual cells Copies the screen or screen selection as a bitmap By default the screen capture will appear in color but it can also be saved it in black and white The screen capture can also be automatically copied into an untitled email Copies selected information to a file If no text is selected the entire screen is written to the file Automatically copies selected text to the clipboard with no need to select the Copy option For RTL languages only Reverses the order of the letters in the work that was copied to the clipboard when displayed 19 of 139 User s Guide Terminal Menu The Terminal menu provides options to define and reset connection parameters set the system to be online or offline and freeze or unfreeze the screen The use
112. terminal setup and communication parameters to the current setup file Opens the Save File As dialog which allows the user to save the current configuration under a different name Opens the Save as Icon dialog to create an icon for the current PowerTerm settings file This enables the user to start a session automatically with the desired parameters either by accessing the icon from the Windows Start menu or by double clicking it on the desktop Opens the Open Keyboard File dialog this opens keyboard mapping settings that have previously been Saved Opens the Save Keyboard File dialog which enables the user to save separate keyboard mapping settings in a separate file and open them at a later date Opens the Open Power Pad File dialog which enables the user to open Power Pad settings that have previously been saved Opens the Save Power Pad File dialog which enables the user to save Power Pad settings in a separate file and open them at a later date Prints the contents of the work area or the selected text Prints only the selected text Displays the Print Setup dialog which contains printing parameters Displayed parameters change 17 of 139 User s Guide Print Setup for Additional Printers Start Stop Auto Print Close Print Queue Form Feed Line Feed New Terminal Window Exit All Sessions Exit Edit Menu according to the printer selected e The Default Printer parameter enables the user
113. test changes and restore the default setup PowerTerm InterConnect 13 of 139 User s Guide 2 PowerTerm General Reference The PowerTerm Window A TELNET PowerTerm InterConnect KK ll xj Fie Edit Terminal Communication Sessions sk Script Help 5 RR Biele lsieirireirei mit 4207 11 Caps Wrap Hold OnLine The following is a list of the PowerTerm window components as they appear from top to bottom All the components may be configured to be displayed or hidden Control Menu Box Provides standard Windows commands and configures the Menu bar Title Bar Displays the application name During a communication session the ID type and or host name is displayed next to the application name for example A PowerTerm PowerTerm InterConnect 14 of 139 User s Guide Minimize button Maximize button Close button Menu Bar Toolbar Work Area History Scroll Bar Soft Buttons Communication LEDs Emulator Type Cursor Position Counter PowerTerm InterConnect Closes the window but not PowerTerm e Click the PowerTerm icon appearing in the Taskbar to reopen the PowerTerm window Enlarges the window so that if fills the entire screen The button is then replaced with the Restore button This button is used to restore the window to its previous size Closes the application Contains dropdown menus which enable the user to perform most PowerTerm operations Contains icons which
114. th Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol 1160 Thai 838 with FE Euro PowerTerm InterConnect 136 of 139 User s Guide PowerTerm InterConnect InterConnect About ActivateRecordedScript AutomaticCopy Break ClearDTR ClearHistory ClearRTS ClearScreen Connect Contents Copy CopyToFile Cut Dial Disconnect EditScript Exit FileTransferSetup FormFeed General HideButtons HideMenu HidePowerPad HideStatusBar HideToolBar HoldScreen KeyboardMap LineFeed ModemSetup NewTerminalSetup NewTerminalWindow OnLine OpenkKeyboardFile OpenPowerPadFile OpentTerminalSetup Paste PauseScriptRecording 137 of 139 17 Appendix B Menu Items for PowerTerm PowerPadSetup PowerlTermFonts PrinterN where N represents one of the supplementary printers from 2 6 PrintScreen PrintSetup ReceiveAsciiFile ReceiveFile ReceiveINDFILE ReceiveKermit ReceiveZmodem Reset ResetCommunication ReverseScreen RunFTP RunScript SaveAsIcon SaveKeyboardFile SavePowerPadFile SaveRecordedScript SaveTerminalSetup SaveTerminalSetupAs ScriptCommand SelectHistory SelectScreen SendAsciiFile SendFile SendINDFILE SendKermit SendZmodem SetDTR SetRTS ShowButtons ShowMenu ShowPowerPad ShowStatusBar ShowToolBar User s Guide StartAutoPrint SystemFonts StartScriptRecording TerminalSetup StartTrace ToggleAutoPrint StopScriptRecording ToggleScriptRecording StopTrace ToggleTrace PowerTerm InterConnect 138
115. time Select Visible to display full screen vertical or horizontal lines as a cursor ruler cross hair guide Cross Hair displays the cursor ruler as a horizontal and vertical line Horizontal displays the cursor ruler as a horizontal line only 36 of 139 User s Guide Cursor Appearance HLLAPI Names Code Page Alternate Size Vertical displays the cursor ruler as a vertical line only Controls the cursor appearance and functionality Block Underline Visible Blink controls the cursor appearance Ins Change when selected it enables toggling the cursor between underline and block appearance by clicking the Ins insert button Power GUI displays data in a window with 3D look amp feel Use system fonts larger than 10 pt for optimized results Show Frame places a frame around the text area of the emulation The names of an hilapi session can either be short or long Short and Long specify the short and long hilapi names Specifies the host and PC keyboard character sets Enable select to override the terminal alternate size with a specific size Rows Columns type the required number Display Property Page For non IBM emulations only PowerTerm InterConnect 37 of 139 User s Guide Terminal Setup General Dimensions Reverse Display Colors Unsealed Screen Iw Autowrap Characters Iw History Scroll Bar OR ne ee Lines Per Screen 24 Y C 132 Columns
116. to send the output to the default printer selected e The Specific Printer parameter allows the user to select one of the currently installed printers Displays the Print Setup dialog Prints all data displayed in the work area This option toggles between Start and Stop Auto Print Closes the print queue manually Executes a form feed on the printer Executes a line feed on the printer Opens a new instance of the PowerTerm window This enables the user to run several sessions concurrently and simulate more than one terminal type After opening a new terminal window the user should define terminal and communication parameters before connecting to a host Exits all PowerTerm sessions at once Exits the current PowerTerm session The Edit menu provides options to select clear and reverse text in the PowerTerm window and delete the contents of the history buffer The Edit menu also provides standard editing commands e g cut copy paste in addition to commands that enable the user to copy data to a file and copy data automatically to the clipboard Select Screen Clear Screen PowerTerm InterConnect Selects the contents of the entire work area Captures the entire PowerTerm screen and erases it 18 of 139 User s Guide Clear History Reverse Screen Cut Copy Paste Copy Table Copy as Bitmap Copy to File Automatic Copy Copy Right to Left PowerTerm InterConnect Deletes the entire con
117. tri shift v View the log file before it s sent mandatory 1 Click Send The CAB file is sent to Ericom Software s Technical Support 2 In order to receive technical support a valid Support contract is required PowerTerm InterConnect 131 of 139 User s Guide 16 Appendix A Supported Code Pages A 1 VT and other character mode emulations 7 bit character sets None British Bulgarian Dutch Finnish French French Canadian German Greek Italian Norwegian Danish Portuguese Slovenian Spanish Swedish Swiss Turkish 8 bit character sets DEC Multinational ISO Latin 1 USA ISO Latin 2 East European ISO Latin 4 North European ISO Latin 5 Turkish ISO Latin 6 Nordic ISO Latin 7 Baltic PowerTerm InterConnect 132 of 139 User s Guide ISO Latin 9 western with Euro sign instead of the international currency symbol DEC Cyrillic ISO Cyrillic DEC Greek ISO Greek HP Roman 8 DGI Data General International Code Page 437 PC USA Code Page 620 Polish Mazovia Code Page 737 Greek IBM PC de facto Standard Greek 437 Code Page 775 Baltic Code Page 808 Russia 866 with Euro Code Page 848 Cyrillic Ukrainian with Euro Code Page 850 Multilingual Code Page 851 Greek Code Page 852 Poland Hungary Romania Slovakia Czech Croatia Slovenia Code Page 855 Bulgaria Serbia Montenegro FYR Macedonia Code Page 857 Turkish Code Page 858 850 with the Euro chara
118. tware Ltd Ericom and PowerTerm are registered trademarks of Ericom Software which may be registered in certain jurisdictions Other company and brand product and service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders PowerTerm InterConnect 2 of 139 User s Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION WE D What 1S POWGNT CUO eiteteeeesg egeegeiee degen egeeegege 7 POWER GTi Eege 8 System a iors UE En EC 10 Gerung Sae WE 10 USIO POWE TETI uransa ee E E E 11 d POWERTERM GENERAL REFERENCE 14 The PowerTerm NV eeeegeueeeene eege eege 14 Menu dE 16 TOON AU sce E ae cs eee wee cy tn ates te See ing ee E E emcee enapeeneeeeceayaesane 24 El TCS eege 27 CONNECTION DIJALOG Zeg espee eregteEEe geet 28 Terminal Setup DI AIO e ocsi aa E aaa 31 SECUIILY Settings RU e Te CC 58 3 STARTING AND STOPPING SESSIONS 61 Starting PowerTerm Using a Setup File cccccccsessseeeseeeesseeeeeeensseeeseeenneeeeseoesneeessenenes 61 Starting PowerTerMm USING a Script ccccceeeeeeseeeeeeeeeseeeeeeesseeeseoeenseeeseoeesseesseoenseeessooenss 62 Starting PowerTerm with Auto CONNECCL ccceceseseesseeeseeeeeseeeseeeesseeeseoeesseeeseoeeneeessooeees 62 Starting a New PowerTerm Session ccccccceesseeeeeeceesseeeseeesseeeeeoeenseeeeeoesseeeeseoenseeessonenes 63 Ending a PowerTerm Session RE 63 4 DEFINING EMULA TIONS wisinssssscavesevisscussiuscrsennscansensacan
119. uffer Select Visible to display full screen vertical or horizontal lines as a cursor ruler cross hair guide Cross Hair displays the cursor ruler as a horizontal and vertical line Horizontal displays the cursor rules as a horizontal line only Vertical displays the cursor ruler as a vertical line only Controls the cursor appearance and functionality Block Underline Visible Blink controls the cursor appearance Ins Change when selected it enables toggling the cursor between underline and block appearance by pressing the Insert key Display displays the control characters Interpret performs the regular terminal behavior as affected by control characters Displays data in a window with 3D look amp feel Use System fonts larger than 10 pt for optimized results Places a frame around the text area of the emulation Determines the number of characters columns per displayed line and the number of lines to be displayed in the work area Characters are scaled 39 of 139 User s Guide Scrolling Enable Soft fonts PowerTerm InterConnect according to the selected values Type a different value in the Other box instead of choosing one of the Standard options 80 and 132 Limit Font Size Allows PowerTerm fonts to use only the optimal font size especially for frames Note Not recommended for normal text on large screens Determines the pace at which data is displayed in the work area
120. und and background colors Attributes change according to the emulation type selected in the Connection properties dialog Generally the attribute of the entire screen is Normal The color for the Normal attribute determines the color of the entire work area Select the color that will apply to the text foreground of the display Select the color that will apply to the background of the text 55 of 139 User s Guide IBM Emulations Terminal Setup x Preferences Iw Enable Underline Je Enable Blink Show BMP Column Separator Color Frame Select Attribute Text Background Green Underscore Green Underscore Reverse E H E 2 H Ej KR Ej White Underscore Bei ERG Saal Green Reverse White White Reverse Cancel Defaults Help Option Description Preview Box Shows the result of the selections Enable Underline Enables underlined characters For data transmitted from the host with the Underline attribute clear to disable displaying data with the underline Enable Blink Enables blinking For data transmitted from the host with the blink attribute clear to disable blinking data Column For IBM 5250 emulations only Separator Displays a period as a column separator in fields with the column separator attribute Color Frame Select to draw a color frame on the screen PowerTerm InterConnect 56 of 139 User s Guide Select Attribute Text Background
121. ursor past the top or bottom border of the user window or Page to move the cursor to a new page Non IBM specific parameters To define communication and keyboard character set The available character sets change according to emulation type selected In the General tab select the NRC UPS set required from the dropdown list To prevent the host from overriding function keys In the General tab select User Defined Keys Locked To set the terminal to be online offline In the General tab select or clear Online To define the Enter key behavior In the General tab select New Line To show a status line Specify whether the session s or the host s status line is displayed In the General tab select Indicator or Host Writable IBM specific parameters To define scaled unscaled screen In the General tab select or clear Unscaled Screen To display host response time In the General tab select Show Response Time To define cursor appearance In the General tab select Block or Underline display To define GUI appearance In the General tab select Power GUI or Show Frame to display a different look of the work area To define the code page In the General tab select Host and PC Code Pages in the dropdown lists To specify the alternate size In the General tab select Enable and enter the Rows and Cols columns Sizes PowerTerm InterConnect 67 of 139 User s Guide VT specific parameters To define the
122. vi Ee ER ICOM PowerTerm Series Terminal Emulator Version 9 2 User s Guide Microsoft Windows Mac OSX and Linux Editions EMPOWER ENTERPRISE WIDE APPLICATION ACCESS Important Notice This guide is subject to the following conditions and restrictions e This User s Guide provides documentation for the PowerTerm Series of products e Some features documented in this guide may not be available in the version of PowerTerm you are using For example InterConnect for Mac does not include the FTP component e The proprietary information belonging to Ericom Software is Supplied solely for the purpose of assisting explicitly and properly authorized users of PowerTerm e No part of its contents may be used for any other purpose disclosed to any person or firm or reproduced by any means electronic and mechanical without the express prior written permission of Ericom Software e The text and graphics are for the purpose of illustration and reference only The specifications on which they are based are Subject to change without notice e The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of that agreement e Information in this document is subject to change without notice Corporate and individual names and data used in examples herein are fictitious unless otherwise noted Copyright 1994 2010 Ericom Sof
123. w Specifies a customized name that appears on the title bar Specifies the size of the buffer in which data is stored by selecting an option from the dropdown list Save Terminal Setup the new terminal parameters if the user changed them during the session are saved to the current terminal setup file Confirm Save terminal parameters are not saved automatically PowerTerm displays a dialog where the user can decide whether or not to save any changes applied during the session Confirm Disconnect Session if the user closes PowerTerm during a session the user will be required to confirm disconnect Save Window Size amp Position saves the size and position of the emulation window The next time the user opens PowerTerm the window appears with the desired size at the set position Inactivity Timeout specifies the time limit for keyboard inactivity after which PowerTerm shuts down Auto Reconnect re establishes communication if the line was disconnected Auto Exit PowerTerm closes PowerTerm altogether on disconnect Security Settings Dialogs SSL Security In the SSL Security Setup dialog the user will specify the SSL security type the user may select to accept only certificates that exist in the certificates path or any incoming certificate The user can also specify to display unknown certificates at connection time and whether to save them PowerTerm InterConnect 58 of 139 User s Guide SSL Security E
124. werTerm FTP Client cccsseeeeeeeeeesesneneeeesseeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnneees 111 Configuration Se EEN EE 113 Working with Configuration Files cccccssssseeesceessseeeeeeesseeeeseoenseeeeseoenseeesseoensseessooeess 118 Defining Connection Parameters ccccceessseeeeesessseeeseeesseeeeeeoesseeeseeeesseeeseooesseesssooenseees 119 Working with Connection Profiles ccccssssseeeecsessseeeeeeesseeeeseeensseeeeeoeeseeeeseoensseessooenas 122 CONNECTING lo n Fil E 123 Using the FTP Log Window cccsssssseccsnsnesssccsnnnesseccennsesssceennnesssceennnssesceennenseeneennassses 123 Working with Local and Remote Directories and Files cccssssseesessseeseeeseeseeeseeeeeens 124 Mele STORENG FING Sieen E EEE Ea ER 125 Atomatic Fil Transfer ssrin AR 126 DISCOMMECTING ENK d de DE 129 Troubleshooting the PowerTerm FTP Client ccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeenseeeeeeeeeeeeneneeeees 130 15 CREATING CAPTURE AND LOG FILES TO SEND TO ERICOM SUPPORT RE 131 16 APPENDIX A SUPPORTED CODE PAGEG 132 17 APPENDIX B MENU ITEMS FOR POWERTERM IO Ce el IT e WE 137 ABOUT EG OWN E 139 PowerTerm InterConnect 5 of 139 User s Guide About this Guide PowerTerm is a feature rich terminal emulation application for Microsoft Windows Mac OS X and Linux platforms This guide assumes that the user is familiar with basic windowing system conventions file transferring copy paste
125. with the predefined parameters To use a setup file during PowerTerm session A terminal setup file can also be opened during a PowerTerm session to run a session using predefined terminal setup and communication parameters There are two options to use a setup file e Select File Open Terminal Setup The Open File dialog appears and a setup file may be selected e Select Communication Connect The Connect dialog appears and a setup file may be specified for the connection Starting PowerTerm Using a Script The user can also launch PowerTerm and run a script immediately upon launching Scripts are created with PowerTerm Script Language PSL and enable The user to automate tasks For example use a script to automatically connect to a specific host For more information about scripts see chapter Scripts Starting PowerTerm with Auto Connect The Auto Connect option enables the user to automatically connect to a specific terminal using the parameters in the default setup file To access the Auto Connect option 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the Preferences tab The Preferences Property page is displayed Select Auto Connect 4 Click OK PowerTerm InterConnect 62 of 139 User s Guide Starting a New PowerTerm Session PowerTerm can run two or more sessions concurrently by opening a new instance of the PowerTerm window Each session is identified by a letter starting with A
126. ys now have the same functionality To restore the default keyboard mapping of all mapped keys Click Defaults in the Keyboard Mapping dialog Saving and Opening Keyboard Mapping Settings PowerTerm enables the user to save keyboard mapping settings separately To save keyboard mapping settings 1 Select File Save Keyboard File The Save Keyboard File dialog is displayed 2 Enter a File Name 3 Click Save To open a predefined keyboard mapping settings 1 Select File Open Keyboard File The Open Keyboard File dialog is displayed 2 Select the required keyboard settings from the list 3 Click Open Parameters defined in the selected keyboard settings are now applied to the current session Keyboard Behavior To customize the keyboard 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the Keyboard tab The Keyboard property page is displayed 3 Select the desired settings and click OK To lock alphabet keys in uppercase 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the Keyboard tab The Keyboard property page is displayed 3 Select Caps Unix To lock alphabet and numeric keys in shift setting 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears 2 Click the Keyboard tab The Keyboard property page is displayed 3 Select Shift To reverse the Caps Lock 1 Select Terminal Setup The Terminal Setup dialog appears PowerTerm InterConnect 84 of 1

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