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10.3 LinkUp 5294 Extended Keyboard Functions
The following eight extended keyboard functions are specific to the LinkUp 5294. See
Appendix G
for
the module-specific key sequences of each function.
•
Local Copy Print Request
prints the contents of your screen to a printer configured and assigned to
your terminal (in the LinkUp 5294) as a Local Copy printer.
•
Local Copy Form Feed
sends a form feed command to the printer configured and assigned to your
terminal (in the LinkUp 5294) as a Local Copy printer.
•
Cancel Print
cancels a print request sent to a printer configured and assigned to your terminal (in
LinkUp 5294) as a Local Copy printer.
•
Refresh Screen
redisplays the last transmitted CRT screen from the screen buffer stored within the
LinkUp 5294. This key is useful when your terminal’s display is garbled due to line errors.
•
Toggle Status Line/Toggle Indicators
toggles the display of the LinkUp 5294 status line of five
indicators (discussed in
Section 1.1
).
•
Toggle Echoplex Enabled
toggles the ability of the LinkUp 5294 to echo characters to your terminal’s
screen, providing this toggle has been configured in the LinkUp 5294.
•
Initialize Terminal
causes the terminal to reinitialize without resetting the LinkUp 5294 port your
terminal is attached to. In other words, you are exited from the System/3X host session (referred to
as Emulation Mode) and returned to the LinkUp 5294 sign-on menu (referred to as Connect Mode)
even if the LinkUp 5294 has been configured to suppress this screen. When this function is invoked,
the host is informed that the workstation’s power has been turned off.
•
Request Disconnect
is similar to Initialize Terminal in that it exits you from the AS/400
®
host session
(Emulation Mode). However, unlike Initialize Terminal it resets the LinkUp 5294 port your terminal
is connected to. When your terminal is connected to the LinkUp 5294 by a modem, this function will
cause the modem to hang up, disconnecting your terminal. Again, when this function is invoked the
host is informed that the terminal has been powered off.
10.4 Printer Support: System vs. Local Copy
As previously mentioned, each of the Printer Modules enables ASCII printers to appear to the
System/3X or AS/400
®
host as though they were actual IBM 5224, 5225, or 5256 Printers. The
operational mode of these modules can be defined as a System printer or as a Local Copy printer.
A System printer is one that accepts print jobs from the System/3X or AS/400 host. A Local Copy printer
is one which accepts a command from you to print the contents of your terminal screen. To invoke a
local copy print request, you must press the special key sequence (appropriate to your selected Terminal
Module) corresponding to the extended function of Local Copy Print Request.
If the following conditions are not met, a Local Copy Print Request will be ignored and no error message
will display:
• The printer must be defined in the LinkUp 5294 as a Local Copy printer.
• The defined Local Copy printer must be associated to your terminal (either by your system operator
or by your sign on to the LinkUp 5294 during Connect Mode).
• The printer must not be currently printing another terminal operator's screen (if the same printer is
assigned to more than one terminal).
