PowerNet 3270 Reference Manual
Connect, Inc.
4-6
February 1998
dsec
, of deciseconds has been reached, regardless of the number of
host screen updates that have occurred.
host send field_number,value,key;
—Places value and key into the host PS.
In the case of an unformatted host PS, the field number argument is
ignored and the value is placed at the current cursor position within
the PS. Within a formatted host PS, value is placed at the start of the
indicated field (field numbers start at 0).
A value of - indicates that no data is to be placed in the PS and only
the key is generated. The key may be one of the following:
enter
clear
sysreq
tab
backtab
pf1 through pf24
pfexit
eof
reset
term clear
—Transmits a clear screen command to the terminal.
term logoff
—Transmits a logoff command to the terminal.
term wait
—Waits for terminal input. The returned string is discarded; this
command is useful at startup while waiting for the terminal network
logon message, and is also useful when an operator controlled pause
is needed.
term display row,string;
—Transmits a display command to the terminal that
displays the string value at the indicated terminal row. Terminal row
numbers begin at 1.
term input 0-9,row,column,length;
—Transmits an input command to the
terminal and waits for a response; the string value of the response is
stored in the substitutable parameter indicated by the first argument.
The row and column numbers start at 1.
term noecho 0-9,row,col,length;
—Performs the same function as the term
input verb, except that the terminal is instructed not to echo the
keystrokes entered. This is used for password entry.
Session
—Places the terminal into session with the host. This verb does not
complete until an
endkey
is generated by the terminal. By default, the
endkey
is FNC 10.
Command Verb Summary
The following is a quick reference summary of all of the verbs and their
arguments.
