RE: Telnet ATTENTION Key

[David Murphy <dmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From:   Paul Tykodi [SMTP:pault@praim.com]
Sent:   Tuesday, February 17, 1998 5:59 AM
To:     'midrange-l@midrange.com'
Subject:        RE: Telnet ATTENTION Key

David Murphy wrote to midrange-l:

We currently communicate with a mainframe over an SDLC line using 3270 
emulation. We are switching to a Frame Relay line and would like to use 
TELNET from our Ethernet-attached AS400. The mainframe runs a program 
called Teleview that uses the 3270 Attention key to switch between 
applications. You can access the 3270 Attention key by pressing the 
Attention key and taking option 5 on the 3270 Emulation menu. When you 
press the Attention key in TELNET, though, that option doesn't appear. Does 
anyone know of a way to actually be able to use the Attention key AS an 
attention key in TELNET on the 400?


Dear David,
Try the following when using Telnet VT100 emulation into the AS/400:
Default 5250 Function           VT100 Key(s)

Attention                               <CTRL-A>
                                        <ESC><A>

Can't do it. The AS400 TELNET client does not negotiate a VT100 session 
with the mainframe host.

Also another person who had posted information to midrange-l in the last 
month claimed the following would be useful as well:
When a user is using a VT100 keyboard (use the windows telnet program to 
accomplish this) on the 400, the command DSPVTMAP shows the user the mapped 
keystrokes.

You can only use this command if you get a VT100 session which we don't.
Thanks.
Dave


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