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Keys Mapped to Terminal Operations

The following table displays the keys mapped to terminal operations:

Operation

What It Does

Enhanced 101-keys Mapped to Operation

0 to 9

Types the indicated number (from 0 to 9) on the host screen

0 to 9

A to Z

Types the indicated uppercase letter (from A to Z) on the host screen

A to Z

a to z

Types the indicated lowercase character (from a to z) on the host screen

a to z

ATTN

Issues an attention to the terminal

Shift+Esc

BACK_QUOTE

Types an accent grave (backward quote) character on the host screen

`

BACK_SLASH

Types a back slash (\) on the host screen

\

BACK_SPACE

For a terminal emulator window, moves the cursor one space left

Back

BACK_TAB

Moves the cursor backwards one position

Shift+Tab

CLEAR

Clears the current screen of text

Keypad+Minus

COMMA

Types a comma on the host screen

,

CURSOR_BLINK

Turns blinking cursor on or off

User-definable

CURSOR_SEL

Changes the cursor from a block to an underline character or, conversely, from an underline character to a block

Scroll Lock

DEV_CNCL

Issues a DEV_CNCL instruction

User-definable

DOUBLE_QUOTE

Types double quotation marks on the host screen

"

DOWN

Moves cursor down one line

Down arrow

DUP

Issues a DUP instruction

101E+Shift+Insert

END

Moves cursor to the bottom left corner of the screen

End

ENTER

Issues a carriage return

Enter

EQUAL

Types an equal sign on the host screen

=

ERASE_EOF

Erases all characters immediately following the cursor on this screen field

101E+End

ERASE_INPUT

Erases all unprotected fields on the host screen

101E+Alt+End

FAST_LEFT

Moves cursor two spaces to the left

101E+Alt+Left

FAST_RIGHT

Moves cursor two spaces to the right

101E+Alt+Right

FIELD_EXIT

Issues "Field Exit" to the iSeries console (5250 only)

Alt+E

FM

Issues a field mark instruction

101E+Shift+Home

HAT

Types the not equal character (¬ on the host screen

Note: Your workstation screen displays the ^ character.

Shift+6

HOME

Moves cursor to the first unprotected field on the host screen

Home

IDENT

Issues an IDENT instruction

User-definable

INS

Turns insert mode on

Insert

LEFT

Moves cursor left one character position

Left arrow

LEFT_BRACKET

Types the vertical bar character (|) on the host screen

Note: Your workstation screen displays the [ character.

[

LEFT_PAREN

Types a left parenthesis on the host screen

(

LINE_INS

Issues a Line Insert instruction

User-definable

LINE_DEL

Issues a Line Delete instruction

User-definable

MODE_SEL

Switches between a hardware console and software console session on an CA Automation Point terminal emulator

User-definable

NEWLINE

Line feed; moves cursor to the next line (3270 only)

Ctrl+Enter

PA1

Invokes the command assigned to the PA1 key

101E+Page Up

PA2

Invokes the command assigned to the PA2 key

101E+Page Down

PA3

Invokes the command assigned to the PA3 key

101E+Shift+Page Down

PF1 to PF9

Invokes the command assigned to the indicated PF key

F1 to F9

PF10

Invokes the command assigned to the PF10 key

F10

PF11

Invokes the command assigned to the PF11 key

F11

 

PF12

Invokes the command assigned to the PF12 key

F12

PF13 to PF24

Invokes the command assigned to the indicated PF key

Shift+F1 to Shift+F12

PF26 to PF36

Invokes the command assigned to the indicated PF key

User-definable

Pgdn

Moves the cursor down one full page

Page Down

PGDN

Issues a Page Down to the iSeries cosole (5250 only)

PgDn

PgUp

Moves the cursor up one full page

Page Up

PGUP

Issues a Page Up to the iSeries cosole (5250 only)

PgUp

POWER_RESET

Sends a reset-terminal instruction to the controller

Ctrl+Page Down

RESET

Issues a RESET instruction

Esc

RIGHT

Moves cursor right one character position

Right Arrow

RIGHT_BRACKET

Types a cent-sign character (¢) on the host screen

Note: Your workstation screen displays the ] character.

]

RIGHT_PAREN

Types a right parenthesis on the host screen

)

SINGLE_QUOTE

Types a single quotation mark character (') on the host screen

'

SPACE

Types a blank space on the host screen

Space bar

SPLIT_BAR

Types a splitbar character (|) on the host screen

|

START

Starts up a mainframe system connected to the workstation through a terminal emulator

User-definable

STOP

Shuts down a mainframe system connected to the workstation through a terminal emulator

User-definable

SYS_REQ

Issues a SYS_REQ instruction

Alt+F1

TAB

Moves cursor forward one tab position

Tab

TEST

Issues a TEST instruction

Alt+F8

UNDER

Types the underline character on the host screen

_

UP

Moves the cursor up one line

Uparrow

!

Types an exclamation point on the host screen

!

#

Types a pound sign on the host screen

#

$

Types a dollar sign on the host screen

$

%

Types a percent sign on the host screen

%

&

Types an ampersand on the host screen

&

*

Types an asterisk on the host screen

*

+

Types a plus sign on the host screen

+

-

Types a minus sign on the host screen

-

.

Types a period on the host screen

.

/

Types a slash on the host screen

/

:

Types a colon on the host screen

:

;

Types a semicolon on the host screen

;

?

Types a question mark on the host screen

?

@

Types an at sign on the host screen

@

{

Types a left brace on the host screen

{

}

Types a right brace on the host screen

}

|

Types a vertical bar on the host screen

|

~

Types a tilde on the host screen

~

3270_ASSIGN

Issues an ASSIGN instruction

User-definable

3270_CANCEL

Issues a CANCEL instruction

User-definable

3270_IRPT

Issues an IRPT instruction

User-definable

3270_ISTEP

Issues an ISTEP instruction

User-definable

3270_PLAY

Issues a PLAY instruction

User-definable

3270_RECORD

Issues a RECORD instruction

User-definable

3270_RESTART

Issues a RESTART instruction

User-definable

3270_RULE

Issues a RULE instruction

User-definable

3270_SETUP

Issues a SETUP instruction

User-definable

3270_SVPCE

Issues an SVPCE instruction

User-definable

3270_SWAP

Issues a SWAP instruction

User-definable

3270_TOD

Issues a TOD instruction

User-definable

3270_1 to 3270_25

User-defined

User-definable

6530_ROLL_UP

Issues a Roll Up instruction (6530 only)

User-definable

6530_SROLL-UP

Issues a Shifted Roll Up instruction (6530 only)

User-definable

6530_ROLL_DOWN

Issues a Roll Down instruction (6530 only)

User-definable

6530_SROLL_DOWN

Issues a Shifted Roll Down instruction (6530 only)

User-definable

6530_NEXT_PAGE

Issues a Next Page instruction (6530 only)

User-definable

6530_SNEXT_PAGE

Issues a Shifted Next Page instruction (6530 only)

User-definable

6530_PREV_PAGE

Issues a Prev Page instruction (6530 only)

User-definable

6530_SPREV_PAGE

Issues a Shifted Prev Page instruction (6530 only)

User-definable

6530_RETURN

Issues a Return instruction (6530 only)

User-definable

6530_SRETURN

Issues a Shifted Return instruction (6530 only)

User-definable