The TN3270E Status Line

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The TN3270E Status Line

The Status Line (or OIA - Operator Information Area) is the line at the bottom of a TN3270 session where status information about the session displays.

The meaning of each field on the TN3270E Status line (OIA) is as follows:

Column 1-3: Connection status indicator:

4B	A TN3270E connection has been established.
NVT	NVT-mode connection has been established. This generally occurs while the session is first initialized.
N	The session is not connected.

Columns 10-17: System status indicator:

X SYSTEM	Input from the session is inhibited (for example., the host system is busy)
X ?+	Input from the session is inhibited (for example, the keyboard is locked)
XPROG505	The session is not connected.
XPROG572	A TN3270 command (SBA, RA, or EUA) contains a screen address pointing outside of the current screen.

Columns 37-39: Security indicator.

SSL	The session has been configured with SSL enabled.
<blank>	The session has not been configured or configured without SSL enabled.

Columns 42-53: Terminal type indicator.

Columns 56-71: LU/Device name. This can be either the LU/device name assigned by the TN3270E server for this session during protocol negotiation, or the LU/Device Name specified in the session definition using Configuration Manager.

Columns 74-79: Cursor position indicator.

rr/ccc

Row (rr) and column (ccc) number of current cursor position.

Note: On a model 5-type session, the cursor position indicator starts at column 125.