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The TN5250 Status Line

The Status Line (or OIA - Operator Information Area) is the line at the bottom of a TN5250 session where status information about the session displays.

The meaning of each field on the TN5250 Status line (OIA) is as follows:

Column 1-3: Connection status indicator:

4B

A TN5250 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.

Column 7: Insert Mode indicator:

^

Insert Mode is active.

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.

Columns 23-24: Message Waiting indicator

MW

System host turned on Message Waiting

Columns 26-28: Security indicator.

SSL

The session has been configured with SSL enabled.

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The session has not been configured or configured without SSL enabled.

Columns 41-52: Terminal type indicator.

Columns 55-70: Device name. This can be either the Device name assigned by the TN5250 server for this session during protocol negotiation, or the Device Name specified in the session definition using Configuration Manager.

Columns 73-78: Cursor position indicator.

rr/ccc

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