Starting and Switching Sessions › Switch Among Active Sessions

Switch Among Active Sessions

After you have established two or more active sessions, you can switch among them without logging off one application to get to another. The active sessions are highlighted on the TPX Menu.

To switch among sessions active sessions

• Use commands, issued from the TPX Menu or in an active session.
• Use the cursor to select a session on the TPX Menu.
• Use sesskeys, entered from the TPX Menu or in an active session.
• Use the jump key, entered from the TPX Menu or in an active session. The jump key has been defined to switch you between active sessions. The jump key definition for your user ID is shown at the top of the TPX Menu. In the sample TPX Menu shown in the following screen, the jump key is PA2.

                 TPX MENU FOR TPXUSER1                Panelid  - TEN0041
                                                      Terminal - DXAP59B
  Cmdkey=PF12/24    Jump=PA2    Menu=PA1              Model    - 3290-2A
  Print=PF14        Cmdchar= /                        System   - TPX30PRD
  

  You press the jump key when you want to switch sessions.

  Note: If you press the jump key twice while there is only one active session, the jump key is sent to the application. If you press the menu key and then you press the jump key, the jump key is sent to the application.

  You do not need to use the command character. The product switches you to the next active session on the session list shown on the TPX Menu.

Note: If you try to switch to a session that has an ACL/E program running in it, you might not be immediately transferred to the session. The product can display a blank screen and eventually pass control to you. Check the TPX Menu to see if the session has the ACL status indicator.