Features

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Standard Features

Multiple sessions: Connect up to 99 concurrent sessions in a single window. You can also start sessions in multiple windows. See Working with Multiple Sessions.

 

Printing: Print screen and print preview.

 

WinHLLAPI:Support for the WinHLLAPI programming interface.

 

DDE:Use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) to allow your Windows applications to communicate with a terminal emulation session.

 

Screen capture: Capture and save screen images to a disk file.

 

Terminal Activity Logging:Log your terminal activity to a disk log file.

 

Lockdown Settings:Prevent users from changing session settings.

 

Toolbars:Dockable standard toolbar with buttons for commonly used commands. A status bar that includes the Operator Information Area.
 
A customizable floating keypad toolbar with buttons for terminal keys.

 

Fonts: User selectable fonts, scalable fonts and incremental font sizing.

 

Keyboard mapping:Fully customizable keyboard.

 

Customizable mouse:Customize the buttons on your mouse.

 

Color: User selectable color.

 

Clipboard: Cut, cut append, copy, copy append, paste and print.

 

Keyboard macros:Record keyboard input and store it for later use. See Using the Macro Recorder.

 

Scripting language: Use the scripting language to automate common activities. See Using the Scripting Language

 

Response time display: Displays a response time histogram for each session.

 

Address book: Save your session connection information in the "address book".

 

Automated installation: An installation wizard leads you through install and uninstall.

 

Hotspot support:Allows words on the terminal screen to act as AID generating keys, active URL links or a launch pad for a script. See Using Hotspots.

 

Terminal Emulations

3270 Terminal

 

Protocol: TN3270E (SNA over TCP/IP) and TN3270.

 

Terminal Emulation: IBM 3278 models 2-5, IBM 3279 models 2-5, IBM 3279 Customizable Size.

 

File transfer: IND$FILE file transfers.

 

Resource name support: Specify a resource name (LU name, device name or device pool name) for a session.

 

Selector pen: Support for selector pen detectable fields.

 

3270 null/space processing: Converts nulls to space characters before data is transmitted to the host. This simplifies insert operations and eliminates character shifting when characters are deleted from a line.

 

Whole field delete: The delete key affects the whole field if it wraps from one line to another.

 

5250 Terminal

 

Protocol: TN5250.

 

Terminal Emulation:IBM 5250 (24 x 80 and 27 x 132).

 

5250 device name support:Specify a device name for a session.

 

Selector pen: Support for selector pen detectable fields.

 

Host language support: Select a host language code page for keyboard character translations.

 

Print key: Support for the 5250 print key.

 

VTxxx/ANSI Terminal

 

Protocol: Telnet.

 

Terminal Emulation: VT100 (customizable size), VT220 (customizable size), ANSI and SCO ANSI.

 

 

Optional Features

SSL (Secure Socket Layer)

 

SSL protocols:SSL version 2, SSL version 3, TLS version 1.

 

Encryption Strength:128-bit.

 

TN3270 Plus SSL support includes software developed by the OpenSSL project for the OpenSSL toolkit. This feature includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young. This feature includes software written by Tim Hudson. (See the OpenSSL license agreement.)

 

SSH (Secure Shell)

 

SSH protocols:SSH version 1, SSH version 2,
 
Encryption Strength:128-bit.

 

Print

 

LPD:    A Line Printer Daemon (LPD) allows you to print host print files on your PC or network printer. See the  for more information.

 

3287 print support: 3287 print support allows you to route host 3287 print jobs to your PC or network printer. This feature supports IBM zSeries (mainframes) only. (Host, Connect..., Terminal Type = 3270 Printer)

 

5250 print support: 5250 print support allows you to route host 5250 print jobs to your PC or network printer. This feature supports IBM iSeries (AS/400s) only. (Host, Connect..., Terminal Type = 5250 Printer)

FTP

 

SDI FTPAn FTP client allows you to transfer files using the file transfer protocol (FTP). See the   for more information.

 


TN3270 Plus is continually being improved. To learn more about the latest enhancements, please review our Version History web page.