Q27: What do the various PA, PF, and other keys on the MTS 3270 Operator's console do?
A27: PA1 stops system status output (output from a /xxx command)
PA2 or CNCL is "Cancel"
TEST-REQ is "Pause"
ENTER sends an input line to the system
CLEAR refreshes or rewrites the screen
PF keys
are shortcuts that enter predefined character strings
that may or may
not be sent to the system as input,
if the lines are
not sent automatically, they can be
sent by pressing
the ENTER key. Use the %PF? command
to display a list
of PF key assignments.
Q28: How is the MTS Operator's Console used?
A28: The screen has five areas: (1) the top two lines display system
status load information; (2) the third line displays a list of status
alerts that may be empty; (3) a message area in the middle displays
messages and input requests from running jobs; (4) a request area near
the bottom is used to: (i) start new jobs by entering the job name
followed by zero or more parameters, (ii) enter HASP commands which
start with a dollar sign ($), (iii) enter system status commands which
start with a slash (/), and (iv) enter device commands which start with a
percent sign (%); and (5) the last line where the "host" name, machine
type, time, and date are displayed. See pages 325 to 335 in the
MTS Operator's Manual for more detailed information.