Ringdale Minit 5250E - Manual (Page 25)

Copyright  2006 Ringdale User Manual, 62-400310001 Page 25
Text Terminal Mode
One of the choices in the Setup 5250 Sessions Menu is the option to force the MinIT 5250E
into what we call the “Text Terminal ONLY Mode”.
The Text Terminal ONLY Mode makes the MinIT 5250E operate very much like a twinax
terminal. There can still be multiple sessions configured, but the user does not see the
windows-style desktop. All they would see is a full screen 5250 terminal session.
If there are multiple sessions configured and running, you can get to each one by using
Alt+F1, Alt+F2, Alt+F3, Alt+F4 and Alt+F5 to jump to each of the 5 display sessions.
Alt+F12 will take you to a small menu, with extremely limited options. If you have
configured the MinIT 5250e to run in Text Terminal ONLY mode, then this is the path you
need to take to get into the Window Manager and the Administrative Menu, should you need
to reconfigure the unit for some reason. This option is password protected to prevent curious
workers from accidentally reconfiguring the unit. For more on the Administrative password,
see the Unit Information section of the manual.
Note: In Text Terminal Mode there are a few shortcut keys that you may need to use:
Alt+r = Record Macro (start and stop)
Alt+p = Play Macro
Alt+c = the Cent sign
Alt+e = the Euro symbol
From a “Text Mode Only” session, the proper way to shut down the MinIT 5250E is to hit
Alt+F12 to take you into the menu, then hit p and Enter. This does an “orderly” shutdown,
and saves any new macros that may have been recorded since the last time the unit was shut
down.
Configuring the MinIT 5250E for Text Terminal ONLY Mode
In order to get your MinIT working as a terminal you must first configure your network
settings and your Display and Printer Sessions. All of this is covered in the Configuration
section.
We recommend that you leave your MinIT configured as a Graphical Terminal until all of your
sessions are working the way you want. You can check out the Text Terminal mode on each
session separately in 5250 Sessions for each display session and click the check box for Run
in TEXT mode. If TEXT mode works correctly for you, then you can convert it to a Text only
terminal.