Ok, well pardon me for my poor choice of words, when I said 'emulator' what I really meant was 'server' as in the hbocwemserver, that is part of the BWS install. What I've done is set up a connection to mainframe through the mckwem session manager, then I'm using that to try to script some processes, but I'm running into the problems mentioned before. It reads the stream just fine, but won't interface with the special keys at all.
I do have another emulator installed, called PowerTerm, that is used to connect to the mainframe, but I haven't found any of the 'servers' that will connect to it. Although I really need to learn how to manipulate a 'windows' connection, I don't have the time to do that in the scope of this project, and a 'window' connection doesn't read the screen as reliably as it would a 'stream' connection. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 6:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE:[talkbws] IBM Emulation There are numerous emulations products that BWS can connect to. "I've tried all the ones that come standard with BWS" - is an odd statement to me since we don't ship any emulations at all - we ship the capability to communicate with them. Meaning to use the Connection you must have the emulator installed on your PC. I have had good success with many different emulators - the below is just a few that I remember off hand. IBM Pcomm Reflection Rumba BlueZone Hummingbird TN3270 Thom C. Blackwell VP, Technical Services Boston Software Systems, Inc. Phone: 866.653.5105 x807 Mobile: 508.423.8463 Fax: 508.319.3015 www.bostonsoftwaresystems.com<http://www.bostonsoftwaresystems.com/> Healthcare Automation - Revolutionizing How You Work. The information contained in this message may be confidential and legally protected under applicable law. The message is intended solely for the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, forwarding, dissemination, or reproduction of this message is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by return e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:36 PM To: Talk Subject: [talkbws] IBM Emulation Is there an emulator available that BWS can use to connect to a Mainframe system using 5250/vt320 emulation? I've tried all the ones that come standard with BWS, and have not had satisfactory results. The closest I've come is using Star's vt220 emulation, but it is limited and won't recognize any of the F-keys or the CTRL key used to unlock the screen on errors. This is all functionality that is imperative to working with Mainframe. I've tried a slew of 'Key' combinations through Star's emulator, but none are working. 'A leader is best when people barely know the leader exists. When the leader's work is done, the leader's aim fulfilled, they will say, 'We did it ourselves''.<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/l/laotzu121709.html> -- Lao Tzu<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/lao_tzu.html> Jimmy Walker Office: 865-647-2906 Fax: 865-545-3016 --- To post a message to this list, send mail to: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> You are currently subscribed as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Unsubscribe in the customer center on our website: http://www.bostonworkstation.com/customer_center/virtual_user_group_talk.aspx --- To post a message to this list, send mail to: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> You are currently subscribed as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Unsubscribe in the customer center on our website: http://www.bostonworkstation.com/customer_center/virtual_user_group_talk.aspx --- To post a message to this list, send mail to: [email protected] You are currently subscribed as: [email protected] Unsubscribe in the customer center on our website: http://www.bostonworkstation.com/customer_center/virtual_user_group_talk.aspx
