1. What is an AS/400?
2. What is twinax?
3. What is a real AS/400 terminal?
4. What is a device in AS/400?
5. What is EBCDIC?
6. What is a terminal emulator?
7. What is SNA?
8. What is APPC?
9. What is the NEWT font used in NetManage emulation software?
10. What is a character set?
11. What is a connection profile?
12. What is a script?
13. What is the Session Manager application?
14. What is the difference between the connection types in 5250 Terminal?
15. Is it possible to have a printer session via TN5250 protocol?
16. How is it possible to emulate a printer session through 5250 Terminal?
17. How can I connect to a specific device?
18. What is the default port number for TN5250 connection?
19. How can I give a title to a terminal session?
20. How is it possible to unlock the keyboard if you can’t continue typing?
21. What do you have to check if you have problems getting connected to your host over TCP/IP protocol?
22. What the 5250 Terminal?
23. What is the default font for 5250 Terminal?
24. How do I change the character conversion to a specific country on the fly?
25. Are there any keys on the PC keyboard that can not be mapped?
26. Which screen sizes do we support through emulation?
27. How many instances of the 5250 Terminal application can be active concurrently?
28. What is the default name of the configuration file of 5250 Terminal?
29. What is the role of the TN5250.cfg file?
30. What product enhancements have been made to TN5250 since v5.0?
31. What new terminal applications are included with v6.0?

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1. What is an AS/400?
   Application System/400. An IBM minicomputer series introduced in 1988 that primarily runs business applications.
2. What is twinax cable?
   Twinax cables are used for AS/400 connectivity. Twinax cable has long been recommended by IBM as preferred method of wiring workstations and printers to the host. Twinax is double shielded.
3. What is a real AS/400 terminal?
   A terminal display which is connected to the AS/400 by a twinax connection.
4. What is a device in AS/400?
   Any peripheral hardware which is connected to the AS/400. For example: display, printer, and tape.
5. What is EBCDIC?
   Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code. A character set used primarily by IBM mainframe computers. When transferring data to or from IBM systems you will often encounter data that is in EBCDIC format.
6. What is a terminal emulator?
   An application that emulates the functionality of a particular real terminal. For example, TN5250 is an application that provides emulation of a real IBM 5250 terminal in software.
7. What is SNA?
   System Network Architecture. A proprietary networking protocol developed by IBM to allow numerous IBM terminals and printers to be networked to IBM mainframe computers.
8. What is APPC?
   Advanced Program to Program Communications. An advanced part of IBM’s SNA protocol used to provide communications for AS/400 environments, as well as any other general program-to-program communications over SNA.
9. What is the NEWT font used in NetManage emulation software?
   The NEWT font is a true type font. It is scalable, so you can choose the exact font size you need. It is the default font and recommended to be used because it supports extended ASCII characters and graphic characters.
10. What is a character set?
    A character set is a country-specific or language-specific group of characters that are translated from the Code Page table and displayed by the screen or printer.
11. What is a connection profile?
    A connection profile is associated with a particular host and connection option. In NetManage emulation software, it allows you to set and store necessary connection information, so that you can reconnect without repeating the input of the connection details.
12. What is a script?
    A script is a series of commands that automate one or more procedures that can be done with the terminal emulation application. Scripts can be created to automate TN5250 terminal connections and actions done during a session with an AS/400.
13. What is the Session Manager application?
    Session Manager is an application that allows you to manage multiple terminal emulation and printer emulation sessions from within a single program.
    Go to File/Manager
14. What is the difference between the connection types in 5250 Terminal?
    The TN5250 connection type is via TCP/IP protocol. All other connection types are made in conjunction with the NetSoft router client software. The supported connection types include; Twinax, Microsoft SNA Server, Novell SAA Gateway, and 802.2 connections.
15. Is it possible to have a printer session via the TN5250 protocol?
    The TN5250 protocol standard doesn't include a definition to provide the capability to send printer data streams in the TN5250 traffic. This is a limitation of the protocol standard for TN5250 and not a limitation of the TN5250 emulation software. Therefore, printing during a TN5250 session must be done by other means like LPR.
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16. How is it possible to emulate a printer session through 5250 Terminal?
    It is possible to print with PR5250 application through APPC connection (Chameleon Hostlink) supported only.
17. How can I connect to a specific device?
    Go to Connect/ More and write the Device name to which you want to connect to.
18. What is the default port number for TN5250 connections?
    Port number 23. But the server can listen to higher ports as well.
19. How can I give a title to a terminal session?
    Go to Connect/ More and specify a title name. By default, the host name appears in the title bar.
20. How is it possible to unlock the keyboard if you can’t continue typing?
    Press the RESET key or enable the Auto-Reset option in the Settings/Preferences menu.
21. What should I check if I have problems getting connected to my AS/400 over the TCP/IP protocol using TN5250?
    Be sure you have selected the proper connect port, which is 23. Verify TCP/IP connectivity to any remote system by using the Ping application to ping the remote TCP/IP host.
22. What the 5250 Terminal?
    5250 terminal is NetManage’s terminal emulation and communications program for connecting a PC to an IBM AS/400 host. This application offers support for traditional 5250 connection support (twinax, 802.2 etc.), for IBM hosts, as well as TN5250 support for TCP/IP connections. The 5250 Terminal application is included in the Chameleon Host Link and Host Link 97 applications.
23. What is the default font for 5250 Terminal?
    The default font for 5250 Terminal is the NEWT font.
24. How do I change the character conversion to a specific country on the fly?
    Access the settings menu à International, then select the Country code conversion to use. It indicates which section of the kbdmap.cfg file to use when converting characters from the host to the application and vice-versa.
25. Are there any keys on the PC keyboard that can not be mapped?
    Yes, the <Left Shift>, <ALT> and <PRTSC >cannot be mapped to alternate functions.
26. Which screen sizes do we support through emulation?
    -Model 2: 24 lines, 80 columns (default)
    -Model 5: 27 lines, 132 columns
27. How many instances of the 5250 Terminal application can be active concurrently?
    The 5250 Terminal application has no specific limit on the number of sessions. Some limitation may be imposed by the underlying connection technology or configuration though (number of TCP/IP sockets, DFT or CUT terminal type with twinax connections, etc.).
28. What is the default name of the configuration file of 5250 Terminal?
    TN5250.cfg
29. What is the role of the TN5250.cfg file?
    The current preferences and host name are saved to a configuration file. The configuration file is loaded when the 5250 Terminal application is started. You can have different configuration files for each session. The next time you open a connection, the default configuration file will be the last configuration file that you saved.
30. What product enhancements have been made to TN5250 since v5.0? *The Recorder has been enhanced. Now, using the Recorder, you can choose the language for recording the script and the run mode for playing it. Activate this feature by selecting the Script Type... option in the Script Menu. You will see a dialog box that lets you select one of the Recording languages.
    
    Note: Simplified refers to a subset of NetManage Scripting for Applications commands that provide automated login. It can be run from Telnet, TN3270 and TN5250 Terminal Emulation applications using a connection profile or after a connection has been made.
    
    *Cham 4.5: Runs scripts that have been created using the Cham 4.5 or Simplified Script Type.
    
    *Debug Mode. Choosing Debug from the Script menu starts the script editor in debug mode, making it possible to run and debug line by line.
31. What new terminal applications are included with v6.0?
    The WinHLL Automation Server: This is an OLE automation object that automates the standard Windows HLLAPI functions (compatible with IBM EHLLAPI), as they relate to the TN3250 and TN5250 terminal emulators.

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