That's all it does. The RESET key does not cause anything to be sent to the host. It simply resets any error conditions the terminal has detected. ISPF neither knows nor cares that you hit RESET.
On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 10:51 AM Pommier, Rex < [email protected]> wrote: > What does/did ISPF do on a dumb 3270 terminal if you hit the reset key on > the keyboard? I set this parameter in passport this morning and played > with it a bit, and the only thing I saw was that it unlocked the keyboard. > > Rex > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 10:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: PASSPORT Terminal emulator - locked cursor/keyboard > > On Wed, 13 Nov 2024 09:03:12 +0000, Norbert Gal wrote: > > > >It is under Options/TN3270, setting called "Send Reset key before Tab and > Arrow Keys" > > > What does "send" signify? Does it actually send a reset command to the > host? What might ISPF, for example, then reset? Caps? > Nulls? To what default values? > > -- > gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Jay Maynard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
