Connection Buttons

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The z/Scope Anywhere Start Page has a set of buttons. Each button stands for a different kind of connection or function button:

 

 

Web-based HTML5 TN3270 IBM Mainframe TN5250 IBM AS/400 VT UNIX Terminal Emulation Start Page 5250 Connection Button

5250 Connection

The 5250 buttons are shared connections to IBM AS/400 hosts. Click on this button to open a new 5250 connection with the host using the previously configured settings.

 

 

Web-based HTML5 TN3270 IBM Mainframe TN5250 IBM AS/400 VT UNIX Terminal Emulation Start Page 3270 Connection Button

 

3270 Connection

The 3270 buttons are shared connections to IBM Mainframes. Click on this button to open a new 3270 connection with the host using the previously configured settings.

 

 

Web-based HTML5 TN3270 IBM Mainframe TN5250 IBM AS/400 VT UNIX Terminal Emulation Start Page VT Connection Button

VT Connection

The light blue buttons are shared connections to UNIX, VTXXX or SSH hosts. Click on this button to open a new connection of this kind with the host using the previously configured settings.

 

 

 

Also in the top left corner of the connection buttons you can find different icons:

 

Web-based HTML5 TN3270 IBM Mainframe TN5250 IBM AS/400 VT UNIX Terminal Emulation Start Page New Button

Protocol

The connection button will either say 5250, 3270 or VT. Indicating the connection's protocol.

User

This icon means that it is a private connection profile created by the logged user.

Display

This icon indicates that the profile has a connection view. It can be combined with the printer icon in a printer and display view.

Printer

This icon indicates that the profile has a printer view. It can be combined with the printer icon in a printer and display view.

Connection Profile Icon

This is the default connection profile icon, which you can change. Check out the customizing a connection profile topic for editing Private Connection Profiles and creating/editing shared connection profiles for Shared Connection Profiles.

 

 

 

The amount of different sessions of the same connection are shown with a light blue number. If you hover your mouse over a connection you will see a preview of these sessions. From this view you can open, close and select sessions:

 

 

 

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