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Emulation Protocol (Selection)

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Select the protocol that is to be used to establish a terminal session with the target host.  After selecting protocol, it is also important to select the right Terminal Type

 

Your choices are:

 

Protocol

Host Description

TN3270

The host is typically an IBM Mainframe running CICS or IMS.  This selection can support standard TN3270 as well as multiple flavours of TN3270E (see TN3270 Level)

TN5250

The host is typically an IBM AS/400 or I/Series computer supporting the 5250 family of terminal devices over the TN5250 protocol.  The Inventu Viewer+ level of TN5250 also includes the "extended" TN5250 functions

VT100/VT220

The host is typically a UNIX character-mode application which supports the VT100 protocol (or VT220 and Inventu Viewer+ also supports many VT330 features as well as SCO-ANSI, ADDS-Viewpoint and Wyse).  Note that many devices can be interfaced with using VT100, such as routers, firewalls and Windows-based servers