Connecting to Mainframe Access using a Telnet Client

To connect to Mainframe Access using Telnet, follow these steps:

1. Start your Telnet client software.
2. Click Remote System on the Connect menu.
3. In the Connect dialog box, fill in the fields as follows:

   Host Name	TCP/IP host name of your z/OS system
   Port	The value in the Mainframe Access start-up parameter TCP_PORT
   TermType	A suitable terminal type emulation for your connection, such as VT100

4. Click Connect.

An example is shown below.

After the connection is established, press Enter twice. This is essential to enable Mainframe Access to recognize the Telnet client, since Mainframe Access uses the same port for several different types of client connection. When Mainframe Access recognizes the Telnet client it sends out an initial prompting message and is ready to receive commands.